Class of 1907
A class luncheon was held at the Parker House in Boston on Tuesday, January 31. Those present were:—Crocker, Smart, Plummer, Ashley, Black, Pierce, Cushman, Stevens, Jim Reilly, and Dick Lane. These luncheons will be held monthly if sufficient interest is indicated.
Kitching is reported to be connected with the Vincents Edwards Company, an advertising and merchandising firm with head- quarters in Boston. Kitch, however, lives in White Plains, N. Y„ and travels out of New York.
This is a big year for Jim Reilly. He was on the winning side in the election last fall, and recently won odds of 143 to 2 at the Miami dog races. Cliff Norris is teaching in Sharon, Mass., and promises to get in for one of the class luncheons.
Leavitt writes from the Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y., as follows:
"I am up here on the side of snow-covered Storm King, teaching Latin andFrench, and in spare moments, as at present, looking out of my window up theHudson and to the beginnings of the Catskills, imagining the view from my oldhome up the Bosphorus.
"My wife and two youngest children,John and Anne, are here with me, happywith school and winter sports. Our otherdaughter, Ruth, is at school in Stamford;but Peter, the oldest, is still back Eaststudying (I hope) on the left bank of theConnecticut at Amherst."
A most interesting letter from Ted Redington from Los Angeles was received in January. He represents the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company and writes as follows:
"My wife and I lead a very quiet lifesocially, being chiefly concerned with theeducation of the six kids. The oldest, Dana,is a junior at Dartmouth, Sally is in thesenior class in Pasadena Junior College,Ted Jr. is in what corresponds in oureducational system to the junior class inhigh school, and the three younger children, the twin girls, Jean and Nancy, andthe youngest, Dick, are in junior highschool."
Ted also reports that Roland Tileston is making a great reputation for himself and doing a splendid job as head of the physics department at Pomona College.
In an earlier issue, the election of George Dalrymple as mayor of Haverhill was reported, and the Secretary promised to interview George:
"There is really very little for me towrite about myself that would be of anyinterest to my old friends and classmates.My life has been uneventful. Practicallyall of it has been in the manufacturing industry in association with my father. InI930 business conditions forced the liquidation of our concern, which had beenestablished for fifty years. Since that timeI have been connected with the EquitableLife with office at 100 Milk St., Boston."My experience in public life has beenrather limited. It began about five yearsago when I was appointed to the Park andPlayground Commission. Took an activepart in building up a recreational programfor our people. In 1928 and '29, I startedthe movement for a Winter Sports Carnival, and it was successful both from theentertainment point of view and financially.
"In 1930, the Chamber of Commerceappointed me to take charge of the Tercentenary Celebration. All plans were leftto me. I have been told that it was thebiggest and most complete celebration everto take place in Haverhill.
"When the conditions of 1931 and '32 came along with all the suffering of theunemployed, I again came into the lime-light by openly criticizing the methods ofhandling our welfare relief, and not givingworthy men getting aid an opportunity towork. This brought me to a position whereI was talked as a candidate for mayor, withthe result which you know.
"It was an interesting political battle.Had real opposition, but won out by 617votes with about 16,000 cast.
"I am now trying to get at the root ofthe troubles and hope to bring a successful administration to Haverhill."Guess that's all there is to it."Extend a welcome to all our good oldclassmates to drop in to see me."
Crick Crocker was recently appointed assistant trust officer of the Day Trust Company, in charge of new business. Take your trust problems to Crick!
Secretary,So Federal St., Boston
