1908

New Addresses: James N. Douglas, 1448 Kemble Street, Utica, N. Y. 13501. Henry L. Stone, 8-A Franzone Drive, Bradford, Mass. 01830. John W. Thompson, 10 Mitchell Place, New York, N. Y. 10017.

NEWS FROM CLASSMATES

"Pop" Chesley, our patriarch, was honored in many ways on his 85th birthday on July 24. The Utica Rotary Club honored him as Past President on "Roland Chesley Day." The Utica Observer-Dispatch had his picture and saluted him as "Mr. Show-Business of Utica" and continued, "He is recognized as dean of the world's concert managers with carte blanche entry to any booking agent or star. At 85, he is the oldest active impressario." The Utica Daily Press in an editorial commented: "Roland E. Chesley lives an enviable type of life. He was 85 yesterday, a man with the vitality of a person many years younger, a man active and useful in his community. . . . Mr. Chesley's business is concert management. He is general manager of the Great Artist's Series. In 33 years of this work he has brought to Utica 300 top flight musicians and musical groups."

John Hinman and brother Harold '10 have published "Ancestors and Descendants of Havilah Burritt Hinman of Stratford, N. H." The lineage goes back to Edward Hinman of Stratford, Conn., the youngest son of Sergeant Edward. John and Harold were in the eighth generation from Sergeant Edward Hinman. The book was compiled by Mrs. Gertrude Wright of Hanover from matter gathered by the Hinmans in six years of research. John and Jennie Hinman spent the summer at Matamajaw Salmon Club at Causapscal Station in Quebec.

Percy and Mabelle Gleason were recuperating at their Cape cottage at North Eastham at the end of August after both had been having hospital experience. Percy was in for ten days for an emergency operation for a strangulated hernia and Mabelle for three weeks with a broken hip; but Mabelle reported that both were making good progress toward recovery and taking a much needed vacation.

Gertrude Morrissey, Tom's wife, reported that Tom had major surgery last October for the removal of a malignant salivary gland and added that "he is coming along slowly but steadily."

Larry and Dorothy Symmes were forced to cancel a planned European trip in May because of the illness of their daughter, Kathryn Fay Buck, who passed away on May 31 with cancer. She leaves, besides her husband, a son, Stephen Buck, vice-consul at Algiers and a daughter, Ruth Dorothy Buck, 14 years of age.

Harold H. Snow of Braintree, Mass., and Holly Hill, Marshfield, passed away at his Braintree home on July 15 of a cerebral hemorrhage and arteriosclerosis. Further details will be found in the "In Memoriam" section of this or a subsequent issue.

Members of '07 who couldn't wait for their 60th held an informal reunion inHanover in June. (l to r) Lura Kenyon, Fern Liscomb, Ethel Grebenstein. Themen are (from left) H.H. Hill, Bob Kenyon, Greb, Allan Brown, George Liscomb.

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