1913

This report will be very short this month. Your secretary has just returned from a twenty-day stay in the hospital, weak-kneed and eighteen pounds lighter (now in the lightweight division). I have not been in touch with the outside world and news is indeed scarce. I was visited, while in the hospital, by Bill Mason and I can't tell you how glad I was to see him. He brought me a cross puzzle book which helped a lot to while away the lonesome hours. Bart Shepard dropped in to see me just before New Year's and I enjoyed the visit. He had been over to see Carl Shumway who now lives in Marblehead, Mass. Carl is nicely situated and enjoys frequent visits from his daughter who lives nearby. In a note to me, Carl wondered what had happened to the "old indestructible one." I don't know the answer but the doctor said it could happen to anyone no matter what his physical condition.

A note from Bill Towler saying he had heard from Bill Mason and was glad to hear that I was on the mend. Joe Barnett writes: "Here it is Christmas again. We usually have at least one of our three children down here. But this year it is impossible for various reasons. Families do get separated. Our younger son Tom (Dartmouth 1951) has had a fine promotion which means that he has to move his family from Evanston, Ill., to a suburb of San lose, Calif." Joe says that they are reasonably well and sends New Year's greetings to all the class.

With sadness, we learn of the death of another classmate. Dr. Bernard Spillane (affectionately known as "Red") died Dec. 15 in Hartford, Conn., after a brief illness. Red had planned to attend the reunion in June but he couldn't make it and everybody was disappointed. He was born in North Easton, Mass., attended Williston Academy and Holy Cross College, transferred to Dartmouth and graduated.with the class. He took two years in Dartmouth Medical School, went on to Tufts Medical where he received his degree in medicine. Red was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and was very active in athletics. He was a member of his class basketball team for two years, and played on the varsity baseball team for three years. Many pleasant memories are recalled about Spillane. He was the life of many a party and singout. His songs and parodies of contemporary life on the campus will always be remembered by most of us. One of his songs was "Hinkie Dee" with numerous variations. He received his training at Mass. General Hospital, Hartford Hospital, and Hartford Isolation Hospital. He was a urologist at Hartford Hospital from 1918 until his retirement in 1956. During WWI he served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy. He leaves his wife, Hannah Linnea Spillane; two sons, Dr. Richard J. Spillane of West Hartford and Robert B. Spillane of Southwick, Mass.; a daughter, Miss Grace Spillane of Seeding Hills, Mass., and six grandchildren. Our sincere sympathy goes to his wife Hannah and all the family. A suggestion: The Class could donate a book in his memory to the Baker Library.

To all of you, I hope you're fine, in this new year of '69.

Secretary, 56 Hillcrest Rd. Reading, Mass. 01867

Treasurer, Ellinor Village Ormond Beach, Fla. 32074

Bequest Chairman,