1941

I left you last month looking for that letter from Bob Harvey, and sure enough, it came to light about 24 hours after I had mailed the notes to Hanover. So without further ado let's see what the former secretary of this fair class has to report.

"It occurred to me that this might be a good time to write that letter I've been meaning lo write for two years and four months now. How much I can produce in the way of news is moot, but here's a fast try.

"George and Caroline Flather (and Ann and Gef) live two doors down the street from us here in Barcroft, George practicing law in Washington by day and painting his living-room by night. To the northwest, in the vasty reaches of North Arlington, live Cliff and Lydia Stratfon. Cliff, too, is practicing law; Lydia, unless I'm badly confused, which is entirely possible, is with the American Bar Association. Dick Wheeler I've only glimpsed from a distance at a Glee Club Concert last spring, but I believe that he, too, is practicing you-know-what.

"Don and Ruth Egan are down the road a piece in Fairlington. They operate a Buick and a parakeet named Charlie who sits on people's heads. Don labors in the Pentagon for the Army Signal Corps, Civilian, and every now and then takes off for active-reserve duty. Between the two assignments, he often travels to exotic places like New Jersey and Seattle.

"Frank and Henny Watters and children three we see periodically. Frank is in private practice, internal medicine, in Hartford. He is authority for the report that fSpider' Paul took his law diploma west to the State of Washington, exactly where I don't know.

"As for ourselves, we got back from Stockholm in December '47 and came down to Washington, D. C., early in 1948. I worked for a while on the pre-natal version of a magazine since born as TheReporter, and since Dec., 1948 have been with the Kiplinger Washington Agency as an Associate Editor of its monthly magazine, Changing Times."

Thanks, Bob, for the nice newsy letter. The last full report we had on you was the difficulty experienced in Stockholm with your first-born, regarding birth certificates and passports. Bob's second letter also was prompted by the younger generation. The Harveys' "fourth-at-bridge" is Martha Ellen, born February 16, 1950, at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D. C. I wonder when the third letter will be mailed to me?

From Ann Arbor we received a nice note from Alice Wallace, announcing the arrival of William Dodge Wallace, born February 25, 1950. Alice states that Stewart is working toward his Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Michigan. Hope you're planning a big open house this fall, Stew, for there will be lots of us in Ann Arbor when the Big Green tangle with the Wolverines.

Another nice letter this month, this from Bruce Muir, presently operating, with a great deal of success, the Muir Drug Co., of some 100 odd stores with headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.

"We have now added to our family, by one. Mary Leigh, born Feb. 7. Nancy, as you know, is now three. Me and my harem. Gotta get a male to put into the Muir Co. operation one of these days. "Why, I don't know, but at the last meeting of the Dartmouth Western Michigan Alumni Assoc. here in Grand Rapids, I was made Sec.-Treas. Perhaps it was the 'thrifty Scot' that prompted the Treas. end of it.

"Can't say I have much to pass on in the way of news of fellow classmates. Tom Jar dine has graduated from Michigan Law. I stopped to have a visit with my freshman year and part sophomore year room-mate, Don O'Rourke, who is living in Fort Wayne, Ind., and who really had a rough time of it at Iwo Jima. I caught up on his past history on the short afternoon visit as I went south to visit some of our slores. He looked fine, though I will say, had put on some weight.

" 'Cam' Farmer is now in Chicago fighting with the law books. Saw Bob Gensel and wife Didi on their last visit here for the furniture mart.

"The only time I bump into Tom Jack and BillNelson is at a big wingding of some sort. Our family is healthy.... though, of course, we are still getting our youngest regulated to our schedule, but I think she is going to win. Nance had the mumps, but that is over now. Otherwise the Muir family is hale and hearty, and I'm giving the best 100 years of my life to the Muir Co.—really love it—all 60 hours a day of it. And here I was going into the F.8.1."

And that will wind things up for this month. See you all again in June. Gotta get out and mow the lawn now. Any of the rest of you interested?

Secretary, 1532 Sycamore Lane, Northbrook, Ill. Treasurer, Summit Drive, Bay Hills, Huntington, L. I., N. Y. Class Agent, 3249 Avery Lane, Cincinnati 8, Ohio