1912
The most disconcerting news comes from Florence Lewis to the effect that Roy was admitted to the hospital in Venice, Fla., in December following a heart attack. From all reports to date he is doing well and by the time this column appears he should be in his winter home. That poses a real problem as we are so very dependent on Roy for a successful reunion next June. Until he is on the job again Bill Shapleigh and the Secretary will do their best to keep the show on the road.
The "show" runs from noon on Monday, June 16 through breakfast on Wednesday the 18th and includes, in addition to the usual class functions, a Special Bicentennial Program on Monday evening and a special reunion symposium Tuesday forenoon. Many have already signed up but we want more to say "Yes" on the return postcard Dave Orr will send out in March. This year marks the College's 200th Anniversary and is to be a very special occasion, in particular for all the over 50-year classes. Remember, this is 1912's 57th.
Our philosopher, George Geiser, in celebrating his 79th birthday sends the following: "All years over three score and ten are a bonus, so sail on with the ship, hold fast to the rail, maintain balance and enjoy dear life. Loss of interest isn't hard to take when it mellows the declining years, for it merges with the aging process."
This seems to be the right place to note our recent losses. Harry McCaffrey suffered a stroke on December 12, 1968 and passed away in Flushing Hospital, Long Island, three days later. He was a "regular" at our annual reunions in recent years. A son, Harry L., survives him, residing in Newtown, Conn. The other casualty is Mark Heed, nephew of our beloved Dean "Chuck Emerson. Mark died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Alexandria, Va., on January 8, 1969. His wife, Virginia, survives him. To Harry L. McCaffrey and Virginia Reed has gone an expression of 1912's deepest sympathy.
Cliff Sugatt is finding the going "a little rough." No wonder for he had to get a surgeon on the job last October to remove a kidney stone "which proved to be a little more unpleasant than advertised." That's no lie! He is still in hopes of playing a lot of golf come spring and summer and then go to Europe in the autumn.
Our "All the Best In" Syd Clark is off again, this time to Mexico and Central America for two more revisions of his books. He has done four complete revisions and one new one during the past year, the latter being "All the Best in Britain." Syd will be back late in March and with Mardi plans on Hanover in June to see his grandson. David Jacobsen, graduate, and stay over for our reunion. Look for Syd's article on "Seventy Years a Tourist" in Venture magazine in spring or summer.
Tracy Sanborn continues to write a series of Masonic essays which appear each month in his Lodge publication. He served on the Marblehead School Committee for 18 years, reason enough for an attack he made recently in the press on the position of the local superintendent relative to the publication of teachers' salaries. He writes that his six terms on the committee was "sort of a stormy petrel." Tracy's Masonic writings should interest Mark Snow.
Referring to Chesty Brown's letters to the college administration, Hal Belcher says the students today are a different breed from those of our day and have personal problems which upset their thinking such as we never experienced. He believes, and rightly so, it is hard for us to understand them. Hal gets the lowdown from his daughter who is a guidance counsellor at Northeastern University. Dorothy and Bill Shapleigh plan to be off again early in March to Washington, D. C., for the wedding of a niece on the 22nd. It's probably on to Roanoke, Va., to see Dorothy's brother, ending up in Louisville, Ky., for a look at more relatives.
Elizabeth Park says "no datum from the Dames" but she sends Valentine's Day greetings and contributes a prayer found in Chester Cathedral which Lyme used in one of his Billboards.
Give me a mind that is not bored, That does not whimper, whine or sigh, Don't let me worry over much About the fussy thing called I.
Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke; To get some happiness from life And pass it on to other folk.
Just got word my grandson, Bob McGuire '69, has received a citation from Dean Seymour for his proficiency in Russian.
Our old loner, Elliott White, has sold his house in Norwich, Vt., and moved in with old friends in an apartment at 11 Taft Avenue, White River Junction, Vt. 05001.
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