1914
Skoal and Wassail in this wintry December to the following children born in December: Curtis, Davidson, Dellinger, Donovan, Edson, Emerson, Gardner, Hallett, Hoyt, Littlefield, McLaughlin, Pooler, Welsh, and Wheelock.
Here's some news of your classmates. How about letting me have a few lines from you? Today?
At long last a very good letter from "Rubber" Floyd. He says it has been a very busy summer because he is his own yard man on three acres. He is active in the Lions Club, the Boy Scouts, the American Legion, and has a family membership at his country club. You may wonder about his rather unusual nickname. He says it was because when he was a youngster in knee britches he used to have an inordinate curiosity so the other youngsters, using the slang of that day long, long ago, called him "Rubber." Rubber has eight grandchildren, the oldest of whom takes him on at golf. Rubber does not say who wins.
"Win" Snow writes that he and WynWebber are already making plans for a tennis match at the 50th a year from June. Those of us who can just barely manage to get out of bed in the morning and carry a fork with trembling hands to our waiting mouths are just a little bit envious of these agile members in our class.
"Ducky" Drake, while in Maine last summer, ran across the trail of our silent man - Jack Reardon. This informant says that Jack has retired as Assistant Headmaster of the prestigious Taft School. We are not sur- prised that Jack rose to such heights, but we would be surprised - and pleased — to have Jack confirm this with just a little bit of news about his family.
"Ted" Main and Marion are comfortably settled in their new apartment overlooking the ocean at Coco Beach, Fla. I have an idea that he would welcome any Fourteeners who want to help him at surf-casting.
Dr. W. W. Washburn - Bill to you — and his handsome wife have been showing the Europeans how to get along after retiring from a busy surgeon's life. They picked up a car in Germany (Bill, if it's a Mercedes, I'll shoot you) and left no part of Europe and the British Isles unseen. Don't forget to include New London, N.H. again in your travels, Bill.
We used to call him "Lize," but his parents named him Arthur Stanley Wheelock. "Lize" reports the birth of his first grandchild, the daughter of his son Richard Wheelock, Dartmouth 1954. It must be like old times to be pushing a baby carriage around. This winter "Lize" is a substitute minister in Knoxville, Tenn., and we know that the parishioners are in for some illuminating sermons.
The merchant prince of Hanover - JohnM. Piane - underwent a very serious operation last summer. But he has the drive and finally is now back on the job every day. His interests are many - in fact, there is some talk of renaming Hanover and calling it St. John or Pianeville.
Did you call him "Paul" or "String"? It doesn't matter too much because according to his recent and welcomed letter, he is the same old Howe. He says he had retired but is back in the harness as a consultant to people he used to do his best to put out of business.
Fred Fraser is still active as Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Susquehanna, but he says he is more or less retired. Since this retirement, he carried a rifle up and down some of the Adirondacks and says that, for some reason or other, the mountains are steeper than they used to be, the gun is heavier. We understand, Fred, all about it.
May and Jack Dellinger on the road home to Texas last summer dropped in for lunch with the Ellsworth Bucks at Thunder Mountain Ranch in Wisconsin. Buck says he is fine but he didn't tell me whether Jack's top hat - the one he wore to the senior prom - is still usable.
Jean Colby, the good wife of Dr. FletcherColby, writes that Fletch is recovering from a very serious hip operation last summer. He has to learn how to walk all over again, but Jean says he will soon be able to lay aside his crutches and we hope kick a foot- ball as far as he used to on the campus in front of Webster Hall.
Secretary, Farwell Lane, New London, N.H.
Treasurer 165 Marlboro St., Wollaston 70, Mass.
