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Munkelt, Shilling, Stearns, Symmes and Phil Thompson attended the New York dinner on April 12. These young men were seated at a table right up under the guns of the speakers' table which they shared with five old men from 1907. Our reporter advises that the program was very interesting.

The String Hales sailed from New York on January 6 and spent the winter in Ecuador and Peru, returning the last week of March. They visited Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and went to the monument at the equator where the latitude is o° o' o". The Hales had their pictures taken with Mrs. Hale standing in the Southern Hemisphere and String in the Northern Hemisphere, although only standing about two feet apart, both wearing their winter overcoats as the monument was over 8000 feet above sea level. They flew from Quito to Lima, Peru, where they made their headquarters for several weeks, visiting several interesting places in that country. The highest spot they reached in the Andes by train was 15,660 feet, where they looked up to snow-capped mountains all around them.

Mary Katharine Knight and Warren E. Craumer were married on Saturday, April 8, at 4:30 at Court Street Methodist Church, Rockford, following which there was a reception at Rockford Country Club. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Franklin Zentz. Mary's maid of honor was a former Smith classmate, Carolyn McNerney of Toledo, Ohio. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Ronald A. McLean of Wilton, Conn., Mrs. Druid E. Wheeler, Barbara Ralston and Dimmis Lathrop, of Rockford. Mrs. Wheeler and Barbara Ralston also attended Smith with Mary. Roger Storves of Chicago was best man. The ushers included Ernest and Sherman Craumer of Corning, N. Y., brothers of the groom. Other ushers were John Aaron of Ft. Madison, lowa, Bill Knight Jr., the brother of the bride, and John Camlin, Richard Olson and Donald Welsh of Rockford. The Craumers are living in Chicago where Warren is a chemical engineer with the DuPont organization. Serena Rotch recalled that on April 9, 1910, the Class Notes Editor and Arthur O'Shea were in their wedding party in New York. Mary graduated from Smith in 1948 and Warren was a member of the class of '41 at the University of Rochester.

The Jack Corcorans were guests at the Hanover Inn the third week of April, which gave them a chance to visit their husky son.

As of April 17, Syd Ruggles reports that following daily thaws for some time, there was still about three feet of snow at Goose Bay.

Peter Michael Devin was born on March 23. He was a grandson of Carl Ross, who passed away two months before his birth. He was Carl's tenth grandchild.

The Class Notes Editor invaded lowa where the tall corn grows and the tall Robinsons live the last part of April to attend a meeting in Des Moines. He learned that Robbie's son and his family are living in Des Moines, that his married daughter and her family are living in Davenport and that his unmarried daughter is taking a course in physiotherapy in Davenport. The Robinsons are already talking about the next reunion.

Word has leaked through to Republican Illinois that Mike Stearns was at home for a week during April with an incapacitation caused by poison ivy. Our reporter did not disclose how this difficulty arose so early in the season.

We have seen a copy of the Fifty-second An nual Report of the International Paper Company and a beautiful brochure of the same company containing very interesting information in regard to new products which are being made from wood cellulose. Both of these are printed on a much better quality paper than country lawyers are accustomed to seeing in their daily activities and are beautifully illustrated. The company produced nearly 3,000,000 tons of paper during 1949 and had over 30,000 employees. President John Hinman and his associates appear to have been very busy during the year and to have obtained substantial results.

Class Notes Editor, 602 Central National Bank Bldg. Rockford, III. Secretary, 115 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Taftville, Conn. Class Agent, 125 Walnut St., Watertown 72, Mass

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