1908

Captain Edward C. Farrington, better known as "Chip" or "Major" of Norfolk, Conn., passed away on December 29 after a brief illness. Chip was born in Revere, Mass., March 25, 1885. He came to college from Chelsea High School and was a well-known and well-liked member of the class. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He joined the Library Bureau in Hartford following his graduation. He served on the Mexican border and in World War I, from which service he was discharged as a captain. Chip returned to Norfolk after the war, engaged in farming a short time, and then became a representative for Putnam and Co., investment brokers, with which organization he was connected at the time of his death. He married Doris W. Ferree of Hartford on October 14, 1914, who survives him with his son Edward C. Farrington Jr. of Baltimore, and two grandsons. Chip helped organize the Dartmouth Club of Hartford in 1911 and was its first president. He was a member of the University Club of Hartford, the Litchfield County University Club and the Norfolk Country Club. He maintained his interest in the class and in the College. He will be greatly The sympathy of everyone in the class goes to his widow and son and other members of his family.

Friends and co-workers in the Forestry Service bade farewell to Assistant Chief RaymondE. Marsh at a reception in Washington on January 5. On behalf of members of the Service he was presented with a Royal portable typewriter, a Book of Letters, and a scroll depicting highlights of his career. The scroll carried the following tribute:

1910-1950 RAYMOND E. MARSH

A pioneer in the science of forestry, able administrator, beloved friend:

The Forest Service is stronger today because of your untiring and unselfish devotion to duty. For 40 years you have pushed forward the frontier of forestry knowledge and advanced public conservation policies. You have stood firm in times of trouble and doubt. You will always be a trusted friend.

From the time you received your Master of Forestry degree from Yale University through your service as Assistant Chief of the Forest Service, your faith in forestry has burned with a steady, sure flame. You played a leading role in the protection and management of timber, range and water resources of the National Forests. You developed timber management techniques of lasting value. You had major responsibility in the Forest Survey. You .have been a leader in successive appraisals of the Nation's forest situation. You have given wise counsel in matters of legislation and policy. Well done, Ray Marsh!

Ray retired from the Service on December 31. In announcing Ray's retirement, Chief Watts said in part:

"I believe that no man now in the Forest Service has made a greater contribution to forestry in America than has Ray Marsh, and so we are going to have to close our ranks just as we did after some other fine men left, and carry on.... This morning the Secretary signed a. certificate designating Mr. Marsh as a lifetime collaborator to the Forest Service and the Department. I take pleasure in presenting that certificate at this time."

On Syd Ruggles' return trip to Goose Bay, while waiting at Westover Field for the plane, he took a trip to Holyoke and called on Mort Hull and Jack McElwain.

Harry Harriman of Clearwater, Fla., who staged a one-man class reunion in Hanover last June, had such a good time with members of 1907 who were there, that he is again urging an informal reunion this June. He plans to stay at Clearwater until about May 1. He and Howard Hilton, also of Clearwater, are planning to attend the Treadway reunion at Vero Beach in March.

Jack Everett broke through the drifts of Kennebec County and spent the night at the Hanover Inn late in January.

Park Stickney represented the class at the Hanover Holiday in Chicago on February 3, at which President John Dickey and three members of the faculty spoke. The Class Notes Editor had made all plans to attend but an imminent dead line for the completion of a reply brief made attendance impossible. Park was a little disturbed by the fact that except for one other man he was the oldest alumnus in sight. Dick Danforth's son also attended. He was in town attending a motor boat show espousing Dick's famous anchor.

New Addresses

Capt. Donald Frothingham, Rutter & Co., 20 Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y. U.S.N.R. Retired. Crosby A. Hoar, 1817 N. Kenmore St., Arlington, Va. Raymond E.Marsh, 5222 Chevy Chase Parkway, Washington 15, D. C. Retired.

Class Notes Editor, 602 Central National Bank Bldg. Rockford, Ill.

Secretary, : 115 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, ARTHUR BARNES Taftville, Conn.

Class Agent, 125 Walnut St., Watertown 72, Mass.