1904

This column has had little news of Arthur E. Warner, long time New Jersey newspaperman who has been appointed news editor of Long Branch, N. J., Record as a step in expanding the paper's news-gathering facilities for postwar developments. Since college years he has served four years in the New Jersey Assembly, was a staff member of the New YorkJournal several years; managing editor of the Elizabeth, N. Times during Arthur Brisbane's ownership; production, then business manager of the Newark Ledger, and more recently with the New York World Telegram and the Union City, N. J., Hudson Dispatch.

Pen and Mrs. Mower spent some time on the Pacific Coast last fall and Pen had a nice visit with Bob Fiske in Portland, Ore. Bob retired from business two years ago but became active again at the request of the Government and is doing some estimating for an engineering concern. Bob's daughter teaches school and they have a home in one of the Portland suburbs. He was greatly interested in news of the class in New England, and was concerned as to Pen's bridge game which, as reported in this column, had pictured Pen as a consistent loser. "Simply a matter of uninformed reporting. We are enjoying a trip to your coast, and you haven't seen Rollins, Rolfe or Sexton this far from home, have you?" Bob hopes to visit us in New England after the war ends.

"Look where you are going, you big Country Man," greeted me on the arrival of a morning train in Boston, January 18, and there were Sid and Mrs. Rollins also from the same train. The Rollins were en route for Worcester; Sid was returning to Boston the next day and an '04 lunch seemed simple. Half a day's telephoning proved that Friday isn't the day for a Boston picnic. Two groups resulted Rollins, Sexton and Mower, at noon; Robinson, Charron, Lampee and Austin, at one; Woods, Brewer, Ham, Bullock, and Kneeland, well, but busy.

American Aviation for February 1 carries a fine picture of Jig Leverone with W. A. Patterson, and the caption MlLLlON MILE AIR TRAVELER Louis Leverone, chairman of the Illinois Aviation Conference and chairman of the aviation committee of the Illinois Postwar Planning Commission, was congratulated by W. A. Patterson, president of the United Air Lines, on the occasion of his having completed his one-millionth mile of air travel. Leverone made his first flight in 1935 between Chicago and New York. The two were examining a new-type four-engined luxury liner model. Sid and Mrs. Rollins are sojourning in the National Capital, the real reason, to be on hand for the arrival of their tenth grandchild, a daughter, born to their daughter, Bettina on February 4. It's a case of East meets West in Washington for the schedule calls for a dinner of '04 men Rollins, Holton, Blanchard, Whittemore, Roby perhaps other Washingtonians on the night of February 10.

The date of the dinner for the five classes will be Friday, May 11, in Boston. It will be a worth-while evening. Put it on your engagement book NOW. Particulars later.

Webster Moulton, nineteen-year-old son of Gilman and Hazel Moulton, died of pneumonia January 22 after a long valiant fight to conquer tuberculosis. Webster was a grand boy, possessing the rare personal qualities that encourage and nourish a rich pattern of friendship. At Cushing Academy, continuously on the honor roll, he achieved success in basket- and baseball and the school paper; and after illness forced his withdrawal was recipient—ire absentia—of the PLINY BOYD AWARD—the highest Cushing recognition for character-ideals-influence.

At the service in the First Parish Church in York Village, Me., a letter from Dean Willard Sperry of the Harvard Divinity School contained this tribute "Those of us who have known him well and watched him through these last years wish now to pay tribute to his courage and his patience, his unfailing cheerfulness and his goodness of mind and heart. In his great trouble he has shamed us at our fretfulness over little troubles. We have not been able to do much for him but he has done very much for us."

It was ray privilege to represent you at this service.

Secretary, Canaan Street Lodge, Canaan, N. H. Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.