1905

jane and I flew down to Florida December 18, reaching our Anna Maria home at 3:30. Our good friend Lucy Rogers of Portland, Me., a fellow Unitarian with Hilda and Ernest White '05, greeted us at the door with a large amount of mail. Included was a large package, a Christmas gift from my children, which proved to be a Dartmouth clock. I had always wanted one.

Early in December President Kemeny was on the "Today" morning news with a ten-minute talk on his book, Man and the Computer. I am reading the book and it is well worth the effort, but it is a bit deep for me. I understand it is required reading for the Trustees.

As I write these notes on January 2,1 am happy to be able to note the final closing of the Stock Market's Dow Jones average at 1,020.2 with the third largest volume of all time, 27,550,000 shares. The highest was on August 11, 1971 at 31,750,000.

"Mat" Matthew Bullock '04 died early in December. A service was held in Roxbury, Mass. In his undergraduate days he and our Ned Estes toured the White Mountains during summer vacation to raise money for college expenses. Nat received an honorary degree from Dartmouth in 1970. He was a member of the Dartmouth team which dedicated the Harvard Stadium.

" word from Marion Tuck tells of her new address, "The Shoreham" at 915 Ocean Shore Blvd, Ormond Beach, Fla. 32074. It is a condominium. From her third floor balcony right on the shore she has a view of the ocean, waves, birds, and shrimp boats. She feels she is very pleasantly situated.

Ethel Lillard had the family at Christmas time at her home with 30 present including her sister Fanny Ames and brother Ed Hazen '18, as well as all the children and grandchildren.

Bill and Dorothy Blatner sent seasons greetings with "A Prayer for the New Year." (It's a bit long so I will quote only part.) "Lord, thou knowest better than we that we are growing old; keep us from getting talkative. Make us helpful but not officious; we want a few friends at the end. Seal our lips to aches and pains. Keep us reasonably sweet. There are so many funny things around to make us laugh. We do not want to miss any of them."

Horace Kidger, Head Agent of the Class of 1903 before the Start of the 1972 Alumni Fund campaign, received the Joshua A. Davis Trophy for the greatest dollar improvement of the year (1971).

We talked with Bob and Edna Falconer and learned they plan to spend the month of February in Florida and will get in touch with us then. They both are in good health, but like all of us, they feel the years creeping up. They are planning to be at Dartmouth in June for commencement.

Secretary and Treasurer Box 57, Anna Maria, Fla. 33501