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Will Hatch's daughter Louise (Mrs. Cliff Richards) lives in Vonkers, N. Y., and goes to Duxbury, Mass., for the summers. His other daughter, Eleanor (Mrs. Kennedy McCormick), had three children in the War. Eleanor, a Wave, was an X-ray technician whose husband was killed at Iwo Jima; John, who after four and a half years, was still at the Adjutant-General's HQ in Tokyo last June; and Mary, who was in the Canadian Army. Mrs. McCormick's family summer in Will's home town of Strafford, Vt.

Ed Frost's son Frederick lives in Portland, Me. His wife is the only woman in the City Council, and was unanimously elected chairman by her colleagues. Their children are all we should expect them to be.

Biff Kelly's son David is chairman of the Madison, N. J., School Board. Thirty years ago Biff gave him his prep school diploma; this year Dave gave his oldest boy his high school diploma. The bov will enter Williams in the fall, alchough he was accepted for 1947 by Dartmouth.

Dr. Eliza Ransom wrote from Belvidere, Illo., last January that she was headed for Mexico. Mrs. Chancellor Jenks retains her home, 1745 Orrigton Ave., Evanston, Ill., but spends her winters in California with her sister in Carmel, and her daughter, Ruth, in Santa Barbara. Her son Herbert lives near her in Evanston.

Leslie Snow's son Conrad is working on a special board to review cases of members of the U. S. Army who have been sentenced by military courts during the war. He has the rank of general.

Stetson's son Ward probably owes his life to the doctor who controls the output of myocin. Ward was stricken with virulent pneumonia and obliged to cancel his plan to come to our class Reunion in June. Priscilla Stetson's son Stanley Alger Jr. made a good-will tour of Europe as a radio technician during the summer. He expects to rejoin the Class of '48 at Dartmouth this fall.

Ned Ross's son Ralph is now general plant superintendent in the American Tel and Tel. He will have charge of engineering, maintenance and construction in all the middle states with headquarters in Chicago. He is a graduate of MIT. Ned's daughter Helen spent last summer studying chemistry at Union College on a scholarship given by the General Electric Co. She teaches in Boston.

Sam Rose is still in very poor health at his home in Greenfield, Mass. Mrs. Rose died in May at the age of 84.. She prepared for Mt. Holyoke at Kimball Union Academy where she met Sam. She leaves two sons, Rev. Phil of Glastonbury, Conn., and Col. Edward, recently stationed in Vienna, Austria. Her daughter Joy teaches in the Greenfield High School.

Henry Thurston has been laid up all summer with asthma and a bronchial ailment. Notwithstanding this he has proofread most of his forthcoming book. He was obliged to cancel his trip to our Reunion and his vacation in Castine, Me., because of his health. We all wish him a speedy recovery. These notes are prepared by his old roommate from letters Henry received last June.

Secretary, 215 Walnut Street, Montclair, N. J. Treasurer, Greensboro, Vt.