Class of 1915
We have scored once this month at least by virtue of a long letter from A1 Livingston, who is assistant manager of the Prudential Insurance Company's San Francisco branch, with offices at 315 Montgomery St. A1 has been away from the East so long that he must be laboring under some sort of delusion (for which we will forgive him, of course), as he writes: "Living as you do in the sheltered and protected part of the country, you are probably not aware that the average individual in this part of the country maintains a continual battle for existence, which is briefly, this,—if he does not work, he does not eat. The result has .been, I have been obliged to neglect the pleasant privilege of corresponding with you and other friends of mine I have not seen in many years. Rest assured, however, that I have followed the progress of Fifteeners with great interest Seriously, my work is of such a character that I am never quite sure how long I am to be in one place, and my opportunities for contacts with members of the class here on the Coast are very rare. I am hoping, with the recent change in location, that I will be somewhat permanent in San Francisco, and will have a chance to contact some of our old friends. . . . . Please accept my sincere apology for not having written before and convey my very best wishes to any and all of my friends you may see." Very fine, Al.
Tommy Tomfohrde is, we guess, the only other fifteener in that district, and is in business in Berkeley, with address at 802 Contra Costa Ave. A1 advises that Tommy is hale and hearty as of yore, and that they both await the stampede of Fifteeners at Palo Alto this fall.
We have had the feeling that Bobby Bigelow was up to something for quite a spell back, and Don Bennink confirmed this assumption when he told me that for the first time in years Bobby failed to have a seat in front of him at the Harvard game. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Lynch have solved the problem however in announcing the marriage of their sister, Anna Sullivan. Hurley, to Robert Cutting Bigelow on the sixteenth of December at Marlborough, Mass. Fifteen can do no better than extend its best to the Bigelows and welcome Anna into our circle.
Ev Lamson is entitled to an apology for our having mislaid his letter of some weeks ago,—our filing system is complete only when the accumulation is one foot deep on top of the desk. Ev has been with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the past five years, and is now assistant manager in charge of the detached office in Portsmouth, N. H., with address at 748 Middle St. We are unusually glad to have heard from Ev, the late acknowledgement notwithstanding.
Wy Fuller is associated with B. W. Jennings as Jennings, Fuller, & Company, trade association managers, with offices at 369 Lexington Ave., New York; although Wy suggests that "with Mr. Jackson roar-ing around the country about monopoliesmy next address may be Alcatraz or Atlanta. Wy reports "all's well" with Fred Child, having attended the DartmouthColgate hockey game with him recently.
Hal Davison queries from the North Country: "Wonder if news is as hard toget or manufacture as it used to be when Iwas the scribe." Our answer is that we are hard pressed sometimes to even manufacture it, especially when we lack even the whole cloth. As to Hal, at the November meeting of the New England Council held in Boston, he was elected to the Council as a New Hampshire representative. He further reports as to having a long visit at the meeting with Willis Morey. Willis is secretary of the Fitchburg, Mass., Chamber of Commerce.
We do not seem able to locate John A. (Jack) Heist, whose last address was 743 Columbian Ave., Oak Park, I11. Will the readers of these columns (Fifteeners or others) in the Chicago district help us out, please? Perhaps a phone call or a look-see in the city directory might do the trick.
Elliot Sharp can be located at 102 Webster Park, West Newton, Mass., where he has resided for the past two years; George Westcott Hutchins sees the noonday (if he hasn't changed any) sun from 203 Sioux Apts., Sioux City, la.; and Sherm. Hickox is with the Scovil Mfg. Cos. of Waterbury, Conn., as a general foreman. Sherm's address is 41 Stewart Ave., Waterbury.
Bill Huntress reports progress being made towards the formation of the committee for our 25th in 1940. Seriously, Bill takes this chairmanship with all that's in him, and there is no doubt but what he will make it the success that it should be. More on this from time to time.
Secretary, Orleans, Vt.
