1899

The '99 family group meeting at the New Ocean House at Swampscott, Massachusetts, the weekend of June 22-23, was, according to opinions expressed by those attending, very successful. The weather was perfect, the environment, accommodatigns and dispositions wholly pleasant. The twenty-six who attended, including guests, were: K and Mrs. Beal, Benny and Mrs. Benezet, Owen and Mrs. Hoban, Arthur and Mrs. Irving, Warren and Mrs. Kendall, Rodney and Mrs. Sanborn, Phil and Mrs. Winchester, Clark, Donahue, Gannon, Lynch, Silver, Storrs, C. W. Robie, who has been an attendant at many of our reunions since his adoption by the class years ago at the sponsorship of Warren Kendall, S. A. Seidell, fidus Achates of the Sanborns, Bob (son of Bones) Woodward and his pretty wife who came up from Hartford and Mildred, wife of Walter C. Woodward, Jr., who is spending the summer with relatives at Swampscott. We were honored by the presence of Hon. Walter L. Collins, Judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court, an associate and warm friend of Nelson Brown, who came to be with Nelson's classmates, some of whom he had met before.

The group picture taken by P. Winchester was, alas, a failure due partly to dim light and to the moving of subjects in a time exposure. Remember, you girls were told to be quiet and stop giggling! However, Phil did succeed in getting some candid snapshots, two of which are reproduced here.

Your Secretary attended the meeting of Alumni Officers, including Class Secretaries at Hanover on June 6 and 7. The attendance was large and representative and the accommodations and entertainment provided by the College excellent. The Secretary called on Mrs. Nelson Brown who is now residing permanently at her home in Hanover at 6 Rope Ferry Road. She will be glad to see any of you when you are in Hanover. He also called twice on Jim Richardson who was at Dick's House where he had been confined for more than two months. He was somewhat improved and looking forward to going home before long. He deserves much sympathy for the disabilities which have afflicted him in recent years. Instead of taking the long eight-hour ride by train home on Sunday, I flew to New York on a plane of the Dartmouth Airways, a light twin-engine Cessna which leaves from the airport at West Lebanon. It was an interesting adventure and the travel time was exactly one hour and a half. Mt. Ascutney seen blue in the distance from Hanover, appeared to be a small, lone, green hill as we passed a thousand feet over it.

Robert Rudolph Rix, Jr., was born on April 17 to Dr. and Mrs. Rix (Mary Parker, charming daughter of Dave). Robert, Sr., graduated from Dartmouth in 1931. This is their third child. The other two are Louise Arnold, born November si, 1942 and William Parker, born December 17, 1944. Dave, who has heretofore attended the Swampscott gatherings, had to miss the one this year as he was in Chicago at the time attending a meeting of the American Society for the Study of Goiter.

Congratulations to Phil Winchester for bringing '99 over its quota in the Alumni Fund subscription and to those who responded so well to his commendable efforts. Phil and his wife spent several days late in June with Clarence and Mrs. Joy at their farm in Rochester, N. H., and with them drove to Hanover for a brief visit.

A bulletin from St. Mark's Cathedral Parish in Seattle contains among the names of the ushers, Dr. W. C. Woodward. Bones suggested that this be directed to the attention of the low element, one reason being possibly to disabuse their minds of the thought that he might not have his mind on the golden stairs.

Before a large attendance of state, government and judicial leaders, a memorial service to Judge Nelson P. Brown was read into the records of Middlesex Superior Court, East Cambridge, Mass., June si. Judge Donahue delivered an address.

Secretary, The New York Times 229 West 43rd St., New York 18, N.Y.

Treasurer, 34 Brighton Rd., Worcester, Mass