1931
We've received some more letters.
Vic Rockhill on November 30: "Today I put the snowplow attachment on my roto-tiller. Our driveway is 500 feet long, and doing it by hand last year was exercise I could do without. The drive is bordered by some prize azaleas and tree peonies so I hesitate to have those commercial snowplow fellows roar in. Perhaps with even more age I'll change my mind - by 1990."
Bill Wilson: "We'll be in the Sarasota, Fla., area from February 1 to March 15 and look forward to seeing the Hobbs and Denhams there as we do every year and having a lot of fun. Hoping there'll be some other classmates there. Our Christmas card from Peg and DickHolbrook arrived yesterday. It is illustrated by a beautiful woodland snow scene, and the legend on its back says: 'Oak Grove - Winter by Peter Holbrook. Loaned to the San Francisco Heart Association. Proceeds from this card are used to further heart research.' Peter, their son, was Dartmouth '61, as many of Dick's friends know.
"Finally, I've spent this whole day producing, with Edna's sterling help, 65 pounds of Dartmouth Spread, now refrigerating in 69 jars. As some classmates know, the spread is produced from the recipe the Inn Coffee Shop used back in our undergraduate days for the big bowls of cinnamon butter it always had available as a toast spread. I've been making it for my friends at Christmas for lo! these 40-odd years and have built up quite a devoted clientele."
Don Stoddard on December 14: "Molly and I spent last weekend in Hanover along with Dougand Bee Woodring attending a head class agents meeting. It was a good meeting and there was lots of snow on Saturday. We had dinner on Saturday with the Cogswells and attended the hockey game later. It's great fun getting back. Last summer we let our kids take over our summer place in New Jersey and went west for about six weeks, including a cruise on the RoyalViking Skye to Alaska for two weeks. We saw many old friends, but none from Dartmouth.
"We've seen a good bit of this old world of ours and will continue to move around. However, we think we will keep our home base here in Nutley, where we have many interests to keep us busy. Our oldest son, Don Jr. '60, is very happy with Westinghouse; our youngest, Jim (Colorado '67), commutes to Wall Street; and our middle son, Sandy (Annapolis '63), is currently naval aide to the commandant of the Marine Corps, General Wilson. However, he has just been assigned command of the U.S.S. Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry, the first of an exciting new class of guided missile ships. The ship was built in Bath and it is very possible that Captain Eliot Winslow piloted her down the Penobscot on her maiden trials."
George Nickum: "In October we had a delightful visit with Si and Francis Leach. Si had business in Vancouver and Francis was happy to come along to have some time with my godson, the youngest Leach boy, Norman, and his wife, plus two grandchildren. They drove down from Vancouver Saturday morning and were with us until Monday. Si looks fine and is completely recovered from the bad spell he had a year ago. He is retired from active participation in Federal Industries but manages to keep busy with his activities on the board of half a dozen major Canadian companies.
"I am still active in business, but thanks largely to Ma's prodding, I am now performing at a much slower pace. We are taking a house in Palm Springs for February and March and I hope to get down for at least three to four weeks. While I am in the south I hope I can make contact with George Phillips, WaltDouglas, Vance Dickerman, and other southern classmates."
We received Christmas cards with news from:
Marie Benger: "After my trips to Paris and Hawaii this year I'll be happy to settle down at Ocean Ridge, Hutchinsons Island, Fla., this winter. Before that I'll be spending Christmas with Gail (daughter) and family and New Year's with young Bengers in Pembroke."
Janet and Jim Frame: "We're just back from Brewster after taking lots of pleasure from the Cape's culture - Damn Yankees at Academy of Performing Arts, Orleans, in which both Nancy and Ron (daughter and son-in-law) had major parts, and Nutcracker by Cape Cod Ballet School, in which Marta Kristin (granddaughter) was a 'Bon Bon.' "
Harriet Wolff: "Am on my way to Arizona to visit Shep's brother and wife. I'll let you know more about it when I get back."
Charlie Schneider is looking for ideas for our 50th reunion. Please help him!
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