1906

The Captain of next year's Dartmouthhockey team is none other than the son ofour Newsletter Editor and his wife. DaveChapin '58 is one of the outstanding membersof the team and Eddie Jeremiah has this tosay of him: "Dave is like a hornet, keeps moving and causes lots of trouble. He is scrappyand is the ideal player in that he has unlimited endurance."

Any member of the class who is looking for a place to live after his retirement should get in touch with Eric Kelly. He claims that the ideal place for people of our age is the spot he has chosen in Arizona. The town is right out on the desert, not far from the Salt River, and only retired people over 50 can live there.

The Alumni Fund campaign is now in full swing and the help of every 1906 man and woman is needed. Our class probably has the most loyal group of widows there is and if the members would only support the Fund as loyally as they do, 1906 would stand at the head of the parade.

At the annual meeting of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society held at Boston, February 6, 1957, Francis Lane Childs was elected Vice-President from New Hampshire.

Francis is a Life Member of the Society, having been accepted for membership May 1, 1918, nearly 40 years ago.

His qualifications as reported in our 50th reunion records is ample evidence why he has been selected and honored. It is apparent that no person of the 2656 members of that historic-minded group of people has stronger or more attractive civic and cultural qualifications.

Ralph C. Fitts recently appeared before the judiciary committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, to approve the passage of two bills to free six so-called Witches and their kin from damnification. The relatives of these six were not available in 1711, when the others were cleared of misconduct. The Boston papers stated that he described himself as a descendant of Susanna Martin, of certain jurors, and of witnesses in the trial. These forebears were then living in Topsfield, Ipswich, Danvers, Newbury and Salisbury.

At the second annual Beavers Gold Award's dinner held in Los Angeles, Calif., Gus Ayers was honored for outstanding contributions and meritorious service to the heavy construction engineering industry.

Secretary and Class Agent,37 East 39th St., New York 16,N.Y.