1929
Today is April Fool's Day and the due date for May's class notes is tomorrow. I've arisen early with the sun, put Jacques (our dog) out and he has returned to kibitz on my labors; and put out a scratching paw, a tentative breakfast hint for his sleep-a-bed mistress to appear.
The big news of March was the Boston Alumni Dinner on the 23 rd in Boston Sheraton's palatial ballroom. It was combined with the Alumni Fund kick-off in Central New England with a 100% all male head table skillfully presided over by Edward F. McLaughlin Jr. '42, president of the Boston Alumni Association and toastmaster of the evening. Above the salt, among the high table guests was '29's trustee Bill Andres whose apparent health and youthful appearance belies the calendar and refutes his age. Kay had preceded her husband coming in with Mrs. Kemeny, both looking very lovely. '29's contingent was smaller than last year—six in number—but three times as large as '28's two of whom joined us at Table 10. Ben andEvelyn Stacy, John and Alice Laffey,Hank and Fay Stein and John andMarion Hubbard and your secretary rounded up the half-dozen members of the family. Ben has retired from First National Bank and they are looking forward to their new Cape home in Orleans. The Steins have just returned from two weeks in Palm Beach, where they spent an evening with Charlie and Lee Goldsmith, who had been in Tucson for a visit. Their two sons, Henry and Jim, both Dartmouth graduates are living in London. The Steins' daughter, is still in Bangkok where her husband is doing medical research on population control in that explosively fertile area.
A letter from Dick Brown, promoter and chairman of committee investigating regional class meetings in areas with sufficient concentration of interested 29'ers. He says that for the past twenty years the Browns, Crowleys and Eberlines have been gathering together in "a most enjoyable association" and hopes others will follow suit. We endorse his recommendation.
A post card from Kenya with a green stamp on the back shows an elephant au courant with trunk in front and tailgate in back. A fine photo of a long four-legged animal against a mountainous background with a head held high on extension, ladder neck and cuckold horns jutting therefrom. The card is signed by Cal Soriero who recommends the African tour, to "all adventurous '29ers." The game is fabulous (to look at) and Nairobi will put practically all of our "modern" cities to shame—very exciting. Thanks, Cal, for both card and message.
Bob Monahan's picture appears in a group of Grafton County foresters meeting in Woodsville at County Forestry Planning Meeting to encourage expanding activities of New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.
A card from John Cort reports his retirement and removal from Hempstead, N. Y., to 609 East Skyline Court, Springhill, Fla. 33512. Bill Hughes '26 was at our table at the Boston dinner and gave us a report on his brother Boss's family. Mary is living in Flemington, N. J. Son, John Ross Jr. is in Tucson, Ariz., and daughter Mary is married to a newspaper editor in New Jersey. We would welcome a letter from Mrs. Hughes bringing us up-to-date on her family and herself.
The first report on the Alumni Fund Drive has just come in. It shows '29 advance contributions of $10,485.07, a most encouraging start. Ed Chinlund needs all the support he can get and I hope all 29'ers will do their best to keep '29 up.
I regret to report the loss of three more classmates who have passed on from our midst. Wallace Willard died in Wethersfield, Conn., on October 4, 1970; DeanSwan died on January 1, 1971 in Wilmington, Mass.; and Alfred Weigel died in Florida, in West Palm Beach, on March 1, 1971.
OWED TO A LOST MOOSE
A wandering moose Meandering loose Crossed a Fairlee farm.
Had his picture took For the Alumni book Unconscious of alarm.
T'was too obscene For our magazine '29's out of luck.
You'll miss his picture This Body by Fisher Dartmouth's Lost One Big Buck.
Secretary, 339 Main St. Worcester, Mass. 01608
Class Agent, 2 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
