CLASS of 1887
The death of Prof. George Ellsworth Johnson on August 26 brings genuine sorrow throughout the class. Prof. Johnson was obliged to curtail his California trip of last spring on account of a recurrence of former trouble. A second operation after his return afforded no relief, and after much suffering he passed away. The funeral was held at the summer home in Peacham, Vt. An obituary notice will appear in a later issue.
Prof. Bacon writes from his summer home at Eastham, Mass., that his daughter Dorothy after a year's research work will return to her duties in Smith College. The younger daughter, Ruth, took her Ph.D. degree at Radcliffe last June, and is to be instructor in history and government at Wellesley College the coming year.
Rev. C. H. Corwin of West Tampa, Fla., attended the graduation of his younger daughter at Wheaton College, and later spent the summer in Wisconsin at his wife's home.
Our two trustees, Howland and Knight, with friends made their annual fishing trip to Canada in late August.
The death by drowning of Wayne Straw, 20, child of our deceased classmate, was reported in Manchester, N. H., papers during the summer.
The Arthurs took a month's trip by automobile during the summer, covering 2,000 miles through New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland.
Hardy and Cleaves reuned in San Francisco at the time of the former's attendance at the Christian Endeavor International Jubilee Convention.
Prof. Sanborn and family, including the three children, were in South Brookville, Me., in August, enjoying their summer home, The Green Farmhouse.
Conn spent a three weeks' vacation at Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth, N. H. Gage, in attendance on the Society of Colonial Wars, missed him by a day.
Junkins paid Heilge a visit last spring, and the two motored over to see Morse at Hoquiam, Wash.
Junkins was in the East much of the summer, enjoying with Mrs. Junkins their new home and residence in Hanover. In Montreal he met and reuned with Bickford, who was returning from an educational convention in California, and later was in touch with several of the class.
Bradley visited during the summer his old home and schoolmates in Vermont after an absence of many years.
Dr. and Mrs. Quackenboss summered as usual at Scituate, Mass.
Miss Winifred Kittredge, daughter of W. E. Kittredge, Esq., was married at her father's home on August 11 to Webster Eaton of New York city. The bride is a graduate of Wellesley College, 1925, holds a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, and has twice studied abroad at the Universities of Hamburg and Berlin. They will reside in New York.
Stanley (Rooster) Johnson has entered the lecture field. He delivered at his home town, Bath, N. H., on August 11, an address on "The Hoves and Hives of Solomon's Wives," based on recently discovered diaries and letters of aforesaid wives. Mr. and Mrs. Junkins were in attendance, and as the address was not broadcasted Junkins immediately contracted for its repetition at the coming class reunion in 1932.
Stanley also had a very readable article in the Littleton (N. H.) Courier, issue of August 20, based on a trout-fishing experience while a week-end guest of Bill Wentworth at the latter's summer place on the Neversink river, New York state. Wentworth is an enthusiastic rod fisherman. His firm furnished the plans for construction of a new post office in Paterson, N. J.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
From J. Russell's Gazette, Boston, Thursday, March 13, 1800.
Last evening's returns were made from the managers of the Dartmouth College Lottery, wherein they state that the wheels are 1900 dollars richer than when the drawing commenced. Thirteen hundred and fifty tickets were drawn.
Secretary, West Southport, Me.
