1905

Held over from last month, the first two items are of real interest. They came with notes of regret at not being able to attend our reunion.

Gene Musgrove, who is under doctor's orders to avoid any extra exertion, writes that he was very much pleased and gratified at the response to the gift of his book of poems, "Life Lines." He did not attempt to acknowledge the letters he received, first, because there were 375 of them and anyway they were personal thank-you notes. We were all sorry that Gene could not join us.

We were disappointed, too, that Ned Estes found that he could not be with us. He included with his note mention of the fact he played the Memorial Service for Ernest Bradlee Watson '02 in Hanover in June of this year. As you will recall, Ned and Bradlee were colleagues and pals for many years at Robert College. These two men were in the Red Cross in Paris during the tragic days of World War I and their children grew up together.

"Cy" White celebrated his birthday September 7 with Hilda at the Overlook Hotel in Ogunquit to attend the annual gathering of the State Library Association of Maine. Congratulations, Cy, on the event and the "marvelous" time you had.

Their zeal for travel undimmed by their long African trip. Bob and Edna Falconer made a smaller but by no means meager trip to the Great Lakes region this summer. Bob was particularly interested to revisit Mackinac and Petoskey whither, as a boy, he went with his parents for many years. Two stops on his way going out and returning are of special mark. At East Aurora, N. Y., all that was left of Elbert Hubbard's Roy Craft Shop was the Philansterie, now expanded into the Roy craft Inn. Out of the fascination that he felt for that remarkable man, Bob spent the summer of 1904 with Hubbard and his associates and secured him as a speaker at a Smoke Talk in the Commons that autumn, as many of us will recall.

I am indebted to Roger Brown for some news items. He had seen Fred Chase and Charlie and Jessie Brooks and found them in good health. Oscar Gilbert was in somewhat better health than earlier in the summer. On the other hand Allen Smith's health is not at all good, we're sorry to report. The Lillards are on a trip to Europe. I hope I may have more news of them later. You will have read the arresting report that Lil has mailed as Bequest Chairman.

Note address: Chester M. Lawrence, 78 River St., Woodstock, Vt.

With sorrow I must announce the death of Percy Ladd. In these latter years, when he had been freed from the responsibility of the loving and devoted care that he had given his invalid wife, he had attended our reunions regularly and eagerly. Percy was not only an engaging conversationalist but also a faithful and constant correspondent; his letters, in the breadth and variety of interest, were reminiscent of a bygone day when letter writing was an art. He was a truly cultured Christian gentleman. Our deep sympathy is extended to his daughter and her family in their great loss.

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