1924

I'll put this at the top of the column, and then no more about the football team: Several have asked whether reservations for the Yale game next fall can be accepted at Bonnie Oaks; whether we are keeping the Penn game priority. See the Class Letter for answers—in detail.

Putty corrects my record: We have two grandchildren of '24 in the Class of '74... fifty years apart. In addition to CharlieFrench's grandson, list Peter WentworthBlodgett as a freshman; also Putnam L. Blodgett is in the Hanover High School this year. Back of that the line is our Putty, '24; his brother, Pete '25; and then his son Putnam W. Blodgett '53... Family deer hunt in the Grant; a below-average "kill" this year is reported. But four of them got five!

More than usual responses to the birthday cards; we start (at last?) on the new card in mid-December. Hope you like it; tell the artist so, please: Stu Eldredgre gave the Class both the former one and this new one. Here are some tid-bits; the Class Letter has more, for which I hope to arrange a picture page—probably not this time but following the holidays. BillPatten and Kitty continue to travel where their hobby is—gardens. In the past summer they went to Scandinavia again, and on to Russia as far as Leningrad, on a Garden Tour with the Barnes Foundation. Later to the west coast with the American Rock Garden Society; delighted with Oregon and Washington, and the Shanaman's beautiful Tacoma home. Come April, they hope to see the International Alpine conference at Harrogate (England). George Avery, please copy. Stub Jones(Wylie) is recovering in his Georgia home from a coronary about a year ago: has lost excess weight and "now walking about five miles a day." (Everyone copy this one.)

Now for three more from whom we've heard little until their very welcome recent letters arrived. (1) Ev Kibbe has eluded me every summer we have been down in South Duxbury... where he is retired but is having fun making ship-model repairs, puttering around the garden, etc. (RedMaloney please copy; plans for next summer for an "inspection tour.") (2) LouIreton is senior partner of Ireton & Elder, Cincinnati lawyers—living at the same address for the past fifty years; 95% retired, sees Franklin Loveland and SidMiller (who also may write me one day, perhaps). (3) Lee Harwood started a new career after retirement at 65 (as I believe I noted then): He is the senior executive (after the president) and a director of Mcßae Oil Corporation and similarly with an affiliate, Petrofunds, Inc. Have "found a great deal of oil and gas.... business is very good." Many know his re-marriage in 1960 was to Alison Bisgood, and she is still the Senior Editor of "Vogue." He describes a very busy and happy life in New York.

This is it for now... again: see the Class Letter.

Secretary, 2 Brewster Rd. Hanover, N.H. 03755

Treasurer, 111 Ross St., Fitchburg, Mass. 01420