1911*
The party at the University Club the night before the Harvard game was probably the most successful occasion of its sort in many years. There were thirty-six classmates present which is the record to date and in all fairness to those who were not there, it may be said that they missed something. It was an especial pleasure to greet John Lovell who came to the party for the first time in his life and, incidentally, it was John's first gathering with 1911ers in many years. It is certain that he'll be there next year. Sticky Pendleton was able to tingle the piano as of old and had a group about him almost the entire evening singing the old songs. Many other notables in the class were there but pick them out for yourselves from the following list. Also King Brady preferred our company in place of that other glorious class to which he ordinarily belongs. Ballou, Beane, Bond, Burleigh, Bush, Crooks, Conroy, Les Gibson, Griswold, Henderson, Kenworthy, Learoyd, Mathes, Spim Norris, Sanderson, Snow, Fred Sprague, Seaver, Welch, Harvey, Stucklen, Art Jackson, Warren Patten, Schell, Hawkridge, Macomber, Pearson, Mayo, Paul, Whitman, Dick Stevens, Butts, Briggs, and Ayer.
A number of others expressed regrets such as Frank Dodge who was sorry not to come but was closing the hotel. The Great Sterling who unfortunately was in northern Minnesota Bill Gooding who had a previous engagement Howard Parlin who was out of town but who would be most welcome because he never has been to one before Pete Sargent who also had to be out of town Bob Barstow who was sorry Fred Harris who wrote, Have been sick six weeks. Hope tobe able to go on three weeks deer andbear hunting trip to New Brunswick starting the 14th. My best to all the gang Cap Hedges, Sorry but have to officiate atthe Illinois-Northwestern game on thatday, but said to say hello to all the gang. .... Bob Hatch was sorry not to make it. And then there were a few who took advantage of the opportunity to write a free letter to Chet Butts to whom the return cards were addressed. Fred Sprague said, 'T ain't worth two dollars, Butts. $1.35would be about 0.K., but a look at youany time is worth the other 65$ Dick Whelden, Sorry can't make it. Wasn't going to answer, but when I can get a freechance to talk to you when you can't talkback, I couldn't resist it. Best to all thegang, anyway Cupe Adams referred to Bob Sanderson's birthday party The gist of Jake Lovejoy's remarks were that he would like to go but didn't have tickets for the game.
For the Lafayette game the Butts and Agrys took over the Sterling headquarters at the Inn and acted as hosts to various and sundry members of the class and others. There was quite a gang in town for that occasion, including one George Leach who came all the way from Chicago, and Bob Keeler from Cleveland, together with Reilly, Allison, Pearson, Bob Sanderson, Heald, Henderson, Welch, and Dodge. It was the Dodges' first opportunity to leave Whitefield after the busiest summer ever. The whole family—Mother Dodge, Frank, Mary, Schuyler, John, and Mary Alice—were present and, incidentally, it was the children's first big football game.
Other recent visitors in town have been Slim and Sibyl Eaton, Wee and Elsie Kimball, Hen and Bertha Seaver, and Ralph Blanchard who got some publicity in the last issue of the MAGAZINE. Slim has given up his position with the Equitable Life Company and contemplating soon in going into business for himself. Wee Kimball is making a great reputation in the department store fire insurance field, is as you know, a broker in New York and considered one of the country's authorities in this field. Hen Seaver has acquired a new title, namely, Vice-president of the Micronizer Processing Company of Moorestown, New Jersey. In case you do not understand, this company has a process by which they make finer and better insect poisons than can be made by any other process, or in fact will grind up almost anything you want ground.
One more engineer has arrived in what appears to be a permanent job, namely, Sid Beane who has been made Superintendent of the Water Company of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Last March the Warren Agrys announced the engagement of their daughter, Marion, to Robert C. Benson, a graduate of Vanderbilt, who is now practicing medicine in Brownsville, Tennessee. The wedding is set for next spring.
At least two members of the class during the past month celebrated their fiftieth birthday anniversaries by being the guest at swank parties at the country clubs. One was Rath Sprague in Pennsylvania, and the other Bob Sanderson of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, and somewhere in Florida. Bob says he has retired from politics. He has sold his herd of Guernsey milk cattle, bought a herd of beef cattle in Florida and is going to spend six months in Florida and the rest of each year on his father's old farm in Pittsfield. Bob admits it is a hard grind to be a Democrat in New Hampshire, so maybe there is some hope of getting him transferred to the Republican Party where he can go places.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Curtis announce the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor, to David M. Morley of Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 12th. They were married in Walter Morgan's church and by Walter himself. The groom is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is employed by the General Electric Company in Schenectady.
Fred Eaton Jr. was one of six Dartmouth students chosen last year to enter the Lincoln Airplane and Flying School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Fred, even while in college, was bitten by the flying fever so that he could not resist a temptation to accept this opportunity. He is at the top of his class there and was the first in the group to make his solo flight, having made the record of a solo flight after five hours and forty-eight minutes of training. The expectation is that he will stay in the school three months and then go to Randolph, Texas, and at the end of nine months these students are made second lieutenants.
Having referred to the two Sisson girls being isolated in France in the last MAGAZINE, it may be of interest to know that they arrived in New York the first of October on the steamship, Manhattan. As has been the case with other passengers they were unable to advise anyone of their coming. Margery has returned to Smith and Mary Louise is laying lines for a job.
Bob Keeler Jr. has been accepted to enter the employment of the law firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. That sounds as though Bob was due congratulations and that he may have every expectation of going places.
Bob Barstow was greatly honored at the recent Centennial of Boston University when he was given an honorary LL.D.
An announcement of interest to Doc Gordon's old friends is Earl Jr's. marriage to Charlotte Evans of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on November nth. They will live in Hanover where Earl is Judge of the local police court and practices law in Hanover and Lebanon.
The firm of Studley, Shupert and Company takes pride in announcing that Harold C. Bond won one of the eight cash prizes in the contest entitled, Investingfor a Widow, recently conducted by Barron's, the National Financial Weekly. The problem was to assume that a young widow with two children was left a legacy of one hundred thousand dollars. Doc was one of 1172 competitors, so if any of you boys have a widow with two children and one hundred thousand dollars, you know where to go for advice and what to do with the widow.
Advice from the Alumni Office is to the effect that Lieutenant Colonel Russell Patterson is now stationed in the Philippines at Fort Mills It sounds as though Harold Card, 191 i's wandering minstrel, is settling down. He has established himself as sales consultant at 30 Church Street, New York City. Harold continues to live with his family at 449 Elmora Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... .A member of the class recently asked for Al Hormel's address. It is 40 Manhattan Avenue, Crestwood, New York, as per usual, but his business address is Nyack, New York Jim Malley has a bright spot in his life as he lives on Indigo Hill Road, Somersworth, New Hampshire. Jim is one of New Hampshire's industrialists, being President of the sound and well known firm, Farmington Shoe Company Ted O'Leary is President of the Somerset Importers, Ltd., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. In case you don't know what he imports, he might be glad to furnish samples to those interested.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
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