1906*

A letter from Gus Ayers advises that he and his family are well and that he has plenty to do and not much time to think about it. The following part of his letter is quoted as I am sure his classmates will be interested. "Last July, Harry Muchmore (04) and I made a trip to one of our island jobs and it was some trip. We were scheduled to be out and back by plane in eleven days and had made our plans accordingly. When we arrived however, the weather changed and we had a week-end of typhoon with a gale of 125 miles per hour and 13 inches of rain in 48 hours. After that another storm came close to us but didn't hit the island, although it grounded all planes and gave us some more rain. I wouldn't have missed seeing that typhoon for a good deal but it's all right with me if I never see another one. We finally reached home two weeks late and in the meantime my wife had arrived with the two youngest children and no one to meet them.

"Have had about 16,000 miles of plane trips since last May and about 11,000 miles of ship travel. Considering that until May all I had ever seen of the Pacific Ocean was from the West Coast waterfront, and one coastwise trip from Los Angeles to Seattle and return, the last eight months have been some education."

Eric Kelly was in the Big City the last of January to attend the Annual Ball of the Polish Committee, of which he is a Trustee. The morning after the ball I was to have had breakfast with him but the next I heard from him was a post-card from the Pittsfield (Mass.) hospital. It said that he had developed an abscess on his foot so had to leave in a hurry. As everyone knows, the most beautiful girls in New York attend this ball, and undoubtedly what happened was that Eric was so bewildered he got his feet under everybody else's.

A recent edition of the ManchesterUnion carried the picture of Cadet Nickerson Blood '34, son of Olive and Bob, who had just completed his basic aviation training, received his commission and was ready to start advance flight training.

Roger Blood, the youngest son, who was a sophomore at Dartmouth resigned recently to join up with the Marines.

A letter from Bill Bell tells of a recent visit with Ralph Fitts who he said looked well and seemed to be in good physical condition except that his chest had slipped a little.

Bill also advised that Ethel, and Walter Powers became proud grandparents around the middle of January.

Ben Mathes has recently changed his address again and is now located at 565 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, Calif.

Secretary, Dartmouth Club 30 East 37th St., New York, N. Y