1894

Mrs. Blakely has written a note to thank the class for the flowers which Maurice Sherman secured for her husband's funeral. She says: "I am sure the trumpets of Heaven all sounded when his gallant soul entered "through the Gates into the City.' His joy in last year's Reunion has been a source of real happiness to him all through the year and the memory of those rare heart warming days with you will always be a joy to me too."

Billy Ames represented the class at a reception given to Woody Parker and his wife on the occasion of the forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. It was given at Woody's Howard Johnson Restaurant at Portsmouth, N. H. It was a surprise party and mainly attended by relatives and friends from Hudson. Says Billy: "More than thirty sat down to a delectable lobster dinner with all the trimmings." Congratulations, Woody and Mrs. Woody!

New addresses have come in from the Alumni Records Office, namely: William M. Ames, 89 Prospect St., Spmersworth, N. H. (this is where class dues are received); Edwin 6. Grover, 630 Camellia Ave., Winter Park, Fla. Mrs. Edgar C. Hodsdon has accepted a position as House Mother at the University of Pennsylvania for the coming year Billy Wallis is spending the summer with his friend, Roiand Stevens, at Hartford, Vt The Boston gang got together late in June in order duly to commiserate themselves over the absence of President Allen during the month of July. Seven were present, as follows: Lyon, Curley Bartlett, Knowlton, Howland, B. Smalley Ames and C. C. Merrill. The president was conspicuous by his absence, alleging a business engagement.

The secretary's bid to Ben Welton for a letter has "drawn blood." Ben comes through with three pages in a very legible chirography. He starts out by a deft compliment to this column which he calls "a dull record of class notes," in the midst of which he found my request. Then he goes on to speak of three months which the Weltons spent last winter in Mexico. He had his car towed from Detroit to Dallas by a business friend, and then used A Coupons, which his wife had been saving, to take him to the Border. On the return trip he started across the line with a full tank of Mexican gas and then the A Coupons that had been accumulating were enough to get them to New Orleans, whence they shipped the car back to Detroit. Some clever planning, I'd say! As to the rest, Ben whets our appetite for the Fifty-fifth by telling us that he took a lot of colored movies which he will be glad to show the class. Most important, however, in Ben's letter is his announcement of an intention to retire and to try to find a home in Vermont or New Hampshire for the summer, and another in some sunny clime for the winter. He asks all men residing in Vermont or New Hampshire to aid him in finding such a place, and it will be up to Eddie Grover and Gibbon to render similar aid in the South. Thank you very much, Ben! The secretary also has letters on hand from Major Tenney and Gibbon, which he will summarize in a later issue.

Secretary, REV. 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge (38), Mass Treasurer, 89 Prospect St., Somersworth, N. H.