1893

Judge Edwin B. Weston of Derry, N. H., is in bad shape. He has been since April 8 at a nursing home: 10 Green Street, Nashua, N. H. Word from Mrs. Weston, who unfortunately is also poorly, advises, as of July 10, that "Ted" was more comfortable and that he enjoys letters from classmates and friends.

A very interesting letter from Dr. Billy Redenbaugh written soon after his return to his summer home at Friday Harbor, Wash., from our Sixtieth Reunion tells of his impressions of Hanover and the College after more than fifty years away.

Space will not permit a complete report in this issue of the MAGAZINE. We will mention an item in this letter, however, which intrigued us. While in college he received special honors in geology as the result of a trip he made to Maidstone Cave, Vermont, with Miller (probably Dr. E. D. Miller). He tells about his trip in an earlier letter: "Being a small man, I squeezed through a small crevice into the inner recesses of the cave where I think no man except myself had penetrated. Miller was too thick to squeeze through. found it to be a typical 'ice cave.' The walls were covered with ice crystals although it was warm weather."

Billy had hoped to return to the cave to see what changes, if any, had taken place during the over sixty years since he was there, but he was unable to arrange it.

On his way back to "The Coast" he called on relatives at Peoria, Ill., his birthplace, and at Quincy, Ill., where he started his teaching career. He was pleased to meet one of the boys of his first class. This "boy" is now 70 years old.

At Seattle Billy checked with his patent attorney on the situation regarding patents on his sea-water-conversion inventions, and finally arrived at Friday Harbor in good condition. He is a most interesting man and we, who were at our Sixtieth, enjoyed him greatly.

Mrs. Harry Metcalf of Claremont regrets that she was unable to attend '93's Sixtieth, as she had planned to see her grandson graduate from the New York Naval College, Fort Schuyler, at the time of our reunion.

Mrs. Edward Griffith of Manchester, Vt., has returned from a visit with her new granddaughter, Rebecca Wilder Hoag, born July 21, 1953. Rebecca is the daughter of Lt. David Garratt Hoag and Mrs. Grace Edward (Griffith) Hoag.

The A horns will be at Lang Hall, 334 Third Ave. North, St. Petersburg, Florida, after October 22. Mail address is P.O. Box 1140.

Secretary and Bequest Chairman Cuttingsville, Vt. Treasurer, 160 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.