1899*

Last month we reported the adoption of Peddy Miller by the Iroquois Indians. We were mistaken. He was adopted by the Onondagas and made a chief of the Iroquois. His Indian name is "One Who Knows," which is quite appropriate. Among the honors recently bestowed on Peddy is the "Order of the White Lion," conferred by President Benes of Czechoslovakia by the Czecho-Slovakian minister in Washington.

Mrs. Leon A. Martin is a member of the Maine Writers' Research Club and president of the Augusta Branch of the National League of American Pen women. Mrs. Guy E. Speare is also a member of the League.

Katherine Fullerton Gerould, wife of our "Jerry", is the author of an article on New England entitled "Call It Holy Ground" in the January Atlantic.

The Secretary is in receipt of letters of thanks and appreciation from Mrs. Arthur H. Brown, widow of Arthur H., who died September 21, 1938, for Christmas greetings and remembrances received from many of the class.

Lucius E. Varney was a holiday visitor to Boston and New Hampshire from far New York City.

The first call for the 40th reunion went out on December 18. At this date, January 3, 1939, twenty-five have returned cards indicating that they will be present with wives and other members of their families, making forty-six persons in all. Let me urge on you the importance of an early response to this first call. Reunion arrangements are complicated and exacting, and we cannot possibly arrange for your comfort and entertainment unless we know well in advance who and how many are coming. DO IT NOW.

The Executive Committee of the class held a meeting Saturday, January 7, at the City Club in Boston for the purpose of making plans for the 40th reunion. Present: Charles H. Donahue, James L. Barney, Kenneth Beal, Warren C. Kendall, Joseph W. Gannon, and Owen A. Hoban.

Eight loyal '99ers have answered the Secretary's call for letters for the class report. We hope for a little better showing before February 1. The dead line will be set early in February. So hurry, hurry, hurry.

All and sundry take notice that the 38th annual Boston Round-Up takes place in the University Club, Boston, Saturday, March 4, beginning early and ending as late as you please. Due notice will be sent you, but reserve the date now.

AND DON'T FORGET THE 40TH REUNION AT HANOVER IN JUNE

Secretary, 31 Parker St., Gardner, Mass.