1912

With all the flowering shrubs and trees in full bloom here in April after six days of 90° and over, and now the temperature in the 40s, we wonder what to expect next. Perhaps you can guess; we are sure we cannot.

Our class officers have been successfully shuffled around with Dutch Waterbury at the head and Jim Oneal succeeding him as bequest chairman. We still are negotiating for a class agent following Henry Stevens' sudden death. Quech and Bertha French and Irene DrakeCaputo were able to attend the service for Henry and had the unique experience of a Quaker procedure.

Bishop Brown in far-off South Africa writes that he was able to crawl out of bed following a severe attack of flu, just in time to celebrate his 87th birthday. He says "these are exciting days in this part of the world where violence is the policy to settle all problems. Hope next year will be quieter." A postkaart pictured one of Durban's "gentle ladies," a beautiful giraffe.

The news this month comes in a large part from our widows. Jo Adams has finally burned all her bridges in Florida after 18 years and will remain in Derry, N.H., the entire year. She is well, enjoying all her eight great-grandchildren and looking forward to our 64th Reunion in June.

Florence Fisher, Charles' widow, is offering the College a handsome Dartmouth shield which Charles had in his room in college and also a large very old map of Dartmouth. We are sure there is a place in Baker Library for such memorabilia.

Barbara Hoban, Bud's widow, is getting around "very well" with two artificial hip joints. She is living in a "little hideaway cottage" in Laconia in summer and swims in the Atlantic at Fort Lauderdale in the winter with Bud's sister living close by. She votes for our 65th Reunion at Quechee Lakes. Some of us remember during one of our early reunions when we were guests of Bud and Barbara at their camp in New London, N.H. It was a cold, windy, drizzly day in June. Swimming in the lake was part of the program. Who were the hardy ones? Only two or three boys and one girl, Frances Weld!

Margaret Middlebrook has found the home which she and Bill established on Lake Minnetonka with its 1 Vi acres of land too large and has moved into an apartment at 3440 List Place, Minneapolis, Minn. 55416. She continues to spend the winters at Pompano Beach, Fla. Two of her children are nearby in Minnesota, the other two in St. Louis and Princeton.

Marian Hobbs writes a cheery note from her apartment in La Mesa, Calif., and GertrudeMcCarthy has moved to Sedona, Ariz. Word has reached us of the death of Mae (Homer)Brooks in New Jersey.

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