1916

The 1916 Class Committee for the FantasticFortieth is working hard and effectively, and from their preliminary plans the whole event seems to be under control and shaping up to the best reunion ever. A class meeting and dinner were held at the Dartmouth Club in New York January 23, with Cap Williams as chairman. The 22 men present included, besides Cap himself, McKenzie, Creesy, Doenecke, Gran Fuller, Lowe, Telfer, Pettingill, DeVoe, Evans, Charlie Jones, Larmon, Parkhurst, Butler, Doyle, Ken Stowell, Dock, Gough, Brundage, he two Smiths, Fred St. George and plain George, and Craver. The various committee members gave the program a complete going-over and enlisted the aid and enthusiasm of the men present to help in rounding up the maximum percentage of living members of the Class to attend the Reunion and the Lock Lyme Post Reunion in June.

By accident, through Reunion activities, the secretary has learned of the death of Rev.Frederick R. Champlin, November 11, 1952. He died in Albion, Me. He was born in Westerly, R.I., January 1, 1883, and was with our Class only part of the course. He attended Colgate Academy, Hamilton, N.Y., and Bangor Theological Seminary in 1910.

By now everyone in New England (judging from the clippings that have been sent in) and many outside have heard the story of the Jones Boys, the fabulous terriers belonging to Warren and Margie Upham. By name Damon and Pythias, the two highly trained pets, remembering that their ancestors hunted foxes in England, took- off on a frolic of their own while out for a walk, and were gone for an agonizing period of time, until found by a George W. Carlson, who had heard of the Uphams' distress and returned the dogs to their home. The aid of the Boy Scouts was enlisted by signalling on the fire alarm in Maiden, and the boys responded nobly and made a wide but fruitless search for the dogs. The many friends who have had the pleasure of being introduced to the series of dogs which the Uphams have trained well understand the anxiety of Warren and Margie, and are happy with them that the famous pets got home safely.

Classmates in Florida at this writing: Heinieand Ruth George, at Pompano Beach; Lesand Mrs. Campbell, living at Geneva; HapWard, in St. Petersburg- George Howell, president of the Marine Midland Bank in Tampa; and the secretary at Ormond Beach. Gil Tapley is thinking it over and will probably end up by coming down; Glen Gould has a home in St. Petersburg in winter; and LaPierre and his wife come down annually to play golf. Livy Cole is well represented by his two daughters in Stetson U." at Deland. Jack English and Kay are sojourning in Orlando.

General Stewart Paul was the main speaker at a luncheon of the Commercial and Industrial Development Conference of Montgomery County, Md., in January. His topic was "Dispersal of the Federal Government Out of the Washington Area." This conference is composed of business interests which are determined to convert one of the most beautiful and desirable residential areas of the United States into a shambles of cheap homes, smoking chimneys and truck traffic.

The secretary promised to get an account of the European jaunt of Claire and Ev Parker, but so far has no knowledge as to whether they are back home or not. Here is a sample of a report they gave jack English from Paris: "We stretched our legs and did a lot of walking to limber up after our flight and to get acquainted with our neighborhood near the Place de l'Opera. We hiked to the Left Bank to find a sidewalk care (Les Deux Maggots) where Claire had done some sipping thirty years ago. After a drink we went to the Metro, to Les Halles and then walked home.... Our Renault was at the door with a driver to take us to the outskirts of Paris and put us on the road to Chartres. He gave me all the papers and turned the car over, all in French, as he knew no English and we no French. We resqueezed ourselves in and started out in our 1956 model which was quite a curiosity to the youth of France at every stop. The great Paris Auto Salon was being held and we evidently had one of the first cars put out." (More, Ev, more. This makes grand reading, and we want to get the rest of that trip.)

(Society Note.) Mrs. Bob Harvey, of"Washington, Milwaukee and Springfield, Mass., has been visiting her brother, Commander F.S. Wilson, at his winter home in Ormond Beach, Fla. Waxing eloquent about the Florida climate Mrs. Harvey said: "It's nice." Warning to all husbands, based on Mrs. Harvey's experience in Daytona Beach: Don't let your wife get near one of those auction sales, or you may have to mortgage the old homestead.

Just as these notes were about to be dropped into the mail box, who should wander into the Wilson jungle but Honey and Connie Abraham and son Louis, en route to Fort Lauderdale from the rigorous climate of Burlington, Vt. Honey says he finds each year his Burlington business keeps going, even with him on vacation. He also brought me greetings from Mase Huse, the Burlington Banker. Apparently I can see more classmates living in Florida than I would ordinarily see in ten years living in the Washington area, where strong men quail before that tangled traffic.

Granville B. Fuller (top), chairman of theClass of 1916's "Fantastic Fortieth" in June,will share reunion responsibilities "with Roderique F. Soule, the co-chairman.

Granville B. Fuller (top), chairman of theClass of 1916's "Fantastic Fortieth" in June,will share reunion responsibilities "with Roderique F. Soule, the co-chairman.

Secretary, Box 1998, Ormond Beach, Fla.

Treasurer, 27 Concord St., Nashua, N.H.

Bequest Chairman,