1914
Would I!
You may hail the Southern clime Where the "softies" spend their time Watching lissome lassies on the strand; But for solid winter pleasure Some prefer to spend their leisure With our rugged, ruddy, swooping ski-struck band.
Bracing sports allure us On the slopes and in the wood While you're basking in the sunshine - As the airlines say we should; While you're lolling 'neath the palm-trees By the murmuring lagoon Do you think that I would leave here? You're gol-darned right — and soon.
Theophilus Thaw East Pitchfork, N. H.
Leap year finds sixteen of our class observing birthdays in February: Barsaloux, Burleigh, Dillingham, Crandall, DeWitt, W. C. Gilbert, Griffith, Harrison, Howe, Kittridge, McDonough, Marceau, Overton, Shields, P. W. Smith, Stillman.
By good fortune we have news of or from a number of our Fourteenettes, widows of our classmates. Marion Giles living in Bradenton, Fla., hopes that any '14er passing through will stop in to see her. Helen Blackburn living in the home that she and Caspar built in Plainfield, N. J., in 1937 attended the 50th reunion of her class at Mt. Holyoke. Amy Fellows writing from Bangor, Me., of her enjoyment of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE tells of her nine grandchildren, three boys and six girls.
Red Ramage's widow M. Marie living in Ft. Smith, Ark., sends her greetings. Gilbert Patillo's sister, Alice Patillo Cobb of Menlo Park, Calif., reads with close interest the alumni news of her brother's class. Kae Sullivan Davis of Burlington, Mass., tells of her pride in her son Kevin, Class of '54, who has just been made a full vice-president and secretary of the Manufacturer's Traders Trust Co. of Buffalo.
Gertrude von Lenz living now in Hinsdale, Ill., journeyed recently to Detroit, to attend the marriage of her grandson, Peter Wade. Clotilde Palmer's son, John Jr., for 15 months a night fighter pilot in Vietnam, is now a civilian field engineer back in Vietnam instructing Army helicopter units in the installation and use of advanced radio equipment. Grandson, Edward C. Baker, is an Air Force First Lieutenant stationed in England.
The good wishes of our class go to BobPhelps' widow, Helen (Billie) on her recent marriage to William Diggs, a Carnegie man of Annapolis, Md.
Attention Florida contingent - Ernest andMarion Learoyd left Hartsdale, N. Y., after Christmas heading your way.
Bert Symonds of Marblehead, Mass., one of our outstanding bankers, now retired, writes that he is looking forward to our 55th in 1969.
To Dave McAllister who wants to know what kind of a nursery your secretary runs in Vermont the answer is growing anything suitable for landscaping that is hardy in Zone 4. Dart-Well Nurseries now in its 21st year was started by son, Drew, and daughter, Phyllis, and named for their respective colleges, Dartmouth and Wellesley, when both were undergraduates.
Doc Kingsford, whose avocations were reported in the Golden Book as "male quartet singing, operation and maintenance of 400-acre farm," writes three years later that his principal occupation is trying to keep the wilderness from encroaching on his 300 acres of (cleared) land. Juniper, sweet fern, and poplar are his worst enemies. Doc, whose 1914 Aegis was lost by fire, wonders if someone has a copy to spare.
Vietnam is mentioned more and more often in our current news items. Al Richmond whose own military service covered a period from 1917 to 1952 writes that his son, Pete (A.P.R. III), has completed six months in command of a combat engineer battalion south of Saigon, is eligible for promotion in February to full Colonel of Engineers, Regular Army, and will then serve another six months in Vietnam on the staff of the U.S.A. engineer command. His son Jonathan, having completed requirements for his Ph.D. in Genetics, has accepted a one- year appointment to Plum Island, N. Y.
Speaking of sons, Hank Llewellyn drove east during the summer to visit his son Jack in Groton, Conn., giving opportunity to drive on to Osterville for visit with his old- roommates, Sig Larmon, Cap Fahey, and Lize Wheelock. Hank has moved to Warrenville, Ill., near Weston in the news as the proposed home of a new huge atom smasher.
Only at Christmas time was news received of the death in Los Angeles on July 31, 1967 of Katherine S. Little, beloved wife of George P. Little. All offer our deepest sympathy.
Secretary, 40 Crane Rd. Scarsdale, N. Y. 10583
Treasurer 11 Holbrook St., Palmer, Mass. 03257
Bequest Chairman,
