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In a letter headlined Ridgedale Ranch, Goodnoe Hills, Wash, and dated May 25, '49, Bill Hewes wrote, "Yours of May 17 tonight when a neighbor drove me two miles to the P.O. and return. Agnes and X are finishing a three-weeks vacation May 29 here at the ranch. I've been outside working at the fire breaks, fences, windmill repairs etc. every day. It's been hot several days—96-97° once or twice, also many lovely days. The western meadow larks sing all day. Twas 40 years ago this coming October that we bought this house in the sage brush. Last week we turned on electric lights. There is a 65-acre stand of nice wheat and about 350-400 trees loaded with apricots. The winter was very kind. May 31 we go to San Francisco and back to our desks." Lucky Bill.

Joe Carney has retired as president of Thayer, Inc. of Gardner, Mass., and has become chairman of the board.

"Sherm" Moulton, who had retired as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont on April 1, 1949, died suddenly at his home in Burlington, Vt., on the evening of June 16, 1949. He collapsed on his porch a few minutes after dinner. An obituary notice will be found in the In Memorian column. The followingare editorial comments after his death.

"No knight in history or mythology ever fought more valiantly for the cause in which he believed than did Sherman Roberts Moulton for the integrity of the law to which he dedicated his life.

He believed that government by law, honestly administered according to tested rules of justice, is a benefit to all men. He believed in the American judicial system, inherited largely from the English, and he worked throughout his life to help build into the minds of men respect for and understanding of that system. He repeatedly expressed faith in the jury system and confidence in the integrity of the legal profession. And it is such men as he who have helped to maintain the faith of the American people in justice administered by law."

Burlington Free Press.

"Sherman R. Moulton's sudden death came less than three months after he had retired after 11 years as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and 22 years as a member of that distinguished body. Justice Moulton had personal traits which endeared him to many outside the legal fraternity, and it was these human qualities perhaps that contributed as much to his record as a jurist as his knowledge of law, wide as that was. While he could be austere when occasion required he never let the demands of his position obliterate his sympathetic understanding of mankind, nor did the solemnity of official robes extinguish his keen sense of humor. In every sense he merited the title he modestly carried for so many years"

Brattleboro Reformer

Ernest Gleason's only child Marjorie diedat Ayer, Mass., August 10, 1949. The sympathyof the class goes to Ernest.

Joe Bartlett, who, as president of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts, is mentioned as Dr. Joseph Warren Bartlett resigned his position of City Solicitor of the city of Newton, Mass., on June 30, 1949 after 29 years' continuous service as such. He was first named to this position in 1920 by Mayor Edwin O. Childs and was reappointed by the three successive mayors. 29 years' continuous service as the City of Newton City Solicitor set a record for longevity of service. This was a part time position and Joe has found but little relief from his many activities for he continues to practice law as a member of the firm of Ely, Bartlett, Thompson and Brown, he is president of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts, president of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Cos., director of Irving & Casson-A. H. Davenport Cos., and director of the NewtonWaltham Bank and Trust Cos. To make use of his idle time he is a television fan.

Secretary and Treasurer, 14 Say ward St., Dorchester 25, Mass.