F I F T Y - O N E F a B L E S July, 2017 Volume LXV Number 2

From a photo by Adrian Bouchard of the Hanover Bicentennial Quilt. Photo is currently displayed at The Woodlands in Lebanon, NH. F I F T Y - O N E F A B L E S July, 2017 Volume LXV Number 2

ALL ABOUT THE UP-COMING MINI-REUNION - GO TO PAGE 14

News from the Membership Green E-mail from Kennebunkport, Maine 2/26/17

Dear Charlie, Many thanks for an outstanding class newsletter. So many wonderful things that you tell us that our classmates are doing. We hardly seem to be a sedentary bunch!! And I guess that I qualify for that designation also.

The first half of February, Ki and I were on a two week cruise of Australia and New Zealand with a dear friend and 40 other people from Canada. The latter is a most fascinating country which we enjoyed thoroughly. Now we have to figure out how to get our 300 plus photos into an album so we can relive the adventure any time we wish.

We are signed up for a river cruise in June for the Rhone, wine country in France, in November for a cruise into the Panama Canal and early January for five nights in the Caribbean, as a winter get away.

We continue to live in our home in Kennebunkport, 150 yards from a beautiful beach, so that in the summer I am an accomplished beach sitter - reading and napping on it most every afternoon.

Ki and I are members of Rotary in town and very active there. I am involved with concerns for older folks (30% of the residents of Kennebunkport are 60 or older) and so I have been able to have our Selectmen establish a committee to consider and serve the needs of this significant segment of the community, which has not occurred heretofore.

We have recently befriended a young woman from China who is here, working for Colgate Palmolive for six months. A delight!! We may need to go to China for her wedding.

I get to the Dartmouth Club of Maine meetings in Portland regularly and seem to be one of the older folks there. Life seems to be full for us and we do enjoy it.

Our older daughter and her husband moved to Tunbridge, VT over a year ago - to their retirement home (how can such young people have such old children?) - so we may be up your way and stop by to see you and the Nachman's sometime in the future. Bill Leffler

Green E-mail from Meridian, Idaho 9/13/16: Charlie Russell: I got your e-mail address from your counterpart in our class of 1952, Bill Montgomery. I had told Bill about meeting a classmate of yours (Jim Wylie) here at Touchmark, our retirement community, recently and thought you'd be interested in a few comments Jim made to me last week, the first time we got together and realized we both had graduated from Dartmouth. Jim Wylie is a retired exploration geologist who years ago chanced to run into John Sloan Dickey on the coast of Labrador of all places! I thought this bit of history concerning John Sloan Dickey was fascinating, especially because it happened in such a remote location. I'll talk more with Jim Wylie about that time he ran into Dickey. When I asked Wylie about it, especially about what I know about Dartmouth activity in that area, he seemed to know little more. I think the Stefansson Collection came to Dartmouth the same year that Wylie graduated,1951, and he knew nothing about it. But he did light up when I mentioned a few of the geology professors we had for elementary courses like Dick Stoiber and John Lyons (I majored in geography, not geology). Dartmouth connections on the coast of Labrador were multi-annual and quite interesting. Wylie didn't remember Stearns Morse, Dean of Admissions, whose son Tony was a geology major. Tony (our class of '52) sailed with the Blue Dolphin, skippered by Capt. David Nutt ('41??), included others like Larry Coachman (maybe '49). Coach is now at U. of Washington (if he still lives) and was prominent in early efforts to age the Greenland ice sheet through analysis of gas trapped within bubbles in the ice sheet. Beanie Nutt was a character on campus, lived in Etna where he and wife Babs would hold weekly "Beanfeeds", hence the name Beanie Nutt. Also with Beanie on Blue Dolphin that I recall were Jack Tangerman ('53).

Final words: I am class of 1952, lived in Canaan in the mid-60s-early 70s while finishing my PhD at Baker Library for McGill University before moving to Ohio. From there I went to Idaho in 1998. Thought you'd be interested in this bit from Jim Wylie, who I have just met here. I knew the late Russ Dilks (and many other '51s) who went to high school near me in Abington, PA. Thought I'd mention that because Russ was a predecessor of Pete Henderson as class notes editor for a long time. Bill Mattox '52

Green Snail mail from Hilton Head Island, SC - 2/28/17: (Joe writes about his enormous collection of plastic cards, such as membership cards, credit cards and gift cards.)

...Cards are now in the hands of my daughter (Laura Lindner Sankey '86). I don't know how many she's got - 10,000 and growing. I get asked, "What are you going to do with them?" Answer: "Do not know!" BUT keep them coming. Warmly, Joe Lindner

Green Card from Kailua, Hawaii 3/3/17:

"We are fortunate enough to be citizens of two nations, USA and New Zealand. We split our time between our two homes. If any classmate is in Hawaii or New Zealand, please call us. USA - Hawaii: 808-888-7372 NZ - 011-643-527-8292 Thank you very much for Fifty One Fables. Warm regards and aloha," Bill "Mo" Monahan

3 In May, this e-mail exchange took place between Loye Miler and Mike Choukas: Mike, My father was the co-founder and editor of the afternoon newspaper in Knoxville, Tenn., which was actually owned by the Scripps-Howard chain headquartered in New York City.

Thanks to the U. of Tennessee Volunteers, Knoxville was football crazy -- all the more so when they went undefeated in the 1938, 1939 and 1940 seasons and played in the Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls in succession.

Seven years later I was a Knoxville High School senior, well aware that the bulk of my classmates would be going across town to "UT", and the fraternities there were already partying us.

Something made me want to look further out, and then in January of 1947, my Dad commented at the dinner table that he had chatted that day with a Scripps-Howard executive in New York whose two sons had attended Dartmouth College and loved it.

Both Dad and I were both vaguely aware that Dartmouth was somewhere up there in New England, but the main reason we recognized the name was because of the famous Fifth-Down game of 1940, which had fascinated us football buffs.

These memories are jogged open by the mention in Sel Atherton's obituary that he and his mother had witnessed the Fifth Down game. I'm sure you remember that game well. Did you actually attend it? Loye

Loye, I did, and I remember it well. I was sitting with Bill Blaik (our classmate to be), his younger brother, Bob (later a QB on one of the famous Army teams), and their mother. All of them, of course, part of the family of Dartmouth's coach, Earl Blaik. I was twelve. And, like most others in the stands, didn't have a clue that Cornell had scored on a fifth down until the next day. I've seen the news clips of that game several times and am actually pictured in one of the sweeps of the stands. What most people are not aware of is that Cornell was undefeated, had just beaten Ohio State the week before, and was ranked either first or second in the nation. So it was a really big deal. Mike

The latest skinny is that the Class of '51 is mini-reuning this fall!

Green E-mail from Hanover, NH 5/29/2017:

This being Memorial Day, it seems like an appropriate time to write to you about your classmate, Robert R. Jackson, or “Rob” as most everyone knows him.

I noticed in the February 2017 issue of your very interesting “Fifty One Fables” about your 65th Reunion that you honored some of your classmates for their military service during the Korean conflict. Two that were mentioned by name were Bill Monahan and Jerry Mitchell. One that was not recognized was Rob Jackson. Rob served in the U. S. Marine Corps directly after graduating from Dartmouth, first as an enlisted man, going through Boot Camp at MCRD in San Diego and then as an officer, going through the Special Basic Course for officers at Quantico, VA. He then went to Camp Pendleton and on to combat officer assignment in Korea with the 1st Marne Division. The rest of the story that earned him a Silver Star and a Purple Heart is related below.

On the deck of the Carrier USS Midway in San Diego Harbor, 3/15/15. I am writing to you about Rob because it would be a nice gesture if you could mention his service to our country in an upcoming newsletter. I should also mention he and I have been best friends since 1949. We traveled cross country together several times as Dartmouth undergrads, we are both Marines, we were in each other‟s weddings, we are godparents to each other‟s daughters and we are still close friends today. Rob is retired from the real estate business and he is one of the few people who only worked for one company in his entire adult life, Coldwell, Banker. He still lives in La Jolla, CA. He lost his wife, Liz Jackson, after over almost sixty years of marriage and he has three children, two sons, a daughter and two granddaughters.

Maggie and I going to San Diego in a week or so and we‟re having dinner with Rob on June 8. We‟re looking forward to that. We saw him in March and I think Herb Knight saw him in late March as well. Bill Montgomery „52

Topics - Silver Star Citations submitted to KWE Jackson, Robert R. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant Robert R. Jackson (MCSN: 0-55327), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Rifle Platoon Leader of Company B, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 1 January 1953. During a night raid on a strongly defended enemy position, Second Lieutenant Jackson skillfully maneuvered his men to the objective and succeeded in destroying a numerically superior enemy force before devastating enemy mortar barrages necessitated a withdrawal from the sector. Moving among his men to direct the evacuation of the wounded during the withdrawal, he repeatedly returned to the enemy trenches to assist the wounded to a position of comparative safety and, while carrying one of the casualties, was painfully wounded by fragments from an exploding enemy mortar shell. Despite the severity of his condition, he refused evacuation until assured that all his men were removed from the area. By his outstanding courage, gallant leadership and unwavering devotion to duty, Second Lieutenant Jackson served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Born: San Diego, California. Home Town: LaJolla, California.

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine Mar/Apr 2003 (page 38): Charles Storer '51, First Lieutenant, US Marine Corps: "During college I spent two summers at Platoon Leaders Class in Quantico, Virginia. The idea was that by the time I graduated I would be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve, with no active duty unless there was a national emergency. Then North Korea invaded South Korea. I was shipped to Korea in March of 1952 as an infantry platoon leader. In October, my company was in a relatively quiet area on the main line of resistance. To our left was a promontory called The Hook, which had a commanding view. The Chinese army overran The Hook. The Marines fought back and got shot up pretty badly. We were about to try to recapture The Hook when our company commander suddenly got a bad back. The No. 2 man became company commander and I became the new No.2. A guy named Rob Jackson came in to take over our platoon. It turned out that he was a '51, though I didn't know him at school. We went up The Hook at night and were relieved to find that the Chinese had withdrawn. We were there about two weeks. At one point our new company commander was fatally wounded and I became company commander. I was called upon to get volunteers to reoccupy an outpost in the valley in front of the main line. We didn't know if there were any Chinese there or not. Jackson volunteered, and he led a squad out there. It was a very gutsy move. He succeeded.

1st on left - Rob Jackson; 2nd from right - Chuck Storer Photo is extracted from the cover of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine Submitted by Bill Montgomery '52

Green E-mail from Illinois 4/25/17: Good news on Buck. He will do a great job. Had lunch with Rob Jackson in CA a month or so ago. He is fine and enjoyed getting caught up on the Class. Herb Knight Green E-mail from Hanover, NH 6/9/17:

Rob Jackson in La Jolla, CA; Photo by Bill Montgomery '52

Green E-mail of 3/5/17 from Houston, TX Charlie, the book I would highly recommend to the '51 Family is "Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown. I am not trying to do a book report, rather a brief description, and reasons it appealed to me, and should to others. "Boys in the Boat" recounts the lead up and eventual victory by the Univ. of Washington varsity nine man crew in the 1936 Olympics held in Nazi controlled Germany. The story is a very compelling one of a team consisting of student rowers who grew up in Washington, mostly from families of loggers, fisherman etc., trying to keep their heads above water in a nation wide economic depression. Because we grew up in the 30s we can identify with this era. Roosevelt is undoubtedly the first President's name we can remember, the dust storms we at least heard about (and possible some experienced), the rise of the evil Hitler regime, the exodus of many families living in the central part of our country to the West Coast seeking a better life, people lining up for food, jobs for father's disappearing are all events we became aware of. The story of this exceptional group of young men being molded by the University coaches into what was described later by rowing experts as the greatest crew of all time is very interesting. Personally, I knew very little about rowing. I do remember Dartmouth

8 had a crew, and we had classmates who participated. Marr Mullen occurred to me immediately, and now knowing the Univ of Washington long heritage in this sport, I can see why Marr, a Seattle native I think, was a natural for crew at Dartmouth. Also, the history of rowing going back to European origins, strong East Coast involvement, particularly Ivy League schools, the fact that in the early 20th century pre TV rowing was a sport with major national following, of course, the broadcast were by radio was all interesting. Crowds at national collegiate events such as the collegiate championship held yearly on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie were as large as 100,000 spectators. Tom Barnett

Sculling on an unknown stream somewhere in New England...maybe

E-mail from Evanston, Illinois 10/28/16: Charlie, Couldn't resist sending you this "oldie but goodie" from the archives. Bob Hopkins and I went back to Hanover in late June, 1951 for our 2-week reunion. Just in case you ever do an "ancient history" issue of Fables. Pete Henderson

Reunion? Where? When? (SEE PAGE 14)

The dogs are talking about another Mini for the Class of '51

A Special Report

Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley

The purposes for which the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley is organized are: (a) To promote continued interest in Dartmouth College and its associated schools; (b) To sponsor scholarship and other funds for the benefit of students enrolled at the College or its associated schools; and (c) To conduct other business and activities as are permitted under New Hampshire Statutes.

The Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley is the official organization of and for Dartmouth alums, students, their families, and members of the community in the Upper Valley, The geographic coverage is approximately a 75 mile radius from Hanover. The DCUV is one of Dartmouth‟s largest alumni clubs, boasting a membership of 300+. Each year, our Board of Directors puts together a diverse set of events, celebrating the academic, athletic, artistic, and social aspects of the Upper Valley. Our calendar each year includes events such as:

. A welcoming BBQ for our newest Upper Valley students to attend Dartmouth . Happy Hour events in conjunction with YADA . Tailgates for select Dartmouth home games . Monthly lecture series, known most popularly as the “Third Tuesday Receptions” . An Annual Seminar and Annual Dinner . Celebration of local high school students through our book awards . “Behind the Scenes” tours of Dartmouth facilities . An Annual Holiday Party

And the granite of New Hampshire is made part of them till death Submitted (on our request) by Henry Nachman

The part of Vermont that is within 75 miles of Hanover

The part of New Hampshire that is within 75 miles of Hanover

The scales of these maps are a bit different, but this is only an attempt to show the area serviced by the DCUV. There are some narrow fringe zones of Maine, Massachusetts and New York that lie within that 75 mile radius.

New England

Seen in the media (The Woodlands Scene, a monthly newsletter of a Lebanon, NH retirement facility, June, 2017):

Athletic History

Here‟s a bit of athletic history involving Woodlands residents:

If you were to select three (male) outstanding athletes (in their day), you would probably come up with candidates from the 1950s: • Paul Hastings, a very good lacrosse player at the University of New Hampshire; • Seaver Peters, captain of Dartmouth‟s hockey team in 1953-54; • Jack Skewes, a Dartmouth football player (he was a fullback) in 1949-50 who played a role in the restoration of rugby at Dartmouth. Here's the rest of the story:

The Dartmouth Rugby Football Association was established in 1880 but the sport gave way to the evolution of American football.

In 1951, when Jack Skewes was a senior, he and several football teammates brought Dartmouth rugby back to life as a participant in the College Rugby Week in Bermuda, a spring break affair that was established in 1933 and included Yale, Harvard and Princeton from the Ivy League.

An invitation was received with favorable conditions: A travel subsidy of $30 per player (18 players were allowed - most were Dartmouth football players) and hotel accommodations (Bermuda Plan, including breakfast).

The Dartmouth team learned the rules of rugby on the fly but used their size and speed to advantage. They beat a more experienced MIT squad, lost to Princeton, the tourney favorite, 11-0, and then beat Harvard, 10-8.

Back in Hanover, a match at Yale was cancelled due to exam conflicts at Yale but a rematch with Harvard saw Dartmouth win, 10-3.

The potential for “rugger” at Dartmouth was reestablished. Today, the Dartmouth Rugby Football Club (DRFC) is the largest club sports enterprise on the Dartmouth campus and the Corey Ford Clubhouse on Reservoir Road in Hanover is one of the nation‟s finest college rugby facilities. The resurrection began over 65 years ago thanks to Jack Skewes and friends.

Jack DeGange

Jack Skewes and his Dartmouth rugby teammates board a Pan-American Airways flight that was “Bermuda Bound” in April 1951. On checking with Jack Skewes on the matter, he has advised that the other '51s in the picture above are Pete Bogardus, Ted Eberle, Vince Marriott, John Clayton and Bill Leshure.

Also, fortuitously, this also came to our attention (from Jack Giegerich):

"Little did Jack Skewes realize in 1951 that he was involved in starting a Dartmouth Rugby Movement that 35 years later reached a National Championship Game with U Cal Berkley. Rich Levitan „86 (a „51-„86 Pen Pal of Jack Giegerich) was co-captain of that 1986 Dartmouth team which won matches against Army, Navy and the Air force Academy. He relates that it was a great national championship match against U Cal Berkley on the polo fields of Pebble Beach CA which ended with U Cal winning by 2 points. The DRFC continues its winning ways by continuing to be in the top ranks of college teams."

'51 CARES MATTER Jack adds that there are still 22 men and women in the Class of 1986 who wish to become PEN PALS with one of us. Only 6 „51s are currently taking advantage of this experience of connecting with a Dartmouth graduate from an earlier generation. Rich and I are becoming real friends and as he mentioned in his last letter , “ I look forward in continuing our Pen Pal relationship and at some point in time shaking hands and breaking bread.” If any „51 classmate or widow wishes to become a „51-„86 Pen Pal I will send you 22 short but very interesting bios of women and men from the class of 1986. Please email me at giegerichj@comcast,net and I will mail them to you and you can take your pick.

1951 FALL MINI-REUNION HANOVER, SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2017

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ATTENDANCE AT OUR 2017 FALL MINI.

FRIDAY EVENING Remember the great times at the Hall’s home---return for more of the same. Cocktails (open bar) and dinner at home of Barbara Hall, 3 Downing Road in Hanover. Cocktails/hors d’oeuvres at 6:00 PM (weather permitting in Nathan’s Garden) will be followed by buffet dinner.

NOTE: At Friday’s dinner we will fill you in on activities available Saturday

SATURDAY EVENING Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner at Three Tomatoes Restaurant in Lebanon. We have a private room in a great Italian Restaurant. It is on the green in Lebanon. Festivities begin at 530p . Dartmouth vs Holy Cross Football game, (night game - purchase your own tickets). Have dinner and then go to the game if you wish.

LODGING We advise you make your reservations (see the next page) early as lodging fills up in the fall. To help you locate lodging that suits your needs we are supplying a list of some hostelries in the area with their phone numbers. ------Cut off and return as soon as possible------TO Henry Nachman, Jr Phone: 603-727-9793 30 Alice Peck Day Drive #221 E-mail- [email protected] Lebanon, NH 03766

FROM:______

E-mail:______I/we will be attending the following events:

Friday Cocktails/ Dinner #_____@ $40 /person ______Saturday Cocktails/ Dinner #_____@ $40 /person ______

MAKE CHECK TO “1951 MINI REUNION” TOTAL $______

HANOVER AREA LODGING LIST

LODGE LOCATION PHONE #

Airport Economy Inn Lebanon 603 -298-8888

Baymont Inn Lebanon 603 -298-8888

Day's Inn Lebanon 603 -448-5070

Econo Lodge Hartford 802 -295-3015

Marriott Fairfield Inn White River Jct 888 -236-2427

Marriott Courtyard Lebanon 603 643 5600

Marriott Residence Inn Lebanon 603 -643-4511

Fireside Inn West Lebanon 603 -298-5900

Hampton Inn White River Jct 800 -Hampton

Hanover Inn Hanover 603 -643-4300

Norwich Inn Norwich 802 -649-1143

Holiday Inn White River Jct 802 -299-2700

Quality Inn Quechee Gorge 802 -2957600

Quechee Inn Quechee 802 -295-3133

Shire Motel Woodstock 802 -457-2211

Six South St Hotel Hanover 603 -643-0600

Sunset Motor Inn West Lebanon 603 -298-8721

Westin Hotel Lebanon 603 -448-5000

Woodstock Inn Woodstock 802 -457-1100

The Class Website Classmate Al Brout continues care for the website for our class. You might want to visit dartmouth.org/classes/51 where class happenings are reported way before this newsletter appears. If one of our classmates should win a Grammy, you would certainly find that on the website. So give it a try!

Fifty-one Fables Newsletter of the Dartmouth College Class of 1951

President: Jack Giegerich, 888 West Valley Road, Wayne, PA 19087 610-688-4178; e-mail: [email protected]

Vice President: Loye Miller, 59 Apple Blossom Drive, West Lebanon, NH 03784 603-298-5878; e-mail: [email protected]

Secretary: Kenneth (Pete) Henderson, 450 Davis St. #455 South, Evanston, IL 60201 847-905-0635; e-mail: [email protected]

Head Agent: David O. Saxton, 12 Hawthorne Lane, York, ME 03909 207-363-4961; e-mail: [email protected]

Bequest Chairman: Herbert B. Knight, 1380 Hampton Course, St. Charles, IL 60174 630-377-9290; e-mail: [email protected]

Mini-reunion Chairman and Scholarship Chairman: Henry Nachman, 30 Alice Peck Day Dr. #221, Lebanon, NH 03766 603-727-9793; e-mail: [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Charlie Russell, 30 Alice Peck Day Dr. #402, Lebanon, NH 03766 603-727-9628; e-mail: [email protected]

Webmaster: Alan P. Brout, 82 Brook Hills Circle, White Plains, NY 10605 914-946-7926; e-mail: [email protected]

Contemplating Our Politics

Ethics perceived with velocity Infers practicing reciprocity. To give and to take For heaven's sake Is the opposite of atrocity.

L A S T P A G E

Rye?

Sing a song of six bits: A bottle full of Rye. Four and twenty bar maids Staring at the sky. Blackbirds flying there they see Wond‟ring they how that could be. (The Rye had gotten bar maids crocked And in their minds the world had rocked.)

And here's the now fully restored Baker Library tower as it appeared on July 2, 2017. In our last issue, we gave you some shots of Baker while it was undergoing renovation; here it is without all the drapery. Note that the brass or copper material used for the top of the tower is now glistening in the sunlight. We suspect that by this time next year it will have acquired that patina look we are familiar with.