1928

The 1975 fall reunion of the Class was the best ever, with 60 present at the cocktail party and dinner in the Norwich Inn on Saturday night October 11 following the victory over Penn.

Activities started a day earlier this year, on Thursday, as reported last month.

Friday morning the executive committee met at the Norwich Inn. With President Fran Kenerson presiding, the principal business was the selection of a date for our next fall reunion. Starting next year the football season starts and ends a week earlier and there will be no home game on, the Columbus Day weekend. It was voted unanimously to have the reunion on the last weekend in September which will include the New Hampshire game. It was pointed out that the fall colors are usually at their best at that time. In order to "sew up" our highly sought after block of rooms at the Norwich Inn, it was also voted to have the 1977 reunion on the last weekend in September.

On Treasurer Craig Haines' recommendation, it was voted to continue sending the Alumni Magazine to any '28 widow interested. At present 103 are receiving it. Your secretary mentioned that anyone who wants another 1973 Class Directory and the up-dating March 1, 1975 insert can obtain them by writing him. Present at the meeting besides the above-mentioned officers were reunion chairman Herb Sensenig, John Nixon, Bill Marx, George Emery, Jack Herpel, Cal Billings, Bill Morton, and Skip Drayton.

The game Saturday afternoon was exciting - the rain never stopped falling, but everyone seemed well equipped with rain gear.

The Saturday night dinner and party after it were memorable, with Wat Dickerman's combo consisting of Wat playing his washerboard, Bill Marx the banjo, Al Fowler the bass fiddle (relieved at times by George Klein), and featuring Jack Kenerson as vocalist. When the Class of 1934 heard all the fun we were having in the Inn lounge, they invited us to bring our band and join them in the Ranger Room downstairs. With Bill Scherman '34 and Jack Herpel as virtuosos on the piano, everyone joined in the singing of the golden oldies.

In addition to those already mentioned, the following were present, most with wives: George Bell, George Emery, Wes Patience, Walt Simpson, Jerry Warner (taking lots of pictures), Bill Williams, Wes Wood, Joe Tidd, Bill Lary, Marion Blyth, Curly Prosser, John Phillips with their Penn guests, the Foster Sanfords, Barney Norton, Tim Paige and his guests including two members of his family and Mrs. Norma Ingham, sister of Richie Smith '26 and Dave Smith '35, George Holbrook, Les Mason and his bride of two weeks and his guest Al Hickin.

An interesting feature of the Penn game was the beautiful special program featuring pictures and seven articles about the 50th anniversary of Dartmouth's 1925 national championship team. Swede Oberlander '26 was the firing pin in an attack which averaged 42 points per game. Myles Lane was the leading scorer with 102 points. He caught three touchdown passes against both Cornell and Chicago and holds the Dartmouth record for career touchdown catches (18). Halfback Eddie Reece caught a 52-yard scoring pass from Myles in the Norwich game. In the Brown game right tackle John Phillips recovered a loose ball in the end zone and scored. Individual pictures of Myles and AlFusonie were ufed in the program, and other '28 members of the team mentioned were BobMacPhail, Jack McAvoy, Gaylord Fauntleroy, Howard Moss, Jack Phelan, Ralph Langdell, and George Brush.

Bob and Charlotte Edgar find their efforts to get to the fall reunion thwarted. They were booked at the Inn in '72 but Bob spent the weekend in the hospital having his gall bladder removed. Last year they were in England visiting their daughter and three grandchildren, and this year their daughter was visiting them. Bob's son and wife gave a dinner party for him on his recent birthday, complete with a decorated cake done with discretion, using as a euphemism for 70 which seems a large number, the Roman numerals LXX.

Cuddy and Lil Gardner have sold their house in Rockport, Mass., and moved back to the Boston suburbs (Stoneham).

Since our last column was written we have learned with sorrow of the deaths of Larry Ryan, Don McKay, John Lyman, and Al Bishop.

Secretary,

Van Dyne Oil Co. Troy, Pa. 16947

Treasurer, Heritage Village 574-B(15) Southbury, Conn. 06488