1887

Classmates, especially those who met Mrs. Wentworth at reunions, will learn with regret of her death in Florida May 11th last. Her remains were laid at rest in the old cemetery at Dover, N. H., where eight generations of her husband's people are buried. The Wentworths had lived 48 years in the house at Paterson, N. J., which Wentworth had built before their marriage. Although born in Ohio, Mrs. Wentworth was of the well-known Hurlburt and Torrey families of Vermont, and grew to womanhood there. Following her death Bill had a serious illness and has passed a quiet summer Rev. Dr. Frank L. Goodspeed died at Oakland, Calif., July 20 at age of 80. He was with us for a few days only, left on account of illness, later graduated from Harvard. His name has been carried on the rolls as the hundredth man connected with the class Winn has not been heard from since he went to Arizona last spring The Sanborns passed their vacation at Whitefield, N. H., same as last year Junkins has been active in the open during the season but has not made extended trips. On one of them he missed a call from Blakey and son. A call on Matt Powers at Bradford, Vt. found Matt not in his usual rugged health. Matt's daughter is teaching Poly Prep in New York W. S. Ross recently visited his married son, Smith Ross, at his new house in Berwick, Me. Ross' daughter Martha is caring for her grandmother Morse has been employing leisure time lately on abstruse mathematical problems Cleaves is peeved at the attitude of labor on the West roast. In his native state of Maine men seem to be too busy building ships to take time off for strikes Gage and Welch denied with the Conn when Conn was on vacation at Portsmouth, N. H. Conn is playing his full stint of golf

Later Welch motored to the Boothbay region and called on the class secretary. Ben is more than holding his own Hadlock, class agent, is to be congratulated for his success in the Fund campaign Merrill writes that they are just as usual, as for the last six years, but miss the son and family Junk often finds his way to the door of the Johnsons and reports them as in good form, but Stanley's garden, pride of his heart, is but poorly Junkins, Howland, Gage, Sanborn, Bingham and later Hadlock held up the hand of '87 in Hanover at commencement time On return Gage, Sanborn and Bingham stopped over at Nashua to see Blakey

Brackett's latest reports the family all well; Frederick in the Bureau of Health (Washington) and Parkhurst in Technicolor (Hollywood) are crowded with defense work.

Insufficient data allow no estimate of class sentiment on the war and general situation, but Wendell Willkie's post-election attitude has brought favorable comment from most of those who voted for his opponent.

The secretary acknowledges congenial contacts with his fellow-secretary of '88, E. Gate, who summers near by.

Secretary and Treasurer, West Southport, Me.