1915
What? November already? Either time goes faster than it used to, or the events of today make it seem so. Maybe the aging process also plays a part in the picture. Whatever it is, this scribe finds himself confronted too often with the deadlines of these notes. So - let the chips fall where they may!
Which is remindful of this recent quote: "America, where business men get together over $10 steaks to discuss hard times. It isn't that there is more bad than good in the world, it's just that the bad gets the front page headlines!"
As a matter of interest to '15ers, the present roster of classmates, unless my counting machine is off, now stands at 140 living and interested.
Belated congratulations to Marv andMarion Frederick on their 50th wedding anniversary on September 7.A surprise reception accorded to them by a close friend brought this rejoinder from Marv: "We had a wonderful time seeing so many of our friends."
Mrs. Rnss (Betty) Rice expects to carry on at Yarmouth Port, Mass., for a while, with eventual return to Needham, Mass.
Pete Pray reports that Zeke Carpenter was married on August 19 in Omaha. Pete says that he himself expects to become a great-grandpa in due course.
Chuck Ingram, from Tacoma, Wash., says birthdays seem to come more quickly as one gets older and wants to know what one can do about it. He enjoyed the June Reunion in Hanover and reports that HarryEMms, who was with him, "has calmed down to our level now."
A replica was received by this scribe of the award to Howie Fuller as a Colleague of the Creative Education Foundation presented to him on June 15 in recognition of his efforts in behalf of the Foundation's Creative Problem-Solving Institutes and other educational programs.
Walt Kenuedy says the birthday card he received from us was marvelous! His card, in turn, pictured the largest American flag in the world displayed on a Detroit store front - said flag measuring 235 feet long and 194 feet high, with each star 6 feet tall and each stripe 8 feet wide. Wow!
Another card from Bob Fredericks, posted on board a Norwegian ship, indicates quite a jaunt overseas and states: "Will be unfit for work - they draw your bath, tuck you in a deck chair, and light your cigarette. Smooth Sailing";
A note from Joe Comstock, out in Los Angeles, remarks that it's always pleasant to be remembered at birthday time, even though it reminds us we are one year older. He has a nice word for our reporting news of classmates.
The Eben doughs get around! Visiting with Tom Connelly in Rye, N.H., they hauled out the book of memories which produced a load of laughs, even producing an episode involving this scribe which, fortunately, I don't remember! They spent some time with Marty Martin and claim he can figure in minute fractions faster than any computer. Eben had a great fishing trip with Kike Richardson and four friends in two jeeps and made it without a hitch over new bridges and roads that were almost impassable. He reports that ChanFoster plays golf three days a week in what he calls "The Geritol Group" - nine holes with golf cart. Chan received a warm letter from President Dickey in appreciation of his 18 years of service on the Hanover Inn Board of Trustees and hoped Chan would be available as advisory counsel if called upon in the future. Eben was also visited by String Downing's "itty bitty" boy - six feet four inches - and two sons looking for mussels. He gave them a bucket and within 30 minutes they had the buckets filled and, after "knocking off for a beaker" departed happy as clams. Eben winds up with "We have clams and mussels, but no bananas"! Never a dull moment perusing Eben's offerings!
A hasty note from Charlotte and GeorgeSimpson tells of summer gatherings with Dale and Bess Barker, Chink and EstherChamberlain, and Hal and Althea Claflin. They talked with Bob Frothingham, but didn't get together, and just missed ZekeCarpenter.
A classmate, who will remain nameless, comes up with this one: "Judging by the wordage currently used by some of the newspapers, the dictionary publishers must be busy as paper-hangers turning out new issues, supplying newly-coined words that are indeed a challenge to some of us oldtimers!"
And so, at the risk of repetition, we are again confronted with that good old memorable celebration of Turkey Day. May we look back with fond recollections and dig in with all the gusto of yore regardless of the outcome of the football season! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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