1889

The death of Judge Alfred A. Wheat, for many years president of our class, has brought to each of us sorrow and a sense of personal loss. Fred Wheat, as we affectionately knew him, had a notable record of achievement in his profession. For nearly thirty years a prominent and successful practitioner at the Bar of New York City, he later resided in Washington, D. C., where for thirteen years he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, having received his appointment to that Bench from President Herbert Hoover. Upon his retirement as Chief Justice on January 1, 1942, President Roosevelt, in accepting his resignation, paid tribute to the faithful and devoted service he had rendered.

George Bard made another of his frequent trips to Washington, D. C., in March, and while there called upon Henry Blair. In a recent letter he refers to how fortunate it was that such a sympathetic and capable member of our class was living in Washington at the time of Fred Wheat's death as Henry Blair. Fred was much alone since the decease of his wife seven years ago, and at the time of his death Henry looked after every last detail, which is so characteristic of him when occasions such as this arise.

Chester Flagg is planning to come East this spring to attend to matters connected with his old home in Marblehead which stands just as he left it when he locked the door last year and departed for the West. After a winter spent in southern California he still feels (to quote his language) "as if my tap root were firmly embedded in New England."

FRED WHEAT

In referring to the death of Fred Wheat, Chester writes, "My one especially pleasant recollection of Fred has been and always will be his playing of Mendelssohn's Spinning Song on the Alpha Delta Phi piano, a pleasure he always accorded me on my frequent requests. He was one of my earliest friends of freshman year, and I visited at his home in Nashua at the end of that year."

Clarence Moulton expresses himself feelingly regarding the death of Fred Wheat, and the loss the class has sustained within a period of six months by the death of its president and its secretary, both of whom he writes were "as fine men as could be found anywhere."

Doc Warden arrived at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., the morning of March 1. That afternoon he ran across Fred Wheat in the lobby of the hotel. They dined together that evening. Fred appeared about the same as usual in recent years—nothing to cause expectation of what happened so soon afterward. Doc accompanied Henry Blair at the funeral services.

Harry Frost writes that the usual Dartmouth dinner held annually in St. Petersburg, Florida, was planned for the latter part of March, but it had to be abandoned on account of the gasoline situation. We regret that Mrs. Frost's arm, fractured last September, has not knitted properly, and that a third operation has been necessary. They are leaving for their Swampscott home about the middle of April—a month earlier than usual.

Mr. and Mrs. Burt Redfield are preparing to plan a Victory Garden as soon as weather permits. In the meantime Mrs. Redfield is busy completing a large hooked rug, done in the modern style, which Burt says "looks like an oil painting." She has been studying for five years with Mrs. Prescott of Hampton Falls, N. H.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazen spent the winter in Santa Barbara, California. They left their home in Lewistown, Montana, the middle of November and remained on the Pacific Coast until late in April. "Fush" is looking forward to our 55 th reunion and hopes that transportation at that time will not be the problem it is now.

THREE BIRTHDAYS

It is to be noted that three of the living members of our class have the distinction of having been born on the same day of the month—May 24th—as was the birthday of Queen Victoria of England. They are Frank Reynolds, Walter Sullivan—our incomparable "Sully"—and Frank Hazen. Born in the above order in successive years, Frank Reynolds will be observing his 78th birthday on May 24th this year.

Congratulations and best wishes, and may this tri-personal community of nascency long continue as a living trio.

Secretary, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass. Class Agent, Hartford Electric Light Company, Hartford, Conn.