1924*
Secretary-Chairman, ALFRED A. ADAMS JR. 45 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills, Mass.
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Your secretary asks and urges each individual to send in all news for use in this column.
From Cleveland we hear that Rus Treadway, treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland for two years, and now on the executive committee, is with a brokerage house in Cleveland and is quite a badminton player. Nellie Newcomb keeps busy as secretary-treasurer of the Lake Erie Provision Company.
Warren Hollis writes he is now in Boston selling automobiles for the Cadillac Automobile Co. of Boston.
George Gercke is with the United States Film Service in New York, is married, and has one daughter. George writes that he has been sunning himself at the Tropical Hotel most of the summer down at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Les Haws writes he had a housewarming in his new Wynnewood residence, 215 Gypsy Lane, with Mony Monahan and Buck Weaver doing the honors for the class. Gibbie Gibson couldn't make it. Our old friend Billy Pugh helped to take care of some of the beer.
From Maury Ahlquist comes the news that he is running one of the largest irrigated ranches north of California called the Hill Top Ranch in Touchet, Washington. Maury says his health is good; he has two children, aged six and a half and eight and a half. He claims to have developed no hobbies—can't play golf and dances equally well.
Jim Henretta states he had the unexpected pleasure of lunch with Dick Henry, Doug Craig, Van Huyck and Jim White. Topics of conversation were the new football schedule, ALUMNI MAGAZINE, last and next reunions, and the "Hanover Holiday."
Charley Altman writes from the Pension-Villa Argentina in Dubrovnik, Jugoslavia, that he certainly appreciates those letter writers like Shirley Austin (in long hand) or George Traver. Charley writes that this is his sixth season in the field, two in Irak and four in Palestine.
W. R. Holbrook writes from Los Olivos, California, "We three are thriving out here on the 'last frontier,' in a beautiful and fertile valley. A house on the Midland School campus is being built for us. The school has a fine bunch of sixty boys. We're sending some to Yale and Harvard and will reach Hanover eventually."
Bevo Beers pens from Tela, Honduras, that since "Bud Seavey has left these parts, I am the only 'vox clamantis' in this wilderness. In fact, except for Puddy Blodgett I do not know of any 1924 farmers. My idea of a 'peerade' is to get somewhere where I cannot see any bananas. In fact, every once in a while I climb the windmill to make sure that the plantations do actually end. Last Fall I took the family, one boy and one girl, up North for a couple of months. We intended to get to Hanover for the Bates game but the hurricane which followed us up took out some of the necessary bridges. In fact, we were on the waterfront at Cape Cod at the time of the blow and were plenty scared. Don't let anyone tell you we play around with breezes like that in the tropics."
Your secretary had the pleasure of entertaining Lois, Lester, and Charles Haws over the weekend of July 2d. The Haws were on their way to Canada for a trip around the Gaspe. While in Wellesley Hills, a few of the class of 1914 joined us in an evening of song and cheer—just like at Reunion. Lester enjoyed fishing for mackerel from the "Beattie-Jean"; Charles proved himself a very good sailor.
Once more, we wish to congratulate Jim White, his able lieutenants, and the whole class of 1924 for the grand job it did on the Alumni Fund. Again many thanks to Pinkie Booth and his committee for our great reunion. Two swell jobs well done.
Spud and Kay Spaulding had dinner and spent Friday evening with your secretary and wife. Spud and your secretary spent the whole evening discussing 1924, looking at class movies, and making plans for the year ahead. Send in news, please!
Last minute flash. A postcard from Red Newell. Red sailed from San Francisco, Sept. 8, for Japan, thence to Harbin up in Manchukuo. Sends his best wishes to all.
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