UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
IT as/un 25, D. C. 
US. A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
February 20, 1958. 
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Wetmore, 
Chiriqui Land Company, 
Almirante , Bocas del Toro, 
Panama. 
Dear Dr. and Mrs. Wetmore: 
How nice to hear from you, and how fortunate you 
are to have been able to secure such luxurious accommodations 
in che field! You have escaped a very cold and unpleasant winter. 
Have you heard of our snow storm this week? Traffic is just 
getting back to normal again but many of the suburban roads are 
still closed and impassable . I am envious of the temperatures 
prevailing in Panam.cC. 
I suppose you have had a visit from Dr. Keddy and 
Millie. We had a postcard from them and apparently they had a 
very rough voyage ! Mr . Oliver , who has had another bout with 
pneumonia, got off for Key West just in time to miss the blizzard. 
I understand^ however, that even Florida has had temperatures 
as low as 2 6 U . 
Helena Weiss went to New Orleans where she 
attended her nephew's wedding and the Mardi Gras . She will 
be back to work next week. 
Dan Williams will not be with us after March 10. He 
has accepted a position in Alabama so as to be closer to his family. 
We have had word from Dr. de Rosen of Catholic 
University that Dr. Arctowski died last night in Suburban Hospital. 
The funeral is Sunday at Hines’s Funeral Home. I understand 
that Mrs. Arctowski is bedridden. 
Martha Carmichael had an unfortunate experience 
last Friday at the National Institutes of Health where she works . 
She was giving a monkey an injection when the youth assisting her 
lost his grip and the monkey bit her third finger. Dr. Carmichael 
was very much concerned about her but apparently the various shots 
they gave Martha prevented any bad effects. 
