1908

Another stalwart has left us. Ebcn W.Fiske, affectionally known to us as "Wink," for many years a prominent orthopedic surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pa., passed away on September 13 at the Falmouth, Mass., Hospital after a massive brain hemorrhage. He had been in poor health since his retirement in 1956 but was able to attend our 55th reunion with his faithful wife Dorothy. Details of his life and activities will be found in the "In Memoriam" section of this or a subsequent issue. Tat Badger,Sumner Crosby, Elisha Winslow, Art Lewis,Win Griffin and the Amidons represented our class at the funeral and Larry Symmes sent a memorial in the name of the class to the Free Bed Fund of St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital in Pittsburgh where Wink served as orthopedic surgeon for 24 years.

A letter from "Nick" Carter in the Philippines reports everything moves at a casual moderate pace and he expects to live another 10 years at that rate. He reports 9 children, two of whom are named for good Republicans, Herbert Hoover and Douglas MacArthur. Nick keeps in touch with New Hampshire politics and thinks the old Yankees must be dying out if they would stand for the election of a Democratic governor and senator.

Ted Dunn reports that his daughter Janet, who is vice-principal and dean of girls at a high school in La Puente, Calif., came east for her vacation and they spent the month of July at Bass River on Cape Cod.

Crosby Hoar reports that Raymond andLillian Marsh were tendered an "at home" on September 21 by their son and daughter and spouses, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Marsh and Mr. and Mrs. William M. McGhee, in celebration of the elder Marshes' 50th wedding anniversary which occurred a few days earlier. More than a hundred guests attended and '08 was represented by DanaParkinson and Crosby Hoar. Congratulations!

Stacey Irish reports that he and Bernice spent two weeks at their daughter Edith's home in Kenilworth, Ill., while Edith was attending a conference in Colorado Springs and visiting her sister Ruth McHugh who lives there. Four of Edith's older children were in summer camp but Grandpa and Grandma with the help of a maid were baby sitters for the two youngest.

Larry and Dorothy Symmes spent six weeks in Europe including several days behind the "Iron Curtain," leaving July 24 for Ireland and returning Sept. 4 from Paris. They traveled through Ireland, London, Amsterdam, where they joined a bus tour to Berlin, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria, and back to Amsterdam. After four days in London they took another bus trip through Belgium, Luxemburg, West Germany, and the Austrian Tyrol to Lucerne, Switzerland. Larry reports that the eastern countries have improved their way of life considerably since their last trip four years ago.

Earl Wiley, our Emeritus Professor of Languages, read a paper on "Aristotle's Topoi: Patterns of Persuasion" on August 8 before the summer colloquium of the Enthymeme Society, presumably in his home town of Columbus.

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