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Blanchard of Barre, Massachusetts, has promised to celebrate his Bist birthday, April 14, by preaching for the minister of his church who will be absent on his honeymoon We gladly record the birth of Blanchard's second great-grandson, Richard F. Comerford, born February aa, 1940.
In the March issue of VIRGINIA WILDLIFE is an article on The Striped Skunk by Ned Dearborn. Attention is called to the fact that in at least one state the skunk is protected by a closed season because of its value as a fur producer. Ned believes that in the aggregate skunks are our most valuable fur bearers. A thorough investigation of the dietary habits of the skunk showed that insects are well over half its food, and of these about 60% are grasshoppers and about 38% beetles, two of the farmers' worst pests. Probably most of us have never been sufficiently philosophical or unbiased by prejudice to even consider skunk flesh as suitable for human food, but listen to Ned. "I have eaten porcupines, woodchucks, muskrats, raccoons, three kinds of native rabbits, and half a dozen kinds of squirrels, and found none of them better flavored than a fat skunk in the fall."
These paragraphs are from a recent letter from Frank Hazen. "Since I returned from the East last June, I have not been out of Montana except for a pleasant visit of three weeks at Mayo's, Rochester. In normal years I get out with the young people for many days of good skating but the past winter has been too warm to freeze skating ice except for one week. I wonder if anyone else in our Class has kept up his skating."
Besides reading News from the Classes, remember to look at News from Alumni Clubs. In the April issue Blair, Frost and Moulton were mentioned from Washington, Florida and Vermont.
Wellman has escaped largely the rigors of our long winter. He spent nearly three months in the hospital and several weeks in bed at home. The latest word is that he is "up and about," going out freely and apparently rapidly approaching full recovery. Congratulations.
On March 26th a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. Warden—in time for the 1940 census! His name is Jock Finley Warden. "He will go to Dartmouth if he can pass the gate."
Secretary, 87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Class Agent, Hartford Electric Light Co., Hartford, Conn.
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