1932
Box 89 South Vershire, VT 05079
Harry and Charlotte Rowe have returned from a visit to Arizona, where they stayed with Joe and Ruth Roberts in their new home. The Roberts are busy and happy in that vast retirement metropolis, but have preserved a cottage for their summer return to Watkins Glen, N.Y. Harry also visited Stuart Thatford in the hospital where Stu was recovering from a heart problem.
There are two apple items, this month, viz.: Sunny Foley wrote from Stamford, Conn., that he had been visiting his niece in Colorado, and she, being a New Englander, missed having Mcintosh apples and would like to learn of a source. Sunny added: "Hope to see you in June."
Second apple item: Ping Ferry has the biggest apple tree in New York, according to a forester. There will be a ceremony bestowing this title, and, I suppose, a plaque. Perhaps Rip Van Winkle slept beneath this tree in Scarsdale.
Our indefatigable professor, Dr. Richard Stoiber has been off to the "Ring of Fire" region again teaching instructors at Gadja Mada University in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. To no one's surprise, he reported: "We obviously have visited volcanoes." I phoned, and spoke with Eddie Stoiber, who reported a fabulous experience.
For the benefit of the many who did not come to our 55th Reunion, I would like to report to you, as I write this in April, a bit about our mature reunions.
Whip Walser and his committee put together a fine program. If you have been allergic to the stereotyped reunion, please be abused of that. To me, it has been an opportunity to share experiences and ideas with a very fine sample of men and women. Most of them have improved with age. There is, of course, a liberal sprinkling of nostaglia to be mixed with one's impressions of Dartmouth 1987. It has not been a time of agreement on every issue, but hopefully we are better informed and tolerant of one anothers' ideas and opinions.
Thursday afternoon, April 9, Sally and I, along with Art Allen and Dick Olmsted, attended the dedication of the new residence halls across from the Berry Sports Center. The buildings were being named for four of Dartmouth most devoted and illustrious alumni, one of whom was Bill Morton.
Bill responded to President McLaughlin's citation in his usual firm and positive fashion, recalling his early and lasting devotion to Dartmouth and saying that he felt humble to be included with the three previous chairmen of the Trustees: Robert Brace, Charles Zimmerman, and E. William Andres. He mentioned that he had been to the Hitchcock Hospital that morning to be strengthened for the effort of speaking.
Following the formalities, we of 1932 went forward to congratulate him.
Bill passed away on Saturday, April 11, haying performed his final act for Dartmouth with courage and grace such as he had always associated with whatever he did, whether in sports, or business, or wise counsel. To Peggy Morton, our class expresses its deepest sympathy.
Ben Ezra.
