1905

Among those of our class who take advantage of retirement to do some traveling is Walter Conley. A card in midsummer told us that he and Ethel were in Venezuela, on an enjoyable cruise. Likewise came a card disclosing that Shirley Cunningham with his wife was visiting in San Francisco after a stop in Pacific Grove. Not quite so far afield, TubBesse reports a visit to Hanover in August. Apparently one reunion in a summer is not enough for him! He just missed seeing EdRichardson and his wife, also Ned Estes, who had preceded him on a visit there. Tub had written previously that he had enjoyed a pleasant visit with Les Studwell, who drove him out to Port Chester in his (Les's) new Chevvie, and back to New York to Les's apartment for dinner. Les lives with his sister; neither have married.

From Tub I learned also that he had seen "C. C." and Isabel Hills in Hanover and that C. C. was busy as president of a newly formed company, Connecticut Tobacco Lands, Inc. C. C. is one of those who couldn't think of retiring.

Andy MacMillan came in for congratulations and some publicity for having caught an eight-pound, nine-ounce golden trout in Lake Sunapee last summer, - a noteworthy feat!

A card from Walter Nourse, expressing regret at not being able to attend our reunion, states that the work was about to start on his new house. He did not give its location, probably in or about Los Angeles.

Royal Parkinson and Ida visited Emma, George Proctor's widow, in August. He tells me that her daughter is the wife of Dr. Courtney Smith, president of Swarthmore.

With the Roger Browns, earlier in the summer, the Parkinsons had taken the Lills, Harry and Bessie, out to the Wayside Inn. The Lills were making a wide circuit of the country, visiting relatives and friends before returning to California.

A victim of a heart attack, John Brockway was laid up in the hospital this summer. He will have to take it easy for awhile, but is assured of a good recovery in a few months. Gib Fall had a nice visit with Sliver and AlvaHatch at his Cape Cod home. Gib, the ardent and skilful gardener, reports his vegetables, with the exception of the sweet corn, was thriving, in spite of the earlier drought. Sliver is still receiving congratulations on his grand success in bringing our class, with the help of all you men (and women) to the top in the Green Derby Alumni Fund contest.

May I say, too, that our 50th anniversary book, Men of 1905, Dartmouth College, has, it appears, been very well received? Everyone enjoys Royal Parkinson's style of writing, with its characteristic, whimsical humor.

Ross Wilmot is enjoying retirement from the steel business. He is so situated that he has frequent association with his son's family. His son, by the way, is following in his father's footsteps in the steel business. Like so many others, Ross expressed his disappointment at not being able to be with us for our reunion. Ross's present address is 909 Nichols St., Bethlehem, Pa. Another change of address is for Harold Haskell, 2 Kirk St., Nashua, N. H.

Henry Norton, widely recognized as an authority on traffic and transportation, received editorial comment last May in the Chicago Tribune for his plan for operating high-speed, noiseless, self-regulating electric buses on one-way concrete structures over sidewalks.

By some oversight, the name of my grandson, Kendrick Putnam, was omitted from the list of those who attended our reunion in June. For the benefit of those who may have been trying to locate the individuals in the class picture, he is third from the left in the last row, with Mildred and me.

Death has been in our midst again. You presumably have read the obituary notice of Cliff Pierce in the July issue of the MAGAZINE. The Roger Browns, Allen Smiths, Anne Reid and Ida Parkinson attended the funeral. Royal was in Puerto Rico at the time.

On July 10 Percy Ladd lost his wife. She had long been an invalid, tended with loving care by her devoted husband. Our deep sympathy goes to Phoebe and likewise to Percy in their bereavement.

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Treasurer, 8027 Seminole Ave., Philadelphia 18, Pa.

Bequest Chairman,