1914
Recommended reading before our June reunion are the careers of all our classmates given in the 1914 Golden Book. Notable this month of March are the birthdays of Fred Cranston, George Gilbert, Derby Hall, Lay Little, Sam Sheldon, Leland Spore, George Tilton, and Ralph Woodman; to them birthday greetings and a reminder that each owes a letter to the Class Secrecy.
A welcome letter from Otis Hovey of R.D. 4, Carlisle, Pa., clears up the mystery of how officially we lost him to the Class of 1915. Apparently as he came down the finish line he took more interest in skiing than in European history only to find that Dean Emerson did not consider this a proper substitute. Otis now retired made significant contribution to the early development of today's new high speed intercity passenger trains. Now as an investment adviser licensed in the State of Pennsylvania, Otis is probing the stockmarket using a combination of higher math and computer programming to find right answers on when and" what to buy and when to sell.
Jim Hawley did have a bout with surgery early in January. At this writing he was out of the hospital recuperating at the home of his daughter in Brookside, N. J., but planning to go on to Phoenix, Ariz., for bright spring sunshine - then to return in time for reunion in Hanover.
I am intrigued at Gordon Piatt's report on his avocations written five years ago: "Collector of Indian relics and lore. Maker of driftwood lamps and articles. Player of professional and amateur baseball 25 years. Fishing, hunting, trapping." I can add: publisher of an excellent monthly magazine for the Northern Farms Cooperative. How many of us live as full a life?
Again just as these notes are ready for mailing comes word that one who has certainly been the outstanding news writer and editor of our class has left us. The Boston Herald Traveler reports the death of ProctorPorter Lincoln on January 27. He had suffered a heart seizure last spring; had come back to his work as news editor of the Boston Record American but finding it too difficult had retired formally in October. To his daughters, Mrs. Jacqueline D. Larson of Marlboro and Mrs. Yvonne E. Dessertine of North Abington with whom he made his home and to his sister Mrs. Evelyn Miller of Fairhaven we extend our deepest sympathy.
A more complete story of Proctor Lincoln's life will appear in a later issue.
Janet Hammett, Ted Marriner's sister, writes that her husband, Louis, the distinguished professor of chemistry at Columbia and noted author (now retired), has acquired two more gold medals to add to his large collection. One of these awards was the National Science Medal, which he received from the hand of L.B.J. himself. Professor Hammett is one of the world's outstanding scientists; and we hope that he will permit us to consider him as a sort of brother-in-law of the Class of 1914.
Dan Chase in a recent letter sums up 1968 as "one busted car, one missing gall bladder, a few things accomplished and more left undone. A little more charity as the years pass; much less fear of the future as there becomes less of it, but enjoying the present for the same reason. One trouble: something is chewing on spruce trees set out three years ago." Class foresters to the rescue - write Dan pronto.
Sad news of the death of George H.Tilton on January 20 at his home in Littleton, N. H., has just been reported by his son, George Jr. We will have more details in a subsequent issue of the MAGAZINE.
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