CLASS OF 1878
The golden wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Parkhurst, observed at their residence in Winchester, Mass., November 18, was a most interesting occasion. The couple looked as stalwart as they always have, and no one present will believe that they looked any happier on that occasion fifty years earlier.
There were many distinguished guests, inc luding President and Mrs. Hopkins and President and Mrs. Johnson of Colby. The trustees were represented by John R. McLane of Manchester, and the report in the Boston Globe (not altogether accurate) listed seven other colleges also represented by trustees. Of course the House of Ginn was out in full force, and people of distinction are not lacking therein.
The class of '78 presented a golden bowl inscribed with the same monogram that appeared on the invitations, and of course, with its own name. A. O. Brown, president of the class, was unable to be present, but sent a letter of congratulation, finely conceived and finely phrased, to represent the class. A. P. Sawyer of Lowell and Mrs. Sawyer and TV. D Parkinson of Fitchburg and Mrs. Parkinson were the only personal representatives of the class present.
An interesting feature was a display of memorabilia, including the marriage certificate, the bill for wedding announcements (duly receipted, of course), a handsome lamp that was a wedding gift and still in use (converted from kerosene to electricity), and a scrap-book containing many pictures illust rating the infancy and early history of the bride and groom before and since their union. The contents of the scrap-book were of especial interest as showing how notably the pair have kept their early poise, and how symmetrically the couple have developed.
George I. Harvey and his wife have moved from Carthage, Mo., back to their old home in Muskogee, Okla., where he was for many years in government service as chief of the Indian Oil Royalty Division. Mr. Harvey's health failed to a degree that forbade the carrying on his small farm, on which he was raising grapes, strawberries, and chickens, and although this was the kind of life he had long looked forward to, he decided to go back and settle down among old friends in Muskogee. He is somewhat crippled and walks with a cane, but says he and Mrs. Harvey are comfortable and happy.
Towne and Robie of Franklin, N. H., publishers, have issued an attractive volume under title, "The Indians of The Winnepesaukee and Pemigewasset Valleys," by Mary A. Proctor, sister of our lamented Frank Proctor. Miss Proctor has used material gathered
by her father and brother as well as by herself, for it was a relic-hunting family. The book grew out of Miss Proctor's desire to awaken an interest in local history in the children of the Franklin schools, with which she has long been identified as a member of the school committee. Local history, however, has wide ramifications, and anyone interested in New England will find the book both interesting and instructive without being didactic.
Secretary, 321 Highland Ave., Eitchburg, Mass
