1908
A new 1908 Class Directory was published in June. A very limited number are available from your news editor or secretary. A new feature is the list of addresses of interested class widows.
New addresses: Miles C. Gardner, 66 Hillendale Street, Rochester 19, N. Y.; Mrs. T. E. Andrew, 27 Quincy Street, Methuen, Mass.
A total of 29 classmates and wives enjoyed an informal reunion on Commencement weekend with quarters in Gile Hall. _ The Class of 1908 went over the top in the 1962 Alumni Fund drive with contribu- tions of $7510 on a quota of $7190.
T Edwin Andrew, treasurer and a direc- tor of the F. M. and T. E. Andrew Corpora- tion of Lawrence, Mass., died on June 8 at the Bon Secours Hospital, following a short illness. Although with us freshman year only, he was a loyal member of the class and had contributed to the 1962 alumni fund a few weeks before his death. More details on his life will be found in the In Memonam section of this or a subsequent issue of the Magazine. . m
Your editor called on Edward and Elea-nor Bartlett early in July and spent the night at Ed’s ancestral home in Belcher- town, Mass. Elsewhere is a picture of the Bartletts in front of their home.
Chick Currier reports an enjoyable reun- ion of the South California ’oBers when he and Allan Perkins with their wives motored to San Gabriel and had a real old-fash- ioned visit with Jimmie Norton and DickMerrill with their wives.
John H. (Rosie) Hinman recently sent me a well and profusely illustrated copy of a brochure, “Multiple Use of the Forests,” a progress report from the International Pa- per Company, with the following dedication by our Rosie: “Multiple use has been tried in both the United States and Canada. Most informed and thoughtful people who are concerned with the long-range contributions the forests can make to the economic, so- cial, and spiritual lives of our nations sup- port this approach to the question of forest land use.”
Art Hopkins writes as of August 14: “I am looking forward to attending the 55th reunion next year. I think I should tell you that my resignation as Executive Secretary of the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission has been accepted, effective Oc- tober 1, 1962.”
Stacey Irish had a double tragedy in May. On the sth his daughter Edith’s hus- band, Harold F. Ames of Evanston, died as a result of an auto accident a week previous, and on Stacey’s birthday. May 27, his wife Bernice suffered a mild heart attack which put her in a hospital in Evanston. However, at last reports she was making good progress in recovery.
Our sympathy is extended to our hard- working “class agent. Art Lewis. Art en- tered the Peter Bent Brigham hospital in Boston on July 4 and following an opera- tion returned home after three_ weeks. On August 14 he reported, “Have just put my dear Naomi in the hospital. She has had her second shock and I am terribly con- cerned.”
Dick Merrill reports that on July 7 “Helen and I have just passed our 51st milestone of married bliss (or mutual for- bearance) whichever you choose.” _ .
Dana Parkinson reports: “Since retiring from Forest Service I have a light job as timekeeper at Sheraton Park Hotel and off days have been putting two coats of paint on our three-story house. . . . Mrs. and I have been fortunate so far.” . r*-> 1 +■ r\ UrtrtHot O A
Larry Treadway sent me a booklet adver- tising the newest link in the Treadway Chain, the University Treadway Inn at Can- ton, N. Y., on the St. Lawrence University Campus, located between the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Adirondacks. He wrote “My arthritis is clearing up good on 75 gr. of as- pirin a day and lots of exercise. Unfortu- nately I am quite deaf and only drive lo- cally. There is quite an argument with the doctors as to whether it is aspirin or old ag<L', ....
Plans are now under way for our 55th Reunion on June 14-16, 1963. Your editor has been drafted as reunion chairman with the following members to “Advise and Con- sent”- Art Soule, Larry Symmes, GeorgeSquier, Larry Treadway and Maybelle Glea- son for the ladies.
Eleanor and Edward Bartlett ’OB shownin front of the ancestral Bartlett home inBelchertown, Massachusetts.
Class Notes Editor R.F.D. 1, Laconia, N. H. Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y. Treasurer, 17 Harland Place, Norwich, Conn
