1912

Sydney A. Clark is reported to be authoring a new book (no title just yet) but it will cover all the sun and sea-washed shores from Bermuda down the Antilles to Trinidad, Surinam and Venezuela.

Our sincere sympathy is extended to Dr.Henry R. Viets on the recent loss of his mother, Mrs. Annie Rebecca (Tufts) Viets, 98, wife of the late Henry R. Viets of 57 Burditt Avenue, Hingham, Mass. Mrs. Viets was believed to be the town's oldest resident, remembered " the Civil War clearly and was very active in the Daughters of the American Revolution in Hingham.

Art and Grace Burnham, Roy and FlorenceLewis and Quechee and Bertha French had dinner at the Norwich Inn the evening of Dec. 8 to lay plans for our "Informal" 47th Reunion this June. Art Burnham is heading up the plans which are evidently well under way, more details later.

Arthur E. "Art" French phoned from Mountainside, N. J., where he and Mrs. French had stopped off, on their way to Washington, D. C., to spend a short time with their son, Charles D. (class of '42) and his family who make their home at 1217 Wyoming Ave. in Mountainside.

Frances and "Stan" Weld used the Cornell game at Ithaca this fall to visit their daughter, Barbara, and her family; they also saw the proprietor of Tree Top Lodge, HenryVan Dyne, and his guests from 1912 at the game. While in Minneapolis as a delegate to the American Medical Association in Dec., Stan spotted Bill Middlebrook in the hotel lobby there "after 46 years no see," says Stan. Needless to say he enjoyed a grand dinner with Bill and his good wife, Margaret, that evening.

Sam Hobbs reports he has retired but is busier than ever planning a National Convention and acting as Secretary-Treasurer for the first chapter of the American Concrete Institute. He is also doing some consulting engineering work. Marion and Sam now can boast of their seventh grandchild, James Charles, who is the fourth child of their son, Sam and Arlene of Alhambra, Calif. If early plans will do the trick we can count on seeing Marion and Sam at the 50th in 1962.

Heinie Urion is feeling fine and reports his arm has healed so that he can punch the typewriter again. He and Irma are taking an apartment in New York for a few weeks and planning on taking a trip to Florida this winter.

Change of address; Horace E. Allen, 22 Brittany Road, Longmeadow, Mass.

Dr. Royal J. Haskell, "Roy" to his classmates, died at his home in Rochester, Mass., Dec. 4 after a long illness. Roy retired Nov. 1 last year as chief of the plant industry branch, Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, returning to his home in Rochester last February. During World War II he helped develop the victory garden and food production programs. He conducted many field trips for the Dept. of Agriculture including recent ones to Alaska and Hawaii. Last year he was honored with the department's Superior Service Award and was cited for outstanding contributions to the Nation's plant pathology and horticulture programs.

The Class has lost a steadfast member and the sincere sympathy of all his classmates is extended to his wife, Myrta, his son, Royal Jr., and his sister, Ethel.

Ralph Twitchell whose death was reported in the last news letter has received a warm accolade in the Town Crier, a column by Mark Beltaire, in the Detroit Free Press of Sat. Nov. 22. The lead paragraph in Beltaire's column follows:

"One of the real pillars of education in Detroit died recently in Bethel, Vt. He was Ralph Twitchell who retired last June as head of the mathematics department of Cooly High. He was one of the most colorful teachers in the Detroit system, brought a robust sense of humor to what is ordinarily considered a very dry subject. He was so well liked by his students that they gave him an Oscar not long before his retirement."

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