1936

The class of 1936 was amply represented in Boston at the gala dinner and film premiere, on April 27, the "Wearers of the Green." The 20-minute film is a potpourri of Dartmouth athletes both as Dartmouth undergraduates and on the vast field of sports after graduation. Paul Guibord, who three times was on the ail-American hockey team in the late thirties and since has continued to earn great honors in tennis for those over 60, was selected to represent the Dartmouth athletes of the thirties. Keeping him company at the evening affair were Eddie Chamberlain, John Tindle,Jack Kenny, Jack Smith, and Phil Mclnnis,

If any of the Dartmouth alumni clubs in your area are planning to show this picture, I urge you to drop all other plans you may have and make tracks for this showing. In Boston, some 1,200 cheered this picture; in Hanover, at the Class Officers Weekend one week later, another enthusiastic group crowded into Spaulding Auditorium to cheer on and clap for this impressive bit of nostalgia. When it comes your way, grab it.

At the Class Officers Weekend, May 4 and 5, the chill winds of the Hanover Plain did not impede the class of '36. The highlight of the College-sponsored events was when RobertFernald was given the coveted Dartmouth Alumni Award. I hope this will be reported elsewhere in this issue, for if I were to list verbatim the activities and achievements that led up to Bob's earning this high honor, my 800 words would be used up on this one item. At the '36 executive committee meeting much time was spent in polishing the plans for our 50th reunion in 1986. You all will be receiving reports, questionnaires, and various other bulletins designed to pique your enthusiasm for this great event of the century. For now, all you need to do is mark up the calendar, reserving June 6, 7, and 8, 1986.

Forty-five class-associated persons sat down at the Dartmouth Outing Clubhouse Saturday evening for dinner and dialogue and to cheer Jim Stephens as he received the 1936 Class Award for exceptional service to the community, to his career, and to the College. The chatter, cheer, and camaraderie continued on Sunday morning as almost 30 people wound their way up the mountainous slopes in Etna to Robert Frost Lane where Bob and Tanna Fernald jvere hosts and PhylEngland and Clay and Helen Mellor assisted in serving a scrumptious breakfast. The sun then came out and put its seal of approval on a very nice weekend.

A couple of items of interest from the week- end grab bag: Ray and Jerri Builter, who recently retired from Connecticut to condominium living on the outskirts of Hanover, will soon have as their neighbor Nancy Sawyer, widow of John Sawyer.

Three 1936 grandfathers are boasting of granddaughters as undergraduates in the class of 1987: Amy Keller of Manchester, N.H., granddaughter of Robert Keller; Sharon Coronis of Mendota Heights, Minn., granddaughter of Harry Coronis; and Susan Barto of Hanover, N.H., whom many of us know from her visits with grandpa PhilMclnnis on Dana Road.

As we approach our 50th, it seems that awards show up everywhere. Pop Beckel sends us a clipping from the Beta Theta Pi house organ announcing that 50th anniversary recognition cards are being sent to 14 members of the Dartmouth '36 chapter. Congratulations to you all! Pop goes on to say that he and his wife enjoy Charlottesville, the bestmanaged city of the many in which they have lived. "Teenie and 1 continue to consult with 30 school boards throughout the state. She does a super job as wagon master chauffeuring, making motel arrangements, and the like. All this makes for fun rather than work. Sharing interests, particularly at our age (I turned up 70 on Christmas Day 1983; Teenie's age is classified information) adds an important dimension to our lives."

Not all honors are solely recognition of endurance. On May 4, the Waterbury, Conn., Kiwanis Club presented its distinguished service award to R. Morris Payne, president of the Howland-Hughes Department Store. In addition to successfully carrying on the family department store in a New England manufacturing city which, like many communities, has had a real problem of survival, Morrie has worked with many other merchants in Waterbury to promote a real renaissance of the downtown part of the city.

It is late in the program, and the 1984 Aumni Fund will soon be closing its books. If you have let the pressures of business or retirement put the item on the bottom of the pile, dig out your card, attach your check (for more than last year) and get both of them off TODAY to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund, Blunt Alumni Center, Hanover, NH 03755. Thank you and have a good summer.

And as a final note, don't forget the annual class lobster feed, to be held at Phyllis England's in Rye, N.H., on Saturday, August 4. For further details, please call Phyllis at 603/ 964-5313.

Robert O. Fernald '36 was presented with the Dartmouth Alumni Award during Class Officers Weekend. "Few alumni have exemplified the broad objectives of the Dartmouth experience to the degree that you have," the citation began. He worked for 27 years for N.L. Industries, holding presidencies and directorships in several chapters of the American Marketing Association. His loyalty to Dartmouth is evident by the many positions he has held member of the executive committee, head agent, and class president— and by the many honors he has received, including the Fred A. Howland Trophy; the John H. Davis Trophy; the Roger C. Wilde Reunion Award; and the Alumni Fund Citation.

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