1930

Those of us who attended the June reunion haven’t forgotten the quality of this affair staged by Ed Brazil. But I forgot to note that Ed had been given a 1930 award at the class dinner for his outstanding service to the Class. And Laconia has been singing his praises as it dedicated the Lakes Region hospital in August. As chairman of the board of trustees and the building fund drive, Ed has given to his community the same kind of devotion he has rendered to Dartmouth. A nice letter of thanks has been received from the Lebanon Regional Training Center for our gift of the memorial service offering. Not official yet but it looks as though the Class will be solvent again when Dick Bowlen makes the final accounting for the reunion. We set new records for the most men and the total attendance at a 40th, 157 and 316.

Dot and Jack Rich traveled to Russia for two weeks in June and then visited Susan and their new grandson in Istanbul. Eleanor and I visited London, Norway, and Ireland in August. On Duke Street in Dublin we ran into Ann and Charlie McDonough. They sort of shuttle between Spain and Ireland and Charlie is thinking about establishing a real estate base in Dublin. There is no question that he is well known there and the fact that the office of mayor has been vacant for some time may give him some ideas. On to County Cork where Rosemary andHarry Casler have purchased a beautiful Georgian home, Church Hill House, in Ennis Keane. They will be moving there shortly from their rented cottage in Clona- kilty. We had dinner and luncheon with them and sons Sandy and Laurance at two fine resorts, Ballymaloe and Ballylickey. Sarah will return shortly from a summer job in Connecticut, and she and Laurance will attend school in Waterford. Harry has chosen Ireland not only because of its beauty and gracious living, but perhaps also because you don’t need money to live there—all Irish banks have been closed for five months and no one seems the poorer therefore. Ireland is in good hands with Charlie and Harry in residence. Billie andFran Horn go to Hong Kong in September where Fran will attend and serve as chairman pro tem of an organization meeting of the Commission for Advance- ment of Christian Higher Education in Asia.

Russ Sigler was forced by illness to miss reunion. He retired from Bankers Trust Company at the end of June and is busting with ideas for the more leisurely years ahead. Bud French exceeded his goal of 400 contributors to the Alumni Fund by a healthy seventeen and achieved 109% of his dollar objective. Louise and Wally Blakey have announced the July marriage of her daughter Nancy to David Cecchini in Arlee, Mont. Polly McLaughlin, who with her husband Frank lived in Hawaii for many years has an interesting new assignment. Sending her best to the Class, she reports her new address as Peace Corps, Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. Jim Tyler has retired from General Electric but assumed a new position as director of financial management at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. Virginia and Mai Gallagher have a likely retirement home in South Dennis on the Cape. Their younger daughter Cindy was married in June and daughter Joan is living in Scotland with her family.

Bill Fenton contributed some pleasant thoughts in a post-reunion letter.

Olive ad I went over through Vermont to the Adirondacks to attend to some things around our summer camp before setting out for some field work on the Six Nations Reserve in Canada. We thought the 40 th reunion was about the best affair that we have ever attended, and so I am writing to you, our Secretary, in lieu of writing to Scribner, Brazil, Chase, Bowlen, the wampum keeper, and sundry others who keep up the fire to express our thanks to all of you who made it possible.

There was a chance during the brief three days to renew friendships with men and their wives whom we had not seen in years. Dr. Ben Parish and I turned out one morning and put a canoe in the river instead of listening to the talks on higher education that promised to sound like the last faculty meeting of the year here at the State University. Olive re- ported that it was a good session ; and so was our voyage toward Wilder. Perhaps few of our classmates know that it was Gene Magenau who designed and drew up the plans for the Ledyard Canoe Club house, which still stands and bears the marks of much good use.

This evening Olive urged me to phone Jean Carnell and report on the doings, particularly our converation with Marybelle Grant. Jean was most appreciative. Her son Andy was married this weekend and the preliminaries kept her at home. i • tv ii i j i „i. .i-i 1 run

Charlie Rauch should know that the 1930 Class tie is not proof against black flies, midgies and related forms of culicoides along the East Branch of the Ausable.

Tailgate parties are promised for the Harvard and Yale games.

Secretary, 56 Jennys Lane Barrington, R. I. 02806 rjr reasurer 30 Boxwood Dr., Stamford, Conn. 06908