1900

Ruth Bean, daughter of 'Cap' Jenkins, and our class baby, is again in the news. In June she was privileged to attend the graduation of her granddaughter (Cap's great granddaughter) from Bourne High School on Cape Cod. Following this impressive ceremony she spent several days touring the Cape Cod area, visiting Provincetown, Craigville and the Kennedy Compound at Hyannis Port, and spending two days at the Congregational Conference Center ending up by sailing to Martha's Vineyard where she spent several days. In July she was happy to receive a visit from her daughter Carol and her son-in-law John, who were returning from a vacation in the Maritime Provinces. While in Boston John, who is now a full fledged Ph.D., attended the International Conference of Chemists.

In July Bob Jackson spent several weeks visiting his daughter Hope in Southampton, L. I., which is the residence of some of the first families of New York. Bob says "the town deserves its reputation for beauty. Acres upon acres of velvety lawns shaded by towering ancient oaks and elms. The houses, whether ancient colonial architecture or modern types, are spotless like those in our own New England villages. Altho it has a social reputation there is almost no formality. Quite a contrast to when I first visited here in the 19205, when strict formality was the rule. Jewels, elaborate evening dresses from Paris, the men in dinner jackets and occasional white tie and tails. No more. We are maturing. Here and there an individual may have been led astray by reading Vogue or the Society pages of the metropolitan papers, but I can assure you there is among those who live here no more attention paid to social status than in Hanover, N. H. People are evaluated for what they are."

On the morning of July 23 a brief interment service was held at the Taylor lot in the Colgate University cemetery, Hamilton, N .Y., for my wife Mary Taylor Goodhue. This service was conducted by the pastor of the Baptist church and was attended by friends dating back to my years as instructor and then professor at the university, 1903-1920. The service was carefully planned by my nephew Richard Morris.

Secretary and TreasurerEVERETT W. GOODHUE The Austin Home Warner, N. H. 03278