1929

Judging from their Christmas card, the Ramages kept busy in '78 - Bob built a woodshed and greenhouse, made a mini- playground, revamped his solar collection system, and cut firewood. Statia gave lessons in chair-caning, made mittens for the church fair, and helped direct Family Welfare!

From the Nantucket paper comes news of Harry Merson. He was the principal speaker at the Grange Hall on the Baha'i religion. "Merson, born in Scotland, is a Dartmouth graduate. He served in the school system of Ipswich and as superintendent of schools in Falmouth for 19 years. Since his retirement he has been most active as a fisherman and lobster fisherman from his boat, The Dawnbreaker. He is also a cabinetmaker and has made some beautiful mahogany desks and tables. Both Merson and his wife, Ethelinda, have been very active in the Baha'i faith locally, state-wide, and nationally."

And here are some more of your notes to Jack Hubbard, the first from John Irving: "1978 was my year for traveling. In May and June I went to four places in Switzerland and two in Austria, including Vienna. Then in August I went north to New York state, seeing friends in Buffalo, my sons, one daughter-in- law, and two grandsons in Rochester. In September I flew to Istanbul, got on a Russian ship, the Odessa, visited six places in the Mediterranean, Funchal in the Atlantic, crossed to the Caribbean, where we stopped at St. Thomas, Haiti, and then spent two days in Havana before sailing to the port of Tampa. It was a great trip except that the Russians know more ways to ruin good food than you can imagine. We had one bad storm (waves 25 to 30 feet) during which I was sick as a dog and even sicker when a bottle of bourbon fell and broke."

From Ed Phelps: "Not much news from here. Retired now from school work. Finished my year as district governor of Rotary on July 1. Mainly trying to keep well and leading a quiet life."

Dwight Allen: "Speaking of reunions, Stella and I still have even with us here in Switzerland the red caps from a former reunion! Sorry not to have been in Hanover more often during these years so that you'd know me, when you might see me, despite drastic changes in me."

Bill Condon: "I retired from an active practice in chest surgery two years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed being busy as a consultant, as president of a hospital board, as a traveler and fly fisherman, and as a baby sitter for grandchildren."

Heinie Richardson: "We are lucky to be able to enjoy our New Hampshire summers and our winters in Mount Dora, Fla. Soliciting for United Way is about our only civic contribution. I still enjoy golf but am progressing gradually from only fair, to pretty poor, to near lousy."

Harris Huston: "Almost nothing to report concerning '29 that is newsworthy. I did have the pleasure of seeing Herb Fish and BudFoulks in recent weeks. Both looked disgustingly healthy and still filled with the old P & V."

And lots of news from Rol Reading: "Reba and I have just returned from a trip to New England with a week at Woodstock, Vt. Had a chance to see the Yale game in the rain but the outcome made it worthwhile! Also we celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary with the Blacks, Brittans, and Chinlunds at the Hanover Inn. We spent last winter in Pinehurst, N.C., and saw a great deal of Bob and MarionJones, who now live in Whispering Pines, N.C. Also spent a delightful weekend at Tryon with Fred and Jane Ingram in their beautiful home. During the summer Wes Nord, Walter Wilson, and I had a '29 luncheon at our new apartment on Chautauqua Lake."

Dave and Frances Cogan and Duke and HortyBarto represented '29 at a recent Dartmouth seminar for the Washington-Baltimore area. They were the seniors in the group of 85.

We lost one of our most distinguished members when Bob Carr, retired president of Oberlin, died on February 21. Our sympathy goes to his family.

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