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From Harland E. Gate, his letter dates it: "Of course I'll be in Hanover for the 65th in 1966 if I am still on my feet then. At the present moment never felt better and doctors act disappointed when they can find nothing the matter with me.
"My niece and three children were with me nearly all summer and her husband came down weekends and every visit of his brought bad weather. Finally at Labor Day weekend he could go to the beach for a swim. Our weather caster from Boston says that 1964 will go down in the books as the year without summer.
"My Masonic Lodge in Beverly is giving me a reception on October 26, I am their oldest past master. So I hauled out the tux, have had it let out in important places and am all set to go.
"We'll miss Hoppy at the 65th and I fear there will be others in the group of regulars unable to make it. Kindest regards."
From James S. Clark: "Thanks so much for the birthday greeting. Sometimes I wonder why we are left behind? But yet there are many things still worthwhile. I am about as usual, a four-legged man - two canes, but am active and feel well. Very sorry to hear of Grant's passing. He was a devoted fellow and did fine work in the ministry."
A sad note from Janet A. Porter about her mother, Edith, widow of John G. Andrews. She reports that her mother is only semi-conscious, understands nothing, and that the check she is enclosing is probably the last. The Class extends sympathy to Janet.
Waldo T. Davis spoke at Civitan, April 13, 1965. He is a Clinton historian and former school teacher and spoke on the early years of the town of Lancaster and Clinton, Mass., a subject in which he is well versed due to his involvement through the years in helping to shape some of the history.
Following his graduation from Dartmouth Waldo received his law degree at the University of Maine. He passed the Massachusetts Bar examination in 1905 and practiced for some time thereafter. He has been a teacher, principal, and later superintendent at the high school level in Vermont and taught for many years in the Clinton School system.
New addresses - Frank W. Newhall, 112 Union St., Uniontown, Pa. 15401; CharlesR. Chase, Box 156, Rensselaerville, N. Y. 12127.
Here are some figures from the Records Office which should interest the class: 180 matriculated in 1897; 193 in the class at graduation; 121 were graduates and 72 nongrads.
Tansey, widow of Judge Daniel P. Trude, whose daughter Jayne lives with her, writes that she is losing the 83-year-old help that has been with her for thirty years. She is trying to sell her apartment and go to a hotel and at 86 it looks like a big job.
It is hard to write this news. During the past two years I have put in a lot of time as secretary, treasurer, and class agent. While I have enjoyed many, many hours of pleasure in doing this it has interfered with my personal affairs and I have not been able to give my wife, Elsie, the companionship she deserves and which I wish her to have. So I am resigning from these three positions at the end of the college year.
The assembling of the material from the new class directory, with the inclusion of the widows for the first time was an interesting job. The widows, "Girls" as I call them, have been good correspondents and I wish to thank them for the interest they have taken in the class news and of course also the many classmates who helped to keep the class columns going. I have enjoyed the contacts which your letters brought and I feel the Class has been brought closer together which is very rewarding.
At this time we are not sure who will be taking over the jobs, but the Secretary's office, ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and Fund offices are all helping in the search for my successor and I am sure the class work will be carried on in a satisfactory manner.
If there is anyone who would be willing to do at least an occasional class column for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, would they please let the folks in Hanover know.
Best wishes to all from Elsie and myself. I shall miss your kind letters.
Secretary and Class Agent 29 Jefferson Road Princeton, N. J. 08540
