1912
The lost is found! A few months ago we reported that John Brewster had abandoned his abode at the Lebanon (Pa.) Treadway Inn and left no address. Seems this was just one of those false rumors based on the fact that a substitute clerk manned the hotel desk the day John decided to go afield just for a few hours. John has been occupying Room 404 as a permanent resident in that hotel since September 1966 but he does go home to Dallas, Pa., for a visit in summer, to New York and Connecticut to see his children at Christmas, and to Hanover for our class reunions. John invites any '12ers to drop in but be sure and call first on the phone.
Johnson O'Connor at 78 writes that life gets "fuller" every day. Head of Human Engineering Laboratory, he has set up another place of operations in Washington, D. C. His firm also has a laboratory now in full operation in Toronto, Canada, and a third in San Diego, Calif. With wife Eleanor he spent a month last summer in Venice (not Florida) working on Volume III of the Johnson O'Connor English Vocabulary Builder. What a guy!
We have just been informed by Chet Newcomb that he suffered a coronary in 1950, was "bedbound" for almost two months, and made a complete recovery with no recurrence. His latest checkup revealed "nothing worse than a few grunts and groans that seem to go with age." Some day this spring Chet and Laura are planning to celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary. By the latest count they have 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Congratulations!
At long last we received a nice note from Doc O'Connor, the busiest '12er in 50 States. Somehow or other the O'Connor strain seems to be of the hard-core variety. Bill Shapleigh missed out on his planned trip to the Boston Alumni Dinner and we've had no report from any '12ers who attended. With snowfall continuing to mount up Bill was probably stuck in the Pine Tree State awaiting the spring thaw.
At the time of this writing your Secretary is the recipient of a copy of "A Supplement to the Fauna and Flora of Horn Island, Mississippi" by E. Avery Richmond. This is one of Ned's Gulf Research Reports, beautifully illustrated with both color and black and white cuts, and shows an immense amount of work. It's a safe bet few octogenarians in 1912 can match this production. Nothing but good news from Roy Lewis, now struggling with a 1000-calorie diet. The chief problem seems to be just where to fit in the spiritus frumenti. Roy reports that the urban renewal program in Lebanon is progressing with railroad tunnel wall up, changes in bridges, and big sewer lines getting.
"We've lost another "regular" at our reunions in the passing of Ben Adams. His lovalty to the College was outstanding and hisjriendly spirit will really leave^a void.
Gertrude (Mrsl Charles E.) McCarthy has moved again, this time to Department of State Tegucigalpha, Washington, D. C. 20521 Irene (Drake) Caputo came through a maaor bit of surgery at a Kittery, Me., hospital quite successfully. The Dames must all be busy, the only others reporting being Elizabeth Park, Eleanor Richards, and Emma Pettingell. We miss you, girls. Why not give us all the news of your doings, good or bad?
Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107
Class Agent, 184 Commercial St., Maiden, Mass. 02148
