1908*
One of the 198 classmates (total of class 198) we haven't heard from this month is Royal Parkinson Carter. And Nick is one guy we can't blame for not writing though we'd all be mighty glad to hear from him. He has been in the Philippines most of the time since 1908, operating some kind of a plantation in Misamis, which is in the southern island of Mindinao, and as this is written the Japs appear to have taken over the entire island and all communication is cut off. So we haven't much hope of getting any direct news from Nick, but will expect he'll be back for the 35th reunion next year and tell us all about it.
Every time we see Batavia in the news we think of Larry Griswold, the central New York publisher. But Larry isn't there now. His postcard says he is in Arizona, at 3045 East Brachman Street and that "everything is lovely with the old boy." Notethe card was received December 30 so it doesn't upset the proportion of news letters recorded in first paragraph.
A change of address, effective last April but which seems to have escaped us, is Francis Robinson. He now lives at 403 S. Adams Street in Lebanon, Missouri.
Ted Barnes, textile executive, gets into New York occasionally and says his plant is running seven days a week. It's in Taftsville, Conn.
Instead of the conventional Christmas card Bob Blanpied mailed mimeographed news letters. In case some classmate's address wasn't on Bob's mailing list: he says he has just bought a new house at 191 Macalester Street in St. Paul, Minn., with a stucco finish and all the closets and kitchens and roofs and underpinning a house needs in St. Paul. And one Saturday Bob's school faculty pals ganged up and moved in the furniture, waxed the floors, hung the curtains, and discovered a third floor where Bob thought there were only two.
MRS. RUGGJL.ES' DEATH
Sympathy of classmates goes to Sid Ruggles. Mrs. Ruggles died December 8, at Bellows Falls, Vt. Sid writes that many of the class will remember her attendance at earlier reunions, though poor health kept her from the more recent class gatherings. He says he is now living at 32 Fairview Avenue in Danbury, Conn., and his children, Permelia and Roy, will probably live with him there, with Roy expecting to enter military service. Mrs. Ruggles, a native of Canada, had been severely afflicted with asthma. Her death was caused by a heart attack. The two children were both born in Hanover, while Sid was an instructor in Thayer School.
December 13, 1940, Joseph F. McAulifEe died, a classmate loved by everybody who knew him in college and later. Cap's death followed a long illness which incapacitated him for years. His five children have been brought up in Worcester in the home of his brother John and his sister, Miss Mary McAuliffe. Before Christmas, on the first anniversary of Cap's death, Mike Stearns, acting as president of the 'OB class and on behalf of a classmate who insisted that his identity be kept secret, presented a substantial gift of money which will help in the education of Cap's orphaned children. Mike received a grateful acknowledgement of the gift from the children's uncle, which he forwarded to the anonymous classmate. The five children whose father will always be remembered by all 'OB men, are Anne, John, Mary, Francis and Bill. Anne, the oldest, is a junior at Worcester State Teachers' College. John is a freshman at Holy Cross and is planning to be a physician. Mary, now 16, attends St. Anne's Academy in Marlboro, Mass. Francis, 15, is a sophomore at Worcester North High School and is said to have his father's artistic talent and shows signs of matching Cap's ability in football. Bill, 12, is in the 7th Grade, and shows considerable artistic talent. Both Francis and Bill are planning to complete their educational courses at the Worcester Polytechnical Institute.
Reluctance of classmates to furnish gossip which can be used by the class reporter has been regarded solely as indication of laziness and Chuck Emerson's old bugaboo, "Procrastination." Maybe the federal tax program is a factor; you just don't dare to squander three cents on a stamp. So we're going to break that bottleneck. And if you don't send back the government postcards we aim to furnish you, well, it will be a clear case of petty larceny.
CAST OF "IF I WERE DEAN" MUSICAL COMEDY IN 1907 Harry R. Wellman 'O7 was president of the Dramatic Club whose costumes ranged fromshort pants to long whiskers in the celebrated student musical comedy. Music for "If IWere Dean" was composed by Lawrence Adler 'OB, lyrics by Arthur M. Wyman 'OB, bookby Gordon Blanchard 'OB, and John A. Clark 'OB, direction by Frederick A. Bishop.
