1917
Bill Eaton has his team of Alumni Fund workers all lined up and ready to go, if they are not already on the move. The idea is to make the results of this year's campaign an outstanding success by exceeding all of our previous accomplishments, both in terms of dollars contributed and in participation. Each year this group of tireless workers devotes countless hours to the task at hand in order to secure maximum participation by the men of our class and' thus help to insure the success of the campaign. We - that is, you and I and every other member of 1917 - can and must help. We can do this by an early response to the appeal, thus eliminating a lot of needless follow-up work.
The unrestricted funds made available to Dartmouth as a result of the Annual Fund Campaign are urgently needed and each of us should review our program of total giving. Then, with Dartmouth's great need in mind, we should give as generously as our individual means will permit. Give something, if only for the feeling of satisfaction it will give you to realize that you have shared in this great effort. Some of you who may be temporarily pressed for funds for immediate giving may find that you can give more by dividing your contribution and sending it in on the installment plan. If you do this, be sure that the final installment is in Hanover by June 30. Let's win the Green Derby for Bill Eaton this year.
Our plans for reorganizing the Class on a geographical basis are going forward but it is taking a bit longer to work out the details than had been anticipated. Response to the announcement of the plan has been most gratifying. One of our members writes:
"For more than a year Mose has been working with various members of the Executive Committee and other members of the Class refining the plan, and everyone who has seen it thinks that Mose's "Church Supper Plan" has tremendous possibilities from the standpoint of- the individual members of our Class and the College." And from official Hanover comes word that "This looks like another in- teresting job and you have the thanks of all of us here as well as the class for the new life you are putting into these matters."
Good news from Philadelphia and Treasurer Smith. Vic is now going to the office a couple of days a week and is able to enjoy some social functions although still wearing special glasses. Also forgot to report that BillBirtwell ended up in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, with a slipped disk. I saw him just before Christmas and he was ambulating around getting in practise for the trip home which he made in time for holidays with his family.
Still mining Vic's claim — in fact, I don't know what I would do without it. TommyThompson writes from Charlotte, N. C.:
"All is well here in the Carolinas. We have a small alumni club and have some good get-togethers. No '17ers though. I sure enjoyed our reunion last year. It was grand to meet so many old friends Wish I did not live so far away. If you or any other '17ers are ever this way, just let me know, I have a big house and plenty of room."
Our children certainly get around. Larry bourse writes:
"Our daughter Patricia, who was in Siam for four years is now in Washington. She expects to have to go'to some far corner of the world with her husband again. Instead of "have to' I should say 'hopes to' for they like the foreign service of the Department of State! Oh, to be young!"
The Winchester (Mass.) Star of January 7 carries the announcement that Ann C. Downer has been commissioned a captain in the Women's Medical Specialist Corps of the United States Air Force assigned to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Captain Downer is the daughter of the Charlie Downers.
Our news on the annual Florida exodus is perhaps incomplete but that is the fault of those lucky enough to be able to spend some time there. However, we do know that Giland Marie Swett have just returned after a stay of some three weeks during which time they had a visit with Howie and Dot Stockwell who are wintering at Ormond Beach. Florence Mudgett has been spending the winter in Florida and Elliott (Mudge to you) was to join her about February 1 for a month's stay at their favorite spot, Delray Beach. Boband Anita Scott and the Hank Loudons are also there. Len and Sally Shea normally would be there too, but this year went to Hawaii instead and are due back on the West Coast on February 7. If there are others of you in Florida, don't blame us for not mentioning your names. A two-penny postcard will do the trick and we just stay at home in a receptive mood. After all, if everyone went away, who would you send vour postals to?
Kingsbury Brown wrote Bill Eaton that his youngest son, David, is graduating from the University of Virginia Medical School in June. One of the hospitals to which he applied for internship was Mary Hitchcock.
Herb Jenks wrote from Carmel where he was vacationing (in the midst of a slight hail storm):
"I have sold my home and business in Evanston and am taking up residence after February 1 in Santa Barbara, and a job with Sears Realty Co., 817 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara. Just another young man going West but not in a mood yet to retire. I hope that you or any of the '17ers will call on me when they are out in California. I don't know what my home address is as yet but make a note for me of the business address."
Don Richmond writes from Cohasset, Mass.:
"Your December 9 appeal for news of me has been lying on my desk reminding me, from time to time, that I was derelict in my duty. The trouble is, Don, there just isn't anything to which I can point with pride, nothing that would arouse the faintest glimmer of interest in other '17ers. No wife, no known progeny, no splendid achievements, no public services, no notable hobbies, not even an operation to describe. I retired from the old paint store in '51 - somewhat prematurely it might seem - since when, I have traveled some (California, Caribbean, Spain, Mallorca) and twiddled my thumbs some. I live alone in a charming mid-18th Century farmhouse which (when I let myself think sensibly) is for sale.
"My only responsibility, other than the house, was, until last week an aged poodle named Rigolo. Then an aged automobile, without benefit of a windshield wiper, sent him to the dog's heaven. Or such are the sorrows of a bachelor! Summing it up: bachelor, free, white, 59, good health, cheerful disposition, free to travel, can cook. Any suggestions?"
Just one, Don. Don't belittle the even tenor of your existence. It sounds like heaven from where we sit, with the cars bumper to bumper on the Garden State Parkway even on a weekday.
Ted Lonnquest writes that his family are all well but have been redeployed during the past year:
"Daughter, Elaine, continues to live and work in Washington. Son, Ted Jr., now nine years out of Naval Academy, finished a postgraduate course at Princeton last June and returned to sea duty in a Carrier Air Task Group temporarily at Jacksonville. After completion of his PG course, he and his wife Mary and the two infant twins visited us here at Wright-Patterson, Ted for a few days and Mary and the twins for most of the summer. They are now bouncing youngsters of ten months and will soon be promoted to the junior runabout class. Best wishes to all our friends in 1917."
Sam White flew in from Seattle early in January. We had lunch together and Sam saw Gene Towler in the afternoon. And that about winds it up for this month.
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Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.
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