1998

Bequest Chairman,

Mrs. Etta L. Lynch, of 1025 DeWitt Drive, Orlando, Fla., wife of our classmate Harry T.Lynch, who died February 13, 1948, writes, in answer to a letter from your Secretary, that she and Harry had lived in Orlando 24 years before his death. Afterward she worked as office nurse for two doctors of that city but retired a year ago. "Unfortunately Harry and I had no children of our own, so I am carrying on alone in our house here in Orlando with many happy memories of the nearly 24 years we spent together." She retains her interest in her husband's class and is glad to keep in touch with other '98 folk through our Class Notes. Harry lived for many years in Shirley, Mass., where he worked in a manufacturing business for several years, later taking up journalism until his retirement in 1924, and the establishment of the new home in Florida. In Baldwinville, Mass., lives Mrs. Fred M. Byl, sister of '98's H.L. Nichols, who died last October in Houston, Texas — his closest relative, who kept in touch with her brother throughout the years when Nich was living in Texas. She has imbibed some of the love for Dartmouth that meant so much for her brother, especially in the last years of his increasing invalidism. Another Massachusetts friend of '98 is Mrs. Nolan, wife of "Doc" Nolan (George Henry Nolan), who died September 4, 1953. She lives at 28 Montello St., Middleboro, Mass., sends her "best wishes to '98" and would be glad for more news of Doc's classmates, who well remember her and Doc as seen at our reunions.

Charles R. Carter, who lives in Winchester, Mass., where are found many other Dartmouth men, tells of resigning from the chairmanship of an important committee in his Unitarian Church, "cleaning up for my 80th birthday last November." The youngsters of the other half of our class, not yet 80, need to know more about this business of "cleaning up" for an 80th birthday. John C. Moulton, formerly engineer and real estate operator, who lives in Huntington Park, Calif., keeps up with what is going on in the East, like a good son of Laconia, N.H., for he says, "You fellows in the East are about to take off for Florida for a nice winter. We live in Southern California, think we can't do better than stay at home. Of course in about 100 miles we can be in the desert country with date farms and barren reaches.... Hope you will have a pleasant winter and the alphabetical blows will be out of season." It is not my intention to stir up an interstate feud in this column. In the East we are managing to have both hurricanes and floods. Can California manage both? Or perhaps John would bring up the subject of earthquakes!

Secretary and Treasurer 960 Broadway, Dunedin, Fla.