1916

Word has reached us of the deaths of Jean (wife of Dan Dinsmoor), FrankGreenleaf, Ernie Gioiosa, and JohnButler. The Class extends sincere sympathy to their families.

Ed and Ruth Kirkland have been on a trip to the west coast and stopped in Hanover to discuss things in general. Parker Hayden and Roger Evans attended the Casque and Gauntlet dinner here and we had a good visit together. No formal vote was taken at either session but the consensus was that things, although not at optimum level, are better than expected.

Larry and Irene Doyle are back home in Sea Girt after three and a half months in the sun at Hillsboro near Pompano Beach where they saw Ray Devoe.

Paul Goward writes from Winter Park that he plans to visit Honey Abraham in Ft. Lauderdale. Honey has been recuperating from a sojourn in hospitals. He writes that he "drove up to Lake Worth to visit Charlie Jones and his brother Wes '20." Wes Jones writes that Charlie's health is still quite good and that he "enjoys quite often a life once reserved for a gentleman named Riley." These data indicate that liaison in Florida is good. Maybe the salubrious weather is partly responsible.

Burt Lowe reports that our 1916 Alumni Fund "is 30 donors and $2700 behind the 1971 figures for an even date. Contrast that with the figures for the whole fund—it is ahead of last year by $85,000 in cash and $20,000 in pledges." Burt is diligently searching for an explanation of this discrepancy. Do you think it is temporary?

Verda (Mrs. Philips N.) Davis has sent me clippings from the Monterey Peninsular Herald" describing the ABC program in Carmel, Cal. in which she is interested. One article states: "Dartmouth College originated ABC in 1964 and administers it with the help of grants from the Rockefeller Foundation. Thirteen cooperating high schools throughout the country have ABC programs similar to the two in California."

Mollie (Mrs. Ernest A.) Gioiosa has made a gift to the College in memory of Ernie, and Burt Lowe has expressed the thanks of the Class for her kindness and loyalty.

Howard Buffinton is sending me his MEMBOOK for filing in Baker Library. He also has a framed picture "some 6½ feet by 8 inches, a photo of the entire College taken in 1916." Howard says he remembers that "one enterprising youth stood on the left end and then ran around in back of the gang to get into the picture again on the right end." Can any reader substantiate this exploit? It is precisely the kind of colorful myth about our generation which is welcomed by the present generation. Can you help bridge this generation gap? Was it you who did the running around? If not, will you claim you did?

Parker Hayden has received a letter of thanks from Walter T. Cmaylo '75, recipient of the Class of 1916 Scholarship. Walter says ... "the tremendous contributions made to Dartmouth by our alumni never cease to amaze me."

Erwin Gifford encloses a note from Edwin Lindman (P. O. Box 1371, Lanark Village, Fla. 32323) who has been ... "confined to a hospital for two months with a broken hip." Notes of sympathy and best wishes would be in order.

The name of Mrs. Gardner L. Morey (Box 183, Hildreth Lane, Bridgehampton, N. Y. 11932) was inadvertently omitted from the 1916 Directory of May, 1970. A new address list is in preparation. Please report changes of address and other data to the secretary promptly.

I wish I could get the response from my classmates that Erasmus Newton in Etna gets from his Plymouth Rock hens. Ras feeds his laying flock popcorn. Eggs flip themselves right over in the fry pan. "Quite a sight," he tells me. Maybe we better go out and call on Ras pretty soon.

Secretary, 3 Downing Rd. Hanover, N. H. 03755

Class Agent, 50 Rugby Rd. Manhasset, L. I., N. Y. 11030