1925

Tom and Betty Carpenter had a unique Xmas card - a formal picture of the happy couple taken at their wedding on December 29, 1925. On the 50th anniversary they had a dinner for 36, including all their children and grandchildren.

Lyn and Bobby White built a new home in Marblehead, Mass. Whitey says "We have a barn red house with white trim - and it may be little but it has a big chimney. We love it. It's a Cape Cod type complete with sand and pine needles in front. We have no formal gardens - woods and a long pond where I feed up to 25 mallards every day. Hope to get free of the business soon - we merged with another school."

Bernie Phillips' widow Beatrice is now Mrs. Henry N. Sacks.

Rad and Velma Tanzer left Hanover in January to look at animals in Africa, after which they were heading for Florida (to look at other animals?).

A note to Justin Bugbee, D.D.S. in Springfield, Vt., brought forth a warm reply which in part reads "It is pleasurable to receive a letter and it should be only proper to reward another with a return letter. I finally laid down my dental instruments in the middle of one afternoon when the vision in my last eye (I only had two) ended. Because miracles are still said to be around, I never officially retired nor would I want to. And I can at least talk to those who ask, friends, foes and former patients. A bit of peripheral vision keeps the trees and houses out of my way and I am quite able to walk with any youngster, so I have little complaint.

"Johnny Hamilton and I have remained in touch with each other through the years and in the summer when June Bryant dares leave the heat of Florida, I am able to share some moments that are compensation for the months of Vermont winter. It is rare to see or hear about other '25ers (except in the Magazine) although Bob Miliett has dropped in a couple of times while on his retirement travels. Vermont, after all, except for Norwich, seems to offer little as I rarely see any mention of alumni spending much leisure time here. Vermont is a grand state even though flatlanders are also learning of its beauty."

Phil O'Connell wrote this note to Mott Garlock when paying his class dues: "Wanted to see if I could win the Seniors at Montclair Golf Club but was third with 80, 86 - 166. However, I won my age group by 12 shots - handicap 8. Of 17 grandchildren have four in colleges. Youngest grandchild is only two years old. It would be great to be around when he enters. I would be 88, and he Class of '93 - wow!"

One of the "Alumni Album" pages in the January issue of this magazine was devoted to Herb Talbot. It is an interesting picture of a fine work.

And also in that issue is a report about the collection of over 3,000 volumes of books on Spain that June Bryant has given to Baker Library over a period of years.

Word of the deaths of Jack Per-Lee and Ralph Udall was received in January. The sympathy of the Class goes to the families of both men and obituaries should appear in this Magazine. We are grateful that both of them were with us and in good health at our reunion last June.

And your secretary has lost his beloved wife Dorothy, who died in January.

Secretary, China, Maine 04926

Treasurer, 5 Harmon Dr., Apt. D Suffield, Conn. 06078