Class of 1898
Ted Leggett, who has been with the Western Electric Co. in various capacities since 1898, was elected a director of the company June 12 and has been treasurer of Western Electric since October, 1933. A modest item in the New York HeraldTribune of June 13 apprised the world of these facts, and your Secretary knows in advance that Ted won't tell us about it himself.
Charlie Littlefield has just been elected most worshipful grand master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. To those of us who know Masonry this will mean much, for we know that Charlie has followed his Masonic duties persistently and with success in order to reach this pinnacle.
Fred Robbert is happily in somewhat better health and has been on his regular job at the United States Trust Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Seelman were at the graduation of their daughter Constance at Bradford Junior College last June. Constance was president of her class and won the Mary Bassett Memorial prize given to the one presenting the best group of poems or prose writing. Constance also shared with one other the prize for the girl who had done the most during her course for the college.
Speaking of our authors, Ike Seelman's tome dealing With the laws of libel has been making its way on its merit and is paying for itself.
"Buck" Chandler has become a permanent resident of Plymouth, Mass. He has long had a beautiful summer home there on the edge of the Manomet bluffs and intended ultimately to make it his permanent home. This has now happened. He has leased his Newton home.
Joe Carney, the busiest man in these counties, is still holding two big government jobs, collector of internal revenue for this district and also head of the ERA for Massachusetts. Joe says he is not re- signing the ERA job as yet. He is standing by his duty and is doing a splendid job.
It is most inspiring to see how this year, as in other years, Ted Leggett keeps the class of '98 right up with the top-notchers as regards the Alumni Fund. No class has a more efficient or more genial Alumni Fund agent.
The Secretary had his usual pleasant call on Bennis at his summer home in Sullivan Harbor and found him in excellent health. He had just sent an interesting letter to the Boston Transcript on the business situation, which they published.
"Ev" Snow took a pleasant automobile tour into Maine and Nova Scotia, accompanied by Mrs. Snow and Miss Margaret. Miss Elizabeth Snow went abroad this summer.
The annual get-together of the class and families will be held as usual on the night before the Harvard game. As this game will be the first opportunity for most of the class to see the team display the new brand of football as taught by Coach Blaik and his corps of assistants, it is expected that there will be an old-time turn out for the game and to encourage the coaches. It is expected also that because of the awakened interest in the team there will be an unusually large turn out for the class dinner the night before. Plans have already been made to have this gathering better even than that of last year, which was a corker. Movies of the last two reunions will be shown, as well as probably the latest reels of the college films. Notices will later be sent you, but plan now to attend and to bring your wife with you; she will have as good a time as you will.
"TYCO BRAH" COMES EAST
During the past summer Tute Worthen ("Tyco Brah") journeyed eastward from his home in Zealandia, Saskatchewan, and visited with many of his classmates in New England. Mrs. Worthen was with him. Tute has been a pioneer of sorts up there, for he planted the first apple tree, a crab apple, and saw it live and thrive. After he had demonstrated that an apple tree could live there others became interested, with the result that they have produced a tree, a cross with a mackintosh tree and a crab apple tree, which, will withstand the rigors of the climate and produce fruit which Tute declares is very good. He also introduced pond lilies and goldfish, and has built up quite a business supplying goldfish for artificial ponds in the neighboring city. He operates a ranch a mile long and half a mile wide on which he raises wheat. He also operated a general store until three years ago, when it was entirely destroyed by fire. However, this was no misfortune, for a favorable adjustment of his insurance enabled him to dispose of a stock which otherwise would have remained on his shelves, for the population of the town has been decreasing for several years and modernization had made many of the articles obsolete. Tute has been mayor of Zealandia for six years, and declares he is now through and will not stand for reelection.
Last June Harry Goodall and Henry Crowley celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their close friendship by taking a trip to Nova Scotia and to Maine. They have made several trips to Harry's old home in Maine and have been having reunions with some '99ers. A party was had at Kennebunk Beach with Warren Kendall and Dave Parker and later at Dave Parker's \at Wells with Warren Kendall, Doc Hawkes and Dave representing '99 and Harry and Henry carrying on for '98. Harry Clark is now an engineer on the large Tennessee Valley project of the government. He is located in Tennessee, but just where I do not know.
Dave Macandrew, with all of his old enthusiasm of youth, has been coaching the baseball team of the Cities Service Oil Co. plant in Braintree, Mass., and has had his team as a contender for the pennant in the Oil League for the first half and again during the second half. It would not surprise me were I to learn that Dave had participated in some of the games with his team, for he is no older in spirit than when we first knew him. He has been the means of sending several of the baseball stars of recent years to Dartmouth and has more on the way.
The class of '98 seemed to select Maine this year for the holiday. Bennis has it for a permanent place. The Secretary and his family were tenting with the Appalachian Club on Mount Desert. Bob Marden and his family paid a visit to Bar Harbor. Harry Goodall and Denis Crowley have been frequently in the state. Israel Aubey and Mrs. Aubey spent a fortnight at Strong, Me., which is not far from Farmington, and report a very pleasant holiday with their son and his wife and their interesting little grandson. Their invitation to have a basket lunch on their broad acres in Framingham Center still holds good for our '9B crowd. *
Secretary, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass.
