1908

ALUMNI FUND REPORTWE MADE IT

Delayed contributions from members of '09's received after the closing date of June 30 but credited to the 1961 Alumni Fund campaign brought our total to $6325.20, 101% of our quota of $6260 from 99 contributors, a participation index of 102% of our scoring base of 97.

New addresses for the little green directory: L E. C. Amidon, 113 Grove Street, Bristol, Conn.; Paul M. Batchelder, 1403 Marshall Lane, Austin 3 Texas; Raymond L. Cams, 3911 S.E. 182 nd Ave.. Gresham, Ore.; Donald L. Comstock, 2502 N. Treat Ave., Tucson, Ariz.; John S. Everett, 122 Maple Street, Bristol, Conn.; Walter F. Furman, 59 Scott Lane, Princeton, N. J.; John H. Gray, 774 Litchfield Ave., Sebastopol, Calif.; Fred E. Hanson 92 S. Central Ave., Wollaston 70, Mass.; Ralph L. Wilson, 64 Woodcrest Drive, Melrose 76, Mass.

NORTH COUNTRY ANNIVERSARY. About 300 North Country friends, relatives, and associates, including many Canadians, gathered at the Waumbek House in Jefferson, N. H„ for a reception in the afternoon of September 9 to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of John H. and JennieHinman. The Hinman Clan itself, including the third generation, numbered about fifty. Following the reception and champagne toasts, the happy couple cut a large wedding cake for the assembled guests, and adjournment was taken to the second story veranda for greetings and conversation with old friends until evening. The Dartmouth Hinmans present included: Colonel and Mrs. Burritt '04; Harold '10, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen B. '14; Mr. and Mrs. Hazen B. Jr. '42; Mr. and Mrs. Howard '35; Dr. and Mrs. Crawford '37; Mr. and Mrs. Richard '45; and Rand and Phoebe Stowell '35. Phoebe is the daughter of Burritt '04. One missing Hinman brother was Herbert 07, who died this past summer. Other Dartmouth men and wives included; William R. Brewster '18; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gibson '24; Mr. and Mrs. Parker Hicks '24; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Kugelman '24; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Leavitt '25; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dent '26s; Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker Wiggin '30; Dr. and Mrs. Edward Dyer 35; Dr. and Mrs. James Higgins '35; Mr. and Mrs. John R. McLane Jr. '38; and Mr. and Mrs. R. Binney Tower '43. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hayward '26 were present from the College and your editor from '08. Other class officers invited were not able to be present. Rosie Hinman was born in the North Country at North Stratford, joined the International Paper Company as a forester in 1913, grew up through general woods manager to president and chairman of the board. He is now chairman emeritus but retained as woodlands manager.

Alanson "John" Alden reports that he and Grace recently took a trip to Fryeburg, Me., where they met their son Bill '33, head of modern foreign languages at the University of Maryland who with his wife Martha and two daughters had spent the spring and summer in France.

Serena Rotch reports that Bob Blanpied is seriously ill in St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla.

Nick Carter, our Philippines planter, reports that life goes on much as usual, he keeps planting more coconuts. He reports nine living children and twelve grandchildren with three more on the way. He lists the chief products of the Islands as children, copra, sugar, hemp, and rice in that order.

Ted Dunn reports that he sees few Dartmouth men of our era in his home town of Rye but he and his wife and daughter Janet, who is vice-president and dean of girls in the High School of La Puenta, Calif., spend their vacations on Cape Cod and meet Howard Cowee, Art Lewis and Win Griffin occasionally. Ted is still active in the Keystone Paint and Varnish Company of Brooklyn and expects to continue for the time being.

A letter from Crosby Hoar reminisces on the early days of forestry in this country in which 'OB men took a large part; George Bright, Harold Clark, Warren Hale, Arthur Hopkins, John Hinman, Raymond Marsh, Dana Parkinson, Edgar White, and Crosby himself. He reports that their interest in forestry was whetted by Paul Redington '00 who gave an illustrated talk on the National Forests in the West during the winter of 1906-7.

Raymond Marsh, another U.S. forester, translated for the August issue of American Forests a report by the chief forester of Sweden of a tour of Oregon and Washing- ton previous to the Fifth World Forestry Congress in Seattle in 1960. Ray is a recipient of the Swedish Royal Order of Vasa from its King and has recently been made a Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science.

Dick Merrill reports to Larry Treadway that "the doctor says that I am doing all right if I watch my diet." He is a diabetic and has lost a lot of weight which pleases the doctor. Larry notes that he comes from good North Country stock and should be with us "quite a spell."

Class Notes Editor R.F.D. 1, Laconia, N. H.

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