1912

Dick Remserfs son, Dick Jr., was married September 11 to Miss Anne Powell of Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Y. Brother Ted Remsen '50 was best man and Jack Tobin '42 was an usher.

We have a most efficient Class Treasurer,but things sometimes go wrong for the bestof us. Thus, the following letter from BobBelknap to Uric Bellows is self-explanatory:

"I do not know whether you and Fletcher got your heads together in an effort to take advantage of a Far Westerner, or whether his fingers stuttered when he enclosed the bills for class dues in any event when I opened my envelope out fell two bills, one of which was addressed to you and which I am forwarding herewith. The one thing that was accomplished is to give me the excuse for another Dartmouth contact, which are all too few out here. That is probably mostly my fault for not getting to the meetings in San Francisco more often where there are several from Dartmouth but only one from our class - Vance Campbell. It is fifty miles from here and that is too far to drive for a lunch very often. Also I guess old man inertia has set in for I seem to be very content here in the Santa Cruz mountains among my few orange, lemon and apricot trees and with an occasional trip to some of the many interesting places not too far away. You fellows back east seem to be doing a pretty good job of keeping things moving in the right direction so I can be all the more content in just enjoying the California sunshine. Best of everything to you and yours."

To which, in sending Bob's letter to Fletcher, Unc added a postscript: "Fletcher - Just to let you know that the bill is on its way to proper hands. Being somewhat beyond the age when one normally adds to the family, and being somewhat isolated from the centers of activity I cannot report much of general interest."

To show that Bob is not entirely accurate about the number of classmates in San Francisco, this comes from Roy Frothingham:

"The news is good . . . from California in general and SF in particular. But the wire photos of the Old North Church tower plunging to a doom that I can imagine is almost tragic to the people of Boston, is something to stop "us in our tracks out here. And now comes the Maine story which is something to stop us again. I think that good old New England may be heading to a resumption of leadership in thought and action that would be welcome here. I still love and respect the original part of our country, including the College."

We have the sad news of the deaths of two class wives. Randy Burns' wife, Joyous Easter Wittick Burns, died December 9 at White Plains, N. Y., where services were held. Jimand Carola Steen and Heinie and Irma Urion attended the services. Burial was at Worcester, Mass.

Alice Keyes Doe, wife of Nelson Doe, died August 27 at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, after a long illness. Nelson wrote to Lyme Armes:

"Alice greatly enjoyed her friends in Dartmouth 1912, and never missed a reunion with them. She kept the folder telling about the class trip this summer on the Saguenay River at her side for weeks, and would have made the trip had she been able. Perhaps you will remember that at our last reunion she became unable to walk due to a severe pain in her right hip. After the reunion we made Bradford, my former home, where she rested up for a few days beforce coming back to Yonkers. That was the beginning of her trouble which was caused by a bone tumor which kept on growing to such an extent that by January of 1954 Alice was confined to a reclining chair day and night. She had wonderful courage and patience and was very brave in her fight for life to the very end and I shall never cease to admire her wonderful spirit all through the many long weeks of her sickness."

Besides Nelson, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Louise Lavelle, of Huntington Station, Long Island, N. Y., two grandchildren, a brother and a sister.

Sincere condolences from each member of the Class is extended to these classmates in their bereavement. From Syd Clark:

"I got home from a nine-country trip in Europe, assembling multitudes of data for my all-Europe book (this was the third trip for this long 21-country book) just in time to face up to Carol; and Mardi - that's my wife - thought it was about time I were present for one of these visitations, since I was clever enough to miss the 1938 and 1944 hurricanes. Cap Allen and Mary dropped in here the other day on a holiday trip; and EddieLuitwieler and his wife did likewise a while ago but we were out, most unfortunately."

From Puerto Rico, Dutch Waterbury says, "I appreciate that free press notice we got in the July issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE by Cap Allen. It helps sell our product."

If anyone has any of the annual Indices of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for the years 1934 through 1945 that they do not keep, they will be appreciated for Doc O'Connor's bound volumes.

Henry Bailey Stevens conducts a monthly column in the American Fruit Grower under the title "Windfalls." He was in Washington the middle of November to attend the annual meeting of Land Grant Universities and Colleges.

Bill Shapleigh wrote Fletcher Clark:

"Us provincials hope we're not going to be inflicted with a whole alphabet of hurricanes. We're surviving fairly well up to now, but will have to revise our living habits if we're overtaken with more wind and rain. Still, you folks up in Massachusetts probably were hit even worse than we. Over the last weekend, Dorothy and I were on a second Saguenay trip, up through Provincial Park and to Lac St. Jean - back by boat to Riviere du Loup and home through Maine on Sunday byway of Calais."

Changes of address: Bishop Brown, 11 Montjoy, Bexmore Place, Durban, Natal, South Africa; George H. Farrington, Merrill Road, R.F.D., Ambler, Pa.; Guy A. Swensen, 111 Centre St., Concord, N. H.

ANNUAL BOSTON ALUMNI DINNERHotel Statler, Feb. 16, 1955

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

Treasurer,4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass.

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