1902

A month ago when we had a dearth of news of the class, we contacted Arthur Chivers for news of himself and his family. There came an excellent letter from Arthur and another from his son Howard. On these we nave based our story of the Chivers and we hope that our embellishment will not prove embarrassing to them.

As you know Arthur and Helen are retired in Meriden, N. H. The theoretical botanist raises practical vegetables and beautiful flowers. Helen has won honors and acclaim for her tray painting. Helen has or is about to receive an award as a master craftsman.

My son Charles met Warren in Bellows Falls, Vt., Charles spoke of Warren's ('38) wide acquaintanceship in the Saxtons River area where he doubles as teacher, coach, and superintendent of buildings and grounds of Vermont Academy. Warren and his wife have two sons and a daughter.

Howard '39 was selected for the 1940 Olympic Ski Team, but overambition in Germany and Japan brought about cancellation of the Olympics. In the winter Howard supervises the Dartmouth Skiway; in the summer he and wife Jane (Gile) operate a successful wilderness and trip camp on Bear Island, Lake Tamagami, Ontario, Canada. Jane is the daughter of Jay Gile 'l6 and the granddaughter of John Gile, 1887, well-known Hanover surgeons. They have two daughters and a son.

Roland owns and operates a sporting goods store in Boulder, Colo., hardly more than a stone's throw from the University of Colorado campus. It is natural that he specializes in skis and ski equipment. Roland also has two daughters and a son.

The youngest son, John, with wife Betty also lives in Boulder and they have a saw mill in Pine, Colo., about an hour's run from Boulder. They specialize in shipping pallets. They have a son and a daughter.

My son Charles '29 visited with Julius Arthur Brown at the Lakes Region Convalescent Center. Charles found Julius Arthur sitting in his chair with much the same sparkle which made him such a delightful person. He sent his regards to his classmates.

Our article on the blizzard of! 1888 brought a number of letters and cards. You will be interested in them. Prof-emeritus Benfield Pressey enjoyed the notes and flattered us by writing that "they deserve wider reading."

Robert Jackson '00 wrote. "You may remember our home on South Street in Littleton. Our kitchen opened upon a narrow porch. The morning following the tremendous snowfall I opened the kitchen door going out to the porch to find myself confronted by a solid wall of snow higher than the top of the door.

"Fortunately there was an indoor passage to the barn. I recall going to the barn for a shovel. With it I began digging a tunnel toward the outer world. My mother stopped me because I was piling up snow in the entrance to the kitchen. She sent me around to the front door where the snow was not so deep with instructions to start digging opposite the kitchen entrance. This I did finally freeing the kitchen door via a tunnel which must have been three feet in diameter. The tunnel was a mistake because the roof fell in."

Rob Jackson adds further, "The wife of Dartmouth's new president is Hanover's leading woman Democrat. So Kemeny must be a good judge of character. It takes character to be a Democrat in Hanover." (Robert Jackson was chairman of the Democratic National Committee at one time.)

More news from classmates will be in next month's issue.

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