1915

Here we go on another column. Plenty material has been accumulated and if repetition occurs we trust it will be taken in stride.

George Dyke comes up with the interesting reaction that, basically, this column reveals the well-being of the Class and that there can be real fun with increasing age. All we have to do is dig deeper to find it. He is amazed at how many of us have reached our 80th year, or close to it, and he can remember when that was an oddity. Amongst other things he enclosed a picture of himself and a friend taken in the mid-thirties. The picture he enclosed was taken on a farm in the Mt. Kisco area and he pointed out that his hair-do and the trousers he wore might indicate when it was taken. He further implies that the headlines in today's Dartmouth might tell how the female second team pushed the Varsity all over the field in the first scrimmage of the year! It was snowing and sleeting when he wrote it.

Eben Clough also got caught in the rain, snow and sleet which lasted two days and prevented his getting out to his mail box. He reported that Kike Richardson was set up for some ice fishing at First Connecticut Lake but, with the temperature at 35 degrees below zero, the fish didn't dare venture out. Eben and AmosBlandin were among the missing for the same reason. Eben talked with ChanFoster who survived the storm but didn't venture out until the weather got warmer.

George Ingalls, my twin, out in Boulder, Colo., enlarges on the fact that we both will be graduating to our eighties before this year is up and suggests that, when it occurs, we might just as well brag about it—to which I concur. George says they have had a good winter out there, very dry, not much cold, and the trees are starting to put out their leaves. He says this is a month earlier than usual and he's quite in favor. His house has been sold but he retains possession until late in May and he intends to line up an apartment for later living as he intends to remain in Boulder.

George Martin, up in Boston, reports a letter from Dud Rogers daughter telling of Dud's death back in February. George has passed on lots of news about our classmates to Dale Barker who has transmitted them to all '15ers via his Frontiersman. Both George and Dale have done a swell job in seeing to it that classmates are kept posted on all such doings. A phone from PetePray in March reports AOK and sends "Best of luck" to all.

'15ers who showed up at a Boston February luncheon included Wyman, Lounsberry, Chamberlain, Downing, Clough, Simpson and Shaw. A letter from Dick Wyman at Framingham, Mass., reveals monthly luncheons there with a color picture of six '15ers at Salem Country Club back in January, including Chink Chamberlain, George Simpson, Duze Lounsberry, Dale Barker, Chan Foster and String Downing. Quite an interesting group! Dick's accompanying letter was very informative and we wish space would permit displaying it here. Incidentally, the Wymans are AOK.

A further note from Eben Clough reveals a good fishing trip with plenty of fish, weather cold and lots of snow. He and Chan Foster talk to each other daily by phone and Chan's folks are OK. Eben sent a birthday card to Tom Connelly on March 3.

A later letter from Dale Barker reveals a note from Bob Tomfohrde, Tom's son from Berkeley, Calif., telling of the sudden death of Tom of a heart attack. Dale also tells of a good luncheon at the Down Town Harvard Club in Boston which included '15ers Martin, Shaw, Campbell, Downing, Lounsberry, Clough, Simpson Wyman Dewing, Chamberlain and Barker. Dale winds up with a trip down to the (beauty?) parlor to pick up his boss (wife).

With which we'll wind up this dissertation with the hope that no unnecessary duplications appear.

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