1912

My guess last month was that the change of address of Bishop Brown to Durban, Natal, South Africa, was temporary. I now find I was in error. In a letter to Lyme Armes written the end of September, Bishop wrote: "The doctor ordered me to retire so Mrs. Brown and I came here in August for an indefinite stay. There is no perfect spot, but so far, Durban has much to offer for comfortable living."

With his check for class dues, Louis Ekstrom wrote: "I elected to retire October 1 but events have shown that I jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. I have been busier than ever, and less pep to do it with."

From a recent report of Dartmouth CollegeMemorial Gifts and Bequests, it appears that the Class is represented in three memorials: The William Clinton Storey Remsen '43 memorial was established by his uncle, Mark Remsen '14, his employer, Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, N. J., and his family and friends; the Wallace T. Jones '12 and Wallace T. Jones III '41 was established by Wally's widow, Josephine T. Jones, in memory of her husband and son, a flyer, lost "missing in action" in the Pacific during World War II; the Hugh F. Lena memorial was established by his widow, Helen F. Lena, of New London, Conn.

Jim Wharton wrote Fletcher Clark:

"I am sorry to report I have had another setback (had one last year) and now must follow doctor's orders to really take it easy and slow down. Am still working but on a sort of semi-retirement basis. I am planning to visit Florida again this winter. My wife and I look forward to this so-called vacation each year and we are hopeful that after retirement age we can spend the entire winter months in sunny Florida. Am pleased to report that all the rest of the family are O.K. Ruth, my wife, puts up with me fine, and at times I know I expect undue waiting on, but she smiles and kids me along. Jimmy, our oldest boy, lives in Thompsonville, Conn., is married, and has just returned from the hospital, having undergone a very severe operation. Barbara, our only daughter, still lives at home with us and teaches in the local high school. Jack is still employed in Groton, Conn., at the Electric Boat Company, and Dick, our baby, is doing a four-year hitch in the Coast Guard and is now in his second year."

Dutch Waterbury had twin grandsons - Thomas Nelson Waterbury and Douglas Holden Waterbury - arrive in his son's family last May, making five children in all. "Grandpa is doing all right," says Dutch, who also reported that Joe Doe, vice president of Turner Construction Company, showed Dutch details of the five and a half million dollar job that Joe is doing at White Plains, N. Y., and "he also bought me a good lunch."

Doc Art Kinne wrote that he was "still practising surgery and obstetrics at the same old stand in Holyoke, Mass., and remains well, thank God, with no coronary disturbances. My good wife has had her troubles but is getting by. My younger daughter, Judith Anne, who was at Katharine Gibbs with your (Fletcher's) daughter, married a Cornell and Harvard Law School graduate, and is now Mrs. Hugh Chapin. He is a patent attorney in New York City (those needing patents please note). They have one son. My older daughter, Dixie Ross, is a laboratory technician at the Holyoke Hospital, in charge of the blood bank, and is taking graduate work at the University of Massachusetts."

Doc White's address is: 532 Fourth Avenue West, Hendersonville, N. C. He has been an invalid for eight years and is confined to a wheelchair. I know that he will be glad to receive letters of greeting and best wishes from his classmates. Roy Lewis became a grandfather for the seventh time with the arrival, last summer, of a girl, for daughter Betty, and a boy for daughter Mary.

Mark Reed leads a simple life during the summer months at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. This winter he is planning to be either around Washington or going to Sicily. "The coin has still to be flipped and perhaps, more accurately, raised."

Chip and Marion Farrington took a motor trip to Montreal, Quebec, and around the Gaspé last summer: "Sure hope that the proposed boat trip reunion from Montreal to Saguenay will materialize. Both Marion and I were thrilled by the beauty of Quebec Province and want to see more of it."

We will never get that reunion organized unless Queechie French sends me the material that he received from Charley McCarthy soon after the matter was discussed and approved at our informal reunion last June. Come on Queechie - let's get going!

Ray Tobey returned to Connecticut from his farm at Fairfield, Maine, last September, to commence his 31st year teaching at the Choate School.

Changes of address: Col. Dean R. DeMerritt, 4025 Kalamanu St., Honolulu, Hawaii; Dr. William R. Jepson, Waterman, Calif.; Cleon B. White, 532 Fourth Ave. West, Hendersonville, N. C.; Philip J. Drake, Service

Eng. N. Y. Telephone Co., 45 South Sixth Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 350 Hutchinson Boulevard, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Treasurer, 4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,