1916
BALMACAAN'S 53rd REUNION THE HANOVER INN Sept. 4-5-6, 1969
Jim Coffin writes: "During this period there will be no concerts or plays at Hopkins Center. But the Center will be open for the viewing of numerous displays. Those who wish will also be able to visit new buildings like the Computer Center and the new Medical complex. And there will be CharlieBrundage's picnic at Grafton.
"Do you remember the autumn of 1912 when we used to go down to the football field and watch our pea-green stalwarts like Mai Scovil, Art Fiske, Chick Pudrith, Pete Soutar, John Colby, Ernie Gioiosa, John McAuliffe, Ken Tucker, Tug Tyler, duVal Goldthwaite and others scrimmage the varsity? If you come back to the 53rd you can watch pregame practice two sessions a day and decide for yourself what our chances are. If you have not already done so, why not write Jim McFate for reservations?"
Only his last illness kept Arno Behnke from bringing Louise back to our 50th, Louise writes, so now she is "a-comin' for sure" in September to meet as many friends of his as will be there. When Louise moved from her Tulsa home something over a year ago she had the problem of fitting her choicest antiques and rugs, also her growing plants and other hobbies, into the smaller modern duplex she now occupies at 5515-A El Campo, Fort Worth. An illustrated feature article in a recent Fort Worth paper shows how successfully she solved it Welcome to Hanover, Louise.
Ev Parker plans to attend Alumni College again in mid-August "to brush up the old bean." He will stay over for reunion if he can figure out any way to kill the intervening week!
Companion letters from Charlie and RuthJones attest how wide the horizons of the spirit can be. Charlie's therapist now comes twice weekly to their apartment, but television, books and journals also bring the world to their living room and in mid-March Ruth was again about to plant her gay flowers on their high terrace overlooking Manhattan
DeWitt and Dorothy Stillman in midMarch moved, Illinois winters now being "too severe for these old bones," to 400 East Pedragosa, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93103 — Eskie's town. Local moves: Ernest A.Gioiosa, 2097 S. Ocean Drive, Hallandale" Fla. 33009; Elmer Harrington, 25 Maple St. Littleton, N. H. 03561; and Linus J. Murphy, 835 Cumberland Road, Glendale, Calif 91202; William F. Noble, 430 Continental Bldg., 209 South 19th St., Omaha, Nebr. 68102.
"The numerous and favorable impressions of recent tourists returning from Ireland" writes Jim Shanahan, "inspired Clara and me to make an on-the-spot decision to pass up a few weeks of last autumn's football season and revisit the old sod. It was a revelation to see the changes time had wrought since I spent the summer of 1900 on the banks of the Shannon as a seven-year-old 'Yankee Fool.' Tralee, Killarney (near my mother's and father's birthplace) and Bantry Bay are still the emerald wonderland the poets describe. Farming has gone the way of the small farms in New England. Friendliness, happiness, and song seem to be national traits. Shades of Jack English! If he and Kay could have been with us. Kissing the Blarney Stone was good exercise and prepared us for the Abbey Players; they should send some coaches to reform the American stage."
Florida department: While staying at Lake Worth, Jim said, he attended the February Dartmouth luncheon at Palm Beach with Harold McAllister and "General" Willson, both of 1913, and was looking forward to the March meeting when Director of Athletics Seaver Peters '54, down from Hanover, was expected to bring out a heavy attendance.
On invitation of Burt and Sarah Lowe, Paul Goward reported his good fortune to have a super-luncheon in Sarasota in late February, along with Anson and Leila Bate; and Emery and Ruth Lapierre. A miserable New England cold kept Gay home in Winter Park. .. . Cliff and Jeanette Herold were finally able to leave Grand Rapids March 10 for a month they hope to divide between Ormond, Vero, Deerfield and Pompano Beaches, seeing classmates as they moved around. Our diplomatic engineer Hugo Gumbart writes "On the basis of normalcy, Cincinnati has had a better winter than South Florida but we have enjoyed our stay." After seeing each other through bouts with the Hong Kong flu, aching teeth, decorators, and repair men for the better part of two months, Hugo and Virginia still liked their optioned setup at 1300 No. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach so much that they bought it for winter use. In late March they were busy again visiting old friends in the area, looking forward to returning home in midApril, and to Hanover for our September reunion.. .. And this, folks, seems to be all the news we're going to get of this terrific season in Florida.
Another 1916 stalwart, Gene McQuesten, has left us. In three or four weeks he had recovered remarkably from major surgery. Then on March 9, as Marjorie wrote: "He had driven down to the store for the Nashua sunday papers and had sat reading the sports re for barely ten minutes when he simply Sopped breathing . . . a beautiful way to go." Despite the snow, the Class was represented at the services on March 12 by Jim Coffin, Ralph Parker and the usual red roses, for which Marjorie and her family thank you all. An In Memoriam notice will appear in Sis or a later issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZTNE.
We have at least two indications that David Freyberg '71, current holder of the Class of 1916 Scholarship set up in memory of our classmate Pike Larmon by his brother Sig '14, is fulfilling his promise. Under the heading Dartmouth Defeats Princeton in Swim, the New York Times recently reported: "Hanover,_ N. H., Feb.8- Two sophomores, Jack Dickard - Dave Freyberg, scored a one-two finish in the 200-yard breaststroke today to give Dartmouth's swimmers a 58½-54½ victory over Princeton." Simultaneously, Daves name appeared on the Fall Term Dean's List (representing a 4.0 average or better).
Parker Hayden confirms Colorado advice that he is participating in a meeting of the American Proctologic Society at Boston June 14-18, then flying June 19 to London for three weeks of similar meetings and professional contacts. But he, John Ames, and Phil Nordell are all saving the first week of September for reunion and Vermont. Are you?
At a Manhattan dinner meeting in early March, your Yankee secretary sat with an equally obvious New Englander, from Woodstock. When the latter and his wife that afternoon learned that another three feet of snow had fallen up home, however, they had decided they needed a second month of change and culture in Gotham. Similarly, our salty Sage of Hanover, John Stearns, reports "Little melting of snow as yet. .. (wherefore) after attending a string of annual meetings of the Town (although I am no longer Moderator), of the Hanover Improvement Society (Nugget Theater, Storrs Pond, etc.), of the Howe Library Trustees and of the Hospital Corporation, I now plan, provided the plane flies that day, to attend the Class dinner in New York on March 27, also the Class Agents dinner in Boston on April 1. In between Elsie and I will do some visiting of the sick." Thanks for the lineage, lohn. Hope spring will have reached Hanover by May 2-3 when Jim, Charlie, Burt and I look forward to seeing you at the Class Officers meetings.
Secretary, 2-C Swarthmore Apts. Swarthmore, Pa. 19081
Class Agent, 50 Rugby Rd., Manhasset, L. I., N. Y. 11030
