1939

Since our last column we have lost three men. JimBrenner died on October 23 after a bout with cancer, Jack Field passed on a few days later, on October 28, and Hank Atwood died on November 27. (Obituaries in this or a later issue.)

Congratulations are due for Federal Judge Lou Oberdorfer who was presented with the Medal of Merit by the Yale Law School and its dean at a big party at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., in November.

We had a nice letter from DickBaldauf, who is spending the winter in Englewood, Fla. In a response to a query of mine about the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, he said, "I go very faithfully to the meetings, generally twice a month. I regret to say that our membership is falling off dramatically. There are just no new people to replace us. Our present members come almost exclusively from the New England states, and they tend to retire in Florida. Now the old New England names are gone, replaced by brainy young people from various states. Coming from other sections of the country they retire in those areas, so we are disappearing in Florida."

Sad to report that Bill Lyon lost his wife, Barbara, on the 14th of November, shortly after they had returned from a trip to Maui.

A note from Mike Ellis advises that John Hess lost his wife, Jane, on November 27th. They had been married for 54 years.

Jim Corner reports that Gene Weeks is getting along nicely after a four-way heart bypass operation.

Dune Farr has changed his address to Apt. 116 Harvest Hill, 121 Mascoma Street, Lebanon, NH 03766.

In an interview published in the New Hampshire Bar News, the former senator, lawyer William B. Rudman, is quoted as saying, "Two of the people I admired most, when I was new to the profession were BillGreen and Joe Millimer. I practiced with Bill and in many ways he was a real role model."

See you next month. Happy income tax time!!!

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