1924

Robin and Ellen Robinson are back from their round-the-world journey, in the course of which they attended every musical event within reach. Robin is now generously con- veying the benefits to the Hanover community by broadcasting, over the local radio, reconstructions of the concerts heard.

Jerry Curtis, who writes for her husband Stan while he is adjusting to a shift from southpawing, reports that the Curtises shared a house in Hilton Head, S. C., for a couple of weeks with Bub and Lorraine Tice. Stan's postscript indicates he is busy with volunteer work for Red Cross, Association for the Blind, and other community services. Before Preston Smart's sudden death, the Curtises had been expecting the Smarts to stop off with them in Connecticut on the way south.

"The Mount Hermon Bulletin" reports that Alex Gibson, a member of the School's Alumni Council, "has retired but not completely for he is now teaching at Sterling School, Craftsbury Common, Vt. He has been elected president of the Barnet, Vt., Historical Society and trustee of the Crown Point (N. Y.) Foundation."

Seward and Doris Bowers have transferred their permanent residence from Alexandria, Ya., to Hilton Head Island. Sea Pines Plantation is the alluring name of the community "located just across the inland waterway off the South Carolina coast about 50 miles north of Savannah, Ga." There they have built a house tailored to their needs. They are enjoying their new life and "the other people who form the population of this sparsely settled and still much to be developed island area of some 30,000 acres." As usual, the Bowers will be back in Hanover for Alumni College come Au- gust.

Will McNiff will be retiring from teaching this month, after serving on the faculty of Miami (Ohio) University since 1929, most recently as Professor of History.

Ed Streeter retired last year from his retail lumber and building material business in Winona, Minn. He softened the rigors of this year's Minnesota winter by escaping to Arizona.

Ash Castle is enjoying a busy retirement in Los Angeles which has long been his home. Sailing and the affairs of the Los Angeles Yacht Club, of which he is a director, account for much of his time.

Jimmie Reid, retired senior vice president of Harcourt, Brace, has just been made a director of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. "The return from Elba," says fellow publisher Pete Howe '23.

Les Sycamore, former Radiologist-in-Chief of the Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, will soon be completing a period of service at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital established by Paul Mellon near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mildred, too, has been working in the hospital's pediatric ward. Les reports great hardships among the impoverished Haitians. "Disease is rampant and often far advanced. Malnutrition is the most serious problem. I have seen more TB, both lung and bone, in three months here than in forty years in New England! ... At present there are only three permanent members of the staff. The rest are physicians from all over the USA, Canada, and Britain ... who serve for anywhere from one month to two years." The Sycamores will be returning to New Hampshire after an absence of nearly a year.

Otie Jackson has retired from the active ministry of the Episcopal Church because of ill health. Otie is recovering from a heart problem which has confined him to his home in Pasadena for a long period. His address is 450 West California Blvd., Pas. adena, Calif. 91105.

Ted Lamb in March spent ten active days in Cuba, including visits with Castro and other Cuban leaders. Castro feels, reports Ted, that the present administration in Washington is showing a less bellicose attitude toward him. The Cuban leader declared the problem of hijacking must be resolved. Ted found new Cuban dairy farms showing rapid improvement. Other agricultural undertakings are also advancing rapidly, he reports.

Earl Kees, retired from General Mills in Minneapolis, spent three months in Chile early this year advising a spaghetti company under the program of the International Executive Service Corporations. IESC recruits experienced executives to volunteer for short assignments abroad with firms which request their assistance. The organization was established in 1965 by a group of American businessmen headed by David Rockefeller. Information on current recruiting needs is available from the Director of Executive Selection, IESC, 545 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022.

Chinee Allen will be returning from Korea not long after this June issue appears. Thanks for listening during his absence.

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