1916

Jim Coffin writes: "A highlight of our 53rd at Hanover September 4-6 will be the President's Picnic. Charlie Brundage has invited all Balmacaaners to be his guests at the Old New England Inn, his latest acquisition in the town of Grafton, N. H. It is planned for Friday but if the weather is bad we will try for Saturday. Those of you who fancy yourselves virtuosos of the skillet, bring your chef's hat and apron. You just might see your chairman in his accustomed role behind the bar." Prospective attendance as of mid-February totalled 31 men and 27 ladies - and is still rising.

In fairness to Al Lawton, please note 1) that the quote in March notes attributed to Dr. Andrus was omitted and reads: "Happy is the man ... who, on growing old, can quickly adjust to necessary changes and find satisfying substitutes"; 2) that the rest of that paragraph was intended as a tribute to Al by your secretary, who apologizes to all concerned for the mix-up.

Eskie is our prize correspondent this month. When loaning me his copy of Finney's history of the famous 15th Regiment, U. S. Infantry, during its Tientsin period 1912-1946, Eskie wrote: "Reading the East Tientsin part has reminded me of when some of us Americans were transferred from Tientsin prison to Peking prison, handcuffed. Hundreds of Chinese crowded around and gaped at us, to see Japanese soldiers guarding white men. In the past years it had been the other way around." Eskie's long and intensive China career with Standard Oil 1916-1942 was crowned with the managerships at Tsingtao and Tientsin and earned him the earliest retirement shown on our class records. Now he is doughtily carrying on at 3518 Los Pinos, Santa Barbara. "No place like home. Those retirement places are not for me (yet). After all, I'm only a young fellow, just trying to get along." A second note says that Mary Fuller was spending February in Palm Springs with her former Smith College roommate and added: "I had the pleasure of a delightful day with them. Mary was looking very chipper."

Florida Department: Serious illness which hospitalized Efale in the autumn and from which she is slowly recovering at home in Cincinnati kept the Drurys from their usual winter at Mount Dora. The Herolds also were kept home, at Grand Rapids, pending release from hospital of their Detroit daughter-in-law who was seriously injured in a motor accident last August. But Cliff and Jeanette still hoped to get south by mid-February. At Sarasota in early February, Parker Hayden had two pleasant meetings with Jake and AnitaMensel and Anson and Leila Bates; and may have seen other classmates as his hosts drove him across the state to top off his ten days in Florida with visits to friends on the East Coast. The Ralph Parkers and BurtLowes were the latest to report "in," at Cocoa Beach and Sarasota respectively.

From Honolulu, Jan. 27, Hiram McLellan says that he and Laura are staying there for two weeks before visiting three of the other islands and sailing for home on March 1. "This is our fourth visit here and the hula dancers look a little better each time" (sic). Quit teasing, Hiram.

George Smith is coming back well after double cataract removal and looks forward to driving his Peugeot 404 soon again. He has relayed a card from George Kreider acknowledging the Tinchebray confrontation reported in the December Notes. It gave a "sparrow's eye view" of the impressive new home at Springfield, Ill., of George's Illini Motor Company (Cadillacs). Congratulations.

This month we regretfully have to report the death on December 15 of Bill Nagle's widow Ida at Belmont, Mass. From relatives' brief responses in January to Records Office followups, we also learn of the deaths of Walter Joseph Devine of Harrisburg, Pa., date unstated, and of Victor Whiting Porter of Boston on December 1, 1966. Despite their short stays on campus, many of us will remember these old friends, even if their interests long ago turned in other directions. For the reason given elsewhere in this issue, the names of the following men were transferred in February from our "lost non-graduate" classification to the In Memoriam list of our Class: Robert Bowman Gray, Burton Frankin Haas, James R.McLaughlin Jr., Lawrence C. May, LeoEmmet Riley, Henry Walter Walsh.

After giving effect to the foregoing, 1916's total alumni preference count of 418 including adopted members now breaks down as follows:

Living Grads Non-Grads Total Active 118 25 143 Not Int. 6 16 22 Lost — 4 4 124 45 169 Deceased 134 115 249 Totals 258 160 418

Secretary, Box E, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081

Class Agent, 50 Rugby Rd., Manhasset, L. I.,N. Y. 11030