1913*

A few more details of "Buck" Freeman's wedding on New Year's Day should be interesting to many. There were more than a hundred witnesses in the Moen Chapel of the Chestnut Street Congregational Church in Worcester to see Ray Tobey '12 as best man and Walter A. Morgan '11, pastor of the church, and Ben Andrews '13 of Dublin, N. H. as officiating clergymen. Ernest Thomas came up from Middleboro. The bride, groom, matron-of-honor and best man had all been co-teachers at the Good Will School in Maine.

Albert Kilbourn made the front page of the Sioux City Journal as per following: "Rev. Albert S. Kilbourn, known as the hitchhiking pastor of Eagle Grove, has resigned as pastor of the Congregational church here to become pastor of a church at Denmark, la.

"Rev. Mr. Kilbourn also served a church at Gait in the evening. He had been pastor here for the last 10 years. His resignation is effective January 31. Rev. Mr. Kilbourn is a graduate of Dartmouth College and taught school in the south before coming to Eagle Grove. He was prominent in Masonic and Rotary organizations here. He also formerly occupied pastorates at Elkader and Eddyville."

Franklin P. Shumway, father of Carl Shumway, died in Melrose on January nth in his 85th year and funeral services were at his late residence. Mr. Shumway was an honorary member of our class. The sympathy of the class is extended to Mrs. Shumway, Carl and the rest of the family. The Secretary for the class has received a card "We shall always remember with deep gratitude your comforting expression of sympathy. Mrs. Franklin P. Shumway and family."

The wandering but effervescent Major of the class has a new address. Hulbert T. E. Beardsley, 70 Pine Street in New York, surety bonds and insurance, has announced the appointment of Ethelbert Talbot II as director of the contract department. "Major Talbot will be glad to place his long experience with Federal, State and Municipal Departments at your disposal."

Gilbert Jordan has just undergone a serious operation at the Converse Building of the New England Baptist Hospital in Brookline. More news later when the critical period is over. Gilbert is principal of two of the grammar schools in Manchester, N. H.

On February 4th in the Copley Plaza the Boston Alumni, as far as 1913 is concerned, had one of the best dinners ever. We, the following, certainly had a grand reunion and time: Harold McAllister, Jack Nelson and Major Bart Shepard, all down from New Hampshire; Parker Trowbridge left Worcester to care for itself for the evening; Jiggs Donahue did the same for Lowell; Bill Davis, Frank Cushman, Marc Wright, Emmett Pishon, Dow Kimball, Munsey; Shumway, waiting momentarily for call into the air service; George Knight, Jake Enright and Wilkins.

Bart Shepard has held a reserve commission in the Officer's Reserve Corps since the last war and was promoted to the rank of Major of Infantry in the summer of 1939. On November 18, 1940 he accepted a year's active duty with the army in his present grade, and was assigned for duty with the State Headquarters of Selective Service at Concord, N. H. as State Advisor of Occupational Deferments. He is responsible for the furnishing of information to State Headquarters, local boards and government appeal agents on questions relating to occupational deferments and for the maintenance of liason between State Headquarters and the procurement agencies in the State and in Washington. His office is located at si South Main St., Concord, N. H.

Secretary, Box 2057, Boston, Mass.