1927

11 Rolling Lane Wayland, MA 01778

We continue to be impressed by the favorable response from members of Tribe '27 to our class birthday cards even though only a small number of these contain exhilarating sentences such as "Feel just great—no aches, pains, or other problems."

In thanking us for his last card, Mel Partridge says, "Things are still rolling along in Hadley, Mass. I can't remember having missed one birthday yet."

Jack Andrews's annual reply said that Nancy and he had a busy fall. After attending the 60th in June, they spent a few weeks with friends on the lake at South Hero, Vt., where the Andrewses had had a cottage before selling it a few years ago. Later, Jack and Nancy had a visit from their daughter from Colorado, and in October they attended the marriage of another granddaughter.

Bob and Peg Williamson recently welcomed their first great-grandchild, whose name is Megan and whose parents are Tom and Susan Kennard Klim.

In reminding us that he too has a greatgrandchild, Gordon Hope wrote from Reddington Beach, Fla., that he and Dora are both feeling fine after Dora bounded back from replacement of a broken hip in 1986.

Norm Swift, from Virginia, likewise had nothing momentous to report except that last summer he spent his usual four months in Georgetown, Maine, where he saw Chuck and Frances Brewster from time to time. The Swifts spent three weeks in the fall in Seattle visiting with their daughter Debby and her family.

We were delighted to welcome back into the fold Lester Eaton who had not favored us with word of his doing for many a year. Les still lives, as he has for many years, in Keene, N.H., where for over 25 years he was head of the Department of Employment Security. His remarks concerning the present state of his health were modestly expressed as "I have acquired some of the infirmaties of the older generation which limit my travel abilities but I am still able to get up and dressed every day for which I am thankful."

We end with this thought for the month: "No matter how badly off you think you are, there is always someone else who is worse off."