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We left the "North Country" the day after Christmas and managed to dodge all of the storms on the way down, arriving here in time to enjoy seeing many of the football games and parades on color TV over the New Year Holidays with our friends in Clearwater.
Sherry Baketel says "better late than never." Since he graduated from Dartmouth in February '21 he had never had occasion to wear cap and gown until last October when he was privileged to represent Dartmouth at the convocation of new President John R. Coleman of Haverford College. Sherry and Elizabeth are thinking about a winter in Honolulu.
Dick Watts expects to be in Florida the greater part of the winter and although he will be moving around he will make his headquarters with a daughter, Mrs. C. R. Dawson, 172 Lake Otis Road, Winter Haven.
Jake Gorton is now living in the Kingston Square Apartments at 491 N.W. 42nd Ave., Plantation, Fla. 33313, which is inland from Ft. Lauderdale and just off the Sunshine State Parkway.
Before his retirement, Sam Center was with the Telephone Company which moved him here and there, so I believe he takes the prize for the most moves since graduation; in fact, he has lost track but thinks this is about the 69th move. He and Marion are now very centrally and comfortably located in an apartment at 1 Summer Street, across from the Plymouth Teachers College in Plymouth, N. H. Hazel and I enjoyed being their first dinner guests.
Jack Holt realized sailing was a bit rugged for him so he sold his ketch and bought a power cruiser. He still spends the entire summer on his boat at Stonington, Conn. In the winter he is active with a large group of retired executives called the Old Guard of West Hartford.
Warrie Gault is still on the job although he was transferred from Anchorage to Juneau. He says the fresh halibut and king crab he gets there are delicious but he still misses the East Coast lobsters, oysters, and clams. The new address is RR 1, Box 1420, Juneau, Alaska.
Ferd Sabourin came east from Denver last summer visiting New York City, Pelham Manor, Philadelphia, and his old home town of Malone, N. Y. While east he visited StanRogers in Tenafly, N. J. He expected to spend Christmas Holidays in Malibu, Calif., and February and March of this year in Tucson, Ariz. Much of his time is spent in fishing in unusual places such as Eleven Mile Lake, Blue Mesa, Flaming Gorge, Delaney Buttes Lakes and in Fairplay in Colorado. Although he goes to the Country Club about every day he admits he plays more gin than golf. His mandolin, he says, is dusty but he keeps it as a reminder of the wonderful trips he had with the Glee Club.
Wade and Bertha Smith are still living in Pebble Beach, Calif., playing golf and bridge, and he is selling a few automobiles. They miss their Dartmouth friends but enjoy hearing of them through the Newsletter, etc.
About now Hal and Shelby White are scheduled to be on a South Sea Island cruise to New Zealand and Australia.
Although having been retired for six years, Ken Federson has an interest in Channel 10 TV, ABC network in St. Petersburg which keeps him busy. He gets to the monthly Dartmouth meetings where he usually sees Bing Whitaker, Laddie Myers, PickHill, and Bill Anderson.
It would be nice to have room to quote parts of a Christmas letter from Erwin andHarriet Miller which tells of their many and interesting experiences on their recent around-the-world trip.
Although Muir Lind's stay at Dartmouth was short he has "deep roots" and is working on a grandson hoping he may get into Dartmouth when the time comes. Bill andLaura Carter designed their own greeting cards this year, a map with Christmas Greetings coming from Etna, N. H., and New Year Wishes coming from Kalamazoo, Mich., where they will be until June 17. Their address will be 315 N. Prospect Place, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49007.
Last winter Len Davis took a trip to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Florida before going to York Beach where he spent the summer. Perhaps some of you saw the picture of Almus Russell in the July issue of the Rotarian, he being among the 281 Rotary District Governors elected for the coming Year-
There are some very modest members of the Class who think they have no interesting news: Stan Conway, Eric Hauser, EdwinMaling, Mugs Morrill, and Eben Wallace. Stan Conway is seen here and far away there, and I know Mugs and Eben well enough to know they are doing interesting things just about every day; and PaulHutchinson, although he claims to have had a quiet summer, he has sold his lovely home in Weston, Mass., bought a house on Cape Cod and is building a house on the east coast of Florida in an exclusive section known as "Lost Tree." This house is well under way and just about ready to move into.
Jack Brotherhood while traveling in Europe last September did some fishing in Ireland and ran into Cotty Larmon, Stuart Russell, Spider Martin and Bob Proctor, all '19ers playing golf at Gleneagles, Scotland.
Duke Bellen enjoys the class news, and Dutch Wilkie, although he doesn't give news of himself, has an urge to get back to Hanover. Art Gooding says there are about 26 Dartmouth men in Rochester, Minn., which is quite a lot for the size of the town and the distance from the east.
Shorty Stickney is still rocking and waiting for the big 50th to arrive. Ralph andMildred Sunergren get around; we saw them at several football games last fall and they are expected in Florida later in the season. Butts and Eva Hill are planning a Florida trip in February. They are going to concentrate on the West Coast.
Frank Morey fell in love with Portugal when he was there a year ago. He went back in the spring and may go again soon. He keeps busy with civic affairs, sees Ed Bowen frequently, and is vice president of the local Dartmouth Club. In a note from RalphRoberts he said he would like a repeat performance of his trip to New England at football and foliage time. He was skiing in Switzerland in the winter and went later to Portugal where, he claims, the wines are the best. Perhaps that is why Frank Morey returns again and again to Portugal.
There is no compulsory retirement age where Bill Farnam of Spokane, Wash., works, so he is still on the job. He and his sister, Ruth, recently vacationed in San Francisco where they always find things of interest.
Doris Richardson has been at Delray Beach since November. Ellen Ayres was planning to leave Worcester the day after Christmas for Delray. Dot Harvey is planning a South American cruise in February and Edna Youmans left to spend the Christmas holidays with a daughter and family in Caracas, S. A.
Things of interest to those in, and those coming to, Florida: Bob Blackman will be in Sarasota on February 28, place not yet determined but he will probably speak at a dinner at the Sarasota Motor Hotel (formerly Sarasota Terrace). The POW-WOW for '17, '18, '19, '20 and neighboring classes will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale with a dinner on March 26 and a luncheon on the 27th.
The Glee Club will be in Sarasota on March 26, time and place not yet determined. If you phone me (Sarasota) 388-3887 I'll have more specific information. These are all dates to put on your calendar - and to remember. Bob Blackman and the Glee Club will appear in other parts of Florida but I do not have the itineraries of either at the moment.
Nate and Mildred Whiteside will be at Island Inn on Sanibel Island around the latter part of February and early March. LaddieMyers took another flying trip to California over the Christmas Holidays.
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