1917

It is my unhappy duty to report the recent deaths of two more of our classmates. Mac Switzer died on February 7, 1958, as the result of a coronary thrombosis and PalmerKiser died on December 24, 1957, after a long illness. Sumner Emerson, Karl Koeniger and your Secretary attended Mac's funeral service and Don Walton paid his respects at the funeral home prior to the service. Word of Palmer's passing was not received until mid-February.

Pete Olds wrote that he, Curly Carr and Bunny Holden were the only 17'ers to attend the Alumni Dinner at Boston on February 13. They were seated with six members of what Pete termed "the illustrious Class of 1916" and according to the report, all had a good time.

Bill Birtwell, a civil engineer of long standing and for several years a consulting engineer to the City of Asbury Park, N. J., was, on January 30, appointed City Building Inspector. A separate building inspection department has been set up under his direction. He will supervise city engineering projects and attend Planning Board meetings. Bill also is a member of the New Jersey Beach Erosion Commission.

It was nice at the Hopkins testimonial dinner to see some of our out-of-town classmates and their wives. Walt Walters came all the way from Rochester, Minn., Al and Maud Edgerton came down from Northfield, Vt., Tommy and Dorothy Thompson came from Boston, Vic Smith from Philadelphia, Jack Saladine from Hartford and Bill Birtwell from Asbury Park. They all agreed that their trips to New York were very much worth while.

During mid-February Spique MacIntyre stopped in at the Hotel Roosevelt Coffee Shop to have lunch and there ran into Len Shea who was on a quick trip East from his present headquarters - Los Angeles. No one else has reported seeing Len while he was in New York.

Bill Sewall was another February visitor to New York. He blew in and out in less time than it takes to tell about it, but on the spur of the moment the writer rounded up Gene Towler and Spique MacIntyre and the four of us had a very pleasant lunch together.

In a very recent telephone conversation with Mike Donehue he told me that he had been to Palm Beach and while there, had a good visit with Barney Thielscher who looked as prosperous as they come.

During a recent swing through Illinois Mott Brown walked into a Howard Johnson's on the road to Aurora from Joliet for a quick bite of lunch just in time to hear a man say, "Well, I'll be darned - Mott Brown." To Mott's surprise, up got Chick Clarke to welcome him, so what started out to be a quick lunch turned out to be quite the contrary. On another occasion, at Freeport, Mott phoned the President of the State Bank of Freeport, Max Antrim, and would have lunched with him except for the fact that the weather was bad and worsening and Mott decided to play safe and push on to his next port of call while he could still get there.

Mel Palin 'and his family appear to be spending the winter months at Tucson, Ariz. A card he sent briefly describes his present status. It reads, "Mel Palin, Retired — no phone — no address — no business — no ulcers, No Thanks to You - no money." Mel reports that his son Peter is at Dartmouth, class of '61, and that all seven Palins are in excellent health.

Here are a few address changes for you to note: Leon J. Cone, 220 - 7th Ave., Indialantic, Melbourne, Fla. John S. Young, Meadow Lake Ranch, Rt. 4, Box 279, Escondido, Cal. Harry Briggs, 4336 West 102nd St., Inglewood 2, Cal.

Secretary, : 9 Park Terrace Upper Montclair, N. J.

Class Agent, 6 Wyeth Rd., Hanover, N. H.