Class of 1898
The Secretary had a pleasant visit with Fred Lord recently, and we both attended a forum meeting in Newtonville where Norman Thomas was the speaker. Fred retains his interest in all the classmates, and said the next time he is in Northampton visiting his sister, the social dean, Mrs. Scales who was Laura Lord, he certainly wants to drop over to see George Farley in Amherst. I think the more '98 digs up contacts of its own the better it will be, for the years are slipping away.
Denis Crowley and the Secretary lunched together the other day, and we both feel that we should all begin to think of our 40th Reunion in 1938 and must have a good number out.
Recently Montgomery was threatened with pneumonia and was in the Home- opathic Hospital in Newburyport for two weeks, but his splendid courage stood him in good stead, and he rallied well and is making a good recovery, for which all '98 is glad. "Monty" has done such good work with the boys and girls in the Newbury- port High School that all Newburyport was much interested in his recovery.
C. W. Littlefield was up recently from Providence, and we lunched together at the City Club. C. W. is the same irrepressible optimist that he always was.
Ev Snow and the Secretary attended a lecture recently at the Twentieth Century Club. Ev is enjoying his work very much in Burdett's Business College, and his two daughters are in responsible positions in Boston. This gives Mrs. Snow more time for musicales and lectures.
Joe Bartlett is spending his usual rest in Florida.
Buck Chandler and the Secretary were the only members of '98 at the Boston Dartmouth alumni dinner in January. '99 had three, but '97 had a table full. We must take a brace on those Boston dinners, for the class used to be in good attendance.
"Indian" Macandrew is still with the Cities Service Company, but has to be careful not to overdo.
They certainly did the thing up right in Worcester January 7 in honoring our classmate George H. Farley. The Department of Agriculture gave him a gold medal for his leadership of the 4-H Club work in Massachusetts for the last twenty years. In addition, he was presented with a book containing ten thousand signatures of the boys and girls in 4-H clubs and anothet book containing letters from prominent persons in the state and nation, including letters from President Roosevelt, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, and the two Massachusetts U. S. Senators. These honors were well deserved, as all educational people in Massachusetts know.
Secretary, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass
