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Arthur D. Holmes, who knows more about hens than Mack Sennett does about bathing girls, has a fascinating article for those who are interested in the ascorbic acid content of blood plasma in the recent issue of Poultry Science. His title is TheAscorbic Acid Content of Blood Plasmaof Laying Hens.
Eric P. Kelly once more comes into the literary limelight through his unusual story Christmas Anvils, which appears in Best Short Stories for Boys and Girls,1939-
Harold Rugg, who returned from Europe at the outbreak of the war, had many interesting experiences while racing around London trying to get a passage to America. While in the British metropolis, he accidentally met the wife of our good classmate, Halsey Edgerton, who was in a similar predicament. They both, however, were able to get passages back to this country. Incidentally, our own Charles (Kid) Crane believes that one of the happiest days of his life was when he discovered in connection with his regular Vermont Broadcast that the Harold Rugg missing from the torpedoed Athenia was not our classmate. Newspapers had already stated that the Harold Rugg in question was a Dartmouth professor; hence, Harold's friends were delighted to welcome him back as one returning from the Port of Missing Men.
We had a very enjoyable visit with Joe Nuelle in New York a short time ago. One is impressed by the fact that while he is president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad and many other well known corporations, he still is the same fine friendly Joe that he was in our undergraduate days. The big boys in Wall Street have splendid things to say about Joe's ability as a railroad man.
Gus Ayers, having completed his proj ects in the west, is now in charge of the New York branch office of the Utah Construction Company, Inc. He expects to look up members of our old crowd during the football season.
Don Mclntire has now become a confirmed suburbanite and is making his home at 638 Hillside Avenue, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He has had his share of illness, because he writes—"My world right now is so full of hospital bills, surgeon's bills, nurses' bills, physicians' bills and miscellaneous bills that the medical profession at least should be prospering from the support I am giving it."
Bug Gardiner's daughter Dorothy returned recently from a fascinating trip around the world, which is described in considerable detail in the columns of the Seattle Post-Intelligence. Bug himself has returned from South America, where he completed his building project.
Clarence Tourtellotte tells us that he had a delightful reunion with Bug and his wife when they were in Victoria on the occasion of the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Turtle also reports that Bug attracted much attention during this great event by using his mammoth strength to push the crowd aside so that he might take some colored movies. Turtle also adds that he now has three grandchildren but that he feels as frisky as a New England farmer when he first puts on his red woolen underwear.
The sympathies of all of us go out to Eric Kelly because of the dire catastrophe which has over taken Poland, the country to which he has made such a great contribution. It must be disheartening indeed to see the many fine things which one has accomplished destroyed by a ruthless invader. However, all of us hope with Eric that the Polish nation may again be restored. Eric, as might be expected, is working with the Polish Relief Commission, doing what he can to alleviate the conditions of these people for whom he has done so much.
Fred Welch visited Portland, Oregon, some time ago, with his boy and had an extremely pleasant meeting with Leigh Martin, who, as you know, is one of Portland's most substantial citizens. While there he tried to reach Charlie Benton at Hood River but that must have been one of the days when Charlie was really working as Fred received a report that Charlie was somewhere out on his tremendous ranch, supervising the spraying of his apple orchards. Fred already is planning on travelling to the next reunion.
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