1927

The drive north on Route 89 from Concord, N.H., on the morning of Friday, October 11, with the sun shining on brilliant red, brown, and yellow leaves against a background of rolling hills dotted with dark green fields, brought unquestionably the most spectacular view that Ruth and I have seen in a decade.

We were on our way to 1927's annual fall reunion where 49 classmates, wives, widows, and relatives were on hand for another super weekend, except for the Colgate game which we shall pass over. Most of us are getting more gray, more stout, and more lame, but the old camaraderie still remains. A dozen played golf at Quechee Friday morning, and Friday afternoon, 14 of the 22 members of the executive committee met while others visited the newly-opened Hood Museum. This is spectacular in every respect, and beside its unusual entrance is a plaque which reads, "The Fowler Gateway has been provided in memory of Philip Fowler, class of 1927, by his wife." Dinner on Friday and breakfast, lunch, and the banquet on Saturday were all in the Hanover Inn. At the latter, we were entertained by a group of 10 lovely undergraduate female choristers who called themselves The Decibelles. The main speaker, Jean Kemeny, wife of former College president John Kemeny, read excerpts from her two books and reminisced about her experiences in Hanover. At the business meeting on Saturday morning, efficiently chaired by president Paul Hannah, the 60th reunion was discussed, and September 20, 1986, was announced as the date of the next fall reunion. Kudos were given to Frank and Evelyn Strong and Steve and Dot Tracy for their efforts in planning and carrying out all of the above.

And now we have space for a few news items that we have already held far too Liong.

The first notable event in Bill Mackay s ninth decade was a trip to Hanover in August where his daughter enjoyed several days of browsing in Campion's and other apparel shops. In between tours of the campus and the surrounding area with his son-in-law and a grandson, Bill found time to reserve a room at the Inn for our 60th in June 1987.

Ken Lee is another who has added his name to the list of '27s who have reserved rooms for the 60th. He reported a continuation of his foreign travels with a trip in late 1984 which included Paris, London, Amsterdam, Lucerne, Vienna, and Oberamagau.

For New England, the big news of this fall was Hurricane Gloria. In Middleton, R.I., according to Rog Braman, it severely damaged more than 50 boats, mostly sailing craft, which broke from their moorings and crashed against the shore. Rog escaped, fortunately, for a few months prior he had sold his large boat when he had a hernia operation. Middleton was directly in the path of the storm, and he was lucky to have lost only a large number of trees along a brook in the rear of his house.

In mid-September, Bud Wesselmann called us from his new apartment in Winter Park, Fla., where he is struggling to make do by himself after the death of his wife, Dottie, in late 1984. He pointed out an error in the May issue of this periodical, for which we apologize, when we noted that he went north during the 1984 Christmas holidays to visit a son and daughter in Ohio. Actually, Bud has two sons and no daughter.

We are sorry to have to end with word of the death of James R. Forgie on April 10, 1985.

Merry Christmas to all.

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