New Britain herald., 1926-06-04
Photo hy Johnson X Peterson CHARLES l.. STEELE

l of age ever before attempted a re- union. Only two members of the class are live, one being Mir Depew and the other Dr. Virgil Dow of New l Haven. Dr. Dow is bedridden and unable to attend.
 The class of 'G1 made an effort to stage reunion and this also has l been abandoned. The Civil War class. whose members average S5 years of age, has but six members , left, none of them being as vigorous as Mir, Depew. The six include Charles W. Baldwin of Baltimore; l Rev. George II. Beechcr of Hills dale. Ohio; Alfred Hemenway. A. M.,
 of Boston; Rev. Winthrop Dudley
 Sheldon. formerly professor of Latin and Greek at Colorado college, and
 Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, New Ha-
 ven, former governor and chief jus . tico of Connecticut. Judge Baldwin,
 who lives within two blocks Of the campus, will be unable to attend be- cause of ill health.
 The class of 'G6, with 20 members surviving. also has abandoned it's plans for a reunion.
 Rev. Charles II. Peck of Broad brook, Conn. secretary of the class 1 of VI, has canvassed the 29 surviv- l ing members of this class and has been informed that 3 of them are willing 10 break the Yale record and attend the reunion No formal Te- union will be attempted but q re- union banquet will be held OH Tues ! day evening.
 Charles F. Steele of New Britain,
 the only survivor of his class rcsid-
 ing in this city, is a son of the late ] Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Steele, char
 ter members of the South Congrega- i tional church, which was organized l in 1S42. He received his early ed
 ucation in tho New Britain schools
 and graduated in 1867 as valedicto- l rlan of his class at high school. In
 the autumn of the same year he en- i tered the freshman class at Yale and
 graduated four years later with the i degree of A.B.
 Tn 1872 he decided 10 enter the
 ministry and enrolled at Andover
 Theological seminary, from which
 he graduated in 1875. The subject of his address was "Thc Doctrinal
 Basis of Christian Union"
 He was ordained in inc ConEre-
 sational church and assisted in a series of revivals in New Britain following his graduation. He was chairman of the union committee and followed this work for q year. Later he went 10 Vermont and was engaged as pastor Of tho WtnoosN Congregational church. near Bur lington, Here his aoalth gave out and he was forced with great roluc- 'anco 10 drop his pastoral work. Returning 10 New Britain. he ioined with lis brothers. Dwight Fred crick and Walter, in the firm Of Steele Rros. and engaged in market gardening on ar extensive scale.
 During this time he offered his aid in non professional capacity in helping to put over the real estate deal involving thc transfer of the church property at the corner of Walnut and Main street from the Trinity Methodist church 10 the Swedish B"thruy church. The trans action involved a cash payment Of SI%,0oo which materially aided inc erection ol line present Methodist yiiucr.
 Later he ,ugaEed in the real es- tate and insurance business and has been in that for more than a quar- fer of a century,
 For more than 50 years he has taught classes in Andovcr. Mass. and inc south Congregational Sun day school and has served on many church committees He has been ac- tive as a "pulpit supply" in different churches and in temperance and Biul" class work. He is tcenly in forest" in the '. N. C. 4. and an
 influential supporter ol this organi- zetiou as well as the Salvation Army and was a stroHg supporter of the Cry Nissiou and Eurrilt Mission until these orgauizations ceased their activities. The closing Of the City Mission WAS u disappointment 10 him and he still nrlioy B that tt filled n notled place in tho community and should have beou continued.
 Tn tNNN u. voted for Clinton B Fisk of New York for president on fTp rrohflifi07 ticket He has brup