1927

Rog Bury's letter to President HowieMullin, which Howie read at the class meeting in October, announcing his wish to retire as Class Secretary, came as an unwelcome surprise, and certainly everyone present hoped that the Executive Committee could persuade Rog, on his return from Europe, to reconsider. Shortly thereafter, however, a card from Cannes, dated the day of the meeting, said, "Back next April. '71 schedule May, June—Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and No. Africa; July, August—Adriatic, Yugoslavia, Venice, Corfu; Septem- ber, October—Greece and Turkey." And that sounded ominous for our hopes. Finally, Rog wrote Howie that with his and Marion's plans all set, he did not see how he could carry on the duties of secretary "with any justice to the Class." And so, with great reluctance, the Executive Committee agreed to accept his resignation.

It is not only in the position of secretary, however, that Rog will be missed. He has for so many years been so active in Dartmouth affairs that his absence for six months of every twelve will leave a gap almost impossible to fill. Howie Mullin spoke, I feel sure, for every member of the Class when he wrote to Rog, "Let me express the thanks and appreciation of the entire Class for a job well done through these thirteen and a half years. You have earned the affection and respect not only of the Class but of the official Dartmouth family in your yeoman service to the College." And I think we can all echo wholeheartedly, "Thanks, Rog."

Don Burnham carries on in real estate and insurance these days. At least he wrote, not long ago, "Still trade a bit in Vermont. To keep active in semi-retirement during the winter I put in a bit of time in a small woodworking shop." And he adds that "outside the infirmities of old age, a bit of arthritis, falling hair, lack of real energy and such, Helen and I seem to bear up reasonably well. Two kids and nine grandchildren keep us hopping .from Wells, Vt., to Quincy, Mass., whenever we have free time."

Chuck Field retired on 30 September after 36½ years with Chicago Vitreous" Corporation and the occasion brought on a spate of dinners and testimonials by his own firm and by a number of its chemical suppliers. But Chuck says he feels too good to sit around and has already started making contacts for something that will occupy him for two or three days a week and still leave time to develop other interests. He had a call from Bob Tobey and was planning to get together with him for lunch soon. Tom Gillespie may have some other details from Chuck's letter in the next "Speakeasy."

And Blondy Lashar retired about August 1 after forty years with American Chain and Cable Company of York, Pa. Blondy was most recently manager of technical sales for the company, but he was also, for some twenty years, a member of the Committee on Winter Driving Hazards for the National Safety Council and chairman of the subcommittee on testing. The report is that the Lashars will continue to live in York, but the way things are going with our class members, they may yet succumb to the lures of Florida or Arizona.

Among those who have succumbed to the latter are Doane and Marie Arnold. A card from Doane said, "Have now joined the great army of the unemployed. Actual date is Nov. 30, but having had three weeks' vacation up my sleeve, I said farewell to all my business associates on Nov. 10. Our house in Weston is for sale, and we hope to move to our new winter home at 10344 Cameo Drive, Sun City, Ariz., late in January."

It sounds as though Larry Scammon was on the verge of retiring, too. On 11 November he wrote to Howie Mullin, "I have been caught up in this 'no fault' insurance controversy here in Massachusetts which is occurring right at the time of my retirement and I'm right in the middle of the political, legal, and court aspects of this new insurance law. With an outstanding victory for insurance and private enterprise achieved only yesterday, I now feel I can retire at the end of the year with reasonable feelings of satisfaction and relief."

A few more replies from birthday cards have come in: from Lowell Wormley —"Still practicing medicine in Phoenix"; Ed Ripley; Norman Swift; Reg Horton; and Jack Draper—"Hope to join you next year."

And that's all for now.

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