1909*

Bill Lamb, our Washington patent and trademark lawyer, has moved his office to the Union Trust Building.

The Carrolls opened their place at North Scituate on Sunday, September n, for a class picnic, attended by more than forty men, women, and children—the Worthens, the Johnsons, the Burroughs, the Hookers, the Hilliards, the Reeds, the Carrolls, the Fearings, the Newtons, and the Burnses, also Ned Ford and Mike Farley all by their lonesome. Perhaps naturally the Carrolls had the largest number of children present, i.e. six. But by the way things are going, who can tell what the statistics will be at the next meeting? Be that as it may, the weather was ideal.

The whole Carroll family are genial hosts and the crowd had a gorgeous time. Harry Burroughs and his boy, Sandy Hooker and his boy, and one or two others played golf. Fred Reed and Curt Hilliard played Joe Worthen and Tom Worthen at tennis, and most of the children played tennis. A snappy match and exhibition was put on by Dorothy Worthen and Helen Hilliard. There was a soft ball game, with some of the ladies "showing form that ought to put them in the Big Coast Soft Ball League." Mike Farley and Ingie Fearing also did pretty well at soft ball. Many of the crowd went in swimming. Jim Everett (1910) lives next door, and he and his family helped things along, particularly young Pete (aged 6), who supervised the distribution of milk, ice cream, doughnuts, etc., in most able fashion, and helped nobly afterwards in cleaning up the surplus with his gang.

Fred discussed with those present the outline of plans for reunion—Saturday night class dinner, picnic at Lake Morey on Sunday, etc. And, after considerable discussion, with numerous incidental suggestions, those present approved the plan, and your Secretary hopes to have arrangements made accordingly before this reaches you. At least, it will be a good excuse to attend the Brown game in Hanover.

It would be a good idea for the New York, Chicago, and other centers to hold class gatherings this fall to start things rolling and to add such suggestions as they can dig up; also you fellows had better start saving your pennies.

A good many of the New England crowd lost trees, shrubs, panes of glass, shingles, boats, etc., in the hurricane, but we haven't heard of anybody who was injured or whose property suffered serious damage. Many of the crowd were isolated for a day or more and had extraordinary experiences, but so far we believe everyone came through safe and sound. We're checking up and will report further.

John W. Childs was married on September 6 to Ruth Mudgett Bailey, proprietor of the Hotel Moulton in Lisbon, where they will reside. John has been bridge engineer for the N. H. State Highway Department for some time, and was resident engineer during the construction of the first aerial passenger tramway on the North American continent, recently opened on Cannon mountain in Franconia Notch.

Prof. Curtis M. Hilliard, head of the department of biology and public health at Simmons College, gave an address on "Public Health on the Move" at the monthly meeting of the sanitary section of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, held October 5, in Tremont Temple, Boston. Prof. Hilliard gave a review on the advance made in medical science and also how the public health programs had become important factors in community life.

Secretary, Room 922, 10 Post Office Sq., Boston

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