1913

After a late spring and a miserable subnormal month of July with only 12 sunny days we are getting some beautiful summer weather at last. Things are about the same world-wise as they were in June. Inflation is still rife, our boys are still being killed in Vietnam and the outlook in the Middle East looks ominous. Changes have occurred in the class and we have lost three classmates and a wife in the last six months. William B. Pierce died July 13, 1969 in East Providence, R. I., at the age of 82. Robert C. Higgins, 79, associated for years with the Standard Tool Company of Cleveland. Ohio, and president when he retired in 1948, died on July 15, 1969 in Margaret Wagner House in Cleveland, Ohio. Beloved by his classmates and by aIL who knew him, John (Jack) G. Nelson died at his home, 1550 North Union St., Manchester, N. H., on May 16, 1969, after a brief illness. Services were held at the Brookside Congregational Chapel. Alan B. Shepard,Harold C. McAllister, and Nelson Gay of the class were among the honorary pallbearers. Also attending the services from the class were Dr. Wm. Davis of Concord, Mass., and M. Wright and Frances of Read- ing, Mass. Not long afterward word was re- ceived of the death of Harold McAllister's wife Carolyn after a prolonged illness. Bartand Renza Shepard, Nelson Gay and his wife attended the services as did your secretary. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to all the families. For further details please refer to the obituary columns in this or subsequent issues.

"Bart" and Renza Shepard went to Texas for the wedding of their granddaughter Laura Louise, oldest daughter of their son Alan. She married 2nd Lieut. Jonathan Churchill Snyder, a former classmate at Principia College in Elsah, Ill. George B. Munroe '43, son of our classmate GeorgeM. Munroe, who died in 1938, was elected president and chief executive officer of the Phelps-Dodge Corp., the 2nd largest producer of copper in the U.S. George started with the company in 1958 and was elected a vice president in 1962. He has been president and director since 1966. George B. was born in Joliet, Ill. and like dad, chose Dartmouth and graduated with a B.A. degree. After service as a Navy officer from 1943 to 1946, he entered Harvard Law School, where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1949. From 1951-1953, he served in Germany as a lawyer with the U.S. High Commissioner and in 1953-54 as a justice of the U.S. Court of Restitution Appeals of the Allied High Commission for Germany. George B. is a director of the American Mining Congress, a member of the executive committee of the U.S. Copper Association, a governor of the New York Stock Exchange and a director of the Henry Street Settlement. That's an enviable record and we are very proud of our classmate's son.

Joe Barnett writes that he will undergo operations for cataracts; the left eye, August 20, and if all goes well, the right eye Aug. 27. The best of luck, Joe, and we are all wishing you well and a quick recovery. As you all know by now, Joe announced his resignation as Class News Editor. Never has a class had a more dedicated and able editor than Joe and he will be sorely missed and hard to replace.

Jack Remsen writes that he and Laura attended the annual meeting of the New York State United Church of Christ at Lake Mohawk Mountain House at New Paltz, N. Y ., in May. Laura is a member of the State Long Life and Work Committee and John, a delegate. On the way back from the conference they drove to Columbia, Conn., for the May 17 commemora- tion of the Indian Charity School by Eleazar Wheelock in 1754. Three Indians present were direct descendents of Samson Occom. It was from this village, then called Lebanon Crank that Wheelock in 1769 started his journey north to the Hanover Plain and the founding of Dartmouth.

Babe Smith has fully recovered from his year-old coronary and took off for England on BOAC, accompanied by his granddaughter Nancy. He is returning on the "Queen Elizabeth II" in mid September. Don Cunningham writes that he and Barbara swim every day at the Denver Country Club pool and spend a great deal of time fishing. They caught quite a few but a big one got away.

Bill Towler spent ten days at the famous Bohemian Club Grove, 75 miles north of San Francisco in the giant redwoods. There were 1700 men in tents—lectures every noon and original musical events every evening. He met many Dartmouth men and many famous men and entertainers were there. He returned home through the Canadian Rockies stopping off to see Harve and Virginia McClary in Cedar Rapids. They are very well and enjoying their retirement.

Bill Towler '13 and his nephew TomTowler '49 enjoying the Kentucky Derby.

Secretary, 56 Hillcrest Rd. Reading, Mass. 01867

Treasurer, Hanover, N. H. 03755