1917
Word has been received from Gil Swett that an unrestricted bequest of approximately $1,000 will be received by Dartmouth under the will of Dr. Martha B. Shattuck of Newcastle, N. H., whose death was reported in these Class notes in July.
The bequest establishes a memorial to her husband, Capt. Gerald A. Shattuck '17 (USN ret.), who passed on in 1952, after a distinguished career in the Regular Navy. Dr. Martha Shattuck had a distinguished career in her own right - a member of the Medical Reserve Corps in WW I, and a practising physician in Portsmouth where our classmate "Red" married her in 1921. She was with Red in Pearl Harbor when the Japs struck.
The bequest provision was revealed by Dr. Gerald B. Shattuck '43, their son. Also surviving is a married daughter, Mrs. Nancy Dupeza, of Westbury, L. I.
Gil remarks, "This memorial to our classmate Red was the more heartening because I had never personally solicited it, and had no previous knowledge of it. It follows similar memorials from Mary Gile and family, and Eddie McGowan, and confirms my belief that, in addition to known bequest provisions in '17, there are many such provisions which will become known only when wills are probated. With or without this memorial, Red would always be remembered by us, but Dr. Shattuck's action is deeply appreciated by the Class as well as by the College."
Seventeeners continue to do extensive traveling and you will, I am sure, be interested in the following brief accounts of trips taken during the last year by three classmates and their wives.
Walt and Phoebe Walters spent six weeks during the spring in Japan and Hong Kong during which time Walt visited surgical centers and gave surgical talks. September was spent in Munich, Vienna, and Innsbruck while Walt attended more surgical meetings and presented surgical papers.
Houghton and Ann Carr started off with a week in Bermuda in the spring. Then during August they sailed on the Mauretania for a nine-week tour, mostly by car, of Europe. They first spent a week in Eire and a fortnight in Scotland before going on to Paris, the Chateau country and Switzerland, and finally, back to London and home. Not content to stay put for long, they flew by jet to California to spend Thanksgiving with their daughter, Nancy, and her family at Palo Alto.
Also during the spring, Jack and Virginia Baer flew to Paris where they picked up a car in which they toured down through the Chateau country along the French and Italian Rivieras to Italy, then on to Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Holland. From there they crossed the Channel to England and went on to Scotland and Ireland where they arrived in time to see the Dublin Horse Show.
I have a suspicion that Howie Stockwell has been named President of the Ellinor Village (Ormond Beach, Fla.) Chamber of Commerce. See if you get the same idea from the following opening paragraph of a letter received from Howie just before Christmas:
Finest Holiday greetings from Florida's fabulous, fantastic, friendliest family resort. The weather has just been glorious for outdoor winter living. 82 degrees yesterday, 76 degrees right now. No shoveling snow, no fussy colds, in fact, just easy happy living here with no duties whatever - a girl comes in to clean; boys take care of the grass and the beautiful flowers and exotic flowering shrubs. We walk, swim, shuffleboard, and dine and dance.
Hank Loudon recently underwent surgery and was hospitalized for a month. He is coming along nicely now and expects to leave for Florida around the middle of January. You can find him there at the Ship Ahoy Apartments, 124 Bamboo Rd., Palm Beach Shores, Riviera Beach. His telephone number is listed in the West Palm Beach directory.
The subject of retirement seems to be on the minds of many of our number. Some already have retired and others are looking forward to the day when they can do so.
Rey Reycroft retired this past fall after having been with the Bassick Company, a division of Stewart-Warner Corporation, for nearly forty years, during 37 of which he directed all of Bassick's sales activities. He joined the company in 1920, became sales manager in 1922, vice president in 1938 and a director in 1940. He was vice president and director at the time of his retirement.
Gene Towler retired on December 31 after having been with Curtis Publishing Company for 25 years. He had been with the advertising department of Holiday magazine since 1955, and prior to that was with Country Gentleman for many years.
Sumner Emerson who has been associated with Morgan Stanley & Co. and its predecessor since 1934, retired on January 1 as a general partner and became a limited partner of the firm. Sumner began his banking career in 1922 in the Buffalo office of Guaranty Company of New York. A few days after his retirement became effective, Sumner and Charlotte took off for Florida to take up residence in the new home they have built on Siesta Key, Sarasota, that now being his address.
Hal Walker, still District Fire Protection Engineer for the Sixth Naval District, is looking forward to retirement this spring. When the day finally comes, he plans to return to New England where, as he says, he belongs.
Speaking of Sumner, you will recall that last May it was reported in this column that he had testified as an expert witness for du Pont in an action brought by the Government in an effort to require du Pont to divest itself of its large holdings of General Motors stock. Of course, du Pont had quite a number of financial witnesses but the interesting thing to me was that in his opinion, which was generally favorable to du Pont, the Judge devoted five pages to Sumner's testimony. Very gratifying to Sumner, I am sure!
Bob and Gail Boynton blew into Sarasota on December 18, just in time to join forces with Gil and Marie Swett and attend a dinner meeting of the Sarasota Dartmouth Club. Just a week later the four were together at the Swetts' for Christmas dinner and a fine time was reported.
If you men want this column continued you will have to get busy and send in news of your doings. Your fellow classmates are interested, I can assure you, but I simply cannot invent news. Your cooperation is needed and earnestly requested.
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