Class of 1904
The night before the Harvard-Dartmouth game the annual get-together party came off as scheduled. Twenty-one men lined up, and all in good form. Those present were Mower, Norton, Lampee, Jackson, Robinson, Gale, Moulton, Bullock, Maguire, Woods, Doonan, Sexton, Charron, Kneeland, Marshall, Hinman, Rollins, Kimball, Austin, Cronin, Johnson. Several men were conspicious by their absence— Streeter, Bartlett, Sewall, the sheriff of York county, Leverone, and Kimmie, the poet. Generous "Here's Hows" were given with regret at their enforced absence.
Penfield acted as master of ceremonies, than whom there is no better host. He is located at 31 Milk St., Boston, in the brokerage business for himself.
Dan Norton reports that his two daughters are in school in Manchester, and his son is a sophomore at Middlebury College.
Squid, having recently been elected deacon of the Third Baptist church of Winchester, Mass., was quietly retiring all evening.
Dr. Jackson seemed younger and livelier than ever. The Secretary undertook to record the current history of doings of Jack's four children—the record is blurred and must be deferred to a later date.
Robbie was the life of the party. His fund of reminiscent stories kept the gang chuckling. By the way, his daughter Betty is a sophomore at Wellesley.
Tinker Gale, fresh from a successful eclipse in the White Mountains, was all smiles because of good business at the Eagle Mountain House. The betting that he would win the senatorship from Carroll county, N. H., was 100-1. Why he should be elected we were unable to gather, for Tinker was too modest to make a speech.
Rosy Hinman is probably the luckiest man in the class. His army job and army pay still go right along, without regard to depression. He even added to his income during the evening, at the expense of Sid and Penfield, but, hush—the income man may see this. His children are all in school, and Rosy finds Boston a delightful change from the army base in Omaha.
Matt Bullock still retains his membership on the State Board of Pardons of Massachusetts, and life goes along about as usual with him.
While watching the gathering, the Secretary let his mind go back to those hectic class meetings, led, on the one hand by King Woodbridge, and on the other, by Pete Maguire, and found our good friend Pete much changed. Pete has developed a kindly, friendly attitude toward life—wise in council, quiet in manner, with a great and sound knowledge of public affairsone of the most interesting and valuable men of the class. During the summer, he and Mrs. Maguire traveled extensively in Canada, and recently spent a few days in Atlantic City. He found Jack Sanderson managing the Ritz Carlton there.
One of the interesting events during the evening was getting Father Marshall off to a wedding at which he was to officiate. He assured us he had all his rituals by heart and carried the proper license. He returned later to the party, reporting all went off well. The Secretary took the usual collection for the support of Father's church.,
Space does not permit the Secretary to report further. Sufficient to say, as each classmate appeared, he was warmly met, and to those who have never been able to attend these class round-ups in Boston, may the Secretary say, you miss one of the pleasantest experiences of the year. Try and make it next year.
Ira Willard of Keene, N. H., called on the Secretary last week. The Secretary was very sorry to have missed him. Ira is connected with the Post Office Department at Keene. He has also put in some time experimenting with an automobile top dressing, which he is now marketing successfully, because of the high quality of the product.
Secretary, Tifft Brothers Third Nat'l Bank Bldg. Springfield, Mass.
