1899

February birthday greetings to Beal, Watson and Osgood!

At this writing, just at the start of the new year, Syracuse is having its first spell of real winter, but we have nothing on the rest of the country at that — only about six inches of snow, but doubtless more will come.

Margaret and. Dr. Rodney Sanborn are again at their winter home in Miami Shores, Fla., and by the time this reaches you, they will have been in attendance at the second inauguration of President Eisenhower in Washington.

Again Tim Lynch is spending the winter, as he has every year since 1944, at The Carolina, Pinehurst, N. C. He's still at his favorite sport, golf, plays about three times a week, hopes to improve his score, but overlooked mentioning what it is these days.

May and Kenneth Beal, out in the country as they are, sure are getting lots of pleasure from the new TV set Santa brought them. Both are well, but "K" had a tussle with a bronchial cold just before Christmas which sort of made them change the plans that had been made for the holiday. Grandson Tack drove up from Coast Guard School, Groton, and came for a brief call on December 29, his first leave since entering service.

Mrs. "Bones" Woodward is now in Lyn Wood Sanatorium, Winslow, Washington, as hers is now a hospital case. She is very near son Walter's home, and he and his wife Millie go to see her every day, but are much concerned about her general condition.

Rev. Roger Barney '37, son of our late classmate James L. Barney, continues his improvement from his polio attack of 1955 and is back home in Concord, but still goes to the local hospital three times a week for physical therapy. He is able to attend to many of his duties as Archdeacon of the Diocese, and on December 19 was the preacher when the Reverend Albert Snow was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood of St. Mary's Church in Ashland, N. H.

The sympathy of the Class goes out to Mary and Ed Nye in the loss of their youngest son Robert, who entered the hospital last May for what was supposed to be a minor operation. An unlooked-for condition was found and Robert passed away in September. By this time Ed is probably in Long Beach, Miss., where they have spent their past nine winters.

Glenna and Bill Wiggin made their annual trip to the Canadian border last summer to visit friends and to honor the graves of dear ones. Bill says he found a few old cronies still among the living, doing business at the same old stands, and for the most part prosperous. There seems to have been some rivalry between Bill and Jack Ash as to the size of their families, so just to keep the record up to date, here's how they stand. With a new great-granddaughter last May, Ash claims 25 descendants, while Wiggin claims 24. I hope each is right, but Bill says he has three "expecting" in the near future. So what? Bill's daughter's son, Tom Ray, is in service in Honolulu and his mother flew there on December 12 to spend Christmas with him, expecting to be home again for New Year's. Some speedy travel these days! Bill's youngest son Arthur, now sixteen years old, is getting to be some boy - six feet one, weight 180 and still growing! Bill himself is still troubled with rheumatism. Ash calls his arthritis. Last fall he was at Wheeler, Ore., attending a special clinic and hoping to be able to throw away at least one of his two canes, but is afraid it's no use and so had gone back to Corvallis.

For the first time in a long while Joe Gannon's three daughters and their families were with him for Christmas, a very happy occasion.

A 1901 group at the Outing Club House in June when the class held its 55th reunion.

Secretary, 659 Allen St., Syracuse 10, N. Y.

Treasurer, 836 Canovia Ave., Orlando, Fla.

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