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Mose and Pauline Hutchins enjoyed a winter vacation at Sarasota. Mose was pretty well surrounded by the fairer sex as his daughter Frances and granddaughter were on hand for part of the time. In spite of that, Mose was able to get in quite a bit of his favorite game - tennis.
Sumner Emerson spent three weeks in Chicago during March attending hearings on Government proposals for divesting du Pont of its large holdings of General Motors stock, the Supreme Court having directed that du Pont dissolve its close relationship to General Motors. Sumner testified as an expert witness for du Pont as to what would happen if the Governments plan should be adopted, and estimated that the value of G.M. shares would drop 20 to 25 per cent under the Government plan. In addition, he was put on the stand as a Government witness to identify papers taken from his office and to explain the marketing of securities. As soon as his testimony was completed, he and Charlotte took off for a vacation at Sarasota.
Alden Vaughan who is professor of ancient languages and humanities at Centre College, recently served as stage manager for the Centre College Players' presentation of "Come Back Little Sheba". Incidentally, after graduating from Dartmouth, Alden went on and obtained M.A. and Ph.D. decrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
Gyp and Lilyan Green have returned from Florida. They spent three months at Fort Lauderdale where they belong to the Country Club and played golf regularly, As you may remember, Lilyan is an expert golfer and usually takes Gyp over the hurdles. However, on one occasion during their vacation Gyp turned in a very respectable 80 and was able to turn the tables on Lilyan, much to his delight. Gyp says that their daughter, Connie (Connecticut College for Women '57) is now married and living in Norfolk, Va. Their son, Larry '51, is teaching. Gyp concluded his letter by saying, "My old hobby, philately (stamp collecting) still intrigues me. I am considered an authority on the postal issues and postal history of the Republic of Honduras. I have written quite a few articles in connection with this field."
Searles Morton has come up with what seems to me to be a very good idea in connection with the memorial book plan announced in the January 19 issue of "The Seventeen Sentry." He took it upon himself to contact the living members of his Beta delegation and from them collected enough money to memorialize those members of the delegation who passed away prior to June 1953. This may be an idea that other groups might like to adopt.
From Savannah, Ga., Don Litchard wrote on March 23, that he and Lucy were then en route home after having been in Florida since December 19. After a stay of several weeks at Key Colony, Key Biscayne, where they had a cottage just 50 yards from the beach, they moved on to Vero Beach where they spent three more weeks at the Royal Park Inn. Then came two weeks at Clear-water Beach after which they joined friends for a final week at Ponte Vedra. Don, as you may have guessed, is semi-retired. He says that their oldest daughter Anne (Duke '49) is married and living with her husband Charles Bird and their two children in Toronto. Daughter Joan (Swarthmore '50) is living with her two children in Brookline, and has a very good position with the First National Bank of Boston. Their youngest daughter Lydia (Smith '57, the college from which her mother graduated) works for the New England Life Insurance Company. She was able to spend a little time with her parents at Key Biscayne. Lucky girl!
Jim Rubel reports on his family in a mostinteresting way so here is the meat of hisletter just as he wrote it:
1958 was somewhat of a banner year in the Rubel household. 1. Grandson born to James L. Rubel Jr. and named James L. Rubel 3rd. 2. Grandfather operated upon May 29 for carcenoma of the large intestine. (Me and John Foster Dulles. In pretty high class society, wouldn't you say?) Operation okay and I'll know in five years if I'm cured. I may still make that next reunion. 3. Daughter Jane happily married to Kenneth C. Stamps. No children, only one dachshund named Willie. 4. Mrs. Rubel and I celebrate 32 years of cold winters and hot summers come this April. Expect her to outlast me by some twenty years. 5. Still banging the typewriter, but as yet no Best Seller, only literary escape writing. One new book on the stands last November, "The Fraudulent Broad." New one just came out, "Any Two Can Play." Paperbacks priced at 50¢. Enough sex to make them interesting to old men (Advertisement). 6. Sold house on Santanella and moved into an apartment temporarily till we know what we want to do. 7. Stock market took me for a ride in '57. Not broke, but badly bent. Should have known better after going through '29 and '37. 8. Present health okay except for low grade arthritis and bursitis of various joints including water on the knee and a flying sacroiliac, which leaps in and out on the slightest notion. Tie it in place with a girdle. Hold the knee together with a rubber bract. Ran into one Stan "Wood a week ago at a local pub, discovered he was Chuck Wood's brother, my ex-roommate of Hitchcock Hall freshman year. Thinks Chuck is in Florida.
While you have Jim in mind, make a note of his new address: 428 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach, Calif.
Deering Smith must be one of Nashua's busiest men, judging from newspaper stories I have seen. I can report that he is a charter member of the 35-year-old Nashua Lions Club, a 40-year member of the James E. Coffey Post, American Legion and a curler of distinction. At an International Bonspiel at Pointe Claire, Que., Canada, the prize for the high plus mark in one game went to Deering and his team. His team also took part in the Gordon International in Montreal. At the Bonspiel dinner Deering spoke briefly in his capacity as immediate past president of the Grand National Curling Club of America.
Fall outing in Hanover area October 9-11. Details later. Mark your calendars now and plan to be counted present.
Secretary, South Pomfret Rd. Woodstock, Vt.
Class Agent, 6 Wyeth Rd., Hanover, N. H.
