1888

The New Year's letter from President Pattee to the men of '88 was sent to all members and a few friends, and the secretary received several most appreciative replies. All expressed regret because of the serious illness of Mrs. Pattee, the result of a cerebral hemorrhage last summer.

Mrs. Lee F. English has closed her farm in Munro, N. H., and taken an apartment in the village itself for the duration of our New England winter.

Dunlap and wife have summered and wintered in St. Petersburg, Fla., and like the climate, but Fred writes that he would still enjoy the snow-country in New Hampshire if he could improve in health. "It would be fun to dive head first into a snowdrift again," he says. Dunlap was retired in '37 because of ill health, after many years with the National Surety Corp. of N. Y. His letter shows the effects of "the hill-winds in his veins," Hovey's lyric expression of "sporting blood," and the spirit that still exists to take it out on a snow shovel.

Spalding reports a letter from Frank J. Davis, who is living with Mrs. Davis in Oakland, Calif. His health is not of the best, but he takes his daily walks and does light work about the yard. He has one son in business in Cleveland, Ohio. Davis and Spalding were roommates sophomore year in the Rood House, now the location of Webster Hall. The writer was also under the same roof that year and fails to recall which of them was the more earnest student.

Mrs. Maud Short, widow of Wallace Short, died November 21, 1945, at St. Luke's Hospital in New York after a long illness. She will be remembered by those who were guests at the Malone, N. Y., home as a gracious hostess, and her attendance at many reunions gave her a wide acquaintance with classmates. Short died in 1934. Mrs. Short leaves two sons and a daughter. William Short was in Dartmouth, class of '24, and is now in business in New York City. Wallace Short, an Annapolis graduate, has just returned from the Pacific service, where he was Commander and received three Navy Crosses. He is married and expects to be stationed in Washington for some time. Margaret lives in Syracuse, N. Y., her husband being a professor at Syracuse University.

A letter from Mrs. Flora B. Nelson, second wife and widow of Sam Nelson, tells about the Nelson Family. After her husband's death January 10, 1941, Mrs. Nelson spent two winters at Lawrence, Mass., returning to her farm summers. During the past three years she has made her home at Barton, Vt., with her son Charles. Sam's eldest son, Moulton H. Nelson, has lived in Tampa, Fla., for twenty-five years. He has two sons, Harold aged 19, who is in the Navy and a younger son Clyde. The eldest daughter, Marjorie Nelson Kennerson, lives on a farm at Albany, Vt., and has one daughter who attends the Barton High School. Forrest R. Nelson resides in Lawrence, Mass., and has a family of five girls, three of whom attend the local High School. Floyd B. Nelson is unmarried and lives in Devon, Conn., as also does an unmarried sister, Kathleen W. Nelson. Florence (Mrs. A. B. Burnham) makes her home in Burlington, Vt., and has a family of eight children: six girls and two boys, the eldest being just sixteen. Robert H. Nelson lives in Watertown, Conn., and has a family of four boys and two girls. The eldest son has just reached his seventeenth anniversary. Mrs." Nelson writes of Sam's constant interest in his Dartmouth classmates and of the pleasure he received from the many cards and letters sent to him during the years. We think Sam's record of twenty-one grandchildren leads the class.

Secretary, 135 Summer St., Maiden, Mass. Treasurer, 32 Claflin St., Milford, Mass.