1923

I am writing this to my classmates while flat on my back in bed at home with a fracture of the lumbar spine, a back brace, and a lot of pain. However, I have good assurance that I will be able to return to Hanover May 3-4 for Class Officers Weekend an occasion which should be a very enjoyable time, not only for class officers but for anyone who can return. Pete Jones will be back from Hope Sound, Bahamas. Dick Udall comes up early from Florida. Cap Palmer is coming east from San Francisco, and we hope Ike Phillips will come down from Vermont, and maybe Connie Dodge and Gladys Doten will be with us.

Rooms are available at the Norwich Inn, the Chieftain, and at the Sheraton. Let me know if you are returning and we'll have, in addition to the College functions, a dinner party and mini-meeting.

I regret to report the loss of three more classmates, whose obituaries will be in this or a later issue. They are Ted Barstow, after a long illness, Carey Goddard, a Florida attorney, and Philip E. De Berard, a retiree and hothouse-orchid grower, also in Florida.

Not only is the south a main source of obits; it seems to be the most fertile in vegetables and in great-grandchildren, with Bill Kimball and Monk Keith running neck and neck, each with a score of 13.

If you find some similar or duplicative items in "Skiddoo," forgive me. Cap Palmer says of such copy, "Don't worry about duplication. Our aged classmates won't remember what they read for more than a couple of days, anyway; repeats are good for them."

Stu Sommers, retired, is enjoying accumulated treasures of a lifetime at 1950 La Corta Street, Lemon Grove, CA 92045.

Dick Udall enjoys both Largo, Fla., and New London, N.H., as treasurer, dirt gardener, and golf player.

Herb Behan lost his wife of 56 years.

Don't forget the Alumni Fund. The College needs the help of the Old Guard.

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