1933

We're trembling on the verge of the sulphur-and-molasses season in the North Country, but so far King Winter, whose caprices this year must have set some kind of a record, is putting up a stiff rear-guard action. After an exceedingly mild early winter that brought us through January to Carnival week without snow, and fuel bills so low that we almost felt like thumbing our noses at John L. Lewis, we are still being dragged out to Oak Hill for skiing by our nipper, Terry, age seven, at considerable risk to these heavy and creaky old limbs, and painfully watching the dollars flutter up the chimney as we fight off sub-zero temperatures. The mumps will give us some protection from the first of these troubles this week, but with every passing day our hopes of saving on coal this year become slimmer.

But the March doldrums that always precede, as night the day, our spring recess, have as yet settled on nothing but '33 correspondence, and that is hardly a seasonal thing. A few driblets have passed through the curtain of apathy, however, and these we pass on.

We had good news from Lee Eckels, our faithful treasurer '10 these many years, who reported a few days ago that the class dues had been coming in at a fine clip this year and that the prospects were that we would close out the year in good financial condition. Checks are still welcome at the Grant Building, Pittsburgh 19, from those of you who have not yet squared this account.

Francis J. O'Toole, until recently rehabilitation chief in the VA office in Worcester, Mass., has just been appointed Deputy Collector, U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau, in Worcester. Having, we presume, gotten fed up with building up people's morale, Francis will now have a fling at tearing it down.

Gleaned from the Dartmouth Club News of the Dartmouth Club of New York: GeorgeFarrand is serving as Treasurer of the Club. Bob Goodell, professor at Williams, was a recent visitor.

A couple of weeks ago we spent a pleasant evening at Bedlam Manor with Ted Holmes and Vin Merrill, both in town at the same time but on different missions. Ted was enjoying a week's vacation from his teaching duties at the Ellsworth, Me., High School, where he heads up the English department and directs dramatics. He spent a couple of days here, staying with Lew Stilwell, talking shop with Henry Williams and Warner Bentley, renewing old friendships. Vin was here in his capacity as landscape architect, working on a project you may. have seen reported in a recent issue of the MAGAZINE, namely, .doing a face-lifting operation on the business blocks on the west side of Main Street.

We've been delinquent in not reporting before this an important development here in Hanover. The Gordon Ingrams adopted a second child, a boy this time, last fall, Willis Fairbanks, now five and a half months. Susan Helen is now three and a half. Hudson & Ingram, architects, are so busy building houses, school buildings, etc. these days that we're lucky if we see Gordon once a month. This time we caught him in the Post Office, and got the statistics before he had a chance to get back to his drafting board.

We weren't so lucky catching Johnny Rockwell when he came east on a flying visit and spent a weekend with his sister and brotherin-law, Betty and Wally Lobitz. John called when we were caught in a committee meeting or something, and we had to settle for a second-hand report that Phyllis, daughter, John and law business were all flourishing.

Secretary, 20 Valley Rd., Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 2812 Grant Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Class Agent, The Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn.