1931

Shep Wolff sent me the following good news, as of January 1: "This is the first day I have managed to be comfortable enough to sit and write—otherwise you'd have had this sooner. All's going quite well physically, all things considered." What seems to have happened is that while de-limbing a large tree, the tree suddenly rolled over upon Shep. He does not plan to repeat the act.

Lots of news via Ernie Moore: "Up to Hanover today and I had a bonanza. Bumped into Ralph Hunter, straight out as Hanover area chairman for McGovern. Also encountered Charlie Sullivan, in town to see his son Dave, a junior, play hockey." Ernie continues with a paragraph about running smash into Parker Soule, which I am sure is allegorical, "Parker looks great. Helen holding her own. Cogswells and Bettmans now well settled." Ernie also ran a paragraph about his call on Shep and Harriett, but I covered that material above. Fact seems to be that you cannot cruise around Hanover without stumbling into a '31er here and there. Try it sometime.

I have information from some source or other that Hank McCarthy shot an elk. No details at hand, so I hope Hank fills us

Bob Monahan '29 sends a clipping about Arthur Marx having been chosen as the new director of the Office of Legislative Service, New Hampshire State Legislature. Art had been deputy director and is the chief bill drafter for the legislature.

Presently senior vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., Don Stoddard is about to wend his way into retirement. He's been with Morgan since 1944, and senior vice president since 1967.

Delcie "Jack'' Bean of Jaffrey, N. H., continues to serve as a trustee of Franklin Pierce College of Rindge, N. H. He joined the board in 1968.

In my own home town newspaper comes a big photograph of the smiling JohnnyBenson posing with some other wheels of the National Shawmut Bank and admiring a model of the proposed huge new Shawmut office building in Boston.

Adrian O'Keefe continues as an honorary director of the American Cancer Society, Massachusetts division.

At the Aging Conference held in Washington in November, John Martin was conference director which means simply that it was his job to keep that huge gathering of 3400 in some sort of order.

Art Seepe retired in January after 21 years as treasurer of Colby College, Waterville, Me. He had been a member of the faculty since 1937. In making the announcement, Colby's president pointed out that Art has had much to do with keeping the college on a steady financial keel and added, in part, "The retirement of Arthur Seepe after 35 years of devoted service... is an event that we should mark with special respect... we will always be deeply grateful to him, and we wish him and Virginia many happy years of leisurely retirement in their home in Florida." The Class heartily concurs, Art.

Here's a cutie from Annette and JimSwift, who live on the 16th floor of an apartment building on South Ocean Boulevard, Pompano Beach, Florida: "Romeo and Juliet it is, but also not for the old reasons. We just happily coast along doing something or other, as the reading list never gets reduced. All well, including Mary who is starting business school here. Hoping and planning on a warm hibernation before we head to New England this summer."

Bill Hayden writes: "I'm up to my neck building fixtures for my fifth shop." What kind of shop?

Dick Henry says, "I hope I'll have a chance from now on to become a bit more involved."

Roger, son of Sam Child, is president of Casque & Gauntlet this year.

Joe Choate waxes poetic: "All goes well with us. Life gets better as we learn more of its secrets and the horizons widen as the marts of trade are left behind." Mmmm. Sounds great to this vineyard laborer.

Don Ewing says that Ralph Charlton is doing well after his heart attack; Don also said that Bernie and Betty Boyle are using Naples, Fla., as a return address on their outgoing mail.

Ed Gruen reminisced with Shep regarding being "the man on the ground matching the money end" of a Class reunion. Shep says he thinks Ed was reunion treasurer for the 20th.

A lascivious note from Frank McCord: "All goes well. We are as happy as a couple of goats. The smartest think I ever did was to retire to this area." (Copake N. Y.)

Fred Burkhardt says, "Hope I can still toddle well enough ten years from now to make the 50th." Everybody note—our next reunions is the 45th, not the 50th. Please mark your calendars accordingly.

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