1931
Anne Conklin writes that she and George "are off to Russia March 28 for two weeks with a group of architects. Very exciting. Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, as well as Moscow. Then ten days on our own in France and England. Will be back about April 20."
Bill Little phoned early in March, having just returned from three weeks in Brazil. This was his second visit, the first having been 51 years ago. Bill had a trade show in Chicago the week of the heavy snowstorms. His manager, Doug Woodring '62, son of our Doug, never made it for the show. His plane was turned away at O'Hare, refused permission to land at St. Louis, and eventually set down at Dallas, Tex. After the show Bill and Dink left for Florida and attended the February 3 dinner in Ft. Lauderdale. Then on to Rio de Janeiro where they looked up Harry and Helena Townsend, who retired February 1. He and his wife, a Cuban sculptor, accompanied Bill and Dink to Iguacu Falls, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Red Gristede writes: "Received a letter from an older friend in Florida, who writes he played golf with Forsha Russell in a Wednesday golf mixer. My friend said Forsha was just fine, a Dartmouth man of '31 I remembered. Knew Grestede and that he roomed with AdrianO'Keeffe, later with first National Stores. A small world. Forsha mentioned that White River Junction 'had the lowest per capita percentage of V.D.' Some of Doc Bowler's handiwork?? Incidentally, Forsha has a 36 handicap!! Is that for nine holes, Forsha? You'll make a good partner in a handicap tournament."
Jim Lyall writes: "My Pleasantville Presbyterian Church (of which I am a longtime elder) has a new youth minister, Hal Holman. Hal and his youths enjoy my swimming pool on occasion, just as he enjoyed Elder Ned Pitkin's pool when he was part of the Albany Presbyterian Church. As former glee clubbers, Ned and I also sing in our respective choirs."
A clipping from the Washington Star of February 16 reads: "The John B. Martins, of Grand Rapids and Chevy Chase, were in New York recently for the swearing-in of their daughter Gillian Sorensen as New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and the Consular Corps." John also attended the "February with the Arts" luncheon.
From John Cogswell in Hanover:
Johnny Johnson writes from Bergen, Norway: "My agents tell me I escaped a wet and dreary fall in New England, but there was plenty of rain left to soak Norway. We have seen no sun since early October. I am studying inflation first hand, like not smoking, (cigarettes are $1.80 a pack), drinking (liquor is $18 a fifth), or driving (a Ford Capri starts at $10,600). Otherwise I am into fish, trolls, and genealogy, among other university courses. Meanwhile, over in Korea, Ralph and PhyllisCharlton have switched from AARP trips to Spain and Portugal to a stint of acting as consultant to a plastic flooring plant in the apparently mysterious East, where they and not the natives are curiosities. None of this is jet-set stuff, but it seems to have its own fascination. A Hudson, N.Y., banner in the Rotary Club here must be from Beany Thorn."
John McDonough: "Arlene and I are in Florida for the winter. We started in September and so missed the football games. We took the long way traveling to Portland, Ore., to visit a son and to Colorado to visit a daughter. We spent six weeks and drove 9,000 miles."
Swede Nelson: "Not a lot to add to the class ken. I am in the process of selling my home and moving into a high rise which commands quite a view of our beautiful Colorado Mountains."
Skeet Thomas: "Still at the old stand. No changes in my family status, including children, grandchildren, marriages, etc. Hope to make the Dartmouth-Cornell game. Won't be able to do much more than make the tent in the morning, leaving immediately after the game.
"Only big weekend will be Pennsylvania. Caleb Jr. lives in Pennsauken, N.J., so that I'm planning to spend November 11-13 at his house with much of my family, taking in the Penn game as part of the weekend."
Maury Whittinghill: "We are enjoying living on the Intracoastal Waterway at Wrightsville Beach watching the boats and barges go by - as I work? - while Martha picks crabmeat. She tends her crabpot, and sometimes that of a neighbor, a few hundred yards away.
"Some other season, when I am not being a visiting professor down here, I may be located temporarily in New Hampshire."
Tom Williams: "We managed to make my 50th high school reunion in Natick, Mass. Don't think anyone looked much worse for the wear and tear of the intervening years."
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