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The Alumni Fund Drive of 1974 is already underway. Head Agent Jack Mayer and his assistants are striving mightily to do their parts as they do every year. This year our performance is more vital than ever. Educational institutions everywhere have been hit hard - some of them vitally - for reasons that are well known to all of us. As you allocate your dollars for donations, make Dartmouth the recipient of something more than usual to offset the decline in the value of the dollar plus some more to help meet the heavy impact of the energy crisis.
From Clearwater Beach, Fla., Laddie Myers phoned me the sad news of the passing of PaulSample on February 26th in Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Paul was one of 1920's most distinguished and revered men - a fine artist who had developed a style of a very unique type, simple but effective. Great artist, great athlete and a really fine and gentle man, he was admired and loved by all. From 1938-1962, he served the College as its artist-in-residence and was a deeply respected member of its faculty. To Sylvia, his wife, and to Timmy, his son, and Tim's family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
The Bing Whitakers, who were in Hanover for the Post-50th reunion last June, attended the Thomson Memorial ceremonies in the Leverone Field house and then spent nine weeks in New England before returning to "good old Florida." Recently Bing was elected president of the Dartmouth Club of St. Pete, aided and abetted by the votes of Myers, Sigler, Hill, and Fiske. Congratulations, Bing.
Capt. Jake Gorton, U.S. Navy Ret., reports that his son Bill, at the age of 38 is now a bird colonel and has good prospects for going higher. Jake said, except for his hearing which is slightly under par, he is in good health. When the spirit moves he phones Dan Bender and WarrieChamberlain for a little chit-chat.
After a long period of silence Horace Masse reports from Thomaston, Conn., to Al Frey that Horace has a cousin Heman in East Vasselboro, Me. Cousin Heman and his son, Kenneth, operate the only water-powered sawmill left in Maine. With the increased interest in the return to older times such a mill will soon find great popularity as nostalgia for the past takes hold.
The Paul Kays report the following visitations; Falmouth on Cape Cod; Dorset in Vermont; and Wilmington, Del., to view the duPont gardens and Winterthur. All lovely spots.
Bob Farwell complains that his golf handicap grows ever larger but he can still get over the golf course.
Lowell Holway spent an exciting four weeks in Africa during the late summer of 1973. Included in his itinerary were Rhodesia, Mozambique, Kenya, and a stop-over in Johannesburg.
In a special article in the Boston Globe last February it was observed that there has been a resurgence of interest in snuff - sniffing and chewing. Featured was a picture of the Byfield Snuff Company mill in Byfield, Mass. This company was one of the few that was not swallowed up by the American Snuff Company in the combine days of the late nineties. For at least three generations - maybe four - it has been run by the Pearson family. Our Ben Pearson, while he was in college, went on tobacco buying trips in the South with his father Ben Sr. After college Ben assumed the leadership responsibilities unfit his son Ben came along to succeed him. One of their favorite brands is Red Top. A note recently from Ben, who is semi-retired, says he gets around arthritically but still goes down Maine to hunt and fish when the weather is right. He doesn't like getting old. It slows him down a bit.
Tink and Esther Lombard celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1973. Tink keeps active as president of the Heritage Village Investment Club and captain of a local bowling team.
Doc and Harriet Miller have always beer great travellers and they have visited many parts of the world. Hopefully they have been - or are - the successful applicants for visas to visit China. Can't you visualize "Capt. Snow" and his good wife strolling along the Great Wall?
The Howard Pullens of Battle Creek are the happy grandparents of John Austin Schaefer, born in Athens, Greece, where his parents, George and Mary Pullen Schaefer, reside.
The Charlie Sargents had to cancel a planned train trip to the Canadian Northwest and Alaska due to Charlie's pesky bronchial complications. However, they compensated with a week's stay at the Inverune in Bermuda — one of Charlie's favorite spots.
Regretfully we must report the passing of Clint Johnson in late February at Palm Springs where he and Annabel had gone for the winter Clint was an outstanding banker and had served the Chemical Bank in New York for many years.
We also note with regret that Mrs. Francis H. Lee, widow of Scout Lee, passed on at her Cambridge, Mass., apartment at 37 Wendell Street.
Paul Richter, we are happy to report, is recovering from a shock suffered in February. Following a period of hospitalization in Concord he entered the Havenwood Rest Home on Christian Street, Concord, N.H. 03301, a very fine church-operated establishment.
The dates for the Post-50th reunions are June 10, 11, 12th this year. Tuck Mall dormitory has been assigned to the Post-50th classes and meals will be served in Stell Hall at Tuck. Both are fine facilities. The College is providing a fine program.
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