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Our expert Bird Watcher, Whit Eastman and his wife Karen, according to report received late in January, were in Florida getting set to take off for Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Yucatan. Whit, as our traveling Ambassador to various Tenner habitations, reports contacts with many Tenners in the Sunshine State. "Karen and I dropped into Clearwater and phoned Mac Kendall," he writes. "Mac organized a Dutch Treat luncheon at the Beachcomber. Present were Larryand Miriam Bankart, Andy and Bertha Scarlett, Gladys Wilson, the Kendalls, and the Eastmans. What a wonderful reunion we had. Later we went to the Kendalls' beautiful new home and discussed the era from 1906 to date." They went on to Delray Beach for a visit with Bill Taylor. "I found him in excellent health and busy at his hobby making decorative and useful things from various parts of the cocoanut tree." Next were calls on Les Bull and Ossie Shenstone. "Ossie and his wife, Gladys, are in fine health and enjoying life. Ossie plays golf nearly every day. He has built a beautiful new screen porch and kidney-shaped, heated swimming pool - all screen enclosed. Ossie made a mechanical diving board for the pool by using springs to accelerate the jump. Since he and Gladys are interested in birds we had lots to talk about." Les Bull, who lives all winter at Lake Worth, told Easty that he feels better than at any time in the last ten years.

Although Whit did not mention it, he has by these visits with Tenners, added some names to our growing list of Tenners who though officially "retired" are really keeping quite active. In this connection, we make this addition: We listed Whit Eastman as one of the active "retired" who has officially retired more than once. We failed to note that one of his most active hobbies is bird watching and this activity takes him to many far-off places. We believe he holds the record for the number of different birds identified and Karen is of very high rank among the female bird watchers. Like that wellknown quotation about mail carriers, with Whit and Karen it is "through swamps, down in deep valleyss or up on high mountains, the birds must be watched and identified."

Referring back, for the moment, to the subject of active retired Tenners, Eck Hiestand thought well enough of the January Tenner column on this subject, to write, "Too many times Newsletters have been depressing, reminding us how we are falling apart physically and apparently, mentally. Here you have most ably stressed the occupational therapy as well as the possibilities for usefulness after retirement. I think it's an inspiring column." All of us who have had information of Eck's activity as a member of the House of Representatives, following retirement from a full life in the active business world, will appreciate that he has knowledge and understanding of what it means to retire and then become even more active in another field of endeavor. His comment is genuinely pleasing not only to the writer but to the many "retired-but-active" Tenners.

Another "retired-but-continuing-active" Tenner whom we overlooked, is Art Allen. He keeps busy as head of the Norwood Cooperative Bank and as treasurer and chairman of the building committee of the local hospital. The immediate project is building a $3,000,000 addition. Another Tenner we failed to list, is Hal Sprague. Hal follows a regular schedule as a member of the committee on mortgages for his bank in Brockton. His "activity" takes him over a wide territory examining properties. This is quite different from building shoe last machinery for the foreign trade. Ken Phillips says he retired nine years ago and it is perfect - he "got used to it the first day." But he raises flowers on a grand scale - especially iris and peonies - had seven to eight hundred peonies last year.

Ned Loveland is another Tenner who has begun to dig in permanently in Florida. He has bought a home in Fort Myers - expects to sell his Stowe, Vt., home and his future visits to Vermont will be to see the children.

We have to report the passing of another of our group. Rev. Louis Nissen died early in January, at his home in Verona, N. J. He had retired three years ago after serving for fifteen years as Rector of the the Church of the Holy Spirit in Verona.

Just before completion of this chapter of Tenner items, word has come from Mac Kendall that Ed Keith passed away January 23 in Florida. The Class and the College had no more enthusiastic Dartmouth booster than Ed. He had been a regular member of all the reunion groups in the past ten years. He will be sadly missed. Our sympathy has been conveyed to both widows of these two loyal Tenners.

June 11-13 are the dates of our '62 informal reunion in Hanover. Mark your date book or tie a knot in your finger, whichever is the smaller, as the IRS blanks tell us.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PI., Troy, N. Y.

Treasurer, 2144 McKinley St., Clearwater, Fla.

Bequest Chairman,