1900

A letter from John Moody tells of the total destruction by fire on September 1 of his camp near West Sumner, Maine (where he made his home), while he was temporarily absent at Rumford. With it went the accumulations of fifty years—heirlooms, antiques, books, fishing tackle, Dartmouth memorabila, government bonds, etc.—with but a small amount of insurance. Discouraged at first, with the encouragement of friends he soon began to make plans for a bigger and better cottage, cutting and preparing timber from his own premises ready for erection in the spring. In the fall he went to Virginia for an operation on his foot in a veterans' hospital. This not proving advisable, he is spending the winter in a soldiers' home near Hampton Roads, which has proven to him a pleasant place of sojourn.

Arthur Hayden has sold his house in Manchester, N. H., and has moved to Woburn, Mass., to live with his daughter and son-inlaw. Mrs. Hayden is not entirely well and he has found the care of her incompatible with full employment in his law practice. He retains some of his clients in Manchester and will care for their interests by occasional visits to that city. He looks forward to the use of greater leisure in the pursuit of certain genealogical investigations, the renewal of his interests in languages and mathematics and other activities, all of which seem pleasant and attractive.

During the winter Mrs. Don Tuttle has closed her home in Concord, N. H. and has been acting as matron of the Woman's Club House of that city. Her son Morton has a position with the Lewis-Shepard Company, and lives in Waban, Mass.

Mrs. John Long writes that her son George, who suffered during eight months of 1946 from the effects of a serious accident, is now em ployed by Radiant Films, of Chicago. Her daughter, Mary, after long service in the military forces, has entered the University of Ghicago, to do graduate work, with a major in personnel work.

Clarence McDavitt was recently appointed by Governor Bradford to a committee of nine, headed by Professor Sclichter of Harvard, to consider and recommend such changes in the labor laws of Massachusetts as it may deem expedient. He is also a member of a committee to revise the constitution of the Dartmouth Athletic Association, an appointment which has the merit of bringing him occasionally to Hanover.

Dana Sears propounds the query—who in the class (besides himself) is now living in the house in which he was born. Upon scanning the records the secretary concludes that the number must be small; only twelve of the living members of the class being recorded as even living in their natal city or town. Has Dana any rivals in this respect?

The center of population of the class seems rapidly shifting, for the winter at least, to Florida. Jonakowski is a year-around resident of Sarasota; Col. Teague is passing the winter at Miami, John Warden at St. Petersburg, LernHodgkins at Clearwater, Harry Marshall at Coral Gables; and the following are in the state for shorter or longer visits: Ned Bigelow and Clarence Butterfield at St. Petersburg, Charles Proctor at Clearwater, and HoraceCristy at Dunedin.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 212 Mill St., Newtonville, Mass.