1912

As you well realized, last month's Class Notes were "ghosted" in my month's absence. The "guest editor," as you also may have guessed, was none other than Lyme Armes who at any time will enthusiastically and capably give of his time and abilities for the College or the Class. Lyme was too modest to include any of the interesting items on hand concerning himself, and so now I "give" some news that either come from him or are regarding him.

An old snapshot has come from Mart Baxter via Lyme. Billy Baxter planned to bring it with him to our 35th Reunion which almost marked the anniversary of his death. It was taken at a Lake Morey cabin immediately after these '12ers had completed their final exams in June, 1912. As Lyme says:

"I was not present and cannot identify the headless ones. I believe Lloyd Bugbee is one of them. After two days at this camp, Unc Bellows arranged for a one-eyed guide named Jack Wilkie to provide a wall tent and camping equipment. I joined them as soon as my exams were over and we pitched camp beside the Saco headwaters near the Pleasant Valley bridge in Crawford Notch. Unc, Billy Timbrell,Lloyd Bugbee, Robeson '13 and I made up Jack Wilkie's party. We fished the Saco and nearby Dry River tributary—and ate well. The solitary snapshot in my album recorded it thus: '432 brook trout in three and- a half days.' I have a great urge somehow to find that camp site and flick a fly over those same waters again—and I swear that I am going to have a try at it some June weekend next summer if I don't run into a motel full of tourists abaft that bridge."

The marriage of the son of Chet and Mrs.Newcomb, Daniel, to Carol Crookshank, which had been planned for late April, was acceler- ated because Dan received one of those "Greet- ings" from the Armed Forces. Instead of a large wedding, they had a small informal service in the Lakewood Congregational Church for the families of the bride and groom and a few close friends of the couple.

The article that appeared in the February issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE entitled "The Student Days of Richard Hovey" gave Lyme Armes a great kick. Lyme's father, Rev. A. Herbert Armes 'B5, appeared in both photographs that accompanied that article. "Dad was number four of the five in the tall silk hats, back row of the 'class suspended' group, and appears again smack-dab in the center of the commencement photo on the steps of the newly dedicated library, jauntily holding a silver-headed walking stick, which I still have and don't dare use in public. In fact, I believe that both of those photographs were the ones which I gave to the College after Dad's death in 1934 along with many other mementos of the 1880's, ranging down the line to dance invitations and election flyers. Dad never lived to learn that he actually married one of Richard

Hovey's relatives, Blanche Spolford Poor, of Andover. Her mother and Hovey's mother were cousins and I still recall my grandmother speaking of her. Later I discovered by accident that Hovey's great-grandfather and wife were my own great-great-grandparents."

Now that the Current Alumni Fund Campaign has opened "now is the time for all good men ('12ers) to come to the aid of their College." With the overall objective for this year's fund set at $500,000, the quota assigned to our class is higher than ever, so Eddie Luitwieler and his valiant committee have a real job cut out for them. Everyone of us must help, and a suggestion that I pass on from another classmate is that an increase in one's gift can be accomplished less painfully by making monthly instalment payments from April through June. How about a check to Eddie right now?

Dick Remsen's boy Dick, who is quite a squash-racquets player in these parts, partici- pating in many invitation tournaments, received an injury that was extremely painful and might have cost him the sight of his eye when he was struck with a ball while practicing for a tournament. Fortunately, the injury was not as serious as it at first appeared. Bill Remsen, who followed in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, on April 1 became assistant counsel of Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J. Bill and his family will live in Princeton, N. J., where they purchased a house. He was formerly in the legal department of the American Brakeshoe Company, New York City and Dick has every reason for pride in his son's rapid progress as a lawyer. As Promotion Manager of the Boston Post,Lyme Armes was a speaker at a dinner meeting of the Boston University chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, an advertising undergraduate fraternity, on February 7.

Shocked as we were by the deaths of four of our classmates within a month, all from sud- den heart attacks, it is good news when one of our classmates decides to ease up from the daily grind. In giving a new address, Ole Ahlswede writes: "After living for over 20 years in a fairly large place, we have sold our home and moved to a very small place. It is quite a period of adjustment we are going to go through but I guess it will be good for both of us." His new address is 905 Houseman Street, La Canada, Calif.

Other changes of address are the following:

Mertort H. Baker, 100 Morningside Street W., Hartford 12, Conn.; Robert B. Balknap, 2329 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley 5, Calif.; Roy S. Frothingham, Facts Consolidated, 116 New Montgomery St., San Francisco 5, Calif.; Brian W. Robie, 11679 Montana Avenue, Brentwood, Calif.

Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Treasurer, 4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass.

Class Agent, 299 Marginal St., East Boston, Mass.