1937
As we prepare this copy, our 45th reunion three months ago seems more like a dream of four wonderful years compressed into four wonderful days. It ended so quickly we never got to see and talk with everyone we intended to. For a reporter, a gathering like that should be solid gold. But all your scribes had such a good time we ended up with scant news, just too much to do.
About the directory, a few corrections and apologies. We had assumed Bob McCoy's move to Connecticut was a typical retirement. Not true. He made a job change two years ago and is now with Herbert S. Newman Associates, Architects, 300 York Street, New Haven, Conn. 06511, phone 203/772-1990: He and Liz sold their L-archmont home and winterized their summer place at Indian Cove, where they have joined with '37 retirees Vogt, Ross, and Edwards. Jake Mosser is changed to Box 1536 from 298 A and his name is still Jake not Jane! Dan Minahan's name is misspelled in the alphabetical section. Rachel Laughton was left out completely, but she has since retired, sold her home in New Jersey, and moved to Cape Cod 60 Dunstable Cross Road, South Dennis, Mass. 02660. Four apologies, but all were delighted to receive them.
A nice tribute came to Mutt Ray from Ad Winship '42, vice president of the College, congratulating him for his leadership of the class over the past five years. Also, Mutt wishes to publicly thank everyone in the class who in turn helped him, particularly Tom Nast,Gene Jones, and Lem Bowen, all now retired. Also those remaining Ben Doran,Rog Allen, Fran Fenn, Katie Bankart, and your obedient servant. He and Corky are extremely pleased with the engraving of the Dartmouth Green, circa 1850, presented to him by the class and now hanging in their dining room. One other reunion tribute came from Hank Eberhardt '61, director of the Alumni Fund, congratulating all in 1937 responsible for helping to break the fund record for a 45th reuning class.
Two who had hoped to make it to reunion but were unable to wrote notes. Pat O'Sheel had expected to be in the United Kingdom to see- his daughter. Then just as those plans changed he was knocked out by a series of antibiotics intended to finish off a king-size virus picked up in the mountains of southern Scotland months ago when his car broke down in a raging blizzard. Pat is a free-lance writer and was there doing an article, on Clydesdale horses. He was greatly disappointed to miss seeing his old roomie, Frank Irwin. Pat was so pleased to receive the new directory he sent a voluntary donation to our treasury in appreciation! Says he'll be at the 50th for sure!
Pat Uhlmann couldn't come because he had a conflict with his annual family reunion, but he planned to be with us on October 2 and 3. He and Helen Jane took a trip to Sicily sponsored by a local art gallery. They saw many historical sites, churches, and temples. Pat says there are two kinds of Greek temples, those that stand up and those that lay down and that's pretty much what you learn about Greek temples!
A last thank-you comes from Fran Fenn and Gene Jones to the 1937 reunion giving committee for that tremendously successful effort. The final figure came to $379,682, which was 98.5 per cent of the amount raised at our 40th with 33 fewer classmates and many retired in the meantime. He credits Gene's tireless efforts as agent over the past five years with a 20 per cent increase in giving.
Al and Jean Gray missed out on reunion due to her having had a bad fall. Their tickets were all bought but she was in bad shape at the time. Helen and Don McKinlay had to leave a day early to fly to Denmark, where Don was to attend a meeting of the Aspen Institute. He is secretary and legal counsel to this august body. Bill McKnight rushed Nan to the hospital the day before reunion with an angina attack. She is OK but they have to be careful. They see a lot of Betty and Bob Knapp in the New London area; the Knapps are tennis buffs.
A note from Fred Vogt says he took some freshly-dug (by feeling for them with your toes) chowder clams to neighbors Betsy and Bob Ross a few days before they left on a long Medi-terranean tour. Bob had given him some fresh corn from his raccoon-threatened crop. Viv Edwards had recently given Fred an extensive tour of a fishing association he had joined last spring. Not only fishing but partridge and pheasant shooting, too.
I'm afraid I must conclude with the sad news of the death of Howard Ross, one of our adopted classmates, on August 12 in Metedeconk, N.J., of a heart attack. A bachelor, he and Frank Robin shared a lovely home there and were long-time friends. Howard had picked up Frank at the train and complained of a stomach problem driving home. Later he collapsed in the kitchen and died in the hospital.
"Those of us who attended fall reunions looked forward to seeing Howard. He was very proud of his Dartmouth affiliation and had been with us for several years.
He supervised the employee benefits department of the Public Service Electric and Gas Company in Newark. He served a term as commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla in the sixties, during which time he had a power boat and was at his happiest on or near the water. He was a veteran of the Air Force in World War II.
Marge and Ben Doran and Barbara and Hank Pierce attended the services. Howard leaves his father, William Ross, of Stuart, Fla.
Al Gray and Harold. Putnam, both '37 andsophomore roommates 48 years ago in CollegeHall, got together recently at Putnam's summergallery at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, Mass. Alsovisiting were classmates Larry Brooks, FredVogt, and Janie Brown.
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