CLASS OF 1907

Chester Arthur Stearns died at his home in Johnson, Vt., January 5, 1919. He was stricken the day after Christmas with influenza, from which pneumonia resulted.

He was the son of Charles H. and Viola (Hall) Stearns, and was born in Johnson, November 14, 1883. He attended Brigham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt., one year, and completed his college preparation at Bordentown (N. J.) Military Institute.

After graduation he returned home and entered the employ of Parker and Stearns, manufacturers of lumber and flooring, of which firm his father was a member. He was manager of their flooring mill. In 1917 he and his father retired from the lumber business and purchased a flour, feed, and grain business in Johnson, and did business under the name of C. H. Stearns and Son.

September 19, 1914, he was married to Georgia, daughter of Everett E. and Mary (Linus) Wells, of Johnson, who survives him, with their daughter, Joyce Hall.