1915
April already! How better to start than with a quote from our worthy Class Agent, Duze Lounsberry, who writes: "Our team of Class Agents has been assembled 29 of them, including Ruth Winship Crance and Elvie O'Hara, who are Women's Class Agents for 1915. They are already busy. We had over 100% participation last year, as we exceeded our assigned goal, but we ranked only sth in accomplishment in our group. We're in very fast company in competing with neighboring classes in support of the College and our gifts need updating each year in the light of the inflated dollar.' Duze adds that "while February's snow drifts along our driveway, the first thing we know it will be time for the Hanover May Meeting"! How true! Time marches on!
And speaking of operations (which we weren't), the Roy Laffertys come up with this one: "The rough part's not the stitches it's wanting to (but knowing you can't) scratch where the darn thing itches!"
A card from sunny California, along in February, pictures the Dale Barkers, stopping off for a refill (of gasoline), surrounded by a huge beer truck in front of a cute Mermaid Restaurant. Dale says the food also was good! They caught up with Jim (Bud)Brackett en route who sent regards to us all back East.
Dick and Adalene Wyman sent us a card showing lush surroundings in Hawaii and speak of the interesting geology they flew over on a previous visit and photographed, but which they are now content to depict by picture post cards. Dick says they spent a lot of time on the beach - "some bathing, but more basking!" And that in February!
Eben Clough takes me to task for certain "garbled" reports I seem to have perpetrated about who was on hand at certain football games last fall. Without mentioning a certain game in question, Eben tells how Bob Griffin's son ribbed them every time the opposing team made another touchdown and KikeRichardson chewed another cigar for each score. Eben says a certain freshman backfield man is a coming "whiz" and can do everything "you usta do, only a teensy bit more"! We'll withhold comment on this until next fall!
A note from Jeanette Reynolds refers to "how Bill loved his Dartmouth and what fun we had — he kept his interest to the end." Jeanette hopes to keep in touch as much as possible with activities of 'Hereto which we all say "Amen"!
. Among the memorials to Don Bennink, Fan Bennink has received a lovely parchment from the White House signed by Lyndon B. Johnson in recognition of Don's services to the Armed Forces of the United States one of the many tributes to our department Classmate.
Another communique from Eben Clough reports a goodly crowd at the annual Dartmouth Boston dinner at the Statler Hilton back in February. At the risk of again being accused of a "garbled" report, here's Ebee's list of those at #1 Table: "Me, Kike Richardson, Abe Newmark '14, Pen Aborn '14, Saltmarsh '14, Doc Davis '13, Shapleigh '12, Shambow '10" - and two others that Eben couldn't pin-point. Duze Lounsberry sat at Table #2. Eben reminisces about the "good old daze" when the Boston affair would bring out the black-tie gang in droves and "we young-uns sat just inside the door and could see and hear what was going on - now we turn on our batteries and squint to see if we can recognize those at the next table." Good old Eben — he doesn't miss much!
Sid Crawford reports (also as of February) that he hadn't seen any beach boys, or umbrellas, or even a bikini yet on Kennebunk Beach, but that if he even looks at a snow shovel, Doris "hollers like 'ell." However, Sid expects to be on hand "when the forsythia starts blooming"!
While Chan Foster was reported to have picked up the flu bug while in Texas, he is now reported back in circulation again - which is good news.
Kike Richardson was heading for the North Country along about Washington's Birthday for his usual five-day outing. I'll bet the fish took cover - unless he beat 'em to it!
With which we close with this quote from The Scandal Sheet: "If you need a cane to get from your library to the kitchen for a coffee break, and if when you get there you put tobacco in your coffee cup and instant coffee in your pipe, boy you are getting old"!
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