1911*
First, let's get the 1911 sons in the freshman class straightened out. There are nine instead of two, and here they are—Dick Backus; Marshall Clark, Ken's son; John Eaton, Fred's boy; A1 Hormel Jr.; Wee Kimball Jr.; John C. Roberts, Bull Roberts' son; Dave Scotford; John L. Sterling and Warren Sullivan Jr.
Horace Hedges Jr. is now at Tabor preparing to enter his six feet, two hundred pound football frame into Dartmouth next fall.
Reunion was mentioned last time. A few have said they will be here, so the list is started and will be given to you soon. Meanwhile, how about a little help for the committee which will arrange the party. What would you like to do between Friday afternoon when you arrive and Sunday afternoon when Commencement is all over? Do you want to spend all of the time in Hanover? Would you like to suggest any special events that would interest you particularly? The framework of reunion is hung about the Friday night reception extended to the alumni by President and Mrs. Hopkins. The alumni party at the Gym, which starts the middle of Saturday morning, includes a luncheon and ends with the ball game in the afternoon. After this some of the alumni will want to go to their fraternity house just to fraternize for a few minutes, and then it will be time for the banquet for the men and supper party for the women. Sunday is usually taken up by a picnic or dinner, with incidentals like golf, and so forth, at some more or less near or distant point. One alumnus has said he would like to spend all day in Hanover just browsing about. There isn't much else to do other than the Baccalaureate service in the morning and Commencement exercises in the afternoon. Most of the classes and seniors and parents drive out of town for dinner or just for the ride with the result that Hanover on Sunday is really rather quiet. Perhaps that is what you would like best. The committee rather has in mind that since Commencement now ceases on Sunday afternoon that it would be well in the latter part of the morning to drive toward Frank Dodge's at Whitefield where he will again be prepared to serve a sumptuous meal and turn over the facilities of his house and grounds to the classmates as he did last time. If the majority want to be longer in Hanover, it probably will be possible to linger and have a noon meal here or near-by and then go to Frank's for the evening, and as much longer as any and all wish to stay on the liberal terms of other years. So won't you all write in and give us your ideas of what to you would be an ideal reunion, and we will try to comply with these ideas as well as possible.
A wedding of interest to all was announced as follows: "Mr. Wallace Henry Bradley announces the marriage of his daughter, Bertha Josephine, to Mr. Harold Alden Moseley on Tuesday, September the twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and forty, Springfield, Massachusetts—At Home after December the first, eight hundred Enfield Street, Thompsonville, Connecticut." Congratulations, Mose, and be sure to produce the bride for your Thirtieth.
The plan of sending this MAGAZINE to all members of the class who are interested to receive it is being continued during the present year. Some day there is going to be a day of reckoning, as the list is a large one and it is a frank statement to say that class dues are not paid by 100% of the membership. However, your Executive Committee is equally frank in saying that they will take the responsibility for this matter if the MAGAZINE is of enough interest to all those men getting it so that they wish to have it continued. Les Hawkridge, the class treasurer, does the collecting, but of course he will not mind having it said that any man who has not paid his dues is welcome to send them to him. Also, any opinions with regard to the continuance of the MAGAZINE plan to the class or to any man individually will be most welcome by the Secretary.
A letter from Hen Seaver encloses a clipping giving information about his son, Bob's marriage to Miss Mary Emily Voigt of Haddenfield, New Jersey, on September si, 1940. If anyone wishes to learn of the kind of dresses the bride and attendants wore, the clipping will be forwarded to you. Otherwise, the facts are as above. In his letter Hen wrote that he had noticed the death notice of Moffatt and added that he remembered going skiing several times with him and that he was an expert skier, having been brought up in the wilds of northern Michigan and added that he was always full of fun and laughter and deviltry. It is nice to have this information, because Moffatt was here so short a time that most of us did not feel much acquainted with him.
Cap Hedges appears to have a busy fall officiating, and surely this particular football schedule puts him right on the scene of many coming important games.
Sept. 27, Drake-Montana State at Des Moines; 28, Grinnell-Lawrence at Grinnell; Oct. 5, Texas-Indiana at Bloomington; 12, Georgia Tech-Notre Dame at South Bend; 19, lowa-Indiana at Bloomington; 26, Notre Dame-Illinois at Champaign; Nov. 2, Minnesota-Northwestern at Evanston; 9, IllinoisNorthwestern at Evanston; 23, MinnesotaWisconsin at Madison.
News has been received that Frederick C. Eaton Jr., who was a member of the class of '4O and who resigned to take up aviation at Randolph Field, has received a commission as lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps and has been assigned to active duty at Hamilton Field, California. After leaving Randolph Field he was connected with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron at the West Coast's largest military air base.
The opening college football game with St. Lawrence did not bring the usual number of lgners to Hanover. Probably they are waiting for the later games with Columbia and Cornell. However, the following were seen and comments are in order to the following extent. The out of town visitors being the Buttses, Bonds, Butlers, Hawkridges, Reillys, and Sandersons. Jim Malley was reported also to have been seen, and at the F. & M. Game, Josh Clark. If the reporter has slighted anybody by omission, he will be glad to remedy the error. It was a special delight to see Aubrey and Lu Butler, because it can now be told that both were very ill during the large part of the summer. Aubrey had what is probably technically known as an embolism or thrombosis. In any case, there was a blood clot concerned which went from his leg to his stomach and to his lungs and every time it went it did things to him with the result that for many weeks he was seriously ill. It surely was gratifying to see him and Lu appear for a football game and apparently in good health once more.
The Sandersons will stay in New Hampshire until after the Harvard game, at any rate, when they will leave to go to their home in Florida. It is now generally known that Bob has forsaken the political life in New Hampshire as well as an agricultural one. He has sold his herd of cattle and bought a herd of beef cattle in Florida where he has a ranch. He, the wife, and two attractive young boys will spend the winter at their home in Florida. Incidentally, if any classmates or even friends of his want to buy a beautiful farm located in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, Bob would probably sell that to him also.
Bob Barstow is engaged to conduct a joint service of the Episcopal and Congregational Churches in the Chapel next January. Bob has always been a popular speaker on these occasions.
Art Henderson, Bill's son, who had to leave college following Bill's death at the end of the last college year, has found a position which he is enjoying very much with Batchelder and Snyder and is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
THREE HANDSOME 1911'ERs Starting for the 30th Reunion.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
