1910

When a well-meaning fellow sits down face to face with the keyboard of a raring-to-go typewriter, preparatory to concocting a column of news about a group of roughly 175 guys of approximately the same age, he sometimes is open to argument prompted by one of that same group who writes, "too many of our time seem to be suffering from that incurable disease - old age." He is likely to wonder whether it is old age, indifference, or just plain procrastination, that causes the dearth of information about the activities of the aforementioned group.

One item of interest comes in a newspaper clipping supplied by our reliable Pacific Coast correspondent, Dick Carpenter. It concerns a Tenner son-in-law - Dr. John W. Ratcliffe, President of the Bay Area Hope Medical Staff. His wife is our retired missionary Robbie Robinson's daughter, Elizabeth. Dr. Ratcliffe has served on the hospital ship "S.S. Hope" and this occasion was a fund-raising $100-plate banquet preparatory to equipping the ship for a nine-month humanitarian visit to Peru. As Carp observes, "Robbie has a son-in-law carrying forward the service to mankind which has played so important a part in the careers of Robbie and Mary."

While Hap Hinman has spent many winters in Florida he still loves the good old New England winters in which he was raised. He writes, "It has been an excellent winter here in New Hampshire - some cold and snow as we expect and need for the state's economy - but healthful and beautiful. I really love it. Sitting in the picture window of a well-heated room watching the snow fall gently on the outside brings quietude and a personal complacency of soul, mind, and body that are difficult to equal."

Mentioning New England reminds us that another Tenner who was raised there, Don Greenwood, after a long period living in Illinois, has returned to Farmington, Me., where he started out in life. Our traveling ambassador. Whit Eastman, included quite a host of Tenners en route to and fro in connection with his winter trip to Central America to track down the birds. He and Karen visited with the Ernie Unangsts in their Eau Gallie home. They had dinner with the Cheever Comeys in Fort Myers. Next stop was a call on Ned and GladysLoveland who,, this season purchased a permanent home in Fort Myers. Later the visits were with the Mike Elliotts and the Jim Porters on Sanibel Island. A phone call turned into a visit with Dave Colwell at Fort Lauderdale. Easty was unable to locate Walter Norton, Bones Jones and JackBates who are annually in the Sunshine State. Easty sure gets around following his hobby and makes the most of every trip to look up Tenners.

Word from Burt Miller down in Baton Rouge, La., indicates that while some progress has been made on his old shoulder injury, there is yet much to be done to clear up the knee injury received way back when the Cavalry Company from the Albany, N. Y., area went to the Mexican Border with Pershing. Burt writes, "I probably have been hospitalized and had more operations than any other Tenner and never yet did any Tenner passing through this Sportsman's Paradise State stop to see me. I get darn lonesome for you all." The Mexican Border affair was brought up to date recently when Herb Coar sent to your Sec. a snapshot taken at the Plattsburg Barracks of the Ist Provisional Training Regiment in the summer of 1917. We cannot make out all in this Tenner Group but can be certain of RaySeymour, Inky Taylor, Maurice Blake, LouWallace, Ray Gorton, Hoitt Charlton, MontyFall and Herb Coar. 1917 was a long time ago!

We have to record another break in our ranks. Harry Dore passed away early in April, at the Harbor Hospital in York, Me. Our sympathy has been extended to his family.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PL, Troy, N. Y.

Class Agent, 8 N. Balch St., Hanover, N. H.