1912

I know that the entire class grieves with heartfelt sympathy for Eddie and GertrudeLuitwieler in the death from poliomyelitis of twin daughter Joan - Mrs. Joan Luitwieler Crockett — on Labor Day. On my arrival at the office the next day I found a cheerful letter from Eddie written the preceding Friday, telling that Joan had been taken to the hospital the previous Thursday where she was placed in an iron lung. The tragic news came later Tuesday morning. He was most grateful for the aid and furnishing of the iron lung by the local chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Subsequently, and in appreciation of that assistance, his company, its employees and friends, made a substantial contribution to the National Foundation. The Boston area suffered a severe epidemic of polio this year. A recent letter from Eddie evidences that he and Gertrude are taking their grievous loss bravely, as we all know they would.

A long letter from Jim Worton addressed to "Dear Dartmouth '12ers" brings up to date the news of him and his family. Having passed his 65th birthday on April 19,, he went into "active retirement," July 1. His future plans are uncertain but he and his wife Ruth will remain at their home in Somerset, Mass., for the time being. Under the doctor's orders, he has had to curtail his activities somewhat, but he manages to get in a little golf, with a nine-hole limit, and puttering around his large yard. His son Jim and family live in Thompsonville, Conn., near enough for visits with them. Daughter Barbara lives at the family home in Somerset, where she teaches in the local high school. Jack, MIT '48, is employed by the General Dynamics, Electrical Division, in Groton, Conn. Youngest son Dick has about a year and a half remaining to complete his trick in the Coast Guard. Last spring he returned from a six weeks' patrol in the Arctic Ocean.

Last spring Marian and Lilla Pond, who took over Puddle's insurance business on his death, attended an insurance convention in Dallas, Texas, after which, with friends, they made a trip to Mexico, including Mexico City, Acapulco, and an auto ride through interesting and varied country to an old silver mine. They returned by air, stopping in Washington where, on Easter Day, they attempted to contact Chris and Lyme Armes.

Again it is my sad duty to report the death of a classmate. Andy Phelps died September 10, at Yonkers, N. Y., where for many years he had made his home. From the time of his graduation, Andy had been a high school teacher. For many years, and until his retirement two or three years ago, he had taught at Lincoln High School, Jersey City, N. J.

Lyme Armes was recalled to his old job in the Department of Commerce to "sign on" September 5. He and Chris will have the same address as before - Hotel Windsor Park, 2300 Connecticut Avenue, Washington 8, D. C.

During the summer the Guy Swensons visited their Army son in Bad Nauheim, Germany, their travels taking them through England, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and France.

In November, Funk & Wagnalls will publish another book by Barrow Lyons entitled Tomorrow's Birthright: A Political and Economic Interpretation of Our Natural Resources. In their advance notice the publishers say:

"This is the dramatic - and often tragic — story of the vast natural resources of the United States, of the ways in which they have been needlessly squandered, and of how, with intelligence and foresight, these resources may be managed in the best interests of all the people."

Lyme and Chris Armes had a number of classmates visit them at Northwood Center, N. H„ during the summer, including Connieand Katharine Snow, Barrow and Ruth Lyons,Ben A dams and Mike Norton driving in for an afternoon's talk-fest together, Henry BaileyStevens, Pike Childs, Roy and Floppy Lewis. and others.

Cap and Mary Allen - with the valuable assistance of Syd Clark's "All the Best" books - traveled through Portugal and Spain during the summer.

Ben Hunt's younger daughter Barbara, who was at our 40th Reunion, graduated from Skidmore College last year and, in June, completed the Radcliffe Management Training Program, which is affiliated with the Harvard Business School.

Doc O'Connor had twenty classmates for snacks and cocktails at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C., on September 29. This included all '12ers in the District, and everyone in Washington and vicinity who attended the May class "reunion" in Washington were there except Mrs. John Fox of Pittsburgh. But there was the addition of Miss Barbara Hunt and her escort, James L. Fowler '52.

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