1925
Ed Hennessey reports from Worcester that his family gave him a real surprise party for his 70th last year, assembling about 150 people. Ed plans to give the party himself on his 80th.
Bob and Anita Bingham took off last fall for England and Ireland which they had not visited since 1926. That year they were on a picnic outside Dublin with Bob's cousin Erskine Childers who became President of Ireland, and whom they planned to revisit.
Dutch and Florence Schroedel had a trip to Scandinavia in '73 and enjoyed all three countries. Tragedy interrupted it when a traveling companion had a fatal heart attack in Bergen.
Jibber Gutterman reported in the fall that all was well and that he was expecting to move to Pompano Beach, Fla., in a few months.
Mac Shepard was last heard from when heading for Prague, Pilsen, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb, and Munich to attend the meeting of the World Medical Association.
Phil O'Connell does not say anything about recent travels but has continued to win golf tour- naments and add to his 1925 record number of grandchildren - the 17th was expected in December.
John Brownell, fully recovered from an operation, was leaving Pittsburgh in October for a trip around South America on the "Kungsholm."
Frank Osgood sends the good news from Jamesburg, N.J., that he is now feeling fine again and playing tennis two or three times a week, getting ready to accept all challenges at the 50th next year.
Part of a letter written by Jack Norris in the fall from New London, N.H., merits a direct quotation: "We have had a good and busy year with trips to Winnipeg, Ft. Lauderdale and way stations, and three weeks in Europe in February and March talking with physicians, Social Actions and Command people about their programs for alcholism and other addictions. It is encouraging to see them finally doing something about these sick people besides kicking them out after they are so far gone as to be worse than useless. We visited air bases in England, Germany, Spain and Greece. I hope I was able to help a bit from the medical and administrative standpoint."
Bob Hardy has retired as president of Hardy, Hardy & Associates of Sarasota, Fla., but remains as chairman of the board of this investment company. He is the author of a scholarly article on "Currency and Interest" which appeared in Economic Leaflets for December 1973 published by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research of the University of Florida in Gainesville.
San Francisco alumni have arranged a Dartmouth College conference for May 17-19. It is the first such event to be held in the area in 15 years and President Kemeny heads a list of outstanding speakers who will consider the "Critical Choices" of the next decade. There will also be some other interesting cultural and social events during the three-day period of the conference and any '25ers who are interested should get in touch with Derek T. Knudsen, Suite 2424, One California Street, San Francisco, Cal. 94111.
Larry Welch is now a Californian, but in the southern part of the state, Huntington Beach. This is a big change from the District of Columbia area.
Another southern Californian is Bob Myers in San Diego. He took a motor trip to the East last year visiting relatives and old friends, driving 7400 miles. Looks this year as though he did that just in time.
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