1889

The only living member of the Class of1889, my 90th birthday on April 29 wasspent in Kittery Point, Me., at the home ofmy relative Joseph William Pepperrel Frost,who owns and, with his wife Rebecca andtwo young daughters, lives in the PepperrellMansion built "in 1682 by Colonel WilliamPepperrell, from whom we both are descendants. It was here that Colonel Pepperrell'sson, Sir William of Louisburg fame, wasborn, lived and died. The mansion is completely restored and today is one of the oldest and most beautiful of the historic colonialhouses in the country.

Early forenoon of my birthday we motoredto the adjoining town of Eliot, formerly apart of Kittery, where we visited the oldBartlett hand-hewn, oak-timbered, two-storyhouse with slated roof, still in excellentcondition, which was built in 1740 by mygreat-great-great-grandfather, Captain Nathan Bartlett. Here five generations of theBartlett family, including my father, wereborn and reared. While there we visited thegraveyard where my father and mother lieburied. We then went to the adjacent two-story house with slated roof where I wasborn, and what a host of memories of thehappy days spent there during my youthcrowded my thoughts. Returning to thePepperrell Mansion a dinner of lobsterstaken that morning by a local fishermanfrom his traps at the Isles of Shoals broughtto an end a wonderful happy 90th birthday.

In the 1957 Alumni Fund Campaign contributions were made in memory of our following deceased members: George P. Bard, Henry P. Blair, David N. Blakely, Arthur Chase, Francis P. Dartt, Hardy S. Ferguson,Harry M. Frost, Nathaniel K. Noyes, Burt H.Redfield and James A. Wellman. Widows, relatives and friends wishing to pay tribute to deceased members in this year's campaign should mail their contributions before June 30 direct to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund, Hanover, N. H., and state in whose name and by whom (giving address) the contribution is made. Its receipt will be promptly and appreciatively acknowledged.

Secretary, Treasurer and BequestChairman, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.