1900

If the writer's memory serves, Florida was discovered by one Ponce de Leon who was in search of the Fountain of Eternal Youth. Whether the members of our Class who are now there (this is being written to meet a February 6 deadline) are similarly motivated, we cannot say.

George Tong writes in from Santa Barbara, Calif., that in late December they had a cloudburst and even after spending half an hour shoveling sand off the sidewalk, it was too cool to sit outdoors.

Reports come back to Larchmont of cold weather in Florida. Word has not as yet reached us of the annual frost ruining of the citrus crop, but we expect this news any time now.

The following is not to be construed as a plug for Westchester County. We have no thunder showers at this season, nor necessity for shoveling sand. Neither have we the waving palms of Florida; but we can look out on grass that is still a bit green and when driving, we see unfrozen ponds; we have three radiators with which we are obliged to wrestle to keep the temperature below 74; the local chain stores carry the Florida and California fruits and vegetables. Why go South? Following is a list of those who disagree: Bigelow Belleair; Fletcher Titusville; Jonakowski Sarasota (permanent); Proctor - Clearwater Beach; Warden Ormond Beach (perma- nent); Rankin and Cristy - St. Petersburg.

Mac furnishes the following statistics. In the Class Report of 1950 is a genealogical summary. The following corrections should be made. Since that date, 29 additional grandchildren have been reported to us and 13 additional great-grandchildren; total descendants as of February 1953 appear to be 248 children, 343 grandchildren and 21 great- grandchildren. Total 612.

From the above data you can see how dependent your Secretary is on Florida and genealogy for material.

Secretary, Chatsworth Gardens Larchmont, N. Y. Treasurer, 212 Mill St., Newtonville 60, Mass.