Fri 27 Nov 2009
Loved this comment on Dick Swart’s ‘56 amazing Houses of Williamstown series.
I was just googling family names, and noticed someone saying that they couldn’t find much on Harry Leslie Agard. He was my grandfather. He was a gifted teacher, by all accounts. He loved golf, and I have childhood memories of tagging after him around the golf course in Williamstown in the 1950’s. He also loved motoring, as they called it in those days. He and his wife and teenaged son (my dad) took quite an adventurous cross-country road trip to California in the 1920’s when the roads were not yet paved all the way. He and my grandmother lived with us in Amherst during the last years of their lives, and he passed away in the late 1960’s, at the age of 80.
There are thousands of stories like this about the men and women who have made William so special. Tell us yours.
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Henry Bass says:
Dick,
My memory of someone from Eph past is a prof of German prof named Long. Back in the 50’s guys from far away places were often stuck in Williamstown for Thanksgiving, airplanes being expensive. The college would arrange for us to be invited to Thanksgiving dinner at a faculty home. I was assigned to Long and his beautiful wife and family since Long was from Kentucky. They were charming folks and I had several wonderful Thansgivings with them. Once the conversation came up of what historic people we would have most wanted to be. We went around the table and told. Just before we got to Mrs. Long her husband piped in, “I know who Sally would pick.” “How would you know, dear”, she chortled, “I’ve never told you?” “Yes I do, dear. Joan of Arc.” “How on earth did you know?”
That is a wonderful memory of Williams for me. Long always stopped to chat when we passed on campus. How many folks we knew whose courses we never took. The Longs were magniicent people of wide cultural interests.