1923

As I put these notes together in late September, I find that Bud Freeman, our scholarship chairman, is in the process of polling the 1923 class executive committee to determine the next recipient of our scholarship award. Barney Hoisington, director of financial aid, has suggested three names for consideration, one of which is a young lady's. Bud, who masterminded the creation of our fund, has served as its chairman since it was established. He is planning to bring you up to date on the number of undergraduates who have been helped, amounts disbursed, etc., on the occasion of our 55th next June. Just briefly: The idea of a class fund originated at our 20th. A goal of $25, 000 was set and was reached at our 25th. At our 30th, the principal was increased to $30,000, which is where it now stands. Annual income is in the range $2200-$2300.

Immediately following is an update on five of us who have just recently passed the 75th birthday milestone.

Paul Morgan thought he had at least semiretired when he and Marjorie moved to Osterville on Cape Cod in 1971. He opened an office in Osterville, however, and now finds himself busier than ever, specializing in the sale of estate and residential properties. Marjorie isn't in the best of health, and Paul says they have restricted their winter traveling to an occasional few days in Boston rather than exposing themselves to the uncertainties of new doctors and hospital facilities in distant places.

Some 17 years ago, Frank and Gladys Doten returned to the States after a 12-year hitch in Rio, where Frank was general manager of Gillette of Brazil. Frank had previously been a colonel in the First Service Command, and Gladys an attorney practicing before the Massachusetts Bar. They bought a new home in Hanover, and both became very active in the Dartmouth and Hanover communities, giving very generously of themselves and their means to both. Their particular concerns are the succeeding generations of Dartmouth football teams. I suppose they know the first names of all the players and their girl friends/wives over the years since the Dotens came back to Hanover. Today they live quietly in their comfortable Hanover Inn apartment.

A few years after graduation, Burt Prouty and I found ourselves in adjacent but not, particularly commodious rooms at the Brockton, Mass., Y.M.C.A. Burt at the time was running the Taunton Lumber Company and was courting Mildred, who even then was a well-known dermatologist. They now find themselves in a top floor condominium in Fort Lauderdale called Coral Ridge Towers South. Mildred, a Phi Beta graduate of Tufts Medical School, is past president of the Atlantic and New England Dermatology Societies. She is now retired from medical practice but is very active in the world of duplicate bridge and proud of her 1300 master points. Burt keeps equally busy in the stock options market. In the summer they go back to their home near the Thorny Lee Golf Club in Brockton.

Jus Slate is still living in Darien, Conn., and commuting daily to Bridgeport, where he is credit manager of the George C. Clark Company. Jus took his official retirement in January 1976 but stayed on at what was presumably part-time. As is so often the case, he now finds himself on almost full-time again and just biding his time until the next retirement. His immediate pending milestone is our 55th.

Proximity to golf courses seems to run in the 1923 family - the Proutys, McKees, Morgans, and the Lundbergs to name just a few. Kully and Marie Lundberg live near one on the coast in Laguna Niguel, Calif. They don't like it as well, however, as they did eight years ago when they moved there - still delightful, but growing too fast to suit them. Kully is getting stronger and feels "tip top" following a couple of recent operations. The Lundbergs lead a busy social life of bridge, backgammon, and golf, and belong to a dinner dance group of thirty couples. Kully and Marie will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next March.

There has been no news in this column about Hank Freeman since 1955. I am happy therefore to pass along the following from him which came via Cap Palmer: "I retired from the traffic department of the Southern Pacific in 1966. Held the senior officer's job in Orange County - office in Anaheim. My wife Leslie and I purchased a 'condo' home in Oceanside [California], It has 932 units, a very pleasant place. Leslie passed away in 1970, and I have remarried - a very lovely lady [the former Edith Bowser].

"The outstanding quality about condo living is friendship. We look after each other. When someone goes away we have the key to his or her place, watch the hot water heater, water the plants, watch out for break-ins, etc.

"The things I miss are my many good business friends in Balboa, the swimming, and the sailing. As a retired naval officer, I do have privileges at Camp Pendleton, where I play golf twice a week."

Identical twins have always fascinated me probably why I follow the Jackson Twins comic strip so faithfully (incidentally, I'm told it's the creation of a Dartmouth man). Anyway, I am very interested to learn from Clarence Goss that his twin grandsons have entered different colleges. Thomas is a freshman at St. Lawrence University and Jonathan at Dartmouth. I hope Clarence will keep us up to date on the courses and the interests these boys pursue and the attitudes and concerns each of them develops.

I am sorry to tell you that AI Merritt's wife died on Friday, September 16, in Bloomfield, Conn., where their home is. Beatrice went to school with Vi Friend, who gave me the sad news. Al's new address is 220 Duncaster Rd., Bloomfield, Conn. 06002.

I am also sad to tell you of the death in Littleton, Colo., on September 16 of our classmate Ney Carson. Nev hadn't been well for some time. His death was unexpected, however. An obituary will appear in a later issue.

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