1916

The Class expresses its deepest sympathy to Burt Lowe in the death of his wife. Kathryn, who died November 17, after a long illness, at their home in Dover Plains, N. Y.

It also records with regret the death of Ed Kiley's mother, Mrs. John Payton, who died September 25 in Wellesley, at the age of 95 years. Many of the Class knew her and she lived with Stirling and Betty Wilson one winter after Ed's death. Stirling described her as a most remarkable woman. And speaking of Stirling, how did you like his recent travelogue? I dropped "Doctor Zhivago" like a hot potato and read through the Newsletter once,... then got out the atlas and had a rerun of their journey. I would consider a trip abroad most worthwhile if I could be as observant as Stirling and get as much out of it as he and Betty did. At any rate we are glad to have them home all in one piece after their bloodcurdling bus and taxi rides along the Grande Corniche and such other places.

By the time you are reading this your reporter, if he is lucky, will have had a nice visit from Gil and Mabel Tapley. Gil, as perhaps you have heard, is now feeling much better than for a long time. Their daughter, Ruth Axon, who lived in this vicinity some years ago, moved to Atlanta. Her husband has now been transferred to Wilmington, Del., and the old folks are just itching to get their hands on those grandchildren. So Gil and Mabel's good luck in having them that much nearer Winchester may also prove to be my family's good fortune as well.

Stew Paul was re-elected president of the Retired Officers Association at its biennial convention held in Washington in November. When Congress passed the recent Career Compensation Act, raising pay for most of those on active duty, it refused to apply the increases to retired officers, though it did approve a 6 per cent cost-of-living increase in retirement pay for some 130,000 former officers.

Dick Parkhurst was one of six delegates President Eisenhower recently appointed to a new United Nations organization dealing with the .Merchant Marine. The delegates were named to the first session of the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization which opened in London in January. As you may know, Dick is a former member of the Federal Maritime Commission. It doesn't look as if time would hang heavily on the hands of this partially retired gentleman.

Our good-will ambassador extraordinary, Gran Fuller, has been out in the hinterland (that is, hinterland from Washington) and has run across numerous 16ers. At Buffalo he had dinner with Ernie Frey and DaveShumway. In Chicago he was also entertained royally by Ken Henderson, Joe Larimer and Hugo Gumbart. Although Ken has retired as president of Ditto, Inc., he is kept busy with a job of teaching in business policy at Northwestern. Ken says that he has to spend a lot of time preparing for classes, but that it is good fun and he thoroughly enjoys the association with a fine group of students. Joe looks fine and still serves as secretary of the Chicago Bar Association. Hugo had planned to attend our Fabulous Fortieth, but his company, Bethlehem Steel, had other plans for him. He has been with the company thirty years and is Western sales manager, with headquarters in Chicago and territory covering eight states. Gran did not see Hugo's wife, Virginia, because she was called away to Indiana by the birth of a grandchild. However, they can be firmly counted upon for our Forty Fifth. At Williamsburg at Thanksgiving Gran and Ruth saw Irving Wolff, his wife and daughter, Peggy, and had dinner with them. A few days later Gran lunched with Bill Brett, Director of the Mint, in Washington. Incidentally Gran's son, Howard '51, is minister of Old Salem Church in the center of Buffalo. Gran recently had the pleasure for the first time of hearing him preach. Gran's parting shot: Why don't more of you fellows look him up (as Dick Parkhurst does) when you come to Washington? He is listed in the phone book.

Alec and Estelle Jardine spent Thanksgiving with their daughter, Marion, and her big family in Alexandria, on their way to Tucson, where they are spending the winter.

This item is being written just before New Year's, and it voices a wish which is perhaps entirely impossible of accomplishment, but which would be most wonderful if it could be achieved. It would be to have, in 1959, at least a word, direct or otherwise, from every member of the Class. There are dozens of men whose names never appear in these columns, and it is about time they did. Think what pleasure it would give the Class to hear from the likes of Gus Emery, Howard Buffington, Herb Stiegler, Joe Cheyney, Charley Everett, Roly Wass, Bob Dana, Lew Murphy and Warren Tapley, to pick just a few names at random. In the words of our old pal, the Bard: " 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished" (and I have some plans in mind to bring it about).

Next month look for a report on Hobey Marble, which lack of space does not permit your correspondent to make at this time.

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