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If you haven't seen it, you will enjoy this little gem from the pen of Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss), which came with my copy of Reader's Digest Condensed Books: It has often been said there's too much to be read; you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shortW. (Shorth is better than length).

Ross Beatty, reporting from Naples, Fla., tells of his visit to Delray to work with Curt Abel and George Zahm to get pointers on his new job as '25 head agent for the Alumni Fund. During his threeday stay, Ben and Haven Werntz had a cocktail party, and Ross took the party (including Billie Jenkins and friend) to dinner.

Barbara, widow of Andrew Foster, reports that she has finally completed volume four of Andrew's biography after 20 years of work on it. It has to do with the most important years of his life, 1943 to 1957, plus his pleasant retirement jobs for Dartmouth and the Peace Corps. She enjoys her summer in Alstead, N.H., and winter in Florida but misses her friends in Norwich and Hanover.

Syd Batchelder, also writing from A1- stead, N.H., says he would like to kick the girls out of Dartmouth if it is not too late and also wants to give the College back to the Indians if they will accept it.

Betty, widow of Henry Crawford, reports that "there were 12 of us at Jim's for Christmas." (Jim is their son and was the speaker at the memorial service at our 60th reunion last year.) She will have two grandsons at Dartmouth next fall, both accepted as early admission: Robert Crawford, son of Jim and Linda, and Walter Palmer, son of Scott Palmer '59 and Sally Crawford Palmer (Sally died November 24, 1985). Jim's daughter, Betty, is '86. Walter is more than 7 feet tall, and basketball coach Paul Cormier is looking forward to having him on the squad. With Derik Bunting, grandson of Bill Bunting, on the squad, we will have two '25 grandsons playing.

Polly Hill Forcier (daughter of Ken andMary Hill), and her husband recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Vivian. Polly opened her Norwich home to us at our 60th.

Eddie Griffin sadly is housebound with Parkinson's and other disabilities. They have a granddaughter at Fairfield University who is on the honor roll, a National Honor Society senior, and in Who's Who inAmerican Colleges. They haven't seen any '25s in some time but would welcome any who could drop in when in Concord, N.H., where they live at 18 Pinewood Trail.

C. Wilder Smith, after working for 20 years in New York City, returned to his hometown, Cutler, Mass., to run his father's general store, but he still has an attachment to the "Big Apple" and returns to it "like a homing pigeon." His wife is recuperating from a bout with pneumonia and an operation to repair a broken hip. Their oldest daughter lives in Irvington- on-the-Hudson and is pursuing a career as a paralegal in a large law firm in the city.

We are all grateful for Ken Montgomery's sending us copies of Ted Geisel's new adult book, You're Only Old Once, (now on the best-seller list).

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