1899

Rodney Sanborn, Hawley Chase, and K.Beal were all in the Miami area for some time last winter. First they played hide and seek on the telephone. Rodney had rented a house at 241 N.E. on First Avenue, where his and Margaret's long-time faithful Abbie kept house for him; Hawley roomed at Cortez House because they had heated rooms; K was in his Coconut Grove hide-out at 3304 Virginia Street. But Rodney had the only available automobile. Hawley finally cut through this modern version of Alexander the Great's Gordian knot by inviting his two classmates to eat with him at the Everglades Hotel on February 29. A good meal, lots of talk, and luck in the weather made it a perfect day. The only tornado of the season had roared by on an earlier morning and the heavy ram prophesied for the 29th obligingly waitea until we had had our fill of a good meal. The only question left unanswered was "when shall we three meet again?" Excuse me, there was another question Hawley did not succeed in answering "How to get Paul andMarcella Osgood down from 55 Oxford Street. Somerville, Mass., so that the perfect triangle could become a perfect quadrangle?" And Paul's birthday had passed just three days before. Sorry, Paul, we should have telephoned you. In 1969 anyway we'll all four make it at Nine-Nine's Seventieth reunion in Hanover.

Thanks for the many lovely Christmas cards, and for the friendly comments on the Christmas Newsletter. You folks did well to stagger through its rather extended length. As I said at its conclusion, whatever interest it holds for readers is the delightfully friendly and personal way in which you all write. Our correspondence over the next 6 or 7 months will determine when it might be wise to venture another newsletter.

From Ruthe and Ted, son of Willis Hodgkins: "We never enjoyed a Class Letter more. Ted and I, my sister and her husband, her daughter, granddaughter and my aunt and uncle plan to converge on Barbara, Ted's sister, in Phoenix at Christmas."

"Dear K., I am home again, after having cataracts removed from both eyes at Danbury, Conn. Recuperating at my son's, 'Dr. Bob.' Was away three months. I can read now and see to sew. It's a real miracle. Polly's husband Maurice is no better. Love from us both. Lena (Mrs. Clarence) Joy."

Alice, Mrs. Walter A. Ross, is now living with her two sisters, Anne and Edith Jones, at 2816 Fulton Street, Berkeley, Calif. 94705. She had lived formerly for many years in San Francisco.

Peggy and Jack Greenwood's daughter (No. 1) Mary was married September 9. Daughter No. 2, a senior at Kingswood, is rather nervous about college acceptances. Daughter No. 3's turn is next year.

Secretary and Class Agent 3304 Virginia St. Coconut Grove, Fla. 33133