1921

A notable event occurred on September 15 when Raymond Mallory and his good wife Gertrude celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. An afternoon reception was held at Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee, and it was crowded with classmates and other well-wishers. The Class was represented by six classmates from 1921. It was a joyful occasion and one long to be remembered. Their sons DeWitt Jr. '47 and Richard '49 were there with their families, and the ex-governor of Vermont, the Honorable Deane C. Davis Jr.

On October 5 Ray celebrated his 75th birthday and regrets his inability not to have been in Hanover for the 1921 homecoming when he and Gertrude will be on an extended trip.

Dana S. Lamb has done it again. The editor of Winchester Press announces Dana's new book which will come out in September as a Field andStream publication. It will be their Book Club selection with a first printing of over 20,000 copies, and a limited edition of 250 copies individually signed by the author himself. It will be available at the Dartmouth Bookstore. The tome is entitled Where the Pools are Bright and Deep. The release says in part that Lamb has written over the years with uncommon precision and poignancy of the things all sportsmen share and appreciate - a kinship with nature, a respect for the land and a sense of exhilaration with each new outing in field and stream.

With a tinge of sadness we must announce with sincere sympathy the death of Marion (Molly) Luedke, wife of Edward Luedke. They had been married since October 19, 1940 and have two children. Our condolences go the Luedke family.

Hal and Doris Braman have recently entertained their two daughters from Washington, D.C., and Vallejo, Calif. Marcia Grosvenor whose husband Alec has been assigned to the Pentagon is now going to Patuxent, Md. to run the Naval Flight Training School there. Capt. L.S. Smith Jr. and wife Doris Ann visited her parents in Norwich and played golf at Fairlee, Hanover and Woodstock for three days and then left for Rochester, N.Y., where their youngest daughter Betsy was married to Norman Eisenmann. They are residing in Middletown, Conn., where Betsy will attend Wesleyan University while her husband will enter the Submarine School at Groton, Conn.

Roland (0.J.) Auger has taken up a new career which is remarkable for a man in his midseventies. It is an athletic hobby which all of his classmates should envy. He is an instructor in tennis to women of all ages in New Bedford. Mass where he returns each summer, at Buttonwood Park Courts. In the winter he takes over at Fort Lauderdale where he, the Pied Piper of Holiday Park, hypnotizes housewives. His married daughters, Pauline and Nancy, semi-pros in the Boston area, married tennis buffs - so the tradition is carried on by the family. His wife Loretta gets teased about his playing with the opposite sex all the time, but says "there's safety in numbers. At his age he can't do much, and he's harmless." - At Holiday Park he often sees Chris Evert since her father is the tennis pro there. Being an amateur and charging nothing for instruction. Roly is not in competition. He has turned out a book entitled Tennis Instruction published by Rendrag Associates of Wellesley Hills, Mass., and offered for sale @ $5 per copy. But even this is a non-profit enterprise.

Regarding the October 5-7 Homecoming the Class picked Holiday Inn in White River for its headquarters. The celebration started out with a sumptuous dinner on Friday night. On Saturday morning we had a class meeting in Silsby Hall which was ideally situated on Tuck Drive. Over 50 Twenty-oners, including the wives, were in attendance.

All officers and chairmen reported on their activities during the past year such as the Alumni Fund, the Memorial Book Program, and the Bequest Program.

Furb Haight offered his resignation as Alumni Fund Class Agent, and the Class nominated Harry Chamberlaine to hold office at least until our reunion in 1976. Seven deaths of classmates have occurred since our last Homecoming and a moment of silence was observed in their honor. It was announced that there remain 204 active classmates and 76 living class widows.

It was tentatively decided to hold the Homecoming in the fall of 1974 at the time of the Princeton game, and reservations for the Class will be made at Holiday Inn for that occasion.

The Class voted on keeping the Indian symbol and for the reinstitution of the R.O.T.C. program. These affirmative votes will be passed along to the Alumni Council and the Trustees of the College.

The chairman reported on their activities during the past year, such as the Alumni Fund, the Memorial Book Program, and the Bequest Program.

The meeting adjourned in time for the buffet luncheon in Alumni Hall of Hopkins Center.

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