1925

Dot and Larry Leavitt are back from their month's sojourn to Florida and the Bahamas. While at the Royal Victoria in Nassau they spent an evening with Ruth and JockPackard, the Treadway specialist. While en route to Miami they detoured to Winter Park to visit with Gam Rogers, who "is a busy architect, employing around 25 draftsmen." Unable to contact Tom Gedge at Orlando, they did find Florence and DutchSchroedel at Vero Beach's Royal Park Inn (Jock Packard, Manager) and learned of some of the interesting aspects of Dutch's work, including a cathedral in Baltimore. They talked with Monty Chapman while spending a night at West Palm Beach and Jamer Guernsey the following night at Miami. After such a delightful vacation, Larry's ready with vim and vigor to pursue his job as head class agent during the current Alumni Fund drive.

As the deadline for these notes approached, Homer Tilton reported 26 signed up for the dinner at Motel 128 on May 6 and more to come. He included some pointed comment from those unable to attend. Ham Thayer's, for example, held some keen interest: "Getting married again and will be in Denver!" Now we know the "personal" reason for his announced retirement last month. Incidentally, Ham was honored on the occasion of his retirement after 36 years with the Draper Corporation at a dinner attended by 200 persons and was presented with a complete set of golfing equipment. Bill Sleigh noted: "Father's Day at Smith — my daughter expects me." Bucky Bates: "Prolonged hospital visit makes it impossible to attend." The pride of grandparenthood stands out in a note from the Ike Burners at Decatur, Ill. "At long last Ike and Gin Burner have a grandchild, daughter of Dave, Jr. '53 and Barbara Hunt Burner, and named Mary Virginia. Class of 1912 will share honors with us for Ben Hunt is Barbara's father and our mutual granddaughter arrived on his birthday, Jan. 9. All of us together in LaGrange Park, Ill., for the baptism on April 16th."

Word from Hanover reports address changes as follows: Fred Reed is now more than ever subject to Big Green influence. He's moved to the Dartmouth Club at 37 East 39th Street, New York. Laurie Wakefield is at 512 Hiawassee Drive S.W., Atlanta 11, Ga., Harry Vincent has gone west and resides at 4161 Maritime Road, Portugese Bend, Calif. A news release also indicates the naming of Jack Norris, associate medical director of Eastman Kodak Company, as cochairman of the Dartmouth Medical School campaign for $10,000,000 capital funds. Eddie Blake's son David '61 was recently elected an at-large member of Palaeopitus, and the following day was elected its chairman. Son Jon is captain of the Yale track team and has been named a Rhodes scholar.

Dudley Smith, who continues "in architectural practice" at Denver, was the bearer of sad tidings when he reported on the untimely death of Mil Hart on March 28. The details appear in the In Memoriam section of this issue.

George Amidon of Montpelier, Vermont State Treasurer, has collected clocks as a hobby for many years. He recently gave a resume of "Telling Time" at a meeting of the Bellows Falls Women's Club. Among the clocks exhibited in the course of his lecture was one made about 1820 which was practically all wood, the gears being cherry wood and the shafts from laurel root.

Frank Kennedy has just accepted the cochairmanship of one of the major committees in the Greater New York-New Jersey area for the Medical School Campaign, and Larry Leavitt has been appointed for a twoyear term as the Alumni Representative on the Tucker Foundation.

Some of the names mentioned in these notes have appeared in other recent issues. While it is our policy to avoid excessive accent in a given area and to report on as many different classmates as possible, sometimes in the absence of any other news it becomes necessary to veer from this policy. The answer to the problem of course is obvious; we should have more newshawks in the class.

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

Class Agent, Elm St., Norwich, Vt.