1925

After Phil Coykendall died his widow Phebe lived in Springfield, N. H., and New London, N. H., until she passed away last spring. Following Phil's wishes and plans she made provisions in her will to leave the residuum of her estate to the College. Recently the attorney for the executor has turned over to the College an amount of $25,000.

Herb and Emily Talbot spent some time in Europe in March, visiting Paris, where Herb had some medical conferences, and then Geneva and London.

Your secretary and his wife left just about the time Talbots came home for a trip to Sicily, Rome, and Spain—but no conferences, being in the second happy year of retirement.

One who is not retired is Cliff Fitzgerald, still at headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York. Cliff and Billy have sold their home of twenty years in Greenwich, Conn., and are building a new one. They are also spending more time on their plantation near Thomasville, Ga., and of course thirteen grandchildren take up a lot of time.

George Scott, after many years of living in England, is manager of organization and personnel for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh at Carnegie Institute.

Don Lawson is sales manager for G. R. Armstrong Mfrs. Supplies in Watertown, Mass. The company sells fasteners and industrial supplies.

Gordie Marvel reports that since his daughter Jo married Prof. Richard Hull, son of Don Hull '24, he and his wife are rattling around in their 14-room 1800 farm house in Washingtonville, N. Y. With the family gone they have plenty of time to spend in the West Indies and New England. Gordie says he is not fully retire but it sounds as though he is approaching

After reunion last year Jamer Guernsey wrote from his cattle ranch in Florida that he hated to miss the gathering but would make the next one. He plays a lot of golf when home and travels a lot, including around the world more than once.

Bob Cubbins and his wife completed a home in Tequesta, Fla., last year and divide their time between there ann Ossining, N. Y.

Chan and Helen Walker missed a reunion last year because they were in Singapore—a reasonable excuse. Chan has not retired from the lumber business he has operated in the Washington area for many years, but admits to slowing down some.

Walt and Helen VomLehn are among those who made long trips last year. In the fall they left home in Pearisburg, Va., for Alaska, where they went by air to Nome and Kotzebue. Returning to the States by the Inside Passage they swung by Sante Fe, N. M., to visit son Walt and his family.

Ben Bowden of Beverly, Mass., keeps active through his connections with several local banks and the treasurer's job at his country club. In addition, as noted in the Wah Hoo Wah column of the March ALUMNI MAGAZINE, he is now a Senior Vice-President of the First National Bank of Boston.

As a result of the recent five year check of addresses, etc., the Alumni Records office has recently been informed of the death of four classmates who have for a number of years been inactive and not interested in Class or College affairs. With the dates of death these are: Edmund H. H. Caddy. June 21, 1970; Paul F. Herlihy, January 17, 1971; Ira Suval, February 15, 1970 and Chester Randolf Wilson, December 30, 1965.

Secretary, China, Maine 04926

Class Agent, 901 Bermuda Gardens Delray Beach, Fla. 33444