1906*

Room 1430, Merchandise Mart Chicago, 111.

If a prophet is without honor in his own country, then Bob Blood, the genial managing editor of The ManchesterUnion, is not a prophet, for the leading citizens of Manchester are unanimous in their opinion that he is their most useful citizen. Even Manchester's famous police chief, Jimmy O'Neill, who is quite generally recognized as America's most understanding police executive, was enthusiastic in his praise of the work of our modest classmate. I heard all these wonderful things about Bob during my recent visit to Manchester, when I had a delightful meeting with Doc Scribner, Ralph Fitts and Bob himself.

The leading orator of the class, Walter Powers, now president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, helped make Dartmouth Night on November 15 a success through his masterful speech.

Lucy Howard was in Chicago a few days ago, putting a little vim and vigor into his local distributor. Lucy has done more to make his home town, Oskaloosa, lowa, famous through his success than have all the comedians who have used its name to bolster up their humorous skits. While as vice president and general manager of the lowa Valve Company it is necessary for him to be at his general offices in Des Moines, lowa, he still maintains his plant in Oskaloosa.

The reason for Ben's having settled in Oakland perhaps is to compensate for Ed Pearson's removal from that famous but foggy city. Ed only spent a short time at Dartmouth but still keeps up his interest in the affairs of the college. He recently has left Oakland to live permanently at Belvedere, California. It looks as if we will soon have a 1906 colony in California, if this trend toward the Pacific continues. I wonder what is back of it—can it be that our rugged individualists no longer enjoy the bitter but invigorating winter winds, or has the ham-and-egg program found supporters in our group.

An alliance which will be of more interest to us than the Rome-Berlin Axis is one between Barbara Ann Lillard, the daughter of W. Huston Lillard '05, the undergraduate Frank Merrivale of Dartmouth, who is now headmaster of Tabor Academy, and W. Langdon Powers, former football star and son of our own Walter. Announcement of the engagement of these two young people was made recently at a small tea given in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lillard at Marion, Massachusetts. Miss Lillard attended Tabor Acad- emy and was graduated from Radcliffe College in 1937. Langdon Powers is a Deerfield man and graduated from Dartmouth in 1934. He later attended Harvard Law School and is now practicing his profession in Boston.

A 1 Callison is now living in Methuen, Massachusetts. Joe Cushing has recently moved to his new home at 1559 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts.

It isn't within the province of the regular correspondent to write anything about himself in these monthly columns, and so the office cat who knows everything has added this item. Nat Leverone caused something of a sensation very recently in Manchester, N. H., where he delivered a very swell talk before the Rotary Club. Besides the full gathering of Rotarians, there were sixteen invited Dartmouth men present. Nat in short told the Manchester business men that they ought to applaud anything that is done locally in the way of service to the community. If a member of the Legislature presents a good bill, if a member of the government puts through a reform, if a member of the Police Department makes a good arrest,—all these things and others ought to be appreciated not only by silent approbation but by actual expression and thanks. Bob Blood says that there have been many effects noticeable from this talk. Rotarians are going to the length of making calls upon people who perform some act of public service, and Bob says that for the first time people in the town have been calling him up to thank the newspaper for stories and items which are published for good purposes, charity, or public welfare.

President,Acting Secretary