1940

The obit column of DAM does not have space for all that should be said about a departed classmate. Gordie Wentworth had as Dartmouth graduates two brothers, a nephew, and a grandniece. Also, in 1978, he was presented the Dartmouth Alumni Award for outstanding service to country, profession, community, and college. In 1987 he was recognized as the bequest chairman of the year and recipient of the FordH. Whelden 1925 Award. Please send me any special remembrances of a classmate.

Talked with Margaret Eaton (Fred) on Hilton Head. She has spent the winter at Hilton Head since 1978 and has summered on Martha's Vineyard for the past 30 years. In Savannah, Ga., saw Betty and DaveFish. They showed us their "estate," The Landings, which consists of six golf courses, four club houses, 48 tennis courts, two marinas, and an exercise complex. Visited Bertie and Joe Bird in Potomac, Md. Learned that Larry Falls had just died. Joe and I remember the summer of 1939 when Larry Falls, Bud Scribner, Joe Bird, and I toured 15,000 miles of the United States, Canada, and Mexico for two months. We each had our responsibilities Larry maintained the car, which was his, Bud was the secretary, Joe the treasurer (what else), and I cooked.

It was previously reported that Carlaand John Manley, Joe Burnett, and Stet whitcher attended last year's DartmouthHarvard game. Via a rain soaked letter, Ted Miller tells of son Don '65, his wife, and Tweedy having their usual tailgate picnic but in the van this time. Ted said the first half was really wet. Never saw the Manleys, Joe, or Stet.

Seymour E. Wheelock, M.D., had a letter in Dartmouth Medicine. His research showed that in December 1896, just 10 months after Edwin Frost took the first clinical x-ray in America, a product of the process was accepted as evidence in a court of law for the first time.

Joe Burnett wrote that, "the son of DonMcMahon was lost in the American Airline crash in Colombia. It's a shock when disaster touches someone you know."

11 Overlook Drive, Canton, CT 06019