1918
While spending the winter at Lake Worth, Fla., George Von Kapff was delighted to have a visit from Tom Jones and his wife as they were returning from a visit at the home of his brother, Charles Jones, and his wife. That was followed by Bea and Betty Mugridge stopping by to fan the breeze about Dartmouth and classmates. Ben is a panel member of the American Arbitration Association. George also found members of the classes of 1915 and 1920 living with him in the Gulf Stream Hotel. He reported that as of mid-February, the 1980 Alumni Fund is ahead of last year's mark on advance gifts. On behalf of his 1918 class agent team, George sent warmest greetings to all of us. May we respond in turn.
Mort Coon recovered nicely from a hernia repair job and is now planning his garden. He keeps busy with Chamber of Commerce meetings, township and civic associations, and YMCA, plus fraternal meetings. He also reported that the 1918 birthday card arrived right on time. Yet he started his letter with the statement, "I have no class news." Nuts! His letter was a delight to receive.
Bill Ryan was also pleased to receive our birthday greetings. Arthritis hampered his reporting more. But at least he wrote.
Hal Kendal, when expressing appreciation for the class birthday greetings, reported that he had had a sojourn in the hospital with his gall bladder. Now he is looking ahead to the summer, when he will be busy in Keene, N.H., with a museum he founded there several years ago and through which he has met a lot of fine people from all over the country and from foreign lands. Gee, Hal, what is the museum all about to attract such a clientele? Give, man!
Ed and Maude Noyes enjoyed a cruise last fall to the northwest Pacific and found the Chinese of Shanghai and Peking most hospitable. Why not, with Russia to the north?
Marion Clahane continues to enjoy the ALUMNI MAG and the "Roar." She wondered what her Frank would think of the women in Hanover if he were here.
Your editor's Army buddy, Bill Shellman, sent greetings to all. He was one of the 65 Dartmouth men to enlist in the 301st Field Signal Corps, which became known as the Dartmouth outfit in World War I.
George Carpenter and his wife and son George '50 will be guests of George and Pat Stoddard in Hanover in June when George IV graduates. How lucky he is to have three generations of Dartmouth graduates. Your editor has his fingers crossed that he can perform the same feat, as his grandson, an all-state Vermont high school hockey player, has applied for admission this year.
Along with the class birthday greetings, Phil Tusting received the same from Lymie and Kay Burgess, despite the fact that the latter two have had walking pneumonia (whatever that is).
Had a postal from Anne Frost, widow of Bud Frost. Since his passing, she finds life very lonely, for friends have gone his way or retired to Florida. May we give her cheer by writing. Her address is 233 Beachwood Road, Ridgewood, N.J. 07450.
This month marks the beginning of the 1980 Alumni Fund campaign. May we all support it with generous sharing. And remember that these notes and the "Roar" want to hear from you especially the always-mute.
We regret to close on a sad note by reporting the deaths of Warren Albert Farmer and Sewall C. Stroiit. Expressions of sympathy on behalf of the class have been sent to the families of each. Their obituaries will be in this issue or a later one.
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