1888

When we have our next class Reunion a special guest must be Hope Gregory Bird, Gregory's daughter, who was such an attraction at the Fiftieth Reunion. It is good to hear from her, now the wife of Courtney Bird, the well known Boston stationer. It is a happy marriage, and four fine children keep Hope busy. The oldest daughter, Nancy Ann, a student at the Beaver Country Day School, is a versatile young lady and a gifted pianist. Attending the grade schools are Gail, Courtney Jr. and Warren Gregory Bird, who bears the name of our talented classmate.

Richard Paul of Paul, Paul & More, the Minneapolis law firm, is unable to go to the warm Arizona climate this winter, because of Mrs. Paul's health, but they look forward next summer to another two months in the Canadian Rockies at Jasper Park. Paul adds, "The next season will be our seventeenth there, where we have many friends from all over the country." Paul is still a golf player, which is a good omen of physical condition, and we all wish him to continue.

Greetings from Mrs. Sam Nelson and family of Barton, Vt., are sent to '88 at this time.

The Christmas letter of Pattee to the class and the note from the secretary stirred a gratifying response from our men. It is quite evident the '88 survivors are hibernating. We know that Spalding has a good easy chair at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. L. Burnham, in Melrose, Mass. Dick Ely is stoking his oil burner at West Townsend, Mass., and John Lew is watching the Exeter snowfiakes pile up. He reports the receipt of an enormous turkey at Christmas from an unknown friend, and thinks someone in '88 is the guilty donor. Walker's big Boxer dog is not getting his accustomed outdoor exercise with his master. Perhaps if he has proper indoor training he may come out a fine bird dog in the spring. Pattee and Dunlap are hibernating in Florida in Palm Beach clothes and reading SnowBound. Pattee is at Winter Park, where he says, everybody lectures. For years he was one of the lecturers at Rollins College, now he is in the audience. The writer would like to appear on his platform and speak on the subject, "What Form of Atomic English Should Be Addressed to a Balky Garage Door at Ten Degrees Above Zero?"

Secretary, 135 Summer St., Maiden, Mass.

Treasurer, 32 Claflin St., Milford, Mass.