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Bones and Mrs. Woodward were notified in February that their son, Lt. Richard Woodward, who was reported missing in action in November, is a prisoner of war of Germany.

Professor Benezet, who has had no vacation since September 1941, is having one now from February 20 to July 7. The first three weeks he planned to spend in Florida, giving Shakespeare lectures, two at Rollins College at Winter Park, and later another at Atlanta, Ga. After visiting Peddy Miller at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, he will speak at the Unitarian Church in Washington.

The Sanborns have been occupying their Miami home since November, Margaret all winter and Rodney tripping down now and then.

Historic Bells in New Hampshire is the title of a fifth book by Eva A. (Mrs. Guy) Speare. Among the bells in approximately two hundred churches a century and more of age scattered about New Hampshire, the author has described those which are genuine antiques; two score and more; their origin and place in church an 4 town. It is rich in historic lore and with many illustrations.

The class of Ninety-six has recently published its Ninth Report containing a report of its 45th Reunion, letters from class members and obituary articles of those gone beyond.

The letters tell of current life and activities, just what each would like to know about the others. These were the seniors of our fresman year, most of whom we knew well and remember. It was a small class, only fifty-five, strong in intellect. Eighteen were Phi Beta Kappa. Twenty-seven are now living.

Joe Hartley is working in a defense plant in Manchester, N. H., that is, during the winter. He spends most of the summer time, he says, communing with pine trees. He and Mrs. Hartley are in good health.

George Clark has been pretty much snowed in all winter with few diversions in addition to pig killing, barn chores and snow shoveling.

Louise W. C. P. Evans, widow of George Evans, died in Somerville, Mass., January 23.

Dr. Bonney has found quiet and peace in a suburb of Philadelphia where he has been living for the past two years. He is enjoying good health and makes his regular trips to give his lectures at the medical college in the city.

George Rounds and family, at their home in Birmingham, Mich., are all in good health and hopefully watching the horizon for the coming of the next reunion. George is personnel manager of the General Motors Building Division at Detroit. George Jr. is a Navy pilot.

Our minister, Montie Fuller, is still lame but manages to serve as a supply in various pulpits from time to time.

Hawley Chase attended the inauguration of the new Governor of New Hampshire at Concord where he met the new lady mayor of Portsmouth. He and Margaret spent some time in Boston in January and attended services at the Park Street Church where Win Adams was once a member of the choir quartet.

Weary Wardle has resigned as chief engineer of the Consolidated Paper Corporation, Limited, at Grand Mere. Quebec, but is remaining in a consulting capacity for a time. He has bought a house at Meriden, Conn. Mrs. Wardle will move there in May and Weary will follow later.

Our Dr. Hoppy's book has met with much acclaim and about 900 copies were sold prior to February. There was a good review of it by L. B. Richardson '00, in the December ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and one in the New Hampshire Troubadour in January. There is talk of having it dramatized for a motion picture. But don't wait for that. Send to Hoppy for a copy. You'll enjoy reading it.

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