1904

45TH REUNION, JUNE 17-18-19

"Today is the first day of Spring and the weather is nice and springlike (48). Soon will be opening of trout season and I will be roaring to go—wish you could be along."—So wrote Michigan Brotherhood to Massachusetts Johnson on March 20. Jimmy says further, "In the old days I could catch trout right within the corporate limits of Grand Rapids—the Auto has changed things One has to go away up North to get good fishing." The Auto didn't do it—t'was the Brotherhood roar that drove the trout out of the city. Bill Craig and "Scotty" could have shown Jimmy how to do a Pied Piper on the trout family. Now Beck is in a lather to go out and feed mosquitoes, black flies and No-see-Ums for a week or so. All this to show that with the arrival of the Brotherhoods and Johnsons at Reunion there will be some NEW versions of "The big one I lost."

Bill Slayton dropped in a few days ago to get reunion news and spin a few yarns of his boyhood days in Lebanon where with Mrs. Slayton they have spent much of the winter with Mrs. Slayton's brother. Among other hings it has served to reacquaint Bill and 1900 Secretary L. B. Richardson, who went to Lebanon schools together but haven't seen each other for many years. Bill is in excellent health and spirits and will be glad to see all ,he 03-04-05 group at reunion.

The Rollins' are home from Florida East Coast-Bartletts arriving this week from Arizona—Woods from the West Coast of Florida, where the climate and swimming were greatly moyed—they had some time with the Rolfes who Stopped in Tryon, North Carolina, where they enjoyed a brief gossip period with BobFalconer recently returned from Texas. They had stopped off at Chattanooga for a night with the Fletchers—it is fair to think that all families mentioned here will be at Reunion.

This has been a football year at Dartmouth comparable in spirit and enthusiasm to the fall of 1903 when the Harvard Stadium was given at its christening a coat of everlasting green, which has served to cement the friendship of Harvard and Dartmouth more closely in all undergraduate contests.

Here's the Witham team in this MAGAZINE -many of these men will be at the reunion with their classes and there is already an undercurrent of interest which indicates at that time, the attendance of many footballers from the classes of '06 and '07.

A midwinter letter from Guy Woodward at Friday Harbor, Washington, brings the welcome news that since the stroke of five years ago, brought on by working at a 7000 foot altitude, he had been commandeered by the Soil Conservation Group to assist in making and carrying out conservation projects to salvage for sheep and cattle grazing the greatest possible percentage of a 13-inch rainfall on a three million acre conservation area which by these efforts was greatly improved. Good going, Guy.

Mary Perry has been joined at Harwich Port by her father, George W. Landers, a retired Army Major, and they are completing the building of the new house on Braddock Lane which they started to build on Louis' retirement in November.

Josephine, wife of Charlie Tubbs, died at their home in Bath on April 8. Services Monday the 11 th from Grace Episcopal Church, Bath, with burial Tuesday at Winchendon, Mass. Long lives of service to others build up memories that are more comforting than the sympathy of friends. We shall look forward hopefully to a reunion opportunity of companionship and reminiscence with Charlie.

Secretary, Canaan Street, Canaan, N. H.

Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.

Class Agent, 9 Foxcraft Rd., Winchester, Mass.