1915
The boys seem to be getting organized. Our roving reporter advises that thirty good Fifteeners attended the night before the Harvard game affair at the University Club in Boston,—the best affair of its kind ever held, so we are told. In attendance were the thundering herd,—Clough, Jonnie Johnson, Kike Richardson, Speed Henderson, Bill Huntress, Hal Martin, Dale Barker, Russ Rice, Duke Sullivan, Ash St. Clair, Walt Meader, Norvie Milmore, Chan Foster, Leon Tuck, Jack Mason, and Herb Potter. Then there were Greg Lyon, Howie Fuller, Nut Norwood, Shrimp Williams, and Ed Dewing. Casey Jones came down from Bangor, Ed. Curtis and son from Portland, A 1 Sherman from New Bedford, Jack Bowler from Hanover, Woody Hough from Dover, Fred Low from Montpelier, and Jim Cavanaugh from Manchester. Bob Guest not only was in the front line, but brought along his two sons. Quite a feast, as we understand it. The Boston parties are sure proving a success.
In New York on November 2, Fifteen held a dinner with Murdock, Griffith, Byers, Livermore, Brown, Brownell, Davis, Folan, Rose, Cannon, Clarke, Comiskey, Durgin, Rose, and Rozsa present. We haven't heard from Milt Rozsa lately, and it seems good to have him in circulation again. Boston and New York are sure going strong. Let us hear from some of the outlying districts. It is never too late to le arn.
Directly and indirectly, and on occasion, we hear from some of the boys. Sometimes we think they must be relatives of ours, and wish to leave us alone. But we do pick up a few scraps in the way of news. Charlie Sargent is on sabbatical leave from his duties at Hanover Gus Braun (Dr. Braun to his clients) has just established himself in a new home in Maplewood, N. J And Hal Davison is so mixed up in New Hampshire politics that he little knows where he is Forgot to mention the fact that George Simpson of Melrose, Mass., was at the Harvard game "night before," for the first time in years. George says that he will not fall by the wayside again Dan Waugh has hied himself from the confines of New York to Southport, Conn
If you are around Boston, hunt up George Martin. He is still in the market box business, but at 45 Fulton St., instead of Long Wharf, as before Or Erl MacAndrews, at 1340 Commonwealth Ave., Allston Then you might run out to 100 Concord Ave. (on the turnpike), Belmont, and see Irving Gale.
Don Page forgot for the moment the advertising business and the business of commuting between Bridgeport and New York and strayed way up to Hanover for the Brown game And Don Bennink felt that the Internal Revenue service in the Lawrence, Mass., district was safe in the hands of his 15 assistants for that same day. Don takes his "G" stuff very seriously. Anyhow, he is doing a good job at it. What more can we wish?
We have in this year's freshman class Allan L. Priddy, Addison L. Winship (son of Roger), and Harold C. Harlow Jr. And many another rarin' to go.
Received a bit of news regarding Francis Poor, of Jacksonville, Fla. For four years he was assistant United States attorney for the southern district of Florida, but is now in private practice in Jacksonville, and doing very well from all reports. Roy Johnson is also in Jacksonville, as state manager for the Sun Life of Canada, as well as president of Florida Underwriters Association.
Les Dunn, professor of zoology at Columbia is not afraid of European air raids, but some of his colleagues in London are, as evidenced by the following: "We are taking the liberty of sending you for safekeeping a stock of rats, containing a new and unique hereditary variation. Our lab- oratory is situated near the big railway termini, which will be among the first targets for raiding airplanes, and we would would like to be sure that some of the most important of our scientific materials are out of harm's way." Les continued with the statement that within a day of the arrival of the "immigrants," there was an increase of fourteen in the family. Well, well.
Leo Burt refuses to give any news for publication, more than to the effect that he has lunch with Johnnie Mullin, "gleaming bald head and all," most every noon in Hartford; .... that Dick Clarke is a successful globe-trotter, .... and that Ray King is so busy that the office chairs which Leo sold him a short time ago are falling apart. Leo says nothing about him- self, but Burt & Jeffers, Pearl St., Hartford, Conn., is the outfit.
Augie Atwood seems to lead the life of "Riley." Not only moved from Dorchester to Wellesley Hills, Mass., this spring, but then immediately went to Deering, N. H., for the summer and fall.
From Philadelphia, via Hal Budd, comes more news than we have had in ages, which proves the contention that this is a small world after all. We are saving some of the news, knowing that we are always apt to be short. But he says, among other things, that Paul Sargent is "the mayor, chief of police, and janitor of Candia, N. H. It is a triple job because there are actually three towns Try and find which town his farm is located in Besides running the town and farm he sells everybody insurance But he does have two boys headed for Dartmouth via Exeter." More from Hal later.
Bill Huntress is on the job, and a-plenty, as chairman of our 25th. You have no realization of the work that he is putting into this assignment. Give him all the help that you possibly can, although I do not know that he needs it, he has just acquired Howie Fuller's secretary as the official reunion stenographer and reporter. Hank Monheimer is taking charge of transportation, especially from Chicago and points west. And Ashley St. Claire is keeping the mailing list up to date. Leave it to Bill, even the secretary business. So.
Secretary, Orleans, Vt,
