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Fred Lord was one of the speakers at the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Dartmouth Medical School which was celebrated last summer.

Reuel Carter was retired from the Em- ployers' Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd. in 1939. He has been a frequent visitor to Hanover but he was prevented from attend- ing the reunion by the fact that moving about, away from the house, with a sturdy cane and instant weakness from any small exertion made him give up hope. Forty mem- bers of his family have been Dartmouth grad- uates, one of whom was William Parkhurst. Reuel has not given up his music, for off and on he has been a member of the notable choir of his church, though he says that at 72 it tires him each Sunday. He is living quietly in Winchester, Mass.

Charlie Carr sent his subscription in an en- velope postmarked Los Angeles so it may be assumed that Charlie is a visitor to California.

Sherm Moulton was due to lay aside his judicial robes temporarily, and with Mrs. Moulton drive to California for a visit in September.

In an invitation to visit him if ever out that way, Bob Peck writes like a native Californian for he said, "This is a gpod section of the country in which to run the last lap, not hot, not cold, no ice on which to slip and no snow to shovel, and no need to ever wear an over- coat."

In November, 1946, at the request of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, Bill Hewes made a trip to that country to advise on the layout and construction of a 300 mile roadway. Bill has written a most interesting letter about the visit there and you will read more about this later. One of the interesting items was the story of a luncheon tendered them by the King. Bill described it thusly, "That was a memorable luncheon in a great dining room, again in the King's Jeddah palace. There were some fifty guests, including Naval Command- ers from two destroyers anchored off the port. The table was literally groaning with food. My first thought was, what a contrast to the poverty evidenced by the two long lines of impoverished people squatting in their black clothes on both sides of the palace approach road! They had been waiting there on the sand for the King's messenger with his bucket of coins! I sat two or three removed from the right of the King. Attendants fanned him as the meal progressed. The food was unbe- lievably good. There were platters of rice piled with roasted birds, and sheep and goat's meat, and various strange vegetables, pre- ceded by a very good soup and delicious fish from the Red Sea. As the guests filed out, the King stood, again greeting the members of our engineering mission. He annointed our palms with scented oil with a little glass tick dipped in a bottle. Opposite stood a blue- eyed gent in Arabic costume. I met him next evening in European clothes at the American Minister's reception. He was St. John Philby, the famous English traveller who became a Moslem."

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