1910

Helen Lowell, who will be 90 in October, spent part of the summer in Portland, Me. She phoned Andy Scarlett while there. She then went to San Diego to visit relatives before returning home to Virginia. Some gal! Mrs. Ralph Noyes passed away July 28 at her home in Littleton-, N.H.

Ralph Baldwin writes' from Houston, Tex. Because of the long drought, followed by heavy rains, his rose garden has had a hard time. On March 12 their only son, aged 68, who lived next door, passed away. His widow survives him.

My August letter to Jack Bates was answered by his son, Jack Bates Jr. '41. His dad has been in Hillcrest Hospital's extended care unit in Tulsa for seven months. His mother Caroline visits Jack daily. He is in reasonably good health, but they are unable to care for him at home. Jack Jr.'s brother Bill '45 lives in Albuquerque and is president of Bates Lumber Company, a logging and sawmill activity in New Mexico. Jack Jr. chairs and is chief executive officer of Reading & Bates Corporation, operating offshore drilling rigs in virtually every area of the world.

A long newsy two-page typewritten letter was received from King Brady. He says it was a "one-finger" job, but it was excellently written. He gives his correct natal day as December 5, 1886. He is in good health and drives his car. He still lives alone in his old home in Wellesley Hills, Mass. His wife died ten years ago. His son Frank Jr. '46, Ph.D. Yale '50, is a professor of 18th-century English and poetry in the graduate school of the City University of New York. His daughter, Virginia Mersch, lives in Los Angeles. She and her family invite him to spend six weeks with them every winter, and they have great times together.

A two-page typewritten letter from Guy Carpenter expounds some of his philosophy and recalls long ago memories of life at Dartmouth, especially "Life in Reed Hall." Art Lord will report more fully in the October "Tenner Topics."

Ray Sheets, one of our most loyal Tenners, spent only one year with us. His father was a minister with small income, and Ray had to leave college and go to work to help support the family. He was famous at Dartmouth for being one of the beautiful women, dressed in a lavish gown and matching wig, in the play, If I WereDean. On a bet with Russ Palmer, he walked down the street to get an ice cream soda without being recognized. Russ was best man at Ray's wedding. Ray lost his first wife after 45 years and his second wife after 18 years. He has two sons, Roger and Bruce, both married with large families, who live near him in Rockford, Ill.

Howard Smith of Proctor, Vt., writes that he lives alone in a five-bedroom stone house built in 1928. He has three and one-half acres of land, wooded mostly in white pine, with many species of birds and wild animals. He devotes much time to studying birds. He says considering his age he gets around quite well and is enjoying life. He has some interesting grist which I am passing on to Art Lord for "Tenner Topics."

Herb Wolff reports that his wife Daisy fell and broke her hip and will probably be confined to the White Plains Hospital for about six months.

Mrs. Clarence Allen (Kay) has sold her home in Camden, Maine. Her new address is P.O. Box 196, Rockport, Me. 04856.

Mrs. Reuben Copp now lives at Ravenwood, Christian Ave., Concord, N.H. 03301.

Oliver Ames Johnson died August 19 in Sagamore Beach, Mass. His daughter, Barbara Johnson Newell, who lives at 55 Phillips Road, Sagamore Beach, advised us of his death. A fine tribute was paid him in the Cape Cod Times of August 20. He had a very active life as O. A. Johnson Company, Inc., independent appraisers and fire insurance adjusters.

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