1925

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This year's mini-reunion the weekend of the Penn game in September turned out some 30-odd classmates and wives for dinner Friday and Saturday night, both at the Inn. (A post-game cocktail party hosted by Ken and Harle Montgomery at the Montgomery House was enjoyed by all.) The class meeting Friday was attended by a dozen executive committee members and officers. Our class ranked third in the number of bequests and first in dollar amount in the past year and first in life income trusts, both in number and dollar amounts.

Ross Beatty's absence due to illness (followed shortly by his death as the result of a stroke) resulted in the omission of the usual head agent's report on the results of the Alumni Fund showing by the class, and Bill Sleigh's absence, due to Betty's hospitalization (now recovered) left the meeting without the customary vote to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. In his absence, "Rad" Tanzer, as secretary pro tem, kept the minutes.

Memorial gifts, during the past year to date, total over $34,000, 78 from widows, eight from relatives, and the rest from classmates.

The treasurer's report shows a healthy surplus as usual. There was a report on some 20 scholarships given by or in memory of classmates.

Next year's mini-reunion is scheduled for September 19, the weekend of the Princeton game.

Frank Van Orman, reporting from Short Hills, N.J., says he and his wife are both well and happy. They plan to return to England, Switzerland, and California, their favorite places. They garden and golf when not traveling. Their son, a lawyer and businessman, has "two marvelous daughters," both now in boarding schools.

John "Ham" Hamilton, who now hales from Tequesta, Fla., but summers in Robinsville, N.C., says that he and Ruth are still in good shape. They have three sons and seven grandchildren. He hears regularly from Justin Bugbee.

Bob Reynolds says Santa Monica, Cal., is too far from Hanover to permit a trip for the mini-reunion, but that he will be there in spirit. Doing his own cooking since losing his wife in 1967, he appreciated the meals at the Inn during our 60th last year. He was looking forward to the fall climate after an excessively hot summer in California.

Harry White had one year of law school, but had to leave to support the family when his father lost his job with the B & M Railroad. He tried retailing for Montgomery Ward in Texas briefly, then capitalized on his ten years of piano lessons as a youngster. He got into vaudeville as a pianist and singer. His act played 100 cities in 43 states. After his wife died, he retired and now spends time reading philosophy, literature, and religion. He walks with two canes but otherwise Seems in good shape.

Ken Nugent says he is fine, notwith-standing the usual "age" complaints. He finds life in Florida easy. After Lydia died, he persuaded an old friend from Waban to come down and move in as a companion. She was Smith '24 and, although "legally" blind, can see enough to get around and takes away the dreariness of life alone. Ken's oldest son lives in Englewood, about 28 miles away; he digs wells for lawn sprinkler water and douses for water with a coat hanger. His younger son is in the State Department and spent two years in Manila, two in Costa Rica, a year in the Sinai Desert, and is now in Washington learning Portuguese, preparatory to an assignment in Mozambique.

Our belated condolence to Paul Hexter, whose wife, Helen, died September 12 after an extended illness.

Thought for the month grandmother: A person too wise to let that stop her from making a fool of herself over her grandchildren.