A welcome e-mail from Dick Hill, who lives in a retirement community west of Boston, to thank me for—in his words—“saving our class from total anonymity.” His latest noteworthy news is that he finished last Sunday’s New York Times crossword puzzle! And he has given up driving. Several of us are saying ditto! The Hills have three children (two sons are approaching retirement), eight grandsons (two of whom recently married) and one granddaughter. Dick says he has “a reasonably healthy caregiver whom I married 68 years ago and a comfortable chair surrounded by pill bottles. Exciting! I have great memories of Dartmouth. Thank you , Jane, for keeping us alive.” I thank you, Dick, for your e-mail.

Shirley Hicks has been the companion of George Baine for several years, but, sadly, George died, October 15. Shirley drove George to Hanover for our 70th reunion and we were all grateful for that. Dartmouth was a strong influence in his life. She recalls that when they traveled he always wore his Dartmouth cap because it invoked many happy conversations about Dartmouth with strangers! He loved to reminisce about Dartmouth. I wish I could include the obituary Shirley sent me, but the older classes are limited to number of words. And we are that, an older class! Shirley’s address is 43 Barbarie, Highlands, NJ 07732

I also received from the College a notice of the death of Edward Farmer of Muskegon, Michigan.

—Jane Hanks, 2630 Kings Crown, Fort Myers, FL 33908; jhanks1@gmail.com