1907

Jim Reilly is confined to his home in Lowell, Mass., by illness. If his friends should wish to write him, his address is 120 Holyrood Avenue.

A change of Walter Nesmith's address from Nashua, N. H., prompted an inquiry. Walter replies that he is in St. Petersburg, Fla., for four winter months only, after which he will return gladly to his Nashua home.

Dr. Ralph Perkins' new address at Harwichport, Mass. is explained in this quotation from a recent letter:

"Yes, here I am with my good wife living on the Cape, and not pushing to get the work done or being pushed around by patients. In a measure I have just begun to live this last summer. You other old duffers had better take warning. To make the situation a little clearer I will tell you that apparently I was one of those who go blithely along with their noses on the grindstone thinking that things can happen to others but not to themselves when I was laid low by a coronary occlusion. That was two years ago, four months after our very good reunion in Hanover. At that time you may recall I was living in Worcester. Last June, after turning things over to my assistant, I took, not my 'better half' now but my better three quarters to our home on the Cape and here we are on the side lines still enjoying life more than usual and in a more quiet and satisfactory way."

The Samuel L. Barnes Dartmouth Fund is making encouraging progress, according to its Chairman, Judge James W. Hodson '29, of Seattle. Several subscriptions have been received from Sam's '07 classmates. If you wish to have a part in this appropriate memorial to Sam, a modest subscription sent to Judge Hodson, 745 County-City Bldg., Seattle 4, Wash., will be welcome.

The death of Lester Berry on October 20 was reported briefly in the December ALUMNI MAGAZINE. A letter from his daughter Beverly adds to information then available about Lester's family and interests. He died very suddenly from a stroke, though apparently in excellent health. There were eight children, of whom only three are living, two sons, Byrne and Dick, and a daughter, Beverly. Lester's wife survives him. Associated for many years with the Linahan Casket Company in New York City as Vice President and President, he retired last March because of impaired health. His interests were many, with especial emphasis on his business, his church and his family.

Henry Blake died of a heart attack at his home in Exeter, N. H., last December 20. After graduation Henry taught at St. Paul's School for Boy's, Long Island, N. Y., and at Phillips-Exeter Academy. He went to Exeter as French instructor and football coach in 1918, serving as coach until 1929, and as instructor until his death. He was also director of a summer camp in Bridgton, Me. for many years. Classmates will remember that Henry played on Dartmouth's varsity in 1906 and 1907. There were three children by his first wife, who died, and two by his second, who survives.

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