1905

With a courageous enthusiasm that is undismayed by the perils of such a trip in these troubled days Bob and Edna Falconer are off on another of their long journeys. This is no less an undertaking than to encircle completely that great complex called Africa. I wish space permitted me to quote their itinerary. In brief they started on the S.S. "Queen Victoria" and from London on the Union Castle Liner "Rhodesia Castle"; they were to sail through the Mediterranean and down the east coast to Capetown. Hence inland they hope to see the snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Victoria Falls, and, on the west coast, to visit various of the newly formed states. From Dakar they conclude their travels with stops at Lisbon, Majorca, and Barcelona, whence they are to fly home in early March. Best of luck, Edna and Bob! We'll want to see some of your pictures some day.

A very pleasant letter from Fred Chase, now in Florida, tells of an interesting visit he had in Hadley and Williamstown. Among the old friends he saw were Jimmy Huntington '02, Martha Emerson and Laura Lord Scales. (They had lunch together at Jimmy's home in Hadley.) He also saw Caroline Copeland, Rufus and Emily Day's daughter, in Williamstown. There he was taken to the Clark Museum - "wondrous - a new white marble temple with a fine collection of paintings and old silver."

C. C. and Isabel Hills were to leave for Florida in December to spend six weeks in Orlando and then on to Mt. Dora. We hope they are not encountering too cold weather.

It was good to receive a Christmas card from Bill and Dorothy Blatner. Bill always has an unusual touch, this time a whimsical story about Benjamin Franklin.

I'm happy to be able to report that Shirley Cunningham's wife Louise is on the first leg of her return home after undergoing successfully a dangerous, difficult operation at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. At the time of writing she is staying with her sister, Mrs. Irene Gartley, in Verona. N. J. Mildred had a telephone conversation with her and we plan to see her in the near future. Pleasant convalescence and good luck, Louise.

In a cordial note Marjorie McCabe Wust, the eldest child of Frank McCabe, tells of interesting visits with Percy Ladd, with whom she had become acquainted while he had been living with his daughter in Maryland, and also with Myron Witham '04, of undying football fame, and his wife, who live in Burlington, Vt., near Percy.

Stanley Besse writes that he had a telephone visit with Les Studwell. Since the death of his sister Les lives alone but appeared to be well. "Tub" also informed me that Walter Emery is not well. We have missed Walt at our reunions where he used to be one of the "regulars."

About the first of January Ruth andCharlie Goodrich will become neighbors of Fred Chase in Dunedin, Fla. Address: 624 Louden Ave.

By the time this reaches your searching eyes New Year's Day like Christmas will be a thing of the past, but I would like to wish you all, men, women, children, grandchildren - and great-grandchildren - a year of satisfaction and joy.

Secretary, 358 North Fullerton Ave. Upper Montclair, N. J.

Treasurer, Box 91, Cambridge 40, Mass.

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