Class Note 1952
One of our most active and loyal classmates is the Rev. Francis Frellick. Fran and his wife of some 62 years, Ann, live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (Trivia note: They and Patricia Steck, widow of classmate Tom Steck, are the only ’52s living in Indiana.) Fran has led the class memorial services at all our recent reunions in Hanover and he has also recently published a 130-page memoir, Bends in the River. This story of his life is well written and an interesting read. His Dartmouth experience, both academically and socially, is covered in some detail and, as Dartmouth looks back on its 250-year history in 2019, Fran’s look back on his life causes us to wonder how many others may be doing the same thing. In a related vein, in recent correspondence with Winchell “Jock” Craig, he wonders how many of our class had a military career, as he did. Jock was a career U.S. Marine officer. We know that the late Jim Fowler and Edward Fitzgerald were also career Marines and we know that Bill Sweet, Ray Pierce, and Ted Fellowes, all deceased, were career U.S. Navy officers. Henry Chapman was a career U.S. Army officer. All of these men rose to the level of either colonel (Army and Marines) or captain (Navy) except Ted Fellowes, who was an admiral. Are there others we may have missed? Ronald Scott, who passed away this past September, comes close. He was trained as a Navy pilot and rose to the rank of captain in the reserves, but he is best remembered as an attorney in civilian life. About half of our class served in the military either before or after college, so there may be more. There are no class events scheduled as of this writing, but the football schedule shows Dartmouth playing Princeton on November 9 in New York at Yankee Stadium. Can we help fill the place? In addition to Ron Scott, mentioned above, we are sorry to report the passing of Timothy Jameison in Florida on October 22, 2018.
—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com
