1893

Several cheerful letters have come from "Skid", and your Acting Secretary hopes to see him during this coming month. He is still confined at the house, but is very active mentally; in fact, has continued his syndicated column, "Granite Chips", which he has been writing for some years past.

Dr. Martyn was at the Harvard-Dartmouth football game, and we had a chance to again reminisce and comment on the various interesting subjects of present-day interest. Several letters from him since then have furnished bits of news. "Silver Flint" had a fall last February and broke his ankle. Apparently, he has made a fairly good recovery, and probably has gone to Florida for the winter as has been his habit. The "King" reports that Van Horn was in Chicago last October. Jim expected to get farther east, but didn't make it. Abbott is confined at his home in Greenfield, being unable to walk, but seems cheerful and mentally alert. Mrs. Martyn has not been well for a year, and the King writes, "We are doing fairly well here. My wife is able to be up each day, but cannot do any work. She is able to read some and tunes in on the radio each afternoon." May she soon regain full strength!

A letter from Billy Jarvis indicates he is very active, and if he feels as good as he looks, judging from what we saw of him last June, he must be in perfect condition.

We called on Dr. Guy Fernald at West Concord recently. You will remember he has retired from his lifetime work as psychiatrist at the Massachusetts State Institution at West Concord. We found him and Mrs. Fernald in excellent spirits. Just now, he is getting a lot of fun out of the building of a large clock, which was designed a number of years ago, but was not built complete. The design and such parts as were made then have come into Guy's possession as an heirloom from Mrs. Fernaid's family. Jack Fernald, their son, Dartmouth '34, took a course in chemistry at Tech and is now with Lever Brothers of Cambridge, Mass., manufacturers of Life Buoy, Lux, etc.

We are sorry to receive word from Bob Boutelle that Mrs. Boutelle had undergone a serious operation this past year, but after many weeks in the hospital, has returned home. She has not yet recovered from the weakness caused by the ordeal she went through, nevertheless all indications are that she will be much improved in health. Bob has apparently retired and is at home a great deal of the time, so that Mrs. Boutelle has every attention possible. Bob writes that her illness is what prevented him from attending our reunion last June.

A note from Senator Calef indicates that he is very much interested in the class and its members, and we hope he will be at our next reunion.

A very nice letter was received from "Dayton" Miller, and the letterhead shows that he is president of the board of education of that illustrious city. We can remember the time when he was commissioner of education of the State of Ohio. He also is a member of the legislature. We are proud of Miller's record in the educational circles and wish him many more years of usefulness.

"Skid" says in a recent letter: "Derry Village made a gala event out of the recent 40th wedding anniversary of Saltmarsh and his wife. Bob Boutelle was one of the reception committee for a Dartmouth glee club concert in Nashua. Harry Metcalf reports seeing John Ayer in his home town of Claremont, where Sanders has his name in the paper every now and then as discharging his duties as medical examiner in various murders, etc. Doctor Woodbury and his wife and daughters came to Goffstown, N. H., for the funeral of William H. Woodbury, brother of Dr. Woodbury. Both Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hunt are in demand at Manchester for addresses before clubs and societies on their trip to Mexico. Both Sam and Mrs. George Dodge have been re-elected as officers of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. One of the best houses in Pittsfield, the birthplace of our Charles Goss, has been razed to make way for a filling station. The Republican tidal wave in New Hampshire in November was overwhelming. Sam French was defeated, running for supervisor; but his son, Harold, running for member of legislature, was elected."

Many greeting cards for the holiday season were received, for which we express thanks. An unusually handsome one was from President Cox.

Acting Secretary, 795 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass.