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The Secretary has received the sad news of the death of our beloved classmate, E. F. Philbrick, who passed away at his home in Hollywood, California on January 31st. His obituary notice will appear in the April issue of the MAGAZINE.

Sorrowful as are such final breaking of class friendships and associations, yet as we reach the age of "four score years," we may have the comforting thought that we have lived during the most interesting andprogressive eighty years of human existence since time began and which, many believe, will not be exceeded or even equaled for centuries to come.

The news-furnishing classmates for this month are Austin, Briggs, Brooks, Chase, Weeks and Whipple.

Henry reports that he recently had the pleasure of meeting a well-known Boston lawyer, Albert L. Partridge, Esq., an old and valued friend of the Secretary, and competing with him in the great Floridasenile (?) game of "bowling on the green," their remarks regarding the Secretary made the latter's ears tingle.

COLLECTING CHELSIANA

Al Briggs has added to his long list of office holdings in his home city of Chelsea, Mass. by having been elected as President of the Governor Bellingham-Cary House Association. The object of the Association includes the preservation of records and property relating to the early colonial days and takes its name from the "Governor Bellingham-Cary House," a rare old landmark, dating back to the year 1659, which is believed to be the only house nowin existence, built by a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

John Brooks reports that he has recently been interested in the activities of the Potsdam Men's Club. He and his wife and daughter Elizabeth have been enjoying a visit with Mrs. Brooks' sister in Middletown, New York and about the middle of February, John and his wife expect to make their annual sojourn, of several months, at Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Charlie Chase and his wife are planning to spend a part of the month of February along the west coast of Florida. He reports that the Berlin Construction Co., of Berlin, Conn, of which he is president, has been increasingly engaged for some time in defense work contracts.

Lorrain Weeks is deeply interested and concerned in the news of the rapid developments of our World War and likens the shock upon the country of the dastardlyattack of the Japs on Pearl Harbor to that of the firing upon Fort Sumter at the beginning of our Civil War; there is assuredly a striking analogy of the affect upon our citizens of the two arousing events.

The Secretary learns that Frank Whipple, who has long had an active interest in the Massachusetts Teachers Federation, was among the guests at the head table of the luncheon given at Hotel Bellevue, on January 10th in honor of the Founders of the Federation.

Secretary, Kimball Bldg., 18 Tremont St Boston, Mass.

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