1911
We (Bee and Nat) send holiday greetings and best wishes to you all from Hanover where we will be spending the winter.
Because she is a favorite of so many classmates, plucky Jane Kenworthy will excuse me for quoting from her recent letter: "Needless to tell you how disappointed we were not to get to Whitefield. I think it is wonderful to have had as many meetings as they did for so long, but guess everything has to come to an end sometime. I came home from the hospital the day we were to have left for Whitefield. After four weeks home looked mighty good. It was a nasty operation but I was lucky to have had it when I did, though I did not think so at the time. Have spent the entire summer and fall recuperating but I realize I am making progress. Kenny keeps well and is busy fighting the battle of the falling leaves. He rakes like mad, gets the yard nicely cleaned up and the next morning it's covered again. Hugh and all his family were in Hanover for the Penn game and also to celebrate their son Tom's 21st birthday. Tom is a senior and the Penn score was a great help in the celebration." Parenthetically it may be added that the operation was for lung surgery.
Wee and Els Kimball have made the fateful decision. They have sold their house in Crestwood, moved its contents that they will take to Contoocook and arrived there with the thermometer at 10 degrees, the coldest October 24 in 100 years. However with their winterized house with its heating system the cold did not bother them.
The sympathy of his classmates goes to John Learoyd in the death of his wife, Dorothy, just three weeks short of their 50th wedding anniversary. On October 8 she entered the Beverly Hospital following a severe coronary attack and succumbed four days later.
"Hospital Nurses Alumnae honor late Dr.McQuesten." The president of the association presented to the hospital a painting in his memory, to hang in the main lobby of the Memorial Hospital in Nashua where he served from intern to chairman of the board of the medical staff when he retired prior to his death in 1968. The painting is a seascape of the rocky shores of Rye Beach where he spent his summers.
A card from Dorothy Odlin in Brussels, Belgium, tells of her fascinating trip through Europe. She went from Los Angeles to London by air, a cruise from Dover to Naples, stopping in France, Portugal, Spain, Majorca, Tangiers, Tunis, Malta, and Sicily. By air from Rome to Delrovinia, up the Dalmation Coast by motor coach through the Italian Lake District, Switzerland, a three-day steamer trip down the Rhine, Holland, Belgium. Simply wonderful. This trip leaves us wondering when she is going to see the rest of Europe.
We are glad of the good news from TroyParker that he and Janet were back in Hill City after his recovery from a serious coronary attack. Meanwhile Janet is joining her many friends who are awaiting cataract developments.
Marguerite Eaton would make Charlie Widmayer happy by saying "I have missed the MAGAZINE more than I thought I would. Please keep it coming." She has a nephew in Tuck School who is registered in ROTC and is making a fine record for himself.
Jim Conroy, celebrating his unknown birthday, says the list of breathing classmates is getting thinner. He has joined the group of men who do not drive any more. However when his family gather they make quite a gang. There is David, the unmarried oldest son, Jim and the other son and wife, Mary and her husband and four children.
A message from Peg Carroll's son, Richard, says "Mother has been in the hospital recently but I know she was always interested in Dartmouth and remains so, making frequent trips to Hanover."
Charlie and Clara Jordan have returned to Jordan Avenue in Wakefield after their usual summer vacation at Bailey Island in Maine.
Fred Long continues his great interest in "Alumni Land." He attended a meeting where he had opportunity to meet the new dean, Mr. Brewster, and was greatly impressed by him. Fred is a steady correspondent and a close follower of Dartmouth football. His and Harriett's summer vacations were made pleasant by visits from their two daughters of San Francisco and two nephews with their families, one from Denver and the other from Texas.
We failed to see the Sam Pickering party at the Penn game as Sam and his son and brother-in-law usually take in one of the games and drop in at headquarters. Elsie reports that two grandsons are in Vietnam, one is teaching English and generally helping out at an orphanage in his spare time.
Sarge Eaton may be retired but he is still active on bank and hospital boards. Last spring he audited the 44 branches of the Connecticut National Bank.
It may be a bit early to start building up pressure, for our Sixtieth Reunion but as a matter of fact statement it will be held in June 1971 and that is not so far in the future as it may seem. You can begin to get ready by marking the event on your calendar pad.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace Hanover, N. H. 03755
Treasurer, Seaside Ave., Saco, Me. 04072
