1925

George Scott, having completed the work which he undertook at the Carnegie Library Institute, officially retired last fall. He and his wife Hazel left Pittsburgh and Sewickley to return to New England and plan to build a home this spring, probably in Meredith, N.H. Meanwhile they are comfortable in a temporary home in Laconia.

Ross and Louisa Pearl, who continue to make their home New Canaan, Conn., have been spending their second winter in Delray Beach, Fla. In recent years they have done at least their share of international traveling, including three months in Great Britain one year and a nine-country trip through Europe the next.

Allen Sparks and Betty (Mrs. Stanton K.)Smith are planning to be married February 22. Allen and Stan were lifetime friends in Rockford, Ill., where he and Betty will live after a six-week sojourn in Ft. Myers Beach, Fla. Best wishes to the nappy couple and congratulations to Allen on keeping Betty in 1925.

Bill and Biilee Jenkins have deserted Cape Cod for the winter in favor of Venice, Fla. They are no doubt finding many classmates in the southern part of that state and planned to take in the Orange Bowl game with Curt and Marian Abel of Delray Beach.

Bob and Esther Sharp also left Cape Cod during the winter but not for southern climes. They flew to London in December to spend the holidays with Esther's son Dr. William V. Shipley who is spending a year doing cancer research in a hospital near London.

Paul and Helen Hexter, according to a fall news item in Sports Illustrated, are among the 28 shareholders in the syndicate which has purchased the great horse Secretariat. Each shareholder is entitled to send one mare to him during the coming year.

Dot and Larry Leavitt were hosts on the afternoon of January 7 at the official opening of the E. K. Hall room in Tuck School. This is a room they have given in memory of Dot's father who taught at Tuck after he retired from a long and distinguished career with the telephone company.

The room is for seminars and conferences and is attractively and comfortably furnished with draperies, wall to wall carpeting, lamps and easy chairs. The Leavitts have also hung in the room a Hibbard painting and there is a picture of Mr. Hall and two illuminated scrolls, one from the church in Montclair, N.J., where Mr. Hall was a vestryman and the other from a labor union.

President Kemeny and Dean Rieser were present at the opening and the McKennans' and Wheldens' represented the Class of 1925.

Roily Stebbins started off the year with his 25th trip to Sun Valley, Idaho, and then headed for Europe for another winter of skiing.

Lane Goss says he can't keep up with Rolly and our world hunter Pete Blodgett, although he did drive from New Hampshire to Washington, D.C. and back in 48 hours not long after returning from a trip around the world without reservations for either plane or hotel en route.

A portrait of the late Dr. Bernard Manning was presented last fall to the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, N.H. where Bernie served for 43 years. The painting was given by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Newton and was unveiled at a ceremony attended by Mrs. Manning and many friends.

Hal Rider wrote in the fall that he was planning to retire at the first of the year from the chairmanship of the Trust Committee of the Union Trust Company of Stamford, Conn. Hal, whose wife Mary died last year, will divide his time between homes in Stamford and Naples, Fla.

Secretary, China, Maine 04926

Treasurer, R.F.D. 2, Box 71 Dover, N.H. 03820