1927
Roger Bury, 1927's own Eleazar Wheelock pf Pine Tree fame, brought honor and prestige to the Class when he was given the Dartmouth Alumni Award at the Class Officers Weekend in Hanover in May. Shortly after the weekend, the sailing Burys were off to Greece to pick up their 50-foot "Passagemaker" for a full summer of cruising in Greek and Adriatic waters. And, to put it mildly, Rog seemed pleased that grandson David, son of son Curtiss '53, had just been admitted to Dartmouth with the Class of 1978
Other members of the Class who have received the Alumni Award include 1964 CoggyBroer, 1965 Bob Stevens, 1968 Sykes Hardy, 1969 Charlie Bartlett, 1970 Doane Arnold, and 1973 Bo Head.
Spencer Cook reports that there was an excellent turnout for the Annual Dinner in Tucson, Ariz., recently. He and Jack Sheldon represented the Class of 1927. Cookie sees Jack quite often as Jack passes their home on the fourth fairway, and their wives often play golf together. The Cooks will be back in Rochester for the summer.
Bernard Barde wrote the Alumni Magazine from Morro Bay to hold everything for a year as they wander around Europe. Starting out with. month in England, they will then go to Milan I pick up a Fiat and keep going as long as strength and money hold out. Isn't Social Security wonderful.
Paul Revere O'Connell presided as president at the Bequest and Estate Planning Chairmen's meeting at the Class Officers weekend in Hanover in May. Don Norstrand '26, presided at the session for secretaries which we attended.
Ken Murray, president, and Tom Gillespie, newsletter editor, were at their respective meetings.
Bob Bliss of Janesville, Wis., is still busy having fun as a newspaper-radio publisher-editor He still thinks Hanover is a healthy males without females, but he isn't adamant on the subject. His publication has recently won Inland Press Award for Typography.
Dime Benson and Rhoda went to California at Christmas time to see their new grand-daughter, but have foregone going to England where their youngest is spending his sabbatica. at Cambridge writing textbooks on linguistics, one of which has just been published. Dime prefers sitting in front of the fire in Pulaski, N.Y., waiting for the trout season to open.
Bill Pelton is still plugging away in his native Olean, N.Y., worrying about the goings on in this country, more concerned about what he doesn't see than what he does. He believes there is more to man's existence than just to continue his species At our age, don't we all?
Bill King North Sutton, N.H., says, I suppose my biggest achievement to date has been to stay reasonably healthy. I like to think it's because of clean living and moderation. I didn't smoke openly until I was 15 and I drink nothing but clean, pure water with my whiskey. I use both at times.
"We (Eleanor and me) have an.old 1½ story cape type house on 15 acres of land at the end of a gravel road at the base of King Hill where the King Ridge Ski area is located. House and location suit us fine. Most of the land is wooded and a nice brook in front of the house plus a trout pond behind it We have seen and identified 78 kinds of birds on our property as well as most of the more common animals including deer, beaver, mink, raccoon, fox, red, grey and flying squirrels, etc. Have seen wildcat and bear tracks and nearly ran over a wildcat on the first run in the morning down the ski trail last year."
Bill is on the Sutton Conservation Committee and Sutton Planning Board and concerned with the rapid growth of the area. He says a large number of people are mad at him all the time, some for making it difficult for them to make money and others for being too permissive.
With his set up, he should care!
We extend our sympathies to Louise Ingham those husband, Kermit Ingham, passed away April 16 in Stillwater, Okla.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Feature movies at the Nugget: Harold Lloyd in "Girl Shy," Pola Negri - "Montmartre."
Five Dartmouth men compete in Olympic trials, including R. A. Dalrymple, captain of the 1927 cross country team, in the 10,000 metre run.
Athletic Council awards 1927 numerals in track to Brush, Clokey, Covert, Dalrymple, Davis, Fuqua, Kelly, Ketz, Martin, McAnulty, Mullin. Rose. Smith, Spinney and Woelfel.
Baseball numerals went to Carver, Coulter, Dev. Duplin, Elliott, Gibson, Hardy, Kinney, Michelini, Picken, Owl, Stevens and Tracy.
Committee selects Carnival Show "Little Miss Nobody" by C. T. Swanson '27. The music submitted by D. H. Merriam '27 found favor with the judges.
The Gallagher Award for manhood, character, leadership, literary, scholastic and athletic ability was awarded to John H. Fuqua.
Albury, Hall, Herrmann and McCall were awarded numerals for winning events in inter-class meets during the year:
The Johnson Prize for the best contribution for literary work for The Dartmouth was won by V.G.F. Reynolds while C. P. Baker Jr., and G. D. Ritchie tied for second.
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