Class of 1899
One of the fellows at the March roundup was Herbert Watson. It was eighteen years since his last appearance on such an occasion in 1915. Since then he has been building and prospecting for paper mills all over this country and Canada and in many parts of Europe. To the crowd around Boston his temporary residence there is a great delight.
Speaking of Watty reminds us of Phil Winchester's boy Bob. With the slowing up of the country's aviation program because of the depression, Bob had to shift gears, so to speak. Now he's learning this paper-mill business in Watertown, N. Y.
A bit of social Ninety-Nine news trickled in to headquarters tardily not long ago. Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Fogg entertained a group of thirty friends on Sunday evening, February 5. The cause of the festivities was the fifteenth (no, not fiftieth) wedding anniversary of Dave and Mrs. Storrs.
To borrow the language of the Boston Globe, "Major Frank W. Cavanaugh, aftera busy career in the wars of football andEurope, is going to retire to a chicken farmand take life easy." The scene is a six-acre outfit on Acorn St., Marshfield, Mass. This will mean the closing up of Cav's home in Newton Center about May 1, but eight of the nine children with Mrs. Cav will go far toward making the life in Marshfield active enough to keep even a retired major and football coach from getting restless or bored. Here's luck, Cav!
The Alumni Editor, without asking the Secretary's consent, ventures to insert here an article taken from the Boston Transcript of March 30, which contained a likeness of the subject of the article:
"Warren C. Kendall, who for some yearswas superintendent of transportation onthe Boston & Maine Railroad, when helived in Reading, today was appointedchairman of the car service division of theAmerican Railway Association, with offices in Washington and jurisdiction overthe whole country. He has been connectedwith that Association for a number of years.
"Mr. Kendall was born in Pompanoosuc,Vt., May 22, 1877. He was graduated fromSt. Johnsbury Academy in 1895 and fromDartmouth College in 1899. That sameyear he entered upon his railroad careerwith the Boston & Maine as a telegraphoperator. Subsequently he was appointedto a clerkship in the superintendent's office, and later served the vice-president'soffice at Boston in a similar capacity. In1903 he was made a chief clerk, and became assistant general manager, generalsuperintendent, and superintendent oftransportation, which position he occupiedin 1912, when he was appointed superintendent of car service. In 1917 he wasagain appointed superintendent of transportation, and while holding this positionwas called by the American Railway Association at Washington to become a memberof the commission on car service.
"He had occupied this office for a yearwhen the railroads of the country weretaken over by the government during theWorld War, at which time Mr. Kendallbecame chairman of the commission oncar service, handling with great successthis important phase of the transportationof the United States. For two years therailroad facilities of the country weretaxed to the utmost while munitions andsupplies were being shipped overseas. Theefficient handling of railway equipmentwas of paramount importance, and the im-pressive record made by the roads of thecountry under Mr. Kendall's direction willalways stand as a monument to his greatability, according to New England railroadexecutives. In 1920 Mr. Kendall was appointed manager of the railway relationssection of the American Railway Association, which position he has occupied up tothe present."
Secretary, 41 West Kirke St., Chevy Chase, Md,
