1905

It is with profound sorrow that the death of another member of our class is reported. Irving W. Bedell died at his home in New York on March 6th after a short illness. The class and the college have lost a true and loyal member. Pete had a host of friends as he made friends wherever he went. He will be sorely missed by all of us. He was a wonderful husband and father, and his family was his first interest and chief consideration in life. I shall never forget how proud and happy he and Margaret were in 1940 when their son, Robert, graduated from Dartmouth. The great tragedy in their lives came on October 15, 1944, when Robert was killed in the service of his country as his plane crashed and fell into the ocean. He was a lieutenant (sg) in the USNAC and previously had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in action. His son, Robert I. Bedell Jr., will undoubtedly enter Dartmouth in the Class of 1966 as a recipient of one of the Hopkins scholarships. In Pete's death, I feel a great personal loss because we grew up together from childhood and he plays an important part in all my boyhood memories. We graduated from high school and with five other members of our high school class went to Dartmouth as part of the Class of 1905. I know every member of the class joins me in extending our profound and sincere sympathy to Margaret and their children.

Charlie Goodrich although retired as chief engineer of the American Bridge Company is still in demand as an authority in his profession. Charlie made the principal address at the 31st annual meeting of the New Hampshire Good Roads Association, held last month in Concord.

Harry Peyser has been practicing law since 1909 in his native city of Portsmouth, N. H. In addition he has taken an active part in the affairs of the city as a member of the School Board, Trustee of the Public Library and during the war was government Appeal Agent on the Draft Board and legal adviser to the Naval Base and Army Posts in that area. All of this is work of which any citizen could be proud. Harry and his wife Katharine have three children and one grandchild. Their son, Frank, Dartmouth '32, is practicing law in Rochester, N. H. During the war he served in the Navy coming out with the rank of Lieut enant Commander. Daughter Virginia graduated from Wellesley in 1935 and their youngest child, Richard, Dartmouth 1941, also served in the Navy during the war advancing from ensign to lieutenant commander.

Bill Blatner after spending two years in Los Angeles returned east to Chicago where he has lived for the last forty years and where he has practiced law for twenty five years. Bill is engaged in a specialized branch of the law, acting as legal advisor to two groups of employers; the Associated Employers of Illinois and the Retail Confectioners of United States. Bill is glad to see the end of government controls, for they meant one continuous headache necessitating the reading and study of literally thousands of orders from Washington. Bill did his job well, I know. Bill and Mrs. Blatner have made their home in a town forty miles from Chicago where they have modernized a ninety-year-old house which sounds charming. As an avocation Bill and his wife operate a 143-acre-farm where everything is done scientifically with the use of electricity and power machinery. They have 75 head of cattle, 500 chickens and last year raised 200 hogs. The corn, oats and alfalfa for all this stock is raised on their own farm. How do you do it, Bill? Bill is still interested in music and plays his cello as he did in college.

Shirley Cunningham was visited in his new home in Los Cruces last month by HenryThrall. Shirley said that Henry looked very fit and as if he could still do the half-mile in record time. I had that same idea when I saw Henry in, Hanover last July. Waldo S. Palmer's new address is Box 246, Osterville, Mass. Welcome to Cape Cod, Waldo.

Sliver and Mrs. Hatch announce a 1905 picnic on Saturday. June 7, at their home, 35 Picwick Road, West Newton, Mass. Bring your own food, and the Hatches will provide coffee and minor refreshments. All 1905 men and their wives are cordially invited. Come one, come all, and make it a real 1905 get-together.

Secretary and Treasurer, Centerville, Mass.