Will’s grandpa (and one of his namesakes) made the following birth announcement. This also doubled as notification to his rotary club of his “grandpaternity leave” when he came to visit us (along with Grandma Shipp too!):

Subject: PAST PRESIDENT ON GRAND PATERNITY LEAVE
MY FELLOW ROTARIANS:
Today another Shipp was launched at 5:55AM.  George William Astor
Shipp V weighed anchor at  six pounds at San Francisco Bay. Better
known to his friends as Baby Billy he has great lungs.
Cordially,
George Shipp