CLASS OF 1908
Art O'Shea of the Laconia Golf Club was in a match with the Hanover Club on August 81.
John Thompson and Sid Phillips passed through Hanover during the summer.
One evening in July, Arthur S. Hopkins, assistant superintendent of lands and forests of the New York Conservation Department, gave a talk over Station WGY on the "Reforestation of Abandoned Farms in New York State."
R. R. Marsden has obtained a leave of absence for the first semester, and he and Mrs. Marsden expect to spend the winter in Arizona.
Harry Rogers, the big pitch and bark man from Suncook, was appointed in September to the New Hampshire State Forest Commission. Gov. Tobey appointed him, and the Council, contrary to its usual procedure, confirmed the appointment. This, we take it, is a high tribute to Classmate Rogers, who for several years has been president of the N. H. Lumbermen's Association. In his new position, he will help direct the forestry program of the state, and probably will be found frequently in conference with "String" Hale, another 'OB-er, who is assistant state forester. The salary attached to Harry's new job is not one which will make it any easier for him to donate Rogers Hall to Dartmouth this year. In fact, he will give much of his time for no financial compensation whatever.
Larry Treadway has been adding hotels to his string until he now is manager of 14, or maybe it's 15. He's president of the New England Hotelmen's Association and still has a little time for golf and bridge. At his first and favorite hostelry, the Williams Inn at Williamstown, Mass., he entertains all the 'OB men and families he can induce to visit that pretty region of Berkshires and hospitality.
Joe Chase broke into the news in September when he was beaten by H. N. Spaulding in a golf match between Concord and Rochester golf teams. It wasn't Joe's fine golf that "made" the headlines, but the fact that the winner was a former governor of the Granite State.
Bill Rotch of Milford was awarded the silver cup at Camp Belknap in August as the "best all-round camper" in the Intermediate division of the big Y camp. His name follows that of Fletcher Hale, son of Congressman Hale 'O5.
Art O'Shea's family has gone doggy. Yes, they were so nice to the dog racers last winter that one of them presented the Laird of Laconia with a huge Arctic sled dog, which the youngsters find a great playmate and some use as motive power in the snow. The animated parlor rug is one size smaller than a yearling heifer.
The Lewis-Shepard Company this fall opened in Indiana a new factory bigger than the parent factory in Watertown, Mass. Art Lewis is president of the concern, which makes material-handling equipment. Art will stick to the Boston factory.
It has been exceedingly difficult to get the classmates to come across with the simple information needed to issue the class directory for which some classmates have been begging. We'd like to know for what pin-pose they use all the government post-cards which have been sent them. At present barely half the class has replied. But the directory will be printed this fall. It's a case of "Our class, may she ever be right. But right or wrong, our class." But isn't it a shame to print a nice new directory all full of wrong numbers!
Among the classmates in Hanover at the Norwich football game were "Life" Greeley (whose son attends Norwich), "General" Knox, the O'Shea family, except Art, Bob Marsden (who left next day for Arizona), Art Botch and son.
"General" Knox is here, all the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He reached the U. S. A. late in September, and intends to see all the Dartmouth football games possible before Christmas, which this year is a good many. He says he gets hungry for football and Dartmouth in South America, where he has been most of the time for the last twenty years. The "General" has been visiting his sister in Manchester. He says he has had occasion to do considerable flying in Brazil this year, making one airplane trip of more than 1,000 miles.
Art Lewis is arranging a class party to coincide with the Harvard football game. The questionnaire on which night and whether stag or avec les femmes showed such an even division of opinion that it looks today (October 7) as though he'd have a stag party Friday night and a ladies' dinner party for the class Saturday evening. Art tries to please everybody, and comes as near doing it as anybody can hope to.
A few more than half the class have returned one of the several post-cards reporting their addresses and statistics, so it now appears that the class directory, planned to be the mid-summer bulletin, will be issued this fall.
In the absence of Bob Marsden, please send your news items for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to Larry Symmes, or to Art Rotch. We know you will take this as a good joke. The idea of 'OB men sending news items to anybody! But some classmate might have a heart some day and lend a helping hand to the news department.
Your class news will appear regularly in the Alumni Magazine. Haveyou renewed your subscription?
Assistant Secretary, Milford, N. H.
