1921

Tom Staley and Anne spent the best part of the winter on a dude ranch in Mesa, Ariz. Tom was there four weeks and Anne eight and a half weeks. They enjoyed the warm dry climate and occupied their time "eating too much," riding horseback four to five hours a day and having an occasional swim. Tom reports and regrets being unable to attend the Class Officers May meeting, but hopes to be with us in the fall.

Herrick and Avalita Brown flew over to England on a Pan-Am 747 towards the end of April for a three weeks stay. They spent most of their time in London seeing some plays and getting in some sightseeing. A seven day motor coach trip took them to Devon and Cornwall. It was their fifth visit to London and "it seemed good to be back."

Van Vechten Shaffer, recently retired as chairman of the board of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company was honored at a dinner meeting of the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. This was the B'nai B'rith community builder award based on time and energy given to planning and carrying out projects aimed at improving the economic stability and cultural quality of life in Cedar Rapids, lowa. His community activities have included president of the Chamber of Commerce, trustee and secretary of Coe College, chairman of the Cedar Rapids war appeals coordinating committee, member of the Board of the Jane Boyd Community House, Cedar Rapids Art Association and city planning commission. He helped organize the Cedar Rapids Community foundation and the Greater Downtown Association. He is the twelfth person to receive the award. (This news about Van Vechten reached us courtesy of Nelson Smith.)

Your secretary has just returned home from a three weeks stay at St. Pete Beach where we had a pleasant visit with Wallyand Mildred Henshaw who were spending the winter at Holmes Beach, near Anna Maria Island. They are still pondering whether to make Florida a year round home.

Surprisingly enough, in checking Florida residents we found that a classmate, Harold Printz, was living across the street and two blocks down from where we were staying. He is very comfortably situated, having retired from his New York connections, and glad to be away from the hurlyburly of the megalopolis.

The Roger Wildes left their winter apartment in Naples, Fla., and decided to see what Naples, Italy was like. Here they ran into Bob and Rosamund Loeb who were just finishing up their Mediterranean and Adriatic tour. It's always fair weather when 21'ers get together.

The College and the Class of 1921 have overlapping June Reunion schedules. The Spalding Inn group under the Chairmanship of Bob Burroughs made its plans months ago to be in Whitefield June 11 to 14. Later, the College scheduled Post Reunion activities for the same period. It was decided to go ahead with the Whitefield plans this year, with the understanding that arrangements for our 1973 meeting can be drafted with the College schedule in mind. The Whitefield program is informal and relaxed, with putting contests, bowling on the green, special evening entertainment courtesy of Bill Embree and a circular scenic drive through the beautiful White Mountains being arranged by Bob Loeb. The Hotel Waumbeck golf course will be the host for the more ambitious divot diggers.

The joint annual picnic of 1920-1921 will be held at Bob Burroughs farm in Canterbury, N. H., probably the second or third Saturday in July. This has attracted classmates from all over New England, and will soon be a tradition.

Again looking ahead! Fall homecoming at the time of the Princeton game scheduled for October. Class dinners at the Woodstock Inn Friday and Saturday nights, a class meeting in Hanover Saturday morning followed by buffet lunch in Alumni Hall of Hopkins center. Keg;Miner, as usual, is making all arrangements.

Kemp Fuller has sent us his European itinerary for the period December 15, 1971 to mid-April 1972. For a business trip it sounds like a lot of fun. Travel included all the European capitals from London to Czechoslovakia (excluding Spain and Portugal).

Harold Bowen tells us about one ancestor that he is proud of. His name appears in an early book (History of the Pirates) which has a chapter devoted to Captain Bowen. In the year 1700 he was sailing on the Malabar Coast with a crew composed of men of all nations. He preyed likewise on ships of all nations. He used to shave once a week with a lighted candle and a wet rag.

Durward De Groff has had a rough winter. He entered the Amsterdam Hospital just before Christmas and at the end of March was in the Extended Care Facility. He is badly crippled with arthritis of the hip. His daughter Mrs. Margaret Cross suggests that "he would appreciate notes or news from former classmates, since Dartmouth seems to have been the love of his life."

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