CLASS OF 1900
Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Gibbons announce the birth of a daughter, Edith, on April 27, 1930.
A letter from Harry Marshall states that he is just leaving with a group of students for a hike over the mountains to Siam, where they will visit the colleges at Bangkok and Chengmai. Harry's second boy, Edward, enters Dartmouth next fall. His oldest son, John, is now associated with Shaw, Loomis, and Sayles, an investment counsel firm in Boston. Harry reports that both he and Mrs. Marshall are in fine health. They will not be able to return to this country until Edward graduates from college, practically four years from now. Harry's remarks about Gandhi are very interesting.
Jasper Gibson is now connected with the Hulse Roofing Company, 54-56 Washington St., Somerville, Mass. This is a large concern with offices in Boston, Springfield, Worcester, and Portland.
A memorial service for F. C. Lewis was held at the meeting house of the Society for Ethical Culture on June 3. At that time a portrait painted by Joseph Margulies, a graduate of the Ethical Culture High School in 1917, was presented to the school. Mr. Margulies is the painter of the picture, "The Universal Rabbi," which was presented by Felix Warburg to the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has also painted a portrait of President Hoover. Mrs. Lewis has been confined to her home as the result of a broken hip sustained in an automobile accident. She is recovering rapidly, but was unable to attend the memorial service. Mrs. Lewis certainly had a very tragic spring.
Judge Benjamin F. Prescott attended the National Red Cross Convention in Washington, D. C. The Judge had the honor of receiving for New Hampshire the Red Cross banner awarded that state for having the largest enrollment of members per population. New Hampshire has won it for the second time. Judge Prescott was elected a member of the Committee on Resolutions. One of the projects of that committee is the establishment of Red Cross First Aid Stations on all principal highways of the country for offering immediate aid and assistance in automobile accidents. The Judge evidently had a very busy and profitable time.
One of the welcome faces at our Thirtieth Reunion was a man whom we have not seen very much of since graduation. A few remember Arthur Newton, who entered with our class from Randolph, Vt., together with Bill Moulton and Dago Moulton. Business reverses at home made it necessary for him to leave college after the fall term. He got interested in the automobile business and went to New York. He later became identified with the Buick Company, and is one of the pioneers in automobile distribution. The Buick wholesale franchise for New York city covers Long Island and a great part of New York state, and is one of the most extensive in the whole General Motors group.
Here are a few of the things that Arthur told us about his life during these thirtyfour years that we have not seen much of him:
He has been hunting big game for many years, first in New Brunswick and later in Alberta. He has killed trophies of all kinds worth having, except grizzly and kodiak bears (which he hopes to obtain later). He has had many interesting experiences, among them witnessing a fight in the wilds between two bucks, while a cow and two young looked on. On one occasion he nearly lost his life.
On leaving college Newton became a member of the New York Athletic Club, which he creditably represented on the track, winning many long distance races. He has also stood high in national tennis rating, and is still active in this branch of sport.
Newton has been in the automobile business in New York from its beginning, and is sales manager of the Buick Company there, which agency sells more automobiles than any other in the world. He has driven a great deal, and some years has covered over 90,000 miles. It is estimated that he has driven in all a total of 2,000,000 miles, which is considered a world's record.
Three pictures in the $30,000 collection of paintings which were stolen from the home of Bob Jackson last February have been recovered. Two were on exhibition in the Metropolitan art gallery in New York. Bob flew to the metropolis, identified his paintings, and was told the source from which they were secured. Acting on this information, a third painting was recovered in Boston. They had been sold for less than $500, although they were worth $7,000. We certainly congratulate Bob on a partial recovery of this valuable stolen property.
Horace P. Moulton died very suddenly at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York city on June 9. He had been ill for a long time, but his condition was not considered critical. Services were held in New York, and the interment at Randolph, Vt., took place on June 11. See obituary column for a more complete notice.
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