1912

DARTMOUTH 1912 HANOVER "OFFICIAL" 45th REUNION June 9 to 11, 1958 "Don't MISS your DATE in '58"

This is really a tough one to report: Ray Cabot died peacefully the morning of April 1 after a long, lingering illness. Although Ray had many close and intimate friends in the Class, next to Eddie Luitwieler, I was one of his closest friends. He was in the wedding party as an usher when I married Dick Paul's sister, Katharine, at Fitzwilliam, N. H., on June 26, 1915. Ray was a gentleman and a scholar, and he will be sorely missed by all of us. On behalf of the Class, our deepest sympathy is extended to Eleanor and Roger.

Doc Burnham, President of the New Hampshire Medical Society, was the principal speaker at the Mid-winter Conference of the New Hampshire division of the American Cancer Society, at Concord, N.H. He spoke upon improved treatments of cancer, saying that there is no disease on which so much research has been done, and praised the education program of the Society.

Garry and Bess Garrison have been spending the winter at Lake Worth, Fla., planning to be back to their home in Westfield, N.J., early in May. Garry certainly has everything conceivable planned for our 45th "Formal" Reunion in Hanover next June. He has received return postal cards from about a third of the Class, and as of March 20, 32 classmates, 26 wives and 2 widows, - making a total of 60 - have advised that they will be there definitely. What is the matter with the two-thirds of the Class who have not replied? Get busy and give Garry the word in response to his second mailing that went out last month.

Hal Belcher became Assistant Treasurer of the American Board of Foreign Missions on February 1. Hal and Marian had a two-month trip to Hawaii early this year as guests of the Board, Hal having retired from active duty with the Board.

A Polio Hall of Fame was unveiled at the dedication of a new administration building at Georgia Warm Springs Foundation on January 2d. The Hall of Fame consists of busts of fifteen scientists who successively contributed to the final success of the Salk vaccine, and two laymen who were primarily responsible for the final answer to the prevention of poliomyelitis - the late Franklin D. Roosevelt and Doc O'Connor.

Changes of address: Cedric E. Francis, General Manager, Puerto Rico Distributors Corporation, Box 2709, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Darlington Apartments, #302, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Professor Ernest S. Osgood, Visiting Professor, Mills College, Box 9397, Oakland 13, Calif.; Cecil P. Dodge, 3 Niles Park, Hartford 5, Conn.

Basil O'Connor '12 (extreme right), head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,stands before the bronze likeness of himself at the dedication of the Polio Hall of Fame atWarm Springs, Georgia. Others (1 to r) are Dr. Thomas M. Rivers, Dr. Charles Armstrong,Dr. Tohn R. Paul, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., Dr. Albert B. Sabin, Dr. Joseph L. Melnick, Dr.Isabel Morgan, Dr. Howard A. Howe, Dr. David Bodian, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, and Mrs. FranklinD. Roosevelt, who stands before the bust of her late husband. Mr. O'Connor and PresidentRoosevelt were the only lay citizens honored; all the others are scientists.

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