1905

Congratulations (somewhat belated) to Shirley Cunningham. On August 27 he entered the austere ranks of us octogenarians. "5.8." was among the very youngest of our class on entrance to Dartmouth. Always keenly interested in Class and College afairs, he is now doing a highly appreciated job as Class Newsletter Editor. Many happy returns of the day, S.B. We are glad to know that Louise's report from the Hitchcock Clinic was satisfactory.

Harry Lill's wife Bessy passed away on September 12. She had been ill with heart trouble since January and had been hospitalized for the last twenty weeks. Their daughter Catherine, blind and bedridden, though seeming to take her mother's death calmly, died just a week after her mother. Our deep sympathy goes to Harry in his double loss. Harry's plans for the future, he says, are somewhat indefinite, but he hopes to be able to attend our reunion next June.

Just who of our class, besides HustonLillard and Roger Brown, attended the game which .Lil refers to as the "Princeton field daiy," I am not informed. Lil adds that at the Harvard game, which he saw by television, it was not the same team that Dartmouth fielded - a doubtless true statement.

Fred Weston writes that he had a chance to be taken to the Princeton game by his nephew Tom, but he had a previous engagement at Thomaston, Me., to work the third degree on a candidate at the May-flower Lodge of Masons.

Word from Verney Russell is that the drought, which has continued so long, was met in his community by irrigation and by wells for the city supply. He is enjoying good health, which we hope will long continue.

A letter from Helen, Oscar Gilbert's wife, gives the pleasant news that Oscar had seemed better in many respects in the month of September. He was able to get out for walks and an occasional ride.

After a somewhat extended lapse, StanleyBesse, one of my most frequent and faithful correspondents, wrote explaining that, to his regret, he had not felt up to making the trip to Hanover last July for our reunion. He had been at the Cape for a ten-day change and felt that was as far as he cared to go at that time. In his characteristic, colorful style Tub comments on various aspects of the college scene of the present day. In particular he mentions with sorrow the passing of "Hoppy" whom he was very fond of.

A late report from Roger Brown states that Halsey Loder was in the hospital once again but he was improving and was expected to be back soon in his apartment at 330 Beacon Street. Further, we were also sorry to learn that Huston Lillard had been somewhat under the weather. We hope that both men will recover fully in a short time.

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