1912

The Grim Reaper has been busy once again among our Class. Ralph E. Whitney passed away on November 28, 1966. No details have been forthcoming as yet but those of us who were on hand for the 1964 reunion will remember Ralph's happy smile as he presented his new bride, Mildred. Then on December 21, 1966 Randy Burns left us for good after putting up a great fight for the past few years against insurmountable odds. A loyal '12er, Randy could always be counted on at reunion time in recent years and there he sat, sipping his cold tea in the midst of gaiety and good fellowship. There just reached the hands of your Secretary on the final day of 1966 news that Chic McElwain had died on August 3 of that same year in Louisville, Ky. The last word from Chic earlier in that same year brought the news that he was continuing the practice of law to a limited degree as senior member of the firm of McElwain, Dinning. Clarke and Winstead. And finally, Ev Gammons lost his aged mother in December in her 100 th year. The sympathy of the Class goes to Ev.

Following his "vacation" in the Dick Hall House we can now report that Lee White has sufficiently recovered to travel to his winter retreat in Pinehurst, N. C. (Box 1003) from which the following recommendation has come to hand. (It should go to the Dartmouth College, Superintendent of Buildings.) Lee requests that at the next class officers' meeting in Hanover we "petition the College to build a dormitory simply furnished, two stories or even three in height, with elevators for the use of the older classes at reunions, and which can be used during the college year for a large variety of meetings and visitors. On the first floor there could be a large lounge, a small readable library, a custodian's office, wash rooms, etc., and about 30 twin bedrooms." Not a bad idea. What do you think? Lee is experiencing the difficulty cardiacs have in climbing stairs such as one may be forced to do in the college dormitories. He also finds it difficult to get to sleep but the hours are not wasted as you can readily see by the above.

The shower of Christmas cards from '12ers as far away as Washington, California, and Florida was most appreciated. The Welds say "Thank You" to so many who thought of us. Edith and Ray Tobey topped their greeting with a picture of the homestead now just 100 years old. By way of closing an historical sketch of their home, they write: "Here is the hearthfire to which we welcome our friends and here is the 'Golden Milestone' from which, with thankful hearts, we send our holiday greetings." Get out your snowshoes, boys, if you still have them tucked away as I have, and mush north. It's a great country! Marian and Sam Hobbs added to their greeting the news that Dorothy and Roy Frothingham were on hand for their 50th Wedding Anniversary last October; that Doc Kinne had called and found them out, and that their first grandson is now in his second year of medical school. It's a great life and my personal congratulations go to the embryonic M.D.

Ethel and Dud Redfield added news of their trip to Hawaii and a phone call to your Secretary in West Hartford when he was still on the Island in Maine. (September 20 is too early to leave that spot.) Ethel andDutch Waterbury's card carried a beautiful creche on snow-covered ground by the shore of Green Bay. Now they are wintering in Sun City, Ariz. Barbara and Bud Hoban included a colored snapshot of that distinguished couple at their 50th, sans the guests. And Mildred and Guy Swenson report a daughter and family in Katmandu, Nepal, another daughter in Washington, and one son en route to Austria where his wife is getting a Ph.D. in Economics.

This bit of philosophy from George Geiser: "Think young! Become youth centered! Take great pains with what you do and pass them on to the Doc, that's you." That from a guy who says he's living to reach 100. Mert Baker is about to sail again, this time on a cruise around Africa to the Mediderranean and home in April. His son, an M.D., is doing research and teaching at Johns Hopkins. Gertrude and Morris Knight are living for our 55th in June. Syd Clark is home again at Sagamore Beach where "the waves are gigantic in front of our house." The "Five Nails in a Horseshoe Beats Three Coins in a Fountain" Christmas card from Flossie and Roy Lewis is just too much to give you in detail. Suffice it to say that with a seven-week-old cold and windy, cold weather in Venice, Fla., Roy seemed a bit downcast. Tom French has been visiting in New Jersey. He will be prevented from making Hanover in June due to cataracts and high blood pressure. John McCarthy and wife Eleanor have had to give up golf as she has suffered a stroke and now gets about with the aid of a cane.

Ruth Worton, now in Sun City, Fla., continues to line up the widows. She reports that Rachel (Mrs. Harold) Bellows has been visiting her son in Montreal; that Vera (Mrs. Carl) Wells needs some one to take her to Hanover in June. (Will you be the one?); that Emma (Mrs. Ralph) Pettingell is doubling up her Christmas by way of visits to her children; and that Martha (Mrs. J. Welles) Baxter hopes to make our 55th.

Winter addresses: Roy E. Lewis, Kent Motel, Venice, Fla. 33595; John E. H. Randerson, Diamond Point, N. Y. . 12824; Mrs. G. Warren Wheeler, 19 Glendale St., Clearwater Beach, Fla. 33515; Benjamin F. Adams, 4920 Nautilus Dr., Route 1, Venice, Fla. 33505; Lewis E. Waterbury, 10706 Canterbury Rd., Sun City, Ariz. 85351; Richard Remsen, 64-2 nd St., Garden City, N. Y. 11530 (permanent).

Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107

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