1916
Frederick William Davis died on December 22, 1972. The sympathy of the Class of 1916 is extended to his family. An obituary written by Roger F. Evans will appear in this Magazine.
Amos W. Gile '51, son of John and Ted Gile, has bought Roberts' Flower Shop in Hanover Amos and Lorna have a son John '75 (now in the Army), a daughter Pamela Jean '76, and a married daughter, Joan Michaelsen, Bergen Norway. John Fowler Gile was a Trustee of Dartmouth College, taking after his father. Ted is a gracious lady and a good cook. Amos says business on Main Street is O.K. Fie looks and talks so much like his father Jay that I drop in to see him often.
Rick Berryman '76, Class of 1916 Scholar, won two events for the Big Green in a recent track meet. The sports writers call him a "fast frosh" but there's more to it than that. Rick can be courteous to a retired professor without being obsequious, a valuable qualification. The way his eyes light up at the smell of a homemade doughnut restores my faith in the doughnut as a panacea in dealing with homesick freshmen like you and me.
Israel Eigner's son Joe is "happy as head of the Department of Microbiology at Washington University, St. Louis. He also teaches that subject there."
Ken Ross tells me "I believe young ladies at Dartmouth are an improvement. They will have a civilizing influence. Perhaps some of the scholars will stay in Hanover weekends rather than going off over the roaring thruways."
Sixteeners are invited to the 1918 Pow-Wow on March 13 at the Hotel Sheraton, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Inform Tom Jones, 100 Royal Palm Way, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432 that you will be there.
May Tucker writes from Bermuda that she is enjoying her sojourn at the Princess Hotel with "an old friend and her companion and having a good rest - just what I needed."
Phil Stackpole tells me he has "lived in the same house for 48 years." This looks to me like another 1916 record. If you can beat it let me know at once. Otherwise Phil gets the award.
Ralph George, after a stop at Ruth's former home in Belcross, N.C., took off for Longboat Key, Fla., where they "expect to stay through April. Then back to N.H." Apparently Ralph doesn't care much about shoveling snow, a point of view that seems to be gaining ground these days in the Class of 1916. Strange.
Dick Parkhurst says he and Kay are in good shape and encloses a quotable quotation from the President of Reed College: "We are not engaged in the celebration of good intentions but in helping young men and women become better able to carry them out in their lives." Sounds like a tough job, but worth trying.
Anson Bates, like many another of us, knows a coy who wants to go to Dartmouth. As one alumnus to another, Anson wrote Eddie Chamberlain '36, Director of Admissions, in a down-to-earth tone of voice what he knew about the candidate, then just signed his name. Splendid way to meet this situation.
Jack Little writes "I have a few troubles but my health is good. I still think I may amount to something sometime - a different problem from my classmates who have done it, but there is still time as long as I can get up each morning.
"Today the air is full of snow. So I put the flyrod I was going to try out back in the closet. One thing the years bring is a modicum of patience."
Sam Foss never got to college but without sweating a hair he can first-name more Dartmouth alumni than anyone in town. If you walk into Sam's store and he doesn't know you, we will refund your money gladly. Sam is well thought of here because of his transistorized memory and some other things. When a heifer blats Sam can tell whether she wants her mother or a husband, for instance.
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