1929

All of us should be mighty proud of 29's showing in the come-back of the Alumni Fund Campaign. It not only testifies to our solid support of the College but it is also a tribute to the effective leadership of CartStrickland and his energetic staff. Congratulations to them for a job well done.

A letter from our former Class Agent, John Moxon, reveals that he is still setting a fast pace. He flew to Amsterdam on a Wednesday and returned on Friday. John is President of the Carpenter Steel Company in Reading, Pa., and this keeps him on the move. Prior to his European tour, he relaxed for a week of fishing in the Canadian bush with his family, including Roz, their daughter Fredericka, and their son John. And now he is off again on another tour, - this time to France and Germany. Young John graduated from Dartmouth in June and on October 7 he will report at Pensacola for nearly four years of duty in Naval Air Intelligence. Fredericka is a student at Abbott Academy in Andover, Mass. With both John and Cart serving on the Fund Committee of the Alumni Council, 1929 should go places!

Another European traveler is Frank Weeks. On two occasions of late, he and Elsie and several of their friends have chartered a small bus with a bilingual driver and toured around Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, and Portugal with side trips to Greece, France, Switzerland. and England. Needless to say, Frank has become a Kodachrome enthusiast and we can look forward to some interesting lectures at future reunions. To raise funds for these trips, Frank handles the technical writing and advertising and catalog preparation for Joselyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. in Chicago - manufacturers of electrical construction equipment for the power and communications industries. Frank and Elsie enjoy the companionship of their two married daughters, Diane and Nancy, and their families which include three grandchildren, and of their son, Charles, a Trinity graduate and banker in Chicago. Another hobby is the winter sport of curling at the Exmoor Country Club. In between times, Frank busies himself as a member of the high school Board of Education which has been involved in the construction of two new four million dollar high schools.

This should have a reaction on HarryMerson who is the Superintendent of Schools of Falmouth and surrounding towns on Cape Cod. Undoubtedly, he is wrestling too with the problems of expansion. However, it was not many years ago that he won a Boston Globe prize with a do-it-yourself do-all unit that saws, planes and hammers in one operation. This, perhaps, is his an- swer to the problem. Harry has a hobby of making eagles which adorn the doors of Cape Cod houses. For further relaxation, he cruises the waters of Buzzards Bay with his wife Ethelinda on a lobster boat — all is smooth sailing except that his radio transmitter fails to work as well as it should and his wife prefers horse jumping.

Bart Stoodley, the Wellesley professor, is also the proud captain and possessor of a lobster boat bearing the name "Robaheba." This means Ronald, Barry, Helen, and Bartlett or the whole Stoodley family. We en- joyed a splendid cruise on this craft in the Boothbay region this summer with TomPhelps, his wife Loretta, and their two well indoctrinated sons. Tom and his family live near San Francisco where Tom is in the legal department of the California Public Utilities Commission. It was good to see them after all these years and we had a grand reunion at Bart's seashore farm in Westport, Me. Tom still skates, swims, and plays tennis with considerable skill and agility. He is not so good at croquet. His sons have their sights on Dartmouth.

Jack Blair, our well known patent attorney, has been elected Vice-President of the Stamford Rotary Club. Other pithy news reaching our desk reveals that Mace andHelen Ingram captured top honors with a 68 in the Scotch Foursome Championship at the Hanover Country Club in August. Your scribe is tremendously impressed after his experience on this course. We also note that Mary Ann D'Esopo is a freshman at Bryn Mawr College. Senator Bob Monahan keeps us well posted. He climbed Mt. Washington in August to duly celebrate the Centennial Year of the Carriage Road. Bob was probably the only politician to perform this feat.

With a sense of deep sorrow, we report the death of our beloved classmate, WillTorbert. Will died suddenly in Northampton on September 1, 1961. Our sympathy is extended to Dorothy and his family.

Frank Foster '29 became the father of the bride this August when his daughterRobin married J. Lincoln Spaulding '56, son of C. Jerry Spaulding '24, in an All-Dartmouthwedding. A bridal party luncheon at the home of Bill Andres '29 broughttogether the principal alumni (l to r) Bill Sherman '56, Whit Foster '64, brother ofthe bride, Frank Foster '29, Phil Mayher '29, a guest, the groom, Pete Gulick '55,brother-in-law of the groom, John Lincoln '64, Bill Madden '64, Spud Spaulding'24, and Bill Andres '29.

Secretary, 10 Cranston Road Winchester, Mass.

Treasurer, 2 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.