1917

As we start a new college year (the second half century for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE) let me explain that this column, like all class columns in the MAGAZINE, will, at the request of the Editor, be somewhat curtailed. Because of costs and increasing demands on limited space, shorter columns will be welcomed by the MAGAZINE and greater use is to be made of class newsletters for detailed reporting. Continue to send in news as here-totore but understand that it may appear either in this column or in The Seventeen Sentry of which Mose Hutchins is the Editor.

Going back a few months, on one of the fairest spring days one could ask for, May 24, 33 members of the '17 family got together at Gene and Lucile Towler's home at Darien, Conn., for what has become an annual outing. After an afternoon devoted to visiting we were treated to one of Lucile's delicious buffet suppers. Then followed music by that incomparable team of pianists, Ed Earle and Lucile herself. Having heard that Jim Montgomery was hospitalized in Boston, the early arrivals were bemoaning the fact that he and Ruth would not be with us as usual when to our amazement a car drew up and out got Jim and Ruth. He had been hospitalized, as reported, but was, in effect, out on bail. Chan and Hazel Steiger were welcome newcomers to the outing this year. In addition to those mentioned above, the following were on hand to enjoy the day: Tom and Ellen Cotton, Ed Earle, Sumner and Charlotte Emerson, Spique and Ruby Mac-Intyre, Norm and Mary McCulioch, Don and Marion O'Leary, Len and Laurene Reade, Sam and Dorothy Saline, Bob and Anita Scott, Art and Emily Stout, Skinny and Dorothy Sturtevant, Errol and Dorothy Thomp- son, Gil and Marie Swett and, of course, your Secretary and Helen. I know that I can speak for all who were present in thanking Gene and Lucile for having made the wonderful outing possible!

How many of you know that Allen Locke is Chief of Medicine at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls, Mass.? He specializes in internal medicine and is particularly interested in cardiology. In 1947 he was named a Fellow of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is a member of many professional organizations. Rumor has it that he is an ardent supporter of the Boston Red Sox, taking in as many of their home games as his busy schedule permits.

On April 20 Cliff O'Neill retired from the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company after 34 years of service. He had been the company's Orange district supervisor since November of last year and was manager of its East Orange office for the preceding 23 years. Incidentally, Cliff is a member of the Orange Savings Bank's board of managers.

Last June Al Hickmott was elected a life trustee of Trinity College and in addition, received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the college. He is a trustee of the Watkinson Library at Trinity.

Make a note on your calendar that you have a date for lunch at Princeton on Saturday, November 22. Watch for further details next month.

Pop Ford, always a lover of boats, reports that he has a place at Man-O-War Cay, Bahamas, where his family spends two months each winter. He likes the place because, as he says, you can't go anywhere without getting into a boat, which puts it in a class with Venice. Pop has a thirty-foot Maine lobster boat, grand for fishing, which he built at Boothbay Harbor and took down to the Cay.

So many 17'ers go to Florida each winter that it might be a good idea to publish the addresses of those who either reside or vacation there. If within the next month each of you Florida-bound folks will send me an address at which you can be reached, it will be published here in the December issue. Such a listing should enable a lot of you to get together.

Last February it was reported that Sam White was taking courses in the Business College at the University of Washington. A more current report is that he has finished all the classroom requirements for a Masters degree and now is working on his thesis. In the fall Sam plans to try his hand at teaching an accounting course a couple of evenings a week in the Business College.

Bob Buxton has moved to Damariscotta, Me., and will make that his permanent residence. As you know, Bob has been a music teacher for many years and was organist at Phillips Exeter during summer sessions, before retiring. You will recall from a previous story that Bob is a lover of birds. He is reported to have three or four hundred birds feeding at one time at his beautiful estate.

Don Walton's many friends in 1917 will be sorry to learn that he passed away on July 3, following a brief illness. The sympathy of his classmates has been extended to Mrs. Walton.

Recent letters from Ike Sprague - well remembered for his gentle kindliness and his famous Grenadier Guardsman moustache - indicate that he has certain scholarly functions with the Boston Athenaeum. Two of his three daughters are married and the third is taking an A.M. in Sociology at the University of Rochester. His son is a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire. Ike hopes to make the next reunion. We missed him at our last.

Since moving to Woodstock, Vt., on July 2, the Brookses have enjoyed visits from several of the '17 family. Bill Eaton and his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Kingsbury, were the first to call. They were followed by Duke and Dot Howe and Ray and Peg Allen who stopped by briefly. Gil and Marie Swett are now here visiting for a few days, and just this morning Maud Edgerton stopped in on her way to Newport. The latchstring is always out and we hope that any of you who get to this part of the country will make this a port of call.

Just a reminder of the now traditional open house party at Bob and Anita Scott's home after the Yale game. Plan to attend with your game companions. The Scott home is on Hunting Hill Road, Woodbridge, a short drive from the Yale Bowl. It's a party you can't afford to miss! Hope to see you there. .

Secretary, South Pomfret Rd. Woodstock, Vt.

Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.

Bequest Chairman,