1938
Word of the election of George Kingsbury to chair the board of directors of the Indian Head (sic) National Bank of Keene was received just too late for inclusion in last month's notes. George has been a director of the bank since 1957, and his civic achievements, some of which have been cited in previous class notes, surely entitle him to a "Rouse-nee-Wah-Hoo-Wah" from Dartmouth and his classmates.
For his many community activities, George received the YMCA Red Triangle Award and, in 1969, was selected "Man of the Year" by the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce.
In World War 11, George served with a field artillery unit in the Pacific theater and was discharged with the rank of major. He retired from retail business in 1975, when he sold a stationery and book store established by his grandfather more than 150 years ago. He and Marjorie now own and operate a sheep farm at their home in West Keene. George's counsin, Priscilla Frechette, was appointed a trustee of Dartmouth last year.
Your secretary extends his thanks for seasonal and other messages received over the winter. These included a fine letter from Woody(Dick) Woodman. Anyone seeking him in Bradenton, Fla., will find him at 6040 Red Maple Road, not 1002 as previously reported.
(The post office changed the numbers, or something.) Woody wishes it known that the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at the Crown House Restaurant on U.S. Route 301 and DeSoto Road in Sarasota. "Adjustment hour" (his phrase) starts at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at 12:30. As secretary of that enterprising organization, Woody mentioned fellowmembers Bob Deery, Dick Stoughton, Stearns MacNutt, Sandy Mills, and Ed Woods. Woody added that there is also a Dartmouth Club in Naples (Florida, that is), which boasts several '38 members.
I'm especially grateful to Rog Buffinton for his thoughtful letter and his and Eva's kind words. It's been a fast, fast track for them since Rog's retirement last fall - move to Tucson from Wakefield, Mass . . . honeymoon in San Diego . . . and return to live in Tucson. Before all that, they caught the regrettable Princeton game, where they saw Bob Hallock, Charlie Hitchcock, and Dick Francis, among others, and Roy Duckworth at the Inn. The Buffintons also attended the U.N.H. game and saw Paul Urion and John Adams there.
A letter from President Clark Barrett reminded me to remind you that our 1980 fall reunion will take place Harvard weekend, October 17-19. A lot more details will follow, but circle those dates now and plan to be there.
Speaking of football (1979 model), Bill Lyle's Christmas card read in part, "Tom's team won state division championship fourth year in a row. Tom was all-state first team." May I suggest that Tom think positively about going to Dartmouth?
Grover (Bud) Fox wrote at length of the pleasures of retirement, at 920 Knoll Vista Drive, Lake San Marcos, Calif. 92069. Thanks again for the letter, Bud, and consider yourself "added to the 1938 retirement and sunbelt list." I'm taking the liberty of forwarding your very good letter to "Pacesetter" editor Dan Marshall for fuller coverage.
Two years ago last fall, I think it was, Anne and I sat next to Dick and Loraine Tisdale in Hanover at a football game, and, shortly before this past Christmas, I received moving letters from the two of them. Dick has suffered increasingly serious physical problems and is now retired to their present home, 43 Greenway Street, Cranston, R.I. 02910. Dick's activities are pretty limited, but he's plenty game, and he'd love to hear from any '38 friends.
Since the last class notes, '38 has lost another member. Fred Piderit died last November. His obituary appears in this or a subsequent ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
To end these notes in light-hearted vein, it seems in order to refer you to the picture and caption on page 52 of the November issue. The caption identifies the gentleman on the left as "R. Manning Brown Jr. '38." If any of you (including Bob Brown, Dartmouth '38) looked at that picture and thought, "Boy, that doesn't look like Bob Brown," that skeptic would have been right. The gentleman pictured is, in fact, R. Manning Brown, but R. Manning Brown isn't Dartmouth '38, but rather a Princeton alum in fact, the president of the Princeton board of trustees. The error seems to have arisen- in Hanover, so non mea culpa, in this instance. But, as Cicero, I believe, so aptly put it: "Errare humanum est."
Robert Fernald '36, right, is congratulated by Fred Stephens '53, who chaired the1979 Alumni Fund, for being the recipient of the Alumni Fund Committee Award, forthe head agent with the best all-round achievement, and the John H. Davis Trophy,for the class and head agent with the highest dollar total in a non-reunion year.
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