1907

Bill Jennings, our oldest living classmate from La Jolla, Calif., writes as follows: "This season of the year is a time of memories, recollections that time cannot dim and the fondest are the four care-free years spent on the Hanover Plain. The memory of the friendships made there still remain fresh in mind and will never pass away." How true, classmates!

Arthur Speare, '07's noted air-traveler, flew to Montego Bay, Jamaica, on January 31 in less than six hours from New York. He reports that he has five kinds of fruit for breakfast and wishes that all his Dartmouth friends and classmates could be enjoying the same experience. Art cannot be kept on the ground. He has our best wishes.

Dwight Hiestand, who was temporarily crippled by a fall, is now in Acapulco, Mexico for three months. He left Chicago on January 12, visited the Grand Canyon, San Francisco, Los Angeles and then proceeded down the Pacific Coast in Mexico to Acapulco, which resort he describes as "unbelievably lovely and entertaining." Dwight says "the hot climate of Mexico benefits his asthma."

Robert Lewis writes that he is back home in Orange, N. J., regaining health after spending five weeks in the hospital with a burst ulcer, and hopes that no more cardiograms, tanks of oxygen and transfusions will be necessary. Keep smiling, Bob.

Merton Knapp informs me that his wife Susan, who has been in poor health, had a shock and has been confined to the Concord Hospital but is now in a nursing home with little encouragement for improvement. Our sincere wishes to you, Susan, for a quick recovery.

Sidney George attended the dinner party of the Dartmouth Club of Tucson, Ariz., at the El Con Club honoring Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins in February. "Hoppy" is spending the month in Tucson. Films of skiing and football were shown and a grand time was had by all.

Word has come to me that Waldo Pickett and Bill Grimes are improving in health. That is excellent news. Your classmates send you both their best wishes.

Art Farrington from Bronxville, N. Y., asks, "Do you still feel like a sophomore?" He says, "I do and wish that we were." My answer is, "Yes, I do — at times."

Fred Baldwin, "The Old Salt of Cape Cod, Mass.," is spending the winter at the Hollywood Beach Trailer Park, Hollywood, Fla., enjoying the bathing in the 76 degree Atlantic Ocean and the Florida sunshine.

Classmates, we are looking forward to seeing you all at our Informal Reunion on Sunday and Monday, June 14-15, at which time we will make the most of this opportunity of meeting up with many of our 1909 friends. We suggest that you make reservations for rooms at an early date. Thank you all for your many letters.

These two pals, Nut Root and Curly Blake,are featured in the '09 class notes.

Secretary, 8 West Hill Place, Boston 14, Mass.

Class Agent, 86 South Main St., Hanover, N. H.