1917

Gene Towler's retirement from business was brief indeed. And so was his life as a Country Squire. Word has just been received that he has joined Wildrick and Miller, specialized New York advertising agency since 1935, as Executive Director of Marketing. As many of you know, Gene is an old hand in this field and in the past has represented Holiday, Country Gentleman, Look, and National Geographic Magazines. Prior to that he had had department and district management experience with Graybar Electric Co. I am sure that all 17'ers will wish Gene well in this latest undertaking!

During October Bill and Sally Sewall picked up their son, John '42, and his wife Nell, in Virginia and with them made a tour of New England. Wherever possible they made a point of stopping to see fellow 17'ers along the way, and it is known that they saw Ralph and Ethel Sanborn at Hampton Falls, Bob and Gail Boynton at Hanover, Bob and Bea Adams at St. Michaels on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Brookses at Woodstock.

At last the remarriage of Arch Earle can be confirmed. Last February Arch married Anne Leftwich of New Haven. After a brief honeymoon at Ft. Lauderdale they returned to Arch's home at Mt. Carmel, Conn., where they now reside. All 17'ers will certainly join in wishing the couple a happy lifetime together!

Bill and Helen Birtwell plan to again spend the winter in their apartment at Englewood, Fla.

Mose Hutchins is doing a bit of traveling this month (October) in the interest of 1917. He is to see Jack Saladine at West Hartford in connection with Alumni Fund publicity, and will then go on to New York to attend a meeting of Class Newsletter Editors. If all goes well he hopes also to take in the Dartmouth-Yale game.

Mott and Fran Brown spent a long vacation at Chatham on Cape Cod this past summer, and for a good part of the time they had with them their daughter Eleanor, and her daughter, Anne Elizabeth. Eleanor's husband, Ed Chev, was able to be with them for part of the time. Their vacation over, Mott and Fran drove back to Columbus with a stop-over at Niagara Falls for sort of a belated honeymoon, some 38 years late.

Gil and Marie Swett and Sumner andCharlotte Emerson have returned to Sarasota after having summered in the North, the Swetts at Boothbay Harbor, Me., and the Emersons at Pocono Lake Preserve, Pa.

Howard and Dorothy Stockwell left Maine for Ormond Beach earlier than usual this fall. They are in a new Villa this year, in the South section of Ellinor Village. For the benefit of any 17'ers who may pass through Ormond Beach, the Stockwells' new address is 584 Robin Road, Ellinor Village. Howard reports having had a wonderful summer at their place at Waterford, Me., with lots of friends visiting, and all the family (and that's saying a lot) there over the Fourth of July, and also off and on during the summer.

The writer's guess is that Don O'Leary has retired from business as a notice of a new address has been received from the Alumni Records Office giving Don's new address as P.O. Box 552, Damariscotta, Me. What's the Women's National Republican Club going to do without Marion?

During April 1960 I reported a bit on George Allison's activities. A further report on his more recent interests was contained in the October 4 issue of The Dillon Examiner (Montana). Below a picture of George, the article starts off by saying, "George H. Allison, a rugged mining engineer whose youthful step and overall optimism belie his 60-odd years, is the major cog in Beaverhead's mining rebirth at the New Departure Mine and Hendricks Mine and Mill." The article goes on to describe George's business career in some detail, pointing out that he has been engaged in ventures in Colorado and New Mexico which produced gold, silver and lead. In 1955 he moved his field of operations to the Rocky Mountain area where he renovated the Cashin Copper Mine in Paradox Valley, Colo., the first producing uranium mine in the world. This mine had been operated by Madame Curie from 1896 to 1897.

Many of you know that Bob Scott is Secretary-Treasurer of the Connecticut State Seniors' Golf Association, but how many of you know that he also is a member of the Senior Championship Committee of the United States Golf Association? As a result of his membership on that committee he has just been at Tulsa, Okla., in connection with the National championship matches. But prior to going to Tulsa, Bob worked the New England round at Weston, Mass. When he got to Tulsa he was really put to work. During his first two days at the fabulous Southern Hills Country Club his work was mainly out on the course answering questions about rules, etc. During the last three days he acted as referee on individual matches. The only trouble was that he suffered tired feet as a result. But he says that it was fun!

My Eastern reporter, the Squire of Hampton Falls, was present with Ethel at the Harvard Stadium on the occasion of the late debacle. He spotted a few other 17'ers scattered here and there among the crowd, and while he may have missed seeing all those present, he did see Pete Olds, Houghton Carr and his son, Bill Eaton, Guy andMarjorie Richardson, Frank Huntress and Errol and Dorothy Thompson.

As the writer looks at the pile of cord wood waiting to be stashed away against the coming of the wintery blasts we experience in this neck of the woods, he is reminded that Christmas is in the offing too. With that thought in mind, we in the Brooks household extend to each and all of you and yours our best wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Box 27 Woodstock, Vt.

Treasurer, 315 Oxford Rd., Havertown, Pa.

Bequest Chairman,