1889
In the May 1951 issue of this MAGAZINE '89's Class Notes stated that the late Dexter D. Dow of this class left a will under which his entire estate, subject to life interests, would eventually go to Dartmouth. Your secretary recently has been informed that this estate, of which the College is the ultimate beneficiary, has a book value of slightly above $100,000. After minor specific provisions in the will, the remainder of the estate is left in trust with the income payable, first, to a sister of the deceased as long as she lives, then, during her lifetime, to a niece, who is approximately 55 years of age at this time.
We are happy to report that Mrs. Robert B. Taylor (the former Elizabeth Blakely) of 23 Salem St., Andover, Mass., has joined our Class Family list of subscribers to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Hereafter her contribution to the Alumni Fund in memory of her father will also be made and appear in our Class List of contributors - a matter she regrettably overlooked until too late in last year's campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor spent the Christmas holiday in Bermuda. They now are legal guardians of an 11-year-old nephew, whose mother died recently. He has become a close and devoted part of their family life.
Back in the Gay '90s at Youngs Hotel your secretary first attended the annual Boston dinners of Dartmouth alumni. Since then he has been a regular attendant except at dinner held mid-winter of 1911-12, when he was in Russia, and on two or three subsequent occasions, when attendance was not possible. He plans to be at the dinner at the Sheraton Plaza on March 4.
In our Class Family Group Mrs. Jennie D. Henry of Helena, Mont., is one of your secretary's most active correspondents. She recently sent a copy of a long letter she and her daughter prepared and mailed to their intimate friends at the beginning of this year - an annual practice they have followed for many years. From the pleasure your secretary had in reading all about their activities of the past year it is not difficult to imagine the great treat the letter brought to their many friends. In her 87 years of life Mrs. Henry shows remarkable activity. May she soon be restored to normal health from her present illness from flu.
Miss Nancy A. Sullivan, residing at 226 East 70th St., New York City, writes that her brother, youngest child and namesake of our late classmate, is now living in West Berlin, Germany, where he has been making his home since his marriage two years ago to Miss Mary Barrett of Santa Barbara, Calif. He is stationed in Germany as foreign staff correspondent of the New York Times. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan early last January.
Sally Redfield is again braving the cold and storms of winter fn her comfortably equipped camp in the Passaconaway Valley of the White Mountain region, with address at Conway, N. H. Thus far, she writes (February 21) it has been a fine winter the coldest, on five occasions, only 10 degrees below zero. At 7 P.M. (the date she writes) temperature of 52 degrees, beautiful moonlight, forecast for tomorrow, very cold. Sitting near a window hooking a rug she recently received a great surprise when a big rabbit suddenly jumped up on the window-sill, evidently attracted by the green ferns inside. During parts of April and May she intends to be in Wilmington, Del. Attendance at the D.A.R. National Congress April 20-24 is on her list of engagements. While in Delaware she also plans to visit The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum at Winterthur, tickets for which she ordered two years ago.
Secretary and Treasurer 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass
Class Agent, 29 Ocean View Rd., Cape Elizabeth, Me.
