1927

Now that fall reunion has come and gone successfully, thanks to the good planning of Co-Chairmen Frank Strong and TomGillespie and the enthusiastic participation of all those present, the next big push will be toward our upcoming Forty-fifth celebration in June. Paul Hannah and his committee have matters well in hand, and with Tuck Mall as a base from which to sally forth for all the various activities lined up, this should be a thoroughly comfortable as well as enjoyable occasion.

Doc Milliken, long a practicing dentist in Annapolis, as you know, has been named president of the Maryland State Dental Association to take office on January 1. As if that weren't enough to keep him busy, Doc is also a member of the Committee tor the Restoration of Colonial Annapolis, certainly a project well worth all the time and effort being put into it.

The New Milford (Connecticut) Council on the Aging has named Tom Gillespie to direct a study of the town's senior citizens' needs and ways to fill them according to a story from New Milford in The NewsTimes (city unidentified).

Although officially retired, Chuck Field seems to be working full time with Huntze Real Estate in Westchester, Ill., and as executive secretary of the Westchester Chamber of Commerce. He was hoping that in November he would have his Real Estate Broker's license.

Ted Swanson wrote, shortly after fall reunion, that Don and Betty McCall had had dinner with the Swansons and that all agreed that the Hanover weekend was a great success. Ted, whom your scribe hadn't seen for about 35 years until that weekend, also said, "Among 10,000 other things, I forgot to ask you if you still smoke Fatimas?!" What a memory.

Gus Buschmann, since 1970 Associate Professor Emeritus at Bates, added to a letter he wrote the Alumni Magazine recently a paragraph saying, "Sue, Chris '70, and I spent Christmas in New Zealand, where Chris worked with the Lands and Survey at Te Anau and I walked the famous Milford Track—33 miles but wonderful huts and lots of rain and waterfalls."

Paul G. Richter '20 of Concord, New Hampshire kindly sent on a photocopy of Ruel Colby's column "Sports Galley" in the Concord Monitor for October 6 in which he interviewed Robert D. Kenyon '07, also of Concord, and got a first-hand account of the first Harvard Game P-rade when all of Dartmouth, apparently, went down to help christen the Harvard Stadium in 1903. This was a fascinating story, one which deserves much more space and wider coverage than this column can give, but perhaps a place can be found for it in the body of the Magazine some time. All Dartmouth men should have a chance to enjoy it, perhaps most of all those of us who, fortunately, can remember the Norwich-Hanover railroad station, the Adams House in Boston, and trolley cars ... At any rate, Ruel deserves a big hand for getting the story and Bob Kenyon for giving it to him and thus perpetuating memories of a very big day.

Hog Bury sent on some notes following this year's somewhat less triumphant Harvard game. He and Marion stayed in the same motel with Phil and MadeleineFowler who were leaving soon for Florida, and he said that Phil is in great shape, "the same old Phil." Jay Willing, too, reported that he was again in good shape after his illness. "Sat beside Cug Daley and we commiserated each other through the worst set of stage fright I have ever seen two college teams have; maybe we should forget television. . . Kay Prescott was there with her son Bill who is certainly the image of his father though even bigger. Saw Dodie Rankin at the Bartletts and at the Paul Hannah's brunch along with the Doane Arnolds who were leaving the next day for Sun City. They will come back east for Xmas since snow rather than sand seems more appropriate. Charlie Paddock looks himself; the Bob Pages were there as were the Bob Falls.

The Tom Anglems were celebrating their sixth anniversary. Sykes and HelenHardy were starting south after the game. '27 will be interested to hear that Dingand Lou Heap have replaced their Lab 'Rusty' with a new blond one, but it appears they have a lot of training ahead before he can be introduced to the Class. Sam Wormser was alone since Allice had stayed home with a bad cold. The RegVincents, too, were there, and all in all '27 had a pretty good turnout even if PaulRevere O'Connell did stay home to watch on TV."

So now a Merry Christmas to you all, and a Happy New Year, too.

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