1890

After our graduation Charles Albert Perkins was our class secretary until his death in 1930. He became a leading attorney of New York City and at one time was District Attorney of New York County. "Perk" left one son, Albert, Dartmouth '25, who lives with his family in Mamaroneck. We learn from him that Mrs. Perkins passed away last October after an illness of several years. She was a graduate of Smith and did post-graduate work at Yale, Cornell, Munich, and Heidelberg. One of her special subjects was Sanskrit. At her Suffern, N. Y., home she was active in community projects, and also in her West Dennis summer home. Albert's little daughter goes to school in Massachusetts and John is booked for Dartmouth 1952

Billy Morgan seems to be definitely on the mend. He was in Doctor's Hospital for several weeks. He had contracted an infection and became quite ill. We hope he will continue to improve and be able to spend a long vacation at his summer home.

Hilton also has had a set-back and spent ten days in the hospital. His secretary has just written that he seemed stronger and has his unfailing optimism, as always.

Alvin Bacon related the following concerning Will E. Reed '9O: "While living in BarranquiUa, S. A., I met two machinists who were installing the machines of the U. S. Shoe Machinery Cos., in a shoe factory in that city. Inquiring if they had come in contact with a missionary named Will Reed they related the following: 'After installing the machines we were instructing the natives how to operate the machines when a yellow fever epidemic hit the city. We were both victims. One got off lightly, but the other had the virulent, malignant kind. Mr. Reed did all that was humanly possible, exposing himself to the contagion, providing nurses, doctors and personally attending to our wants. Without his help one of us would never have recovered. He risked his life whenever he came near us. We insisted that he allow us to pay him for the expense of medicine, nursing and incidentals, but not a cent could we force him to take. "All I have done is a part of my job," was all he would say.' His whole life was one of unselfish service."

The Geroulds' daughter Virginia, Mrs. Thomas Kyd Macdonald, and family, sailed for Southampton on the Queen Mary on Sunday, April 7, on their way to Aberdeen, Scotland. "Tom's" name was incorrectly reported as "Kay" in the April '90 notes; his middle name is pronounced like "Kidd."

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