1917
Here we are again, starting a new publication year! Let’s make it a good year by swamping your secretary with news! It is news of your doings that I am hungry for, so please satisfy that hunger and make my task a bit easier.
I hate to start off by reporting the death of another of our classmates, but I must record the untimely passing of Dick Marschat who died on July 25 at the National Orthopedic Hospital at Arlington, Va., following a brief illness. A letter of sympathy has been sent to Dick’s widow, Mona, on behalf of all 17’ers.
On June 29 the writer received a phone call from one who identified himself as “W. C. Thompson of Charlotte, N. C.” Tommy stated that he and his wife, Sarah (to whom Tommy was married on March 31, 1960), were staying at the Woodstock Inn, and invited Helen and me to join them for dinner at the Inn. That we were most happy to do, and the four of us had a very enjoyable evening together.
I have been asked by Bob Scott to remind you all of the annual post-game party which will be held as usual at his home after the Dartmouth-Yale game on November 3. All 17’ers attending the game, and their game companions, are cordially invited to attend. Those of you who have attended such par- ties staged by Bob and Anita in past years certainly will not want to miss the party this year! The brief trip from the Bowl to Wood- bridge is well worth while.
It is a pleasure to report that on August 4, at the Congregational Church at Exeter, N. H., Sherm Smith was married to Helen Green, a resident of Exeter and a long time friend of Jo Weeks. Sherm and Helen are now living at 106 Overhill Road, East Greenwich, R. I. I am sure that all 17’ers join me in wishing them much happiness in the years ahead!
During the latter part of July Ralph andEthel Sanborn staged what amounted to a small scale T7 reunion at their lovely home at Hampton Falls, N. H. The writer and Helen were invited and arrived at Sanborn Corners on a Saturday forenoon in time to partake of one of Ethel’s delicious lunches. Later that day the four of us drove to Haverhill, Mass., where we were dinner guests of Guy and Marjorie Richardson, and what a delightful dinner it was! The following day, Sunday, turned out to be Ethel’s birthday, and to celebrate the occa- sion she had invited Spique and Ruby Mac-Intyre, Larry and Lucile Nourse and Guy and Marjorie to come for a mid-day dinner. As some of you know, Ethel has a reputa- tion as a gourmet cook, and the meal she put before us fully sustained that reputa- tion! All in all, it was a grand weekend.
“This retirement is really frantic.” So wrote Norm McCulloch as he and Mary prepared to sail June 1 for an extended trip to Sweden, Denmark and Great Britain. And by the time they departed from New York on the “Gripsholm” they had found life to be even more frantic. The “bon voyage” parties given them prior to sailing topped all “bon voyage” parties, according to Norm, with upwards of seventy relatives and friends involved either at the dock, with preliminary parties or send-off gifts. Lack of space prevents giving all the details of their trip. Suffice to say that after landing at Gothenburg they visited Helsingborg where Mary’s father was born, took an eight-day train cruise to the Arctic and back, a flight to and a three-week motor trip through Scotland including a stop at Galashiels where Norm’s father used to sell straw- berries at the railway station and finally, a stay of a few days with friends in London. They returned home on the “Queen Mary” in time to take in the American-Australian cup races off Newport in September.
Sometime around July 1, Gene and LucileTowler embarked on another extended trip, going West this time instead of East, as be- fore. They spent ten days in Southern Cali- fornia and then one day in Los Angeles where Gene had a good visit with AI Shiels. From there they went on to the Hawaiian Islands where they spent three weeks at Waikiki Beach on Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii Islands. On leaving the Islands, they re- turned to the mainland, making the Seattle World’s Fair their first stop and then going oh to Mt. Rainier, Lake Louise, and Banff. At Seattle the Towlers and the Sam Whites got together as evidenced by a card mailed on August 6 and signed “Towler & Towler White & White.”
Gene reported that after AI Shiels retired from the infants wear business, he and Janet took an eight-and-a-half-month trip around the world by freighter and plane. Upon his return, AI was asked to become Director of an association of infants wear salesmen.
Bob Scott is another who has done some traveling this past summer. First, with two friends, he went to Scotland during June for two weeks of golf. Then, upon his return, he took his entire family, including his sister, to Colorado (his old home) for a purely sightseeing trip of 1800 miles in two rented cars, crossing the Continental Divide six times en route.
Sumner and Charlotte Emerson also went to Europe this past summer. They left on August 20 and are due back October 2, in time for the Woodstock meeting.
During June Jo Weeks joined the writer and Helen, and the three of us motored to Oak Point, N. Y., where we spent a delight- ful weekend with Ruth Sisson at her lovely summer home overlooking a broad expanse of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Trenny and Dorothy Trenholm recently visited Bob and Gail Boynton at their sum- mer home on Capitol Island, Me. During the visit the distaff side teamed up to make monkeys out of the men at cribbage, a game at which Gail is reported to be a hard one to beat.
When last heard from (early in July) Mottand Fran Brown were looking forward to a particularly pleasant month of August at their place at Chatham on Cape Cod pleasant because for the first time in twelve years their three daughters, Eleanor, Bar- bara, and Kay, were to be together at Chat- ham, together with their families. Soon after Mott reached the Cape, and presumably be- fore the influx of children and grandchil- dren, he and Fran entertained Phil and JoEvans at Eastward Ho at Orleans.
Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Box 27 Woodstock, Vt. 'T rpnvnrpr 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa,
