Class of 1904
The address of Robert C. Fiske is Box 214, Route 6, Portland, Oregon. Bob sent the Secretary a brief note recently. His daughter Barbara is a student at the Oregon State College.
Another classmate seldom heard from wrote the Secretary a brief Christmas note —Roscoe B. Smith. His address is Oroville, Wash. Roscoe has three children, the oldest a junior in high school. Smith reports that last summer he received a visit from Welch, 1905.
Rev. Paul Gordon Favor has resigned his pastorate of Trinity church, New Rochelle, N. Y., because of ill health. His present plans are somewhat uncertain, but he anticipates moving to the Pacific Coast, where the climate will be more beneficial to his health. Paul's older son, Paul Gordon Jr., is a sophomore at Bowdoin College, and the younger one, John Wilder, is now a sophomore at Dartmouth.
The present address of Henry M. Hall is the Canada Wire and Cable Companv, Toronto, Canada. Henry states that his work takes him all over Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Hudson Bay country. Nevertheless, he anticipates returning to the thirtieth reunion next June. His son, Robert H. Hall, is a member of the class of 1937 at Dartmouth.
Fred J. Root is assistant manager of the American Insurance Company at San Francisco.
Earl L. Herman resides at 1805 Washington St., Woodstock, 111., and states that he plans to return to the reunion next June and has a double incentive to come, since his son Lawrence is a member of the senior class and expects to graduate next June.
The class will be shocked to learn of the sudden death of Dr. Delbert L. Jackson, who collapsed while curling at the Country Club of Brookline on New Year's Day. He was taken to the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, but failed to recover. In the next issue of the MAGAZINE, an obituary sketch of our beloved classmate will be given. Jack had recently taken over the duties as chairman of the reunion committee for next June and had entered whole-heartedly into making up a program which would have given a great deal of pleasure to the classmates returning. Jack, jointly with the Secretary, sent out a letter to the class at Christmas time, and I know that all the classmates will learn of his death with great sorrow.
The Secretary regrets to announce to the class the death of Mabel Loomis Kneeland, wife of William A. Kneeland, who passed away at their home at 15 Oxford St., Winchester, Mass., on December 26. Mrs. Kneeland was born in Westfield, Mass., on April 20, 1883, and comes of a very old family which settled in the Connecticut Valley in 1640. Before her marriage to Mr. Kneeland, she had studied art extensively under leading teachers at Gloucester and elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Kneeland had lived in Winchester since 1909, and Mrs. Kneeland had entered whole-heartedly into many activities of the town. She was a member of the First Congregational church and active in the affairs of the Women's Guild and other organizations. She had also interested herself actively in the disabled veterans at the West Roxbury and Bedford Hospitals, near Boston. She is survived by her husband, William A. Kneeland. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Howard J. Chidley. Mrs. Kneeland will be deeply mourned by her many friends and acquaintances, because of her broad sympathies and active interest in serving others.
The regular class luncheons are now being held Thursdays at 1 P.M. at Warmuth's Restaurant on Devonshire St. The attendance has been excellent this fall, and we hope that every member of the class who is in Boston on that day will take advantage of these weekly round-ups.
During the Christmas season, Matthew W. Bullock, Boston lawyer and member of the State Parole Board of Massachusetts, gave a talk for the Young People's Society of Mt. Vernon church on some of the things Massachusetts is doing to set men on the right path after they have paid the price of law breaking with a prison term.
Secretary, c/o Tiflt Bros., 1387 Main St. Springfield, Mass.
