Class of 1911
The big event for 1911 during the past month was a very successful dinner at the University Club in Boston the night before the Harvard game. Although no special effort had been made to get a large turn-out, the actual count of those present was thirty, and here is the Who's Who: Cupe Adams, Chick Jordan, Chet Butts, Dick Stevens, Warren Patten, Paul Ayer, Bendy Griswold, Doc Bond, Bill Henderson, Jack Crooks, Bob Sanderson, Hen Seaver, Art Jackson, Walt Reilly, Stick Pendleton, Doc Clute, Josh Clark, Aubrey Butler, Nat Burleigh, Shorty Mayo, Chub Snow, Sid Beane, Dick Paul, Jim Conroy, Moon Scanlon, Fred Sprague, Les Hawkridge, Jim Malley, Ken Ballou, and Hugh Kenworthy.
Under the stress and strain of trying to be an efficient secretary, collect items of news, keep the guy next door from stealing your steak and eating your ice-cream, and at the same time say "hello" to everybody whom you were so glad to see, there is little wonder that not much news was forthcoming from the meeting. However, one bigstand-out item was the presence of Moon Scanlon, whose beaming face it was a delight for all classmates to look upon. It surely has been years, if it ever happened at all, since "Moon" has been at a Boston party, and if one were to judge it seemed a happy occasion for him likewise. I personally have not seen him in many years, and yet he seems to have changed so little since the time when he was Doctor Person's efficient private secretary in the good old days of second-year Tuck.
It was also good to welcome Cupe Adams, who incidentally has had his business sold out over his head, so to speak. The old firm of Draper and Maynard, which has been a solid New Hampshire institution for so many years, has finally been purchased by out-of-staters, who have moved the equipment and taken the good-will with them, leaving the plant and "Cupe" in Plymouth.
Warren Patten it seems is now several things. In the first place, he is a crack lawyer, and in the second, a proud father, and in the third, a farmer. The third boy recently arrived to keep his two older brothers and sister company. On the farm he has pigs and eight hens, but henhouses for three thousand. The eight hens are in response to the boys' demand that they have chickens on the farm, and the houses for three thousand chickens are due to the fact that they are on the farm, anyhow.
Walt Reilly has taken up fishing in response to his young son's belief that fishing is the one and only good sport. He apparently, therefore, is a youngster of great acumen, and in any case it has resulted in Walt Sr.'s making preparation to whip all the streams in surrounding New England next summer.
Aubrey Butler was receiving congratulations from all on his election to the presidency of the Northeastern Florist Association. The story goes something like thishe was already president, so when the Flower Show started in Boston his picture appeared in the paper as he was president of the Association, then upon his reelection he had to be republicized; the net result a second showing of the picture, so after all of that publicity we will see that his name is not mentioned in this column again for awhile.
The Bob Sandersons on January 3 adopted a six-weeks-old boy, who is now the pride and joy of the household, taking first place over Bob's Guernsey queen. Bob says there is to be another addition to the family shortly, which will come about as the result of the adoption of a young lady, thus making the score 1 to 1.
Les Gibson has been made sales manager of the Bailey Company, Amesbury, Mass., so that Les now has the pleasure of commuting between Brookline and Amesbury. Les is reported to be doing a swell job in finding markets for their products.
Dick Stevens reported that the antique business is picking up. He was back in his old home town of Franklin, N. H., during the summer, assisting as he does each summer in the antique shop in which business he is a partner.
A distinguished visitor to Hanover during the past month was Dr. Gabriel Farrell, director of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. All joking aside, Gabe is doing a masterful piece of work for the Perkins Institution. His particular errand here as described in the previous issue of the MAGAZINE was the dedication of the Laura Bridgman tablet in Etna, although the thing that was enjoyed most by the townspeople was his interesting talk to an overflow audience in Carpenter Hall, in which he told entertainingly of the work of the Institution and made this picture all the more graphic by the demonstrations of two of the blind-deaf children.
Howard Morton has just accepted a new position with Wainwright and Company, an investment house in Boston.
Al Wheeler had a goat. It came with the farm; now he has another goat, and the suspicion is that there will soon be a third goat. Nobody has said who any of the goats are.
Gov Jordan has left Grove ton and returned to Concord, N. H., where he is employed in connection with the Social Secretary Office there. For further details consult your local newspaper!
A very brief message from Gerry Barnes says: "The 'other half' did not appreciatethe joys of isolation, so we compromisedand moved back to town. Address is now1045 South Citrus, Los Angeles, Calif.,about four blocks from Deshon." We never did discover whether that house in the hills ever had its front piazza attached which Gerry was on his way to build when he left Hanover for Los Angeles after our last reunion.
A special announcement has been received from the International Business Machines Corporation to the following effect: "Chicago, October 28. Recognitionof the outstanding work of Rolland T. R.Hastings, salesman in the local office ofInternational Business Machines Corporation, is contained in the official amiouncement today of his admittance to the company's Hundred Per Cent Club of salesleaders.
"As a member of the Club, he will attendits annual convention to be held early nextyear, when he will confer with other outstanding members of the company's organization in all parts of the United States andnumerous foreign countries." Congratulations to Roily! .
It is not known on what basis the Chicago Sunday Tribune selects its pictures of comely young ladies in its magazine and society section, but if it is on the basis of attractiveness it makes no mistakes. A recent issue carried the picture of Miss Lucy Keeler, referring to her as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Keeler and one of Winnetka's many attractive young women, stating further that the Northwestern University settlement is one of her pet philanthropies.
The following changes in address have been received, but without further explanation. Harry J. Gonyer—business: 32 Island St., Bellows Falls, Vt.; residence: 22 Fairfax Rd., Milton, Mass.; occupation: manufacturing Lester M. Harding, 310 Brickley Ave., Glenside, Pa. . . . .
John Pearson, 2 Calumet Road, instead of 15 as formerly, Winchester, Mass.
Commander L. A. Odlin, U. S. Navy, Larry to us, had the honor of addressing the Purchasing Agents Association in Los Angeles last September on the subject of "Navy Procurement." The address was later printed in full in the SouthwesternPurchasing Agent, October number, and if the opinion of a professor is worth any thing, it was a darn good address and is indicative of the reason why Larry is considered ace high in the Procurement Division of the Navy.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
