Class of 1909
The annual dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston and vicinity, held at the Copley-Plaza on February 4, Was without a doubt the best in recent years. It was well attended by Naught NinerS, including Bob Stone, Harry Floyd, Roscoc : Pearl, Gordon Weinz. Wallie Ross, Harold Pratt, Jim Hitchcock, Al Schofield, Knuck Keniiedy, Harold Burbank, Art Shoppelry, Harold Murchie, Bob Holmes, Jim Tuttle; Stan Leighton, Doc Pearson, Phil Chase, Bob Burns, Curley Blake, Bill Holzer, Cad Cummings, and the Secretary.
Phil Avery, Naughty Niner par excellence, was unable to attend the dinner, being laid up With an insistent attack of the' grippe. He assures us that he'll be back on the job shortly. His 116-foot house for "Pelt", made largely from three old homesteads bought from Ed Ford down on the Cape and shipped piecemeal to Chicago, is nearly completed. The date of Pett's housewarming, to which all '09ers are understood to be invited, is not yet announced.
Dick Locke is one of those to represent the class at the winter carnival. Dick says he's been dreaming about the ski jump, but at the same time about widows and orphans; so he's leaving his skis at home.
Bob Holmes, the efficient treasurer of the Dartmouth Educational Association, is, achieving unprecedented success in procuring repayment of loans many years overdue, thereby enabling that Association to be of usefulness to undergraduates to a much greater extent than ever.
Ed Meleney has been in this country during part of the year, on a traveling fellowship for the.study of tropical diseases. During this time his Wife and two children have been living in Springfield. They are now en route back to Peking, via Europe. Wallie Ross and the Secretary lunched with him a short time ago, and were glad to let him do all the talking. More of that in the Class Report. Ed is unquestionably doing a magnificent work, with his charateristic modesty and cheerfulness.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Ross announce the birth of Ruth Wallace Ross on November 18, 1924 Weight 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Health excellent. Happiness profound. Of comparatively trivial importance is their change of home address to 10 Bemis St., Newtonville.
Jim Tuttle is the big mogul of the "RustProofing and Metal-Finishing Corporation," engaged in Cambridge in the business of rustproofing and otherwise finishing iron, steel, and other metals, arid of chemical and other scientific research.
Curtis Milliard is completing a house in Wellesley Hills with approximately an acre of garden space. Expects to conduct daily clinics with the potato bugs and cut worms.
Rev.: Everett; E. Bachelder closed his pastorate at Rockland, Mass., Decefrlber 28, and became pastor of the community church at Provo, Utah, January 4.
Frank Solomon, who has been for the past year sales manager of the Lawrence M. Stein Company, dealers insmachinery and equipment for the clothing trade, was in November elected a director and also vice-president and general manager of the Daniel Boone Woolen Mills, clothing manufacturers of Chicago.
Maurice Kivel is in Tucson, and is reported making excellent progress toward a complete restoration of health.
Secretary, Sliawmut Bank Building, Boston.
