1912

You've all presumably had a form letter from Jack Bowler '15 with the college schedule for reunioners. Between RoyLewis, Bill Shapleigh and your Class Secretary the program for 1912 is getting put together. Roy should be back north by the time you read this. Watch the Billboard for the latest on our plans but be sure you have sent in your reservation to the college. We are looking-for a good turnout from 1912.

An interesting bit of news has come to light in the form of a newspaper clipping about Ernestine Stowell, one of our Ernie Stowell's daughters. She received in June of last year the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Medal of Honor for her "flexibility in working with alumnae." She is now assistant director of alumnae development at Mount Holyoke College and a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. At one time she served on the military staff of John Lodge, former Governor of Connecticut. The news clipping included a cut of Ernestine in her Marine Corps uniform..

Lee White reports on the devastating ice storm through the Carolinas in February where huge 200-year-old live oaks were felled, a million large forest pine trees were snapped in two, and the North Carolina State Forest suffered a $5 million lumber loss. Says Lee: "It's been a cold winter here (North Carolina, in Georgia, and Florida). Roy reports the same kind of weather, chilly breezes from Venice, Fla.

Early in March a letter came from Doc Kinne telling of his misfortunes: a fall with resulting compression fracture of the spine, followed by a pulmonary embolism and a thrombophlebitis of the right leg. And now comes news from Charlie Kent '10 that our Classmate has passed away on March 26. Another one of our "regulars" gone. Lewis and Emma Cooke and Lillian and Stan Weld represented the Class at the funeral in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Holyoke on Monday, March 31. Doc had plans all made for our reunion as he wrote "there are not too many years left." A letter of sympathy, enclosing a Memorial. Book card, was sent to the daughter, Dixie Ross, with whom he lived.

Katie and Hal Baker somehow were omitted from the first list of prospective reunioners. We all know we couldn't get along without them and they are coming. Hal tells of the freakish weather in Ohio where snowstorms hit all around them at Cleveland Heights but left not a speck of the white stuff there. Someone wrote a big splurge in the press titled "At 80, he still travels for fun and profit." This referred to Syd Clark but he should object to having an extra two years attached to his life span, Syd recently returned from two months of book-traveling in Central America and Mexico with a stop at his daughter's in Miami. His principal gripe was the "impossible" mail service in Mexico. Mardi and Syd will be with us in Hanover in June to bring us up to date on "All the Best In." RoyLewis reports visits from Scott Rogers and Leona and Ned Richmond, the latter on their way to Ned's favorite research grounds off the Mississippi coast. Also word has come that Harrie Chase has been confined to the hospital in Brattleboro, Vt.

News from the widows is scarce. We do know that Mae (Mrs. Homer Harrington)Brooks was rushed to the hospital in Flossmoor, Ill., in March with a heart attack and subsequently entered a nursing home.

Secretary, Chebeague Island, Me. 04017

Class Agent, 184 Commercial St., Maiden, Mass. 02148