CLASS OF 1911
Announcement has been made by Burt R. Cooper to the effect that he has admitted to partnership his associate, Gardner S. Hall. They will continue their law practice at their present offices in the Rochester Realty Building, Rochester, N. H., under the firm name of Cooper and Hall.
Bert Wheeler as vice-president is Chicago manager of the Palmer Advertising Service.
The following item appeared in the Manchester (N. H.) Union. It should be of interest.
BIG CELEBRATION AT SALMON FALLS
Whole Town Turns Out to Greet 1930 at New Firm's Gay Party.
Salmon Falls, Dec. 31.-—All Salmon Falls rejoiced tonight with mingled sentiments of joy over the coming of the New Year and what it promises for the welfare of the community, and over the coming in the year just closing of the tire fabric corporation, which has changed the picture from that of a dark and doubtful future to a new dawn of prosperity.
The New Year came in with the ringing of the church bells and the blowing of the fabric plant's whistle, winding up one of the biggest masquerade parties ever staged here, a party given by the fabric corporation to its employees and their families and the townspeople generally. The masquerade was held in the basement of No. 1 mill, and was attended by nearly 800 persons. The basement had been transformed into a brilliantly lighted and tastefully decorated ball room, evergreens, flags, and streamers entering into the decorations.
Approximately 150 men and women of the shop force appeared in costumes furnished by a costumer from Lewiston. The grand march was held at 9:30, following a concert by an orchestra. Prizes were awarded for the best and most humorous costumes.
Speaking Program.
A speaking program was given at 10, Ralph S. Wentworth of the executive force introducing the speakers, Elbert H. Shurtleff, president of the corporation, and Edward W. Townsend, who spoke on behalf of the townspeople.
President Shurtleff stirred the enthusiasm of the crowd by saying that the corporation, which has been producing tire fabric only since last spring and which started with a small force of workers, was now operating the plant at full capacity days and about 70 per cent of capacity nights. He added that the largest production yet would come in January. The force of workers at present is about 450, he told the assemblage, and he assured his hearers that the outlook for the year ahead was excellent.
Mr. Townsend spoke of the hard conditions experienced by the town during the two years of idleness of the plant of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company preceding the advent of the fabric corporation, and he expressed the townspeople's deep appreciation of what the corporation had done for the rehabilitation of the town's chief industry.
Word has just been received of the death of Joseph Sargent McGonagle in Duluth, Minn. No further details are available as yet.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
