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a tie between Mich Bawden, with a summer home two miles away, and Fred Rowell, whose permanent abode is three miles distant. Mich won an antique chart of "Plimouth," and Fred was awarded the originals of Ted Steffian's beautiful drawings for our reunion mail notices, which he relinquished to Ted in view of the latter's "difficulties" getting to Plymouth from Boston. The long distance prize went to Harry Field. Phil Coffin, with 13 grandchildren, nosed out Dug Jackson's 12 for the award in that category. The prize for the handsomest and most eligible bachelor went to Jim Parsons. Jack Barriger and John Mattson were tied, with each having two children who attended M.I.T. Winners in other contests were: Larry Buckner, oldest grandchild (14); Warrie Norton, Paul Rutherford and Al Wechsler, each with twin grandchildren; Ben Fisher, youngest child (eight); Rufe Shaw, most black hair. Special mention went to Dug and Betty Jackson, married 43 years, and to Mich and Helen Bawden, parents of the class baby, who were celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary that evening. A gift of appreciation also went to Class Prexy, Ray St. Laurent. The men received M.I.T. glassware and the ladies were presented with 40th anniversary desk memo pads in red, emblazoned with dates and the Institute seal in gray. Maxine Clarke presented special souvenirs to the junior associates of the class: Susan Burke, Pat Nelles Oram and Carmen Valdes. Ruth Jakobson expressed the thanks of all the ladies for a delightful time at the reunion. 

Sunday brought a continuance of planned activity and inactivity. A large group took advantage of Mich Bawden's arrangements to visit the Edaville Railroad at the nearby Carver and had the time of their lives riding around the cranberry bogs on the narrow gauge line. Missing was the souvenir timetable formerly prepared and seasonally adjusted by Carlton Tucker, '18, of the M.I.T. Department of Electrical Engineering. The Sunday evening buffet at the Mayflower, amid the ice carvings, turned out to be a regal event, and, regretfully, it marked the formal close of the reunion.

Monday morning saw most of the group from Plymouth convene anew at Cambridge with some new arrivals to constitute the largest class delegation to Alumni Day. Ray St. Laurent did the honors in presenting the Class Gift at luncheon in the Great Court, electrifying everyone, including the '21'ers, with the announcement of a whopping amount, which exceeded by $100,000 the figure announced at Plymouth on Saturday! Only at the conclusion of the program did we learn the dramatic story of a most loyal and generous classmate who had that morning contributed the additional amount. Mich Bawden and Irv Jakobson had rushed the news to Ray at the head table a scant five minutes before his announcement. The vital symposium, the excellent dinner with 1921 seated together once more and the always enjoyable Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops in Kresge Auditorium concluded two memorable series of events for the Class of 1921.

Attending one or both were: Wally and Anne Adams, Ollie Bardes, Jack and Elizabeth Barriger, Mich and Helen Bawden, Scripps and Helen Booth, Charlie and Mrs. Breed, Dayton and Mrs. Brown, Larry and Mary Buckner, Buzz Burroughs, '2, George Chutter, Rich and Mary Louise Clark, Cac and Maxine Clarke, Phil and Edna Coffin, Joe and Mrs. Collins, Bob and Betha Cook, JOsh and Claudia Crosby, Elmer and Beryl Davis, Ed and Kathryn Delany, Chick and Maida Dubé, Ed and Helen Farrand, Fritz and Eleanor Ferdinand, Bob Felsenthal, Harry Field, Ben and Mary Fisher, Frank and Augusta Flaherty, George and Edna Gokey, Harry and Sarah Goodman, Judge Greene, Mark and Ann Hamburger, Gene Hardin, Bob and Doris Haskel, Don and Katherine Hatheway.

Also Munnie and Alex Hawes, Sumner Hayward, San and Velma Hill, Norman and Helen Insley, Dug and Betty Jackson, Irv and Ruth Jakobson, Jimmie and Lucie Janes and their son, Bob, and their niece, Mel and Anne Jenney, Colonel Phil Johnson, Harold and Katy Johnston, Herb Kaufmann, Jack and Marge Kendall, Al and Grace Kiley, Chick and Laurie Kurth and daughter, Susan, Ivan and Margie Lawrence, Al and Emma Lloyd, Bill Loesch, Ted McArn, Ed and Winifred MacDonald, John and Elma Mattson, Bob and Helen Miller, Joe Morrell, Don and Elizabeth Morse, Harry and Mae Myers, Phil Nelles and his daughter, Patricia Nelles Oram, Clint and Betty Newton, Warrie Norton, Ed and Kathryn Noyes, Charlie and Katherine O'Donnell, George and Muriel Owens, Jim Parsons.

And Norm and Betty Patton, Phil and Marion Payson, Elsie and Vivian Pelkus, George Pollock, Larc Randall, Bill Ready, Herb and Miriam Reinhard and son, Father William T. A. Reinhard, O. M. I., Admiral Larry Richardson, Harry and Ruth Rosenfield, Fred and Natalie Rowell, Jack Rule, Paul Rutherford, Ray and Helen St. Laurent, Sumner and Marion Schein, George and Anne Schnitzler, Steve and Mary Seampos, Bill Sherry, Saul and Rigi Sivlerstein, Ted and Lovina Steffian, Rufe and Madeline Shaw and daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, Harold and Louisa Stose, Lyall Stuart, Hand and Mrs. Taintor and her sister, Vivi and Maria Valdes and their daughter, Carmen, Art Wakeman, Bill and Anna Wald, Al and Ella Wason, Al and Pearl Wechsler, Joe Wenick, Ralph and Ruth Wetsten, Dinnie and Anna Whelan and their daughter, Anne Whelan Dennison, Jack and JO Whipple, Jeff andSarah Wilson, Dick Windisch. Telegrams and messages of congratulations were received from Asher Cohen, Bill Emery, Dan Harvey, Phil Hatch, Moose LeFevre, Archie Mock, Dick Morris, Charlie Morss and Mrs. Jack Waggoner.

Our editorial apologies for the omission of Warrie Norton's name from the list of those who marched in the academic procession at the M.I.T. Centennial observance; also for not having listed Larc Randall as the official representative of the Class of 1921 on the Centennial Committee; and for not recording that Chick and Maida Dubé spent a month in Europe during March and April, including Easter in Rome, of which more later when we have the opportunity to see their picture record of these travels.

A long personal note from Helier Rodríguez told of his intention to leave Florida and take up residence in Spain. He deeply regretted that he and Graciela were unable to attend the reunion festivities, the first that he has missed, and he has extended greetings to many friends in the class. We have a note from Rufe Shaw in which he says: "On August 4, I had the privilege of taking Helier Rodríguez to luncheon at the Yale CLub, New York. He was in town with Graciela and his mother en route to Spain where he plans to live. He can be addressed: Antonio H. Rodríguez, c/o Sr. Jose L. Valdes, General Mola 7, Madrid, Spain. I have received the pictures I took at the reunion and will send them to you for the class archives." We acknowledge with thanks an excellent series of color slides from Rufe. Any other contributions to our class treasury of pictures will be greatly appreciated.

Colonel Harold O. Bixby writes that his home address is in care of Dudley Hughes, West Gray, Maine, but that he is still in Asuncion, Paraguay, on business matters.... A. Ilsley Bradley gives his home address as 1010 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 15, Ohio.... J. Morton Briggs has moved from Dayton, Ohio, to 59 Sweetwater Avenue, Bedford, Mass. Other new addresses are: Gustav C. Dahl, 101 Border Street, North Scituate, Mass.; Paul L. Hanson, 735 Hillcrest Way, Redwood City, Calif.; Eugene A. Hardin, 707 Moore Street, Baton Rogue, La.; Eugene H. Kennedy, 147 Westmont Street, West Hartford 7, Conn.; William R. Matthew, 707 Davenport Street, Richland, Wash.; Harry M. Myers, 57 Harvard Avenue, Brookline 46, Mass.; Harry M. Ramsay, 1787 Grand Venue, St. Paul 5, Minn.; Palmer Scott, Westport, Mass.; Harding D. Williams, Apt. 201, 1527 Catherines Court, Jacksonville 7, Fla. Ralph H. Wallace says that he has retired and can now be reached via Box 4225, Ogunquit, Maine.... The names of Charles L. Hutchings and Mrs. Donald K. Luke (nee Hildegard E. Merriam) have been removed from the Alumni Register.

It is with deepest sorrow that we record the passing of five members of the class and extend the sincerest sympathy of the entire Class to their families. Otto Nimitz, Captain, U. S. N., retired, who was associated with us in Course XIII-A, died at his home in Kerrville, Texas, on February 9, 1960.... James Leslie King, Captain, U. S. N., died on March 4, 1961, at his home in Pasadena, Calif. He as associated with us in Course II.

Orrin Champlain, Jr., Course III, of Old Lyme, Conn., an engineer at the Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, died on April 28, 1961. He was a member of the Alumni Association of Exeter Academy, Old Lyme Grange, New Haven Mineralogy Society, Astronomical Society of New Haven and the Philadelphia Mineralogical Society. He is survived by his wife, the former Lee Anna Wadleigh;

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