1883

A letter from the private secretary of Edgar H. Sinkey, who has been located at Seattle, Wash., for many years advises me that he is at present in the hospital where he has recently undergone an operation on his left eye in an attempt to restore the vision.

He has been slowly becoming blind during the last few years, and, while the sight is hopelessly gone in his right eye, there is a possibility that the present operation may restore the vision in his left eye, although it is yet too early to determine whether or not the operation will prove successful.

He is reported to have come through the operation in fine shape and otherwise is in good physical condition.

A letter from Rev. Samuel McCrea Cavert, who is actively connected with the Federal Council Bulletin, the publication of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, which comprises twenty-four different denominations, New York, states that no word has been received from Sidney L. Gulick, still a contributing editor of the Bulletin, located at Honolulu, since the treacherous, suprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Nor have I received any reply to my air mail letter addressed to him some time ago. We are anxiously awaiting some information regarding him.

Charles W. Hamilton, hale and hearty at the age of eighty-two years, is still actively performing the duties of president of the Milwaukee Lace Paper Company, a business which he inaugurated in 1898, and the products of which today are world famous for their excellence, even exceeding in quality the products of Germany which has been recognized as the home of the industry.

In early life he was connected with the Milwaukee Harvester Company as secretary until it was sold to J. I. Case. He then set out to establish himself in some new business and finally became associated with a German emmigrant, John Hess, a Berlin lace paper maker who had gone broke in Minneapolis and was looking for a fresh start in Milwaukee. Hess became the manager of the new company and Hamilton acted as the salesman. In the first year a business of 115,000.00 was done with a net profit of $115.00 on a capital of $5,000.00 furnished by Hamilton. The company now has a world-wide reputation and besides its location at East Meinecke Avenue owns a nine-story building at 1770 North Commerce Street.

Charlie recently celebrated his eighty-second birthday anniversary, commenting on which the Milwaukee Sentinel has this to say: "It was a nice birthday party. Baskets of roses and fruit adorned several tables. There were mounted groups of cards of good wishes from the employees and a lady down the street sent over a fresh baked German cheese torte. Brimming over with sentiment and memories, Mr. Hamilton got out a venerable musical album and a mechanical curio which portrays the famous apple-nicking scene from William Tell with pennies instead of arrows. The pennies usually extracted from visitors are shot by the bowman, but stay in the receptacle, which really is a clever little bank. Mr. Hamilton says it is one of his most profitable enterprises."

I am much pleased to know that Charlie continues so well and strong and hope that he may yet see many more years of activity for I am frank' to give him credit for being more interested in Dartmouth, although a non-graduate, than many of our 'B3 graduates have shown.

Secretary, Hartford, Vt.