1919
Many faithful members of the Class continue to send me encouraging messages which I welcome and sincerely appreciate. Slim Huntoon wrote me early in December. He reported that San and Jane Treat spent some time in their home a few years ago and that "we became very much attached to her." Peggy Chadwell is another of my favorite Southern California informants. In their Christmas message she men- tions that "Chad has renewed his interest in genealogy. He is not only attending an adult education class in genealogy but is corresponding with two cousins on the Chadwell family and a cousin on the Marshall side, his mother's family. Jane Heim, one of Jesse's step- daughters had a little baby boy born last May. As Marge's three daughters have always considered us grandparents, we feel now we have our first great grand baby."
Alice Mauk plans to be in La Jolla, Calif, during most of February and March 1975. She sent me her address there but by the time you see these notes she will be ready to return to Perrysburg, Ohio. Betty Burnett sent me a 'cheerful note in response to my request for the date of her 39th birthday. Alma Leonhard responded to a similar request saying that she hears frequently from Sherry Baketel '20. The Leonhards and Baketels have been intimate friends for many years.
The Elmer Pilsburys returned from their summer home at Bay View, Saco, Maine, early in October. "After spending a season entertaining children, grandchildren, and four other relatives and friends. It seems that a house on the beach draws people and for that we are glad." They plan to be in Englewood, Fla., again starting around the middle of January. Harold Morse lives there and "we occupy a house not too far from them."
Early in December I received another letter from Wilson Neely '78. "Mrs. Nell Neely, (Gene's widow) was my grandmother. She died about five years ago. Their daughter (my dad's sister) married Eugene Locke who was a buddy of L.B.J. (President Lyndon Johnson). Mr. Locke died about three years ago. I don't think Mrs. Locke (my aunt Adele) is active in politics anymore."
Harriet and I deeply appreciate many holiday messages. Space limitations preclude a more detailed acknowledgment. One of the first came from San Treat. At that time he was thinking of "going over to Florida for a change and try my hand at some fishing."
The Dartmouth Club of Northwestern Connecticut, of which I am a member, has a Student Liaison. Her name is Christine Morris '77. I met her in the summer of 1973 before she entered college and have seen her once since then in Hanover. I have named her my Hanover undergraduate correspondent. Here are excerpts from a letter dated 11/4/74. "I'm enjoying my courses this term which makes it a great deal easier to study. Harvard weekend kept me busy. What a weekend! There were an estimated 30,000 people in Hanover for the game. The town was literally bursting at the seams. It was very exciting. This past weekend I was in New Haven for the Yale game. The score was 9-14 with 2 minutes left to play and Dartmouth had the ball on their 4 yard line. They had 3 downs to try to get over the goal line, but failed. It's too bad we just haven't been able to come out on top because we have been playing respectable football. In spite of our football team's bad breaks everything else in Hanover is going great for me. Being a sophomore and being familiar with the College has made me much more confident and comfortable. I know the 'ropes' now and can get the most out of what I do! I certainly consider myself fortunate to be in such a beautiful setting with fine opportunities!" Three cheers for the Class of 1977.
The following announcement came to me from the Dartmouth College News Services:
"A scholarship fund has been established at Dartmouth College through the bequest of a woman known to hundreds of alumni of the college as the unofficial "greeter" at the Hanover Inn. The scholarship was established through the will of the late Adele Hall Ives in the memory of her husband and it will be known as the Frederick P. Ives, 1919, Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Ives was graduated from Dartmouth in 1919.
"Mrs. Ives became associated with the Hanover Inn in the late 1930s as assistant to the then-managers, Ford and Peggy Sayre. She continued in this administrative capacity under the managerships of Mrs. Sayre and of David Heald.
"When James T. McFate assumed managership of the Hanover Inn in the early 19505, Mrs. Ives became assistant manager. Mrs. Ives retired from her duties at the Inn in the early 19605. She died in February 1974. A native of Evanston, Ill, Mrs. Ives was instrumental in founding the chapter of the Junior League there.
"The scholarship fund stipulates that the income from it be used for scholarship purposes in any ways that the trustees of Dartmouth College may direct. The fund now is in the amount of $15,000, and will be augmented later by the principal of Mrs. Ives' estate."
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