1925

Ham Thayer, works manager, vice president and director of Draper Corporation, announced at a recent meeting of the board of directors that he was retiring from his post for personal reasons as of April 1, 1960. His new address will be Box 22, Cataumet, Mass. Maybe Ham wants more time to enjoy the Thunderbird about which we reported last fall. Frank Calkins has been advanced to the position of vice president by Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. Henry Clough, principal of Mendon (Mass.) High School for the past 31 years, has been named vice-principal of the Nipmuc Regional High School, where he will also teach mathematics. Dr. George Gardner continues to enjoy prominence in the world of psychiatry. At a recent Kendall School PTA meeting in his home town of Belmont he discussed "Emotional Problems of Children." Doc is a director of the Judge Baker Guidance Clinic, which is generally considered to be among the foremost clinics in the country for treatment of children who have serious emotional difficulties.

The first Andrew Edson Prize in government has been awarded to Robert M. Brodkey, a sophomore from Omaha. The prize, awarded for the best paper written in the government department's course on "Political Ideals" was established by Mrs. Andrew Edson of Washington, D. C., in memory of Andy

Larry Leavitt reports having run into Jane and Brad Kingman at the last basketball game against Princeton in Hanover. They had made a special trip to see the play o£ Barnes, one of their boys when Brad was head of Pembroke School. At the same time Larry indicated he was leaving on a month's Southern vacation with Dot (taking full advantage of the opportunity for leisure which was unavailable during the many years of his headmastership at Vermont Academy) which would include visits in Washington, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, and wind up with an eight-day cruise on a chartered 60-foot yawl. Before leaving however Larry organized his sub-agents to carry on during the forthcoming Alumni Fund drive.

A note from Eddie Roessler prior to getting things in order for "a brief trip to California" indicates we've lost track of a couple of classmates. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Bob Reynolds, whose mail addressed to Wantagh, L. I., N. Y., is being returned unclaimed, and Ted Ford, who apparently has moved from Windsor, Conn.? Alex Hollenbeck has moved to a new home at 283 Belden Hill Rd., Wilton, Conn. Jim Martin's new address in the suburb of San Francisco is P.O. Box 24, San Bruno, Calif. Line Price has transferred his manufacturing operations from Louisville, Ky., to 18 West Ist St., New Albany, Ind. Rodgers Wyckoff is now located at 1270 Lorain Rd., San Marino, Calif.

We have just received belated word of the passing of Lew Veach of Richmond, Ind., on October 24, 1956. More details appear in the In Memoriam section of this or a subsequent issue.

A last-minute reminder! Plan if possible to attend the Spring Reunion Dinner at Motel 128, Dedham, Mass., on May 6. If you know in advance you will be able to make it, notify Homer Tilton at 156 Main St., Kingston, Mass.

"The Banking King of Beantown" was the caption of an article in a recent issue of Investor's Reader about Lloyd Dewitt Brace and the growth of the First National Bank of Boston to its rank of sixteenth largest in the country with $1.8 billion in total assets. "Nebraska-born Brace's interest in banking dates back to childhood when he came to Boston," the story read. After graduating from Dartmouth, he went to work at the bank as a clerk, moved up the ranks to vice president in 1932, became president and chief executive officer in 1947 and chairman last year. In addition to his banking duties, chairman Brace also serves on the boards of United Shoe Machinery, Stone and Webster, Gillette, U.S. Smelting, A.T. and T., General Motors, among others.

Gathered at the Alumni Fund kick-off dinner in Boston the evening before these notes were mailed to Hanover were Herb Talbot, seated at the head table as a member of the Council, Bud Neilson, Jake Penney, Freddie Smith, Homer Tilton and Ed Pease, just a small segment of the many who will be seeking your support to reach the class goal of $17,180. This is an average of $42 per man, which means that those who can must give more to offset the contributions of those who cannot afford to give as much.

Secretary, 225 Wyman St., Waltham 54, Mass.

Class Agent, Elm St., Norwich, Vt.