Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20

very ILL
 4 happy thought My airplanei
 What an opportunity to see the eoun-
 try while doing a good turn for a
 friend.
 "Ill take you in my airplane. We
 will arrive sooner and have a longer
 time ta talk"
 She accepted and in an hour we
 were well on our way.
 We soon began talking about the
 good times we used to have at dear
 old w. A., and discussed particularly
 the classmates in the class of '29.
 What has ever became of Samuel
 Zipkin2" l asked.
 "Oh, yes, l read in the paper day
 before yesterday that Samuel Zip
 kin, a graduate of Clark University,
 now very successful business man
 of New York City. was in a very
 serious automobile accident and was
 suing for his damages. You can bet
 that he will get every cent and come
 out ahead of the game If he uses his
 figuring as he used Co in w. A
 Yes l said, 'and you remember
 that there were several boys interest-
 ed in aviation? Well, when l came
 in from flying the other day, who
 should be there walking about the
 field, but John McWilliam, govern
 ment mail carrier He told fife, he
 had graduated from an aviation
 school in Missouri. He is now cons
 sidered one of the leading aviators
 of the |. s. government.
 i. Just as we were beginning to enjoy
 ourselves our engine started missing. We were now in about the middle
 west and as the fields were large easily found landing place. Just as
 soon as l reached the ground ] saw sheep running in all directions, fright . encd by the plane l walked up to the E ranch house and knocked, and who , should come to the door but Ralph . Tourtellotte. l was certainly sur . prised al first. but 1 soon remember [ ed dthat he had always been fond of [ sheep when he was in W. A. and al- ! ways took every opportunity o visit 2 certain sheep farm in town. He seemed very contented and well satis- g fed with life. in general.
 Ralph told us thnt he had heard ; from Henry Young and that he was : handling a large "herring industry every spring. which was financially n great success. l am glad he found
 this more of q success than his tish- ing trips used to be, when he was in W. A. when the only thing he could
 bring home was a few fish tales, te re- late at his leisure,
 Ralnh also told Us he had seen
 Wallace Child recently and he seem-
 ed Co be doing we'll as a teacher or
 engineering at Rennslaer from i where he graduated He still keeps ] his habit of attending church regular 2 ly, every Sunday, even If he has to i walk. Our plane was repaired now and [ we hade farewell to Ralph. II would i not be long now before We we uld
 reach our destiation. Remember, D said. John Meehan whom we had not s heard from since he had graduated
 from Yale with high honors and his
 degrees2" Agnes replied that he was $ n very accomplished lawyer at Wash s ington, D. C. e IA soon as we reached California Y and Agnes had gone to her lFiend' n having nothing to do, ] decided 70 l. give California the "once over. me s first night l went to show m san i- Francisco and whom do you suppose
 saw2 It was no one else than Viola IS Williams, the toe dancer, m several IF of her vaudeville acts. After the l. show l spoke to her by special per j.; mission. She told me l ought to go Ie to the opera the next night ana ls Yould be able to see another class it mate. Gertrude Gobin, who was cele. m brated world wide as an opera singer C. l went and certainly did enjoy tha' 'e opera.
 /. I left California within two week. for home | was forced to land IT Mississippi for fuel supplies. 1t hap t- pened Co be the time Of the year wher s' the flcOds were raging. Waking tS ie the fuel station whom should l mee but Elsie Johnson and Irene Jonn hi' h son. Both had graduated from tram i. ing hospitals and had taken up th' .saood relief work for the sufferer '. and the work was certainly well IT si hand. under their careful guidance. ie They tcld me that they had hearf from Doris Basto who had graduated .'i from a training sehooi' n Bostoi q" and uae now a head nurse in q hospi .r tai in New York and was doing well v She had very little time of, but tha , time which she did have she spent witl
 her dearest school day chum, tVelyl ,;t Butts who had opened beaut' a- Parlor" within stone's throw of th re- hospital
 o- That night before l went to sleep .r- could not help thinking how glad a was that my elassmates had aH beer in so successful in fife and had lived ul he Co their mctt0. ii- "He who fndeth knowledge hndeti as iife" u.,,o r- bEA lfitH Niii+N. or
 1d Glass Will
 i We. the senier class, of Woodstoeh s Academy Of the Town of Woodstock ,, in the county cf Windham ln the state of Connecticut. being of lawful
 age, of sound and disposing mind ~ memory and judgment do hereby V --.L- --L---h md a..-arn Lh-- La De