1887

Dorothy Bacon writes that the family had an enjoyable summer, her father in better health than usual. The family were together on his 75th birth anniversary. On Sept. 6 he had a heart attack with complications He rallied, but on the 17th similar attacks proved fatal. Mrs. Bacon is passing the winter with her daughter Ruth in Washington The after-the-game din- ner in Boston, Oct. 18th, made up in years what it lacked in numbers. Headed by Dr. Piper '76, spry and active at the age of 89, next Watson 'B3, young at 84, topped the younger fry; Newton 'B6, Burnett, Gage and Sanborn 'B7, Dunlap 'BB, Dr. Blakely and Frost 'B9, Hardy, McDonald, Ruggles and Dr. Safford '9O and Rowe '9l. Ruggles was the juvenile at 71. Dr. Blakely ar- ranged the dinner and McDonald was toastmaster and discussed off the record Massachusetts politics and politicos. Bur- nett contributed an anecdote of unusual interest about Daniel Webster, ever a topic to which Dartmouth men give an attentive ear. Howland telegraphed his inability to make it, and Judkins was detained by a tea party of his own at the Copley Plaza, where he entertained a number of guests, some, old Canadian friends Mrs. Eastman writes: "The eldest grandchild, Patricia Mensel, is a sophomore at Smith College, the next, Cynthia Whitbeck, is a senior at Northfield Seminary. You may say that the Friends of the Middle Border have a mu- seum of regional culture at Mitchel, So. Da- kota, in which they have begun a collection of books, photographs and memorabilia as a memorial to Dr. Eastman. Contributions are welcome. Address Dean Nauman, ex. sec." .... Mrs. Wollard from State College, Penna. reports her son is enlarging his law office, business good, and the daughter still teaching chemistry there. The small Joe Willard, third generation, is coming along. ... . This from Brackett: "There are only two of us left from the early faculty of Po- mona College. This makes me feel rather aged. Hardy surprised me the other day by dropping in to see me with his daughter." Later he writes that his son Frederick, forty-five, is senior physicist in the Bureau of Health, Washington, much time given to defense work. Parkhurst, thirty-five, at Hollywood, is technician in technicolor, in-

directly on defense. In the third generation there are two daughters in each family, Lucille, the eldest, a junior at Oberlin Hardy also mentions the call on Brackett and writes: "We are greatly interested in our three grandsons. The eldest, Clark McLain, graduated from Occidental College this year, and received an appointment to go to Washington for a year's training in the government school and is now in the President's office. His letters are of great interest. My son Osgood and his wife spent this year from Feb. to Sept. travelling with a group of teachers and students in So. America, and he and his wife are much in demand for reports of what conditions they found there." .... The Stanley Johnsons have leased for the third season the cottage at 1230 Reynolds Ave., Clearwater, Fla. Stanley announces that he intends to run for U. S. senator in 1948 without the support of either party. He relies however on the support of his old friend, the editor-inchief of the Springfield Republican, who has promised aid if he retains his position until that time Merrill's son had a fifteen days' furlough and visited his father in Oct. The son's service has been extended until Dec. '42. The Merrills had their 50th wedding anniversary in September. The Binghams had theirs in Oct Morse continues to play with geometry: he has solved 153 ways of proving that the 5 angles of a 5 point star equal 2 right angles. One satisfies the Secretary, whose winter address is 86 Adams Ave., Saugus, Mass.

Secretary and Treasurer, West Southport, Me.