1927

At the Charter Day Dinner, the high point of the Bicentennial year, your class was well represented. Howie Mullin spent the Friday night with us and we drove to Hanover Saturday morning - Howie was surprised that we were only three hours away, lust as we were sitting down to lunch at the Inn, in came Doane Arnold and Marie and Sam and Ellen Martin.

The Alumni Council had been meeting the previous two days and at their dinner Doane Arnold received the Alumni Award. All '27 joins in congratulations to Doane for this very well deserved recognition by the College.

Sam and Allyce Wormser were at the Chieftain - Charley Gibson in Woodstock - the Bury's held up the '27 tradition at the Sunset which gives you some idea of how crowded the area was. At the great dinner we sat with John Minnich and his wife. John has been a consulting engineer, is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Thayer from which he graduated, and told us he was intimately involved in the construction engineering of the Leverone Field House. Also saw, among many, many Dartmouth people you know, Bob and Peg Funkhouser,Roy and Eleanor Blanchard, Waldo Chamberlain, to give '27 quite a representation.

Sam and Ellen Martin had made quite a trip. Their son is U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, Mexico - so they flew to Juarez and then took a crowded train from there - speaking no Spanish — no one spoke any English - the one Pullman car was 1920 vintage - and when the many passengers lined up for customs out of every variety of dunnage, the only suitcases were the Martins'. On to Hanover for the 200th and Alumni Council then down to Boston for a night with Doaneand Marie Arnold and back to Portland, Ore., all of which represents a variety of scenes, people and experiences for two weeks.

Sam Wormser, as if '27 Alumni Fund wasn't enough work, has assumed Third Century Fund duties for Long Island. With this kind of support the fund should be in.

Nick and Jinny Voorhis write from Huntsville, Ala., that they had a short trip to Europe recently and found two new grandsons on their return. Congratulations - but they didn't say whether they were twins.

Nice letter from Al Byrne - says he is changing from a regular teaching assignment at the Shalimar, Fia., High School to substitute - since teaching was interfering with his fishing. The Byrnes were off to California to see their two sons and four grandchildren. Al says he manages to check on Art Keleher's golf game periodically. A note from Art says Dunedin, Fla., is a great place to retire - invites any and all '27ers to drop by and he will prove it, suggests the Burys stay home awhile and do a little visiting. I promise next year we'll do it since June 1 is my "R" day.

A fiscal note or two-first, our eminent and long-time (in fact only) class treasurer, Gus Cummings has retired from Koppers. He and Sybil have just moved into a new house they built at 4 East Sittings Ave., Baltimore. Phil Fowler reports he came out ahead by $37.27 at the fall reunion. (Doesn't the 27 look like he plugged it?) Howie writes Phil, "I would suggest you add $9,962.73 and purchase a Housing Authority bond yielding five percent tax exempt, crediting the class with the income."

By the time you read this Ken Murray will have been inducted (?) into his new job as secretary and member of' the board of Yardley. Cans to cosmetics!

Jack Andrews, in a newsy note, says retirement has surely kept him busy. Built a ski cabin for his daughter and her husband at Steamboat Springs, Colo., last winter, doing much skiing on the side. Spent some time at home in Springfield before leaving for their place in Vermont for the summer, then back again to Colorado this late winter. Jack - try to get a class visit in next fall reunion.

Marty Heifer retired from school superintendent in Binghamton. On February 1 he becomes executive secretary of Large City Boards of Education (New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Syracuse, and Yonkers) with headquarters in Albany. They will make their home at Marcellus, N.Y. Marty now caps this with the report that the roll call is eight grandsons and seven granddaughters, "All are named Heifer. - Now '27ers — beat this, all bearing grandpa '27's name!" Guess, the class next time instead of giving a bottle of "Old Grandad" will have to make it a case.

Opened the mail and there smiling at me was a fine picture of Frank Strong from Newtown, Conn., paper, marking the retirement party for Frank given by 100 of his associates from Chase Brass & Copper Company. Forty-two years of service, he has been their controller for the last five. According to the report, the Strongs will retain their home in Woodbury, Conn.

Ev Wilder sends his annual Christmas letter from Calvary College where he is business manager and financial aid administrator. He and his wife Eula have been mainstays in bringing this new college into being in the Kentucky hills. At the third anniversary meeting this year, the college dining hall was named "Wilder Hall" in honor of the E.A. Wilders for their work and devotion to Calvary College. Last year we suggested books for their new library. I'm sure they are still welcome as well as any financial help to a real missionary effort. Ev's address is Calvary College, Letcher, Ky.

Happy New Year.

Sam and Ellen Martin '27 traveled fromPortland, Ore., by way of Chihuahua,Mexico, to Hanover for the Dec. 13Alumni Council Meeting and CharterDay Dinner.

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