1925

Your secretary is overwhelmed. His call for help and a few letters brought enough news for several issues, so be patient if he seems to be slow getting around to all of it.

Our mini-reunion over the Princeton game weekend brought a goodly number of classmates to Hanover. The entire executive committee was present except for Bill Jenkins and Doug Archibald, both of whom were detained by illness. The dinner after the game was attended by about 40, including, in addition to executive committee members and wives, Bill Boies, "Tige" Lyon, Lane Goss,Terry McGahan, Blair Gilbert, Jack Norris, and widows Gertie Whelden, Ellie Wallis, Esther Spring (accompanied by Mary Brown, wife of Brownie Brown), and Kay McKinnon.

Included in the business transacted at the meeting were: the election of Gertie Whelden as a member of the executive committee; the adoption of Jane Davis, daughter of our late ciassmate, Jack Davis, as a member of the class; and the selection of the Harvard weekend, October 19 and 20, next year for our fall reunion.

Ike Burner reports that although he retired, he kept active in insurance until a series of surgeries over the past three years "tamed me a bit." Between 1970 and 1980 he and Gin had some wonderful European and Asiatic trips but they have not ventured far from home since. They are enjoying life in old Decatur with a fine gang of wonderful friends who are still hanging in there too. Their children, Dave Jr. '53 and Jim '59, Tuck '60, live not too far away, but the seven grandchildren are pretty well scattered. The youngest is just entering high school, and Ike is hoping he can get into Dartmouth, as he would like to see at least one of the bunch there. Ike also reports, "Hank Parker calls every once in a while, telling us Gair Tourtellot has been ill but is better now, and Tige' Lyon also ill but now on the mend."

George Chamberlain writes that he has been retired since 1970, but he apparently keeps active. He says that he met Bob andCatherine Weinig at Spalding Inn in Whitefield, N.H., where they have vacationed over the years. George and his wife Lib were entered in a mixed doubles lawn bowling tournament in which they managed to win the second flight. They have taken occasional brief trips visiting family in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, while otherwise keeping busy with miscellaneous gardening, walking, and other mild activities.

"Cap" Palmer '23 sent in a clipping from the Los Angeles Times, reprinting from the Dallas Morning News an interview with TedGeisel filled with many interesting facts and observations about and by our internationally-known classmate. His children's books have sold nearly 100 million copies in more than 45 countries. In spite of heart and eye surgery, he still keeps up a full work schedule and says he intends to keep on doing what he has been doing. Next year he hopes to finish a musical based on The Seven Lady Godivas, the only adult book he ever wrote. .

Carl Bridenbaugh has retired long since from his professorship in the history department at Brown but still lives in Providence with his wife Roberta. He says he hasn't seen any '25ers for some time and that his retirement existence produces nothing that he considers newsworthy.

George Zahm returned from a fishing trip in Wyoming just in time to make the executive committee meeting and Princeton game.

Francis "Brownie" Brown broke into print again with a piece on a trip to Vinal Haven published in the July issue of Down East magazine.

Dick Heydt wrote to express regret that he would not be able to attend the mini-reunion in September, "one of the disadvantages of living in the beautiful Carmel Valley" so far from Hanover.

Thought for the month (from Robert Louis Stevenson): "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive."

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