1905

Pollock Balpb and your secretary are engaged in a friendly contest, or at least an exchange of notes, on the wild birds we feed or recognize about our homes. Among those he mentions which I have not seen are ringtailed pheasants and mourning doves. Oddly enough when I wrote him last I mentioned I had not seen a cardinal since mid-fall; the very day after I wrote there appeared a cardinal in my back yard, brilliant in the sunshine.

A pleasant note from "Elsie" Grover states that he and Marion were starting for Ormond Beach, Fla., on December 28. They were happy to have Alva Hatch with them for company. Elsie was glad, too, to have Alva help with the driving, as he was suffering from bursitis in his right arm after a bout with shingles. A further note about the Grovers: after our reunion they went to their camp in Maine, the same place they have owned for 33 years and where they have spent enjoyable summers all these years.

Charles Hodgman, who was my roommate for all four undergraduate years except for the semester after we were burned out of Dartmouth Hall, has written his regrets at not being able to attend our reunion. While his health in general is good so that he cares for his marvelous collection of roses assiduously through their season, he finds that he has to confine his driving to brief near-by trips.

Similar is the case of "Paene" Moore. While there has been a real improvement in his general health, he does not have the strength to undertake trips of any length. We were sorry to miss these men at our reunion.

If by any chance you missed Fred Chase's interesting account of Eleazar Wheelock's activities just prior to going to Hanover, be sure to look it up on page 12 of the December ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It is illustrated with cuts of Fred and Roger Brown and a stone marker that has been erected in Columbia, Conn. This article of Fred's is historically important as background to the founding of Dartmouth College.

I have sadly to report the loss of one of our member. Les Studwell passed on December 1 in Port Chester, N. Y., his lifelong home town. Stanley Besse attended the funeral service. He and Les had been close friends from their early days.

Word has reached us also of the deaths of two of our class widows: Lucy (Mrs. Walter) Emery on July 12 and Mrs. WalterNewdick on September 11.

Skipper "Bishop" Niles '07 aboard theSouthwester on Buzzards Bay last July.

Secretary, 358 North Fuller Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J.

Treasurer, Box 91, Cambridge 40, Mass.

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