1927

So much news has come in since spring that it's going to have to be curtailed here, but anyway ... Dick Mooney retired in May, 1970 and now has more time for golf ("poor but fun"), fishing, travel in the U. S. and bird watching which he has taken up seriously. Tom Gillespie was given "a purse with which to buy a snowblower" at his retirement dinner and is now all safely ensconced at New Milford, Conn, awaiting the first snowfall. Bill Mason retired too and is enjoying life in Vermont, flyfishing, collecting boats, sailing whenever possible, skiing some, gardening some, elbow-bending occasionally and "fixing things." Fred Auer golfs at times, collects trash, reads, photographs travels some, gardens and baby-sits a little, and about girl-watching got so worked up that his comment is illegible except for an exclamation mark. Sykes Hardy has been elected President of the Ocean Club of Florida which he says keeps him busy along with golf, fishing, collecting coins, taking photographs "Brownie style," and so on; but on do-it-yourselfing, "No; it costs more!"

Bob and Franchot Long baby-sat with three grandchildren in Albuquerque while son Bob and his wife took a week's vacation in Mexico, and over Easter they visited son Bill '59 and his wife in Vermont. Bob is still working but manages to get in some golf and some tennis doubles. DickHood; even though retired, worked last fall and winter for a Daytona paper where he learned and used the new TV computer proofreader with time out for a trip to the Bahamas in January. This past summer he has been director of a summer school at Falmouth, Mass. and will be in these parts until December. Evan Wilder reports most succinctly that he is simply working, and knowing his devotion to Calvary College at Letcher, Kentucky, it is easy to believe just that Bill King- has moved to North Sutton, N. H. but continues his golfing, fishing, reading, skiing, gardening, and wood carving. Phil Hunt admits to golf, reading, gardening, girl-watching, and do-it-yourselfing, with heavy emphasis on golf and almost none on work. Van Ingham says he indulges in occasional salt water fishing, desultory coin collecting, amateurish photography, local politics, sunfish sailing, and baby-sitting when it can't be avoided. He hopes for five more years of work, and since he says that his eyes are OK for girlwatching and that the old joint still functions for elbow-bending, he will probably make it.

In June a card from Duke Coulter said that they were still getting a few aftershocks of the Big Quake but that nothing can shake him and Sonia from California. Bruce McKennan had lunch with EdRuth a while back, making 100% attendance of San Mateo County, California '27ers. Ed said that he had seen BillAbbott, but Bruce didn't say where or when. The Lewiston, Me. Sun reported in May that Gus Buschmann was to retire in June as Associate Professor of German at Bates College and with a fellow faculty member was honored at a dinner given by President Thomas Hedley Reynolds of the college. Another, unidentified, clipping recorded the fact that Mrs. Helen (Moyse) Cleaves, Marshall's wife, died in Harvard, Mass. on May 30, and the Class sends its sympathy to Marshall and his daughter, Mrs. Susan Graham of Bedford. Chuckand Frances Brewster spent a month this spring in North Carolina and one day went with the Ralph Dwinnells '25 to visit the Frell Owls at Cherokee. Later, and also with the Dwinnells, the Brewsters were dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Robert Falconer '05 who have lived in Tryon. N. C. since his retirement twenty years ago. (Tom Gillespie may have some more details from Chuck's interesting letter.) Another interesting letter came from Kroggie Krogstad, but suffice it for the moment to say that come mid-September the Krogstads will be moving from Dallas to Tyler, Texas, "rose capital of the southwest." Last winter George Friede made a six-weeks' unguided tour through Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma ("again open to tourists after seven years' closure"), and India, where he saw Madam Ghandi, He says he doesn't intend to retire until he drops. Art Keleher reported that he had had his usual annual golf game with AlByrne, "our typical poor game, but had fun." He also said that Fred Kortlucke, on his way to the Far East, promised to bring him back a geisha girl. Back in April JockDavis was named chairman of the Federal Farm Credit Board, continuing his notable career in and contributions to agriculture. The Troy (Ohio) Historical Society recently published Tom Wheeler's book, "Troy, the Nineteenth Century." Van Ingham sent word that except for '75, '27 led in attendance at the spring dinner of the Tri-County Dartmouth Club of New Jersey with the Ed Bakers, the Inghams, TomGillespie, and Carl Lindenmeyr on hand.

John Phillips '28 kindly sent on a clipping from the Binghamton, N. Y. Press recording the fact of the marriage of Marty Heifer to Miss Pheobe English who had been his administrative assistant during his years as superintendent of schools in Binghamton. Howie Mullin retired in June as Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs at Northwestern Graduate School of Management and will be succeeded by Kenneth M. Henderson '51. And also in June, after 30 year's teaching and administrative work at Dublin School, your scribe also retired.

The hearty congratulations of the Class to Sam Wormser and all his co-workers on '27's fine showing in the Green Derby.

Next on the docket: Fall Reunion, October 8 and 9. Let's make it a big one!

Secretary, WILLIAM G. NORTH Box 216 Dublin, N. H. 03444

Treasurer, HARRY B. CUMMINGS Box 298, Baltimore, Md. 21203