1921

Joe Lane says that he has severed his business connections completely, believing that an ex-boss's shadow in the doorway appears like a dark storm cloud on a summer's day. He has continued his connections with "community" projects, "just to keep his conscience in operating condition." Joe Jr. '57 runs a hosiery manufacturing business close by at Lookout Mt., Tenn., and undoubtedly gets free and unsolicited advice from his father on how he should operate.

Roly Auger, like several other classmates, is operating on a split-year basis, dividing the twelve months equally between New Bedford, Mass., and Lauder- dale-by-the-Sea. He has officially accepted the monniker of "O.J." which has brought him incredible popularity, especially with the forty women who attend his tennis classes at Lauderdale Park. His two married daughters have, at this point, presented the senior Augers with ten grandchildren, at least two of whom are at college, and a grandson, Bill Gardner, hopes to enter Dartmouth this coming fall.

We have had reports from John Herbert and Roland Batchelder explaining their inability to be with the class in June, except in spirit. They are tied down by infirmities following major surgery in recent months which necessitate sticking close to the home hearth. But both are quite philosophical about their situations. As one geriatric sage put it, "Old age ain't for sissies."

Another interesting letter from whaler Joe Folger on sequestered Nantucket. At the time of writing Joe hadn't been "off the island" for fourteen months, but hoped to spend Christmas with relatives on the mainland, "weather permitting." Son David '53, who teaches geology and oceanography at Middlebury College, takes his class to Woods Hole, Mass., every January on individual projects, and, barring nor'easters can generally sneak across Nantucket Sound to see his folks.

Kemp Fuller divides his time between his native land and abroad. His foreign travel in the last eighteen months has included four over-seas trips. Christmas 1970 was scheduled to be spent in Corfu, off the coast of Greece, and, at the time of our Fiftieth Reunion he will be somewhere in the Far East.

George von Kapff '18 was thoughtful enough to send us an Order of Worship from the December 6, 1970 service of the Fitzwilliam (N. H.) Federated Church, which included the dedication of the LeonBateman Memorial Gift by Leon's widow Hilda. The gift was a beautiful chandelier which was installed in the vestibule of the church.

The Rev. Charles "Chuck" Allen regrets his inability to schedule the Fiftieth in Hanover because of conflict with the 50th reunion of his first alma mater—Ohio Wesleyan University—which will be held on the same weekend. Although retired from the active ministry he serves on a part-time basis at a Methodist Church in Brockton, Mass. Wife Myrtle still continues her activities as a professional book reviewer.

Reg Miner sends along a reply postcard from Floyd Wilson in Ontario, Calif., which contains one check mark indicating that he can't be with us in June. But, he has handwritten between the mimeographed lines and the questionnaire more words than Reg has been able to get out of him in fifty years. Floyd was one of four men entering Dartmouth from Franklin, Mass., in 1917—the other three being Reg, Harold Cook and Mac Johnson. Floyd retired seven years ago from teaching zoology in a small local college. He came east a year ago to attend the golden wedding anniversary of his brother which he says used up his quota of transcontinental journeys for a while. Son Jackson is a math major at U.C.L.A., daughter Carolyn is studying voice and painting, the latter avocation being supervised by her mother-Betty—who is a professional artist.

Charlie Gilson and Dorothy are taking no retirement from travel. Last spring they set out to fulfill a forty-year dream—i.e. following the reverse route of Jules Verne's peripatetic traveller, Phineas Fogg. And, purposefully or not, their circumnavigation took exactly eighty days. They loitered on the way so as to not over-run the schedule, spending time at the Passion Play in Oberammergau, a dozen of the Greek Islands and some of the scenes of his Far East bishopric, including Taiwan, Okinawa, and Hong Kong. Then, as an encore after returning to the States they repacked their bags, added some picnic gear and set forth on a cross-country jaunt to attend the triennial convention of the Episcopal Church in Houston. These and other pilgrimages added up to a total of 7800 miles. Charlie says that now they have alighted just long enough to figure out where they will go next. The Gilson sons are concerned with interesting occupations, with Charles Jr. in London as V.P. for the American Express Company, and Ben '54, and Med. School '55, in private practice in Attleboro, Mass., as an orthopedic surgeon. In the next line of succession there are ten grandchildren.

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