1923

Your secretary's summer has been a wonderful one. It started off with a visit from our daughter Elizabeth and her husband Henry Thornton. Ensign and Mrs. Ben Bixby came up from Norfolk for a week in July. Then we flew to London and then Bergen, Norway, for a thirteen-day cruise on the S.S. Meteor to the land of the midnight sun and the famous fjords, Sweden, Denmark and the World's Fair and then back to London for the trip home in early September on the Caronia. Now I am starting my fifth chapter of the goings on of 1923.

Following the procedure of many years the chapter opens with a fresh list of sons of 1923, in college this fall with their classes and addresses:

John R. Perley 1083 Union Ave. Lakeport, N. H. Lewis A. Putnam 27 Patterson St. Barre, Vt. Clarence A. Robinson 28000 Gates Mills Blvd. Cleveland 24, Ohio. John P. Adams 200 Jackson St. Topeka, Kan. Karl O. Klaren 1 Lenox Road Summit, N. J. G. H. C. Marsh (deceased) Wilbur S. Daley (deceased) George M. Billings 45 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, Conn. Austin C. Eaton South Road N. Hampton, N. H. Dr. R. F. Hertzberg VA Hosp.— Quarters 30 Ft. Thomas, Ky. Charles W. Rivoire 324 Ridgewood Ave. Glen Ridge, N. J. John S. '59 104 North Fayer Frederick M. '59 Gamma Delta Chi William D. '59 Delta Tau Delta John R. '60 107 Butterfield Peter F. '60 109 Ripley Fred C. '60 7 Topliff Ford A. '61 204 Ripley George M. Jr. '62 203 E. Cohen Austin C. Jr. '62 6 Smith Richard R. '62 202 G. Little Charles W. Jr. '62 208 Lord

Chapter II contains very appropriately the first announcement of our 35th Reunion - one year late. The dates are Monday through Wednesday, June 15-17. Only four classes will be in Hanover those three days so we will have the town pretty much to ourselves along with the best eating and dormitory facilities. The other classes will be 1919, 1924 and 1925. Thus is afforded a splendid opportunity of renewing aquaintances with 1924 and 1925, two classes that were on the Plains with us.

Four years have slipped away since that never-to-be-forgotten reunion in 1954 under the able chairmanship of Jim Broe. Presiident Charlie Zimmerman voiced what is in the minds of many of us when he wrote the other day as follows: "I have no preconceived notions or ideas as to what our Reunion ac- tivities will be. I suspect, however, that all of us have reached an age when comfort, a leisurely pace, and the opportunity of being together for a good fellowship are prerequisites. I believe the Hanover Holiday Program will be held at the same time. Monday, June 15, should be the date for our class meeting."

Incidentally Charlie and Opal Marie will be in Hanover October 22-24 for the Trustee Meetings and ground breaking ceremonies for the new Hopkins Center. They will then go to Boston for the annual Harvard Dartmouth Powwow. The Frank Dotens arrive at the Hanover Inn October 17 for a six-day visit. They, too, will be in Cambridge for the Harvard game October 25. This is the first fall in ten years Frank has been able to break away from his Gillette Safety Razor activities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The zero hour has arrived and this copy must go to Hanover today. There will be a gust of news in the November issue.

Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.

Treasurer, Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. Whitman, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,