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N. Douglas McLeod '44 and grandsons A man was dragged behind his 25-foot sailboat in 45-degree ocean water for half an hour last Easter before N. Douglas MacLeod '44 and his family spotted the sailboat's empty cockpit from MacLeod's daughter's home near Providence, R.I. A gust blowing northeast from land out to sea hit the sailboat, lay it over and tossed the man over the side, the jib sheet wrapped around his wrist. MacLeod family members on shore ran to the water to throw him a rope, but the sail caught the wind and the boat blew farther from shore.

Twenties | Thirties

NEWSMAKERS
Marjorie Rowell Shane '27 and her sister, Esther McNamara, were the subjects of a long feature in Rockland, Maine's, Capitol Weekly. . . . Ludy '21 and Pacy Levine '27 and Howard Miller '40 were paid loving tribute in the Central Maine Morning Sentinel by employees of the Levine's clothing store and by members of the Waterville community after announcing that the store founded by their father and grandfather would close.

MILEPOSTS
Deaths: Harriet Lawler Davis '12 in Eastport, Maine, at 104. . . . Helen Dresser McDonald '23 in Waterville, Maine, at 93. . . . Percy G. Beatty '24 in Penney Farms, Fla., at 92. . . . Barbara Whitney Beatty '27 in Penney Farms, Fla., at 90. . . . Leola M. Clement '27 in Waterville, Maine, at 90. . . . Edward Newhall '28 in Glen Ridge, N.J., at 92. . . . Helen Leighton Austin Niesley '29 in Falmouth, Maine, at 87. . . . Donald H. Fraser '29 in Texas at 90. . . . Ruth Daggett Fuller '29 in Fairfield, Conn., at 87. . . . G. Cecil Goddard '29 in Waterville, Maine, at 89. . . . Philip R. Higgins '29 in Springfield, Mass., at 87. . . . Sterling C. "Jack" Ryder '29 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., at 88. . . . William Hardy '32 in Derry, N.H., at 86. . . . Charles N. Pinkham '32 in Unity, Maine, at 87. . . . John P. Davan '33 in Portland, Maine, at 89. . . . Elizabeth C. Dyson '34 in North Adams, Mass., at 82.  . . . Portia Pendleton Rideout '34 in Clackamas, Ore., at 83. . . . Norman R. Rogerson '36 in Portland, Maine, at 85. . . . Thomas E. Adwin '37 in Kingman, Ariz., at 82. . . . Helen Jevons Luther '37 in Atlanta, Ga., at 80. . . . William Carter '38 in Bath, Maine, at 79. . . . Julia Wheeler Morton '40 in West Orange, N.J., at 80. . . . Jean Pearson Burr '41 in Rochester, N.Y. . . . Raymond Flynn '42 in Kennebunk, Maine, at 77. . . . Alton Laliberte '42 in Waterville, Maine, at 76. . . . Malcolm D. McQuillan '44 in Wayne, Mich., at 79. . . . Paul V. Witham Jr. '44 in Bangor, Maine, at 73.