1889

The Secretary has been fortunate in the last month in seeing in person or receiving letters from eight classmates—Bartlett, Blair, Frost, Earle, Kingsbury, Warden, Wellman, Wheat. The news from each is good, no illnesses, no accidents Kingsbury spent most of the summer at Little John Island, Casco Bay. He had returned home and anchored his cabin cruiser off the Wollaston shore shortly before the hurricane of September 21. The anchor held, and she was not injured, although about nine-tenths of the boats at that shore were lost or smashed Flagg called recently on Mrs. Chester Curtis at her home in New Castle, N. H. She was well. None of us had seen her since Chester's death, seven years ago After forty-four years of faithful and highly successful service as state agent for New Hampshire of the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, Wellman retired October 1. His successor is Robert Burroughs '21, who has been associated with him for ten years and who has made an exceptionally good personal record. Incidentally, he is Wellman's son-in-law. He is also Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire. On retiring, Wellman left his agency the largest of his company in the country. The sustained growth during the 44 years is a striking tribute to the keen judgment and untiring industry of the man who has been the guiding force in building up the organization Warden wrote October 4 that he was just back from a tenday trip to Washington, D. C., and was leaving for Nevada October 7 to attend a meeting of the National Reclamation Association, of which he is president.

Emerson Rice '87 honored me by quoting briefly in his notes in the October MAGAZINE from my letter in our recently distributed class report. I had written enthusiastically of a visit to Ed Knight at his home in Lewisburg, W. Va. Special mention was made of Ed's apple orchard and trees, laden with fruit about to be harvested. By error, my visit was said to have been made last May! Whoever heard of harvesting apples in May, either in New England or in West Virginia? My letter was written last May, but the apple orchard was visited in September, 1937.

Secretary, 87 Milk St., Boston

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