1939

September was a bad month for the class. We lost Bill Bradford on the 12 th, Bob Fletcher on the 19th and Don Sayia on the 29th. Bill Webster died on November 25.

Harry Gates has come out with his second book titled Serving Christ In the Peach State, which is a tale of his experiences as a high school teacher and coach in the Atlanta, Georgia, area in which he established a church, The Open Door Chapel, in McDonough.

Tom Brooks recounts a welcome phone call with his ex-roomie Hank Merrill. He reports the Merrills are in good health and earlier this year had returned to Lima, Peru, where they had lived in the early '40s.

Our treasurer Cornie Miller has been having a difficult battle in the New Haven hospital, but he's so tough he's unwilling to throw in any towels. Moreau Brown writes from San Francisco that he had an early September operation on his carotid artery, a part of the human body about which a lot of us old guys are beginning to learn. Ester and Brownie have recently moved to an assisted living residence at 2180 Post St., San Francisco, CA 94115; (415) 292-4161.

Also moving are Doc Tower, to 1227 Meadow Ridge, Redding, CT 06896;(203) 544-12 85. Bill and Robilee Tomkins have switched their Florida address to 122 Moorings Park Drive, Apt. G 401, Naples, FL 34105; (941) 649-6197.

Al Ley was pleased with 39 Out's story on his roommate Freddie Upton. Says Al: "My favorite recollection of Fred is the contests we used to have, each with a copy of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in our laps. The game was to find the word the other one couldn't define. He'll probably remember this differently, but I recall that I won 5-4, repeatedly."

We had a nice note from Johnny Page in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in which he recounted some sweet memories of his days at the SAE house.

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