Class Notes

Class of 1889

December 1936 Dr. David N. Blakely
Class Notes
Class of 1889
December 1936 Dr. David N. Blakely

Mr. and Mrs. John Barrett spent the greater part of the past summer in Burlington, Vt., with frequent short visits to the old Barrett homestead in Grafton. Late in October they returned to their winter home at Coral Gables (Miami), Fla Ralph Bartlett spent the summer in Boston, but made many week-end trips to his native town, Eliot, Me. He became interested in the program for commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of York County, Maine. At Eliot's celebration of this anniversary, August 29, Ralph gave an address. His subject was "The History of York County and Eliot, Maine." His branch of the Bartlett family moved in 1713 from Newbury, Mass., to that part of Kittery which, in 1810, became Eliot, while Maine was still a province of Massachusetts. A month later Ralph gave a travel talk, illustrated with lantern slides, on "Motoring through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, in North Africa," before the Kittery Historical Society On October er 25 "Slugger" Currier wrote from his home in Elkin, N. C., that on account of impaired health he had plenty of time to read, "just now mystery stories, both Republican and Democratic—can't really tellwhich is the best fictioti." .... Harry Frost's son Philip, head of the New England Soap Company, Cambridge, Mass., residence Wellesley, was married, June 27, 1936, to Miss Marjorie Johnson, at Amesbury, Mass. Mrs. Frost has been a teacher in the public schools of Wellesley, and to fulfill the terms of her contract, will continue in her position until next June. Philip graduated from New Hampton in 1928 and was in Brown University two years before going into business

C. D. and Mrs. Hazen were in France most of the summer The Sullivans returned to New York, September 17, after several weeks in Italy. "Sully" was impressed with the beauty of the country, the fine buildings of granite and concrete under construction in the cities, the activities and happiness of the people. Wages were low, but living costs were also low At the annual dinner of the eighties group, at the Boston City Club, October 24, our class was represented by Ralph Bartlett, Harry Frost, and the Secretary.

Secretary, 87 Milk St., Boston