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October 25, 1987, was a sad day for Lake Winnipesaukee. It marked the death of KimAyers, long a strong guardian and environmentalist of the Lake region. (An obit appears in this or a later edition.) HerbMattlage, Kim's brother-in-law, passed on the sad news.

A very brief note was received from Dr. Bud Pratt, who reported from his Hopkinton, N.H., home that he is semi-retired from orthopedics.

In responding to a postcard from WesGoding, Larry Crowe recounts his first and only visit back to Hanover about "three years ago" and states he thoroughly enjoyed as it was filled with memories. Larry is living in Pasadena, Calif.

Moreau Brown is the greatest clipper of pertinent newspaper items, most of which he gathers from the San Francisco press. Not long ago he sent us an AP article date- lined Washington, D.C., recounting that U.S. District Court Judge Lou Oberdorfer upheld the constitutionality of the Federal Salary Act allowing pay raises for high government officials to take effect automatically as recommended by the President.

Herb Stine came East this past summer to view the Dartmouth Green progeny of daughter Susan '76 and James Felter '74, in Washington, D.C. He squeezed in a visit with Jim Corner.

Ed Wells writes of a small June reunion at his home in Grantham, N.H., with his ex-roomies Otie Mudge and Ev Woodman. Ed says that wife Barbara felt as if she were operating an old men's home.

Your secretary and his wife were party to the Dartmouth Night celebration over the Yale game weekend. Our main function, as the president of the Secretaries Association, was to host a workshop on Sunday morning for class secretaries who were elected in June, or who were interested in a refresher course. We joined classmates Tom Brooks,Bob and Evie Kaiser, Wes and Anne Goding, and Mary and Bob Dickgiesser in carrying the '39 banner in the evening parade before a surprisingly large number of watchers, most of whom were enthusiastic students shouting encouragement (almost as if they expected that we old folk might not make the full route without collapse). Of course the enthusiasm and promise of victory that resounded about campus died with the embers of the flaming centerpiece that helped to keep us all warm and rosy. The Yalies were too strong.

Spied at various sporting events throughout the weekend were Archie Mallon, BobBryant (and his lovely golden bitch on a leash). Seen at the stadium were Fred andRuth Mowatt, Fred and Jean Upton,George and Shirley Hanna, Ralph andCharlotte Sperry, Dune and Rhoda Farr,Ralph Holben and John Perry.

Horton Wainright passed along the sad news that Monty Gray's wife, Margery, died on November 6. She had been on kidney dialysis for the past ten years—five times per week, four hours at a time. She also managed to visit daily with Monty at the nursing home where he resides, having suffered brain damage and loss of sight. It is felt that Monty comprehends but does not, or cannot, respond. Tough problems. Until March ....