1925

64 Bubier Road Marblehead, MA 01945

Word comes to us of the death of our classmate Herbert LeRoy Rice on September 21, 1987, in Water Mill, N.Y., but no details as yet.

Sumner Poorvu, writing from Brookline, Mass., claims to be in fairly good health, having been married to May for 54 years and having two children and four grandchildren. Although he received his law degree at B.U. Law School, he spent most of his time, until retirement, in real estate. They summer on Cape Cod.

Paul and Alice Pearson, reporting from West Roxbury, Mass., write to tell us of the death of their only child, Jane E. Hanson, in January in Boulder, Colo., after a long illness. Bob Sweetser, who retired in January 1986 from the Food and Inspection Service of the Agriculture Department, was cited for a career of service dedicated to the U.S. government. He is still living in Berlin, N.J. Roy Adams, in Marietta, Ga., continues in reasonable health caring for his wife, Theresa, who has been ill most of the past year. They have three children, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Eleven of them are in California

Carl Bridenbaugh has returned to reasonably good health after his serious automobile accident which laid him up for the better part of a year, and Mac Shepard has recovered to the point of doing almost everything except driving.

A brochure from Washington, D.C., describing the development of the proposed Francis Scott Key Memorial Park in Georgetown near where the Key home stood, lists Paul Hartstall as one of its most recent directors and successful fund raisers. Paul is referred to as the "Lord Mayor of 35th St. Hill" and described as "a lively erudite octogenarian whose joie de vivre easily shames his younger contemporaries." Still a bachelor, Paul has lived in his 100-year-old house in Georgetown since 1953. He retired after his many years teaching French and some extensive time in government service, with the NSA, to live in Washington. Among his other volunteer activities, he records for the blind and has put in a pro- digious number of hours in that endeavor.

Thought for the month: Can any sound carry so much spitefulness as the whine of a mosquito?