1885

There comes to the secretary occasionally some notice of an incident that recalls the activities of a former '85 man. Such was the dedication of a new parish house adjoining the renovated meeting house (oldest in Plymouth, Mass.) of the old Congregational society founded in 1630. Rev. Arza Herbert Armes was pastor of this parish for four years before his retirement in 1928. There he lived in the same parsonage and preached from the same pulpit occupied by his father, the Rev. Josiah Lyman Armes, for four years prior to 1850. It was his first parish. Representing both father and grandfather at the dedication were H. Lyman Armes '12 and Mrs. Armes. It also recalled the trip that John Colby, Life Philbrick, Frank Allard and I took when I drove the other three down to Manomet and broke bread with Arza and Mrs. Armes. The roads in the '20s were not super-highways nor were the cars of that era as easy riding as the '54 models. Carefully observing the then speed limit of 20 miles per hour we eventually came to a stretch of new concrete pavement, whereupon Allard said, "Whatever you do, don't leave this road." To this day whenever in my travels I strike an exceptionally good piece of road I recall Allard's advice.

Prof. Beatrice Allard Brooks spent several weeks in New Mexico during the summer; her first trip to the West. Her son, Frank Allard Brooks, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Celina, Texas.

The secretary's granddaughter, Judith Austin, took a trip around the world during her summer vacation, traveling principally by air. Through her contacts at the University of Washington with students from foreign countries she was privileged to visit several homes in Germany and India, becoming a member of the family, and thus being able to see actual living conditions.

Secretary and Treasurer Warner, N. H.