1924*

Am hoping to receive some writeups on some of the brothers so that we can run one or two each month. Everyone enjoyed them last year so please send them in. Thauthorship will not be revealed.

Charlie Amelung is with the N. J. Bell Telephone Cos. Jerry Wheeler is a geologist for N. Y. City, George Anderson1 president of the First National Bank' Elkhart, Ind., Ives Atherton is with 1 N. E. Mutual Life and lives in Hanover Shirley Austin is a partner with Parrish & Cos., members of the N. Y. Stock Exeter Ed Bailey is with the U. S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D. C., Ev Baker is vice president of the American Unitarian Assoc., Frank Bardol is president of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philade'P is a physician in Bingliamton, N. Y., Curt Bird is with Talbot, Bird & Cos., Inc., Walter Blanchfield is with THIS WEEK Magaz;ne Ken Christophe is in Orthopedic Surgery, Don Coyle is with the N. Y. Trust Cos Don Crawford is with the Kendall Cos., Walpole, Mass., Keith Drake is doing free lance work, John Dregge is vice president of the Nichols & Cox Lumber Cos., Joe Falcon is with the Drybak Corp., Bob Fenderson is an auditor with T. G. Edwards & Son.

Letters from L. B. Whit who is working on a Willkie fund raising campaign in Ohio, one from Haws in which he reports that Gordon Lockwood is at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, suffering from a blood stream infection necessitating a brain operation. Les says he is improving but has quite a spell in the hospital before him. Please drop him a card or a letter.

Am indebted to Sherm Baldwin, secretary of '23 for the following which was clipped from Pinkey Booth's Worcester TELEGRAM, "Over in New York state, Union College at Schenectady and Hamilton College at Clinton have been sharp rivals in almost everything for more than a half century. The rivalry may not be as widely known as that of Harvard and Yale, and its ivy growth may be somewhat less profuse than that of the Cambridge-New Haven tradition. But in vigor and sincerity the Hamilton-Union competition yields to none. The football isn't particularly good, but it's hard and full of the old college try. It is a rivalry only time could construct.

"Now, however, the rift has been bridged, at least temporarily. A dispatch from Schenectady says that Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox of Union and Dr. William H. Cowley of Hamilton have sent a letter, jointly signed, pledging their support of Wendell Willkie. Both men supported Mr. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936.

"We should think Mr. Willkie, if he knows of Hamilton and Union and of the rarity with which they get together on anything, except each other's necks and nerves, would be deeply appreciative of this expression by Drs. Fox and Cowley. Politics make strange bedfellows, but not much stranger than this."

Nice letter from John Dregge written ast July. John wrote "I just returned from a trip through New England with my wife. we had the pleasure of spending a day an a half in Hanover, and the rest of the time we spent with relatives and friends in the East. I saw Bert Perry down in Rhode Island, and I talked to Luit a couple of ones, but unfortunately could not make connections with him.

"There is little I can tell you about myself except that I am working my head off, and so far have been able to enjoy life, play golf occasionally (very badly), and enjoy aome of the indoor sports. Just as a matter of record, I have been on the City Commission of East Grand Rapids for the past nine years, and also a member of the Kent County Board of supervisors. "Duke" Keegin reported that I was treasurer of the Grand Rapids Airport. This is slightly incorrect. I have been a member, and a Chairman of the Airport Committee of the Kent County Board of Supervisors. It has been rather a hobby of mine, and I have had a lot of fun playing around with it."

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Perry announced the arrival of Otis Elliot Perry on the 26 of Sept. Both mother and son are doing finely. Many congratulations to all three.

Tom Burbank writes that he saw Henry Hudson recently, also Roy Linnekin. Tom says he's busy trying to keep the wolf away from the door publishing a weekly newspaper in Rochester, N. H. The Burbanks have three children, a girl who is a freshman in the local high, another girl who will go there in two years, and a son, seven. Tom writes "the most important member of my family still squeezes dollars and, most of the time, says she loves me. Why the hell she has hung on for fifteen years is a mystery. Certainly it is not my sex appeal, nor again my bank account. I guess it is just because we have a swell time living in a small town where it doesn't make any difference whether you come to work in overalls or a Brooks Brothers. Our barbers do like to put a bowl on your head and cut around it in five min., though. This started out to be a note about Hudson and Linnekin and now look what I have done." Dear Tom, you done fine. Thanks a lot for your letter. Wish we had more like it.

Please get your class dues in to George Traver at once and please send me news.

Many thanks to Johnnie Mauk for his letter of last year. It was full of news which I have used from time to time. John wrote that George Matchett is one of the partners of Carter, McDonald Cos., Real Estate and Insurance, doing well. Has one son for the class of 1950. Johnnie also wrote that J. Willis Jones Jr. is still working for R. N. Brodie Cos., in Seattle. He has three children, prospective members for the classes of '49 and '53, and the youngest is a girl six years old.

Well, at last it has happened! Your Secretary received a letter from "Mrs. Ax" or Bunny Coffin. X hope more of the wives will take an interest in this column and write me all the news. Don't wait to be introduced just address me as Jeff and fire away. Bunny and Ax report the delightful and proud news of the birth of daughter Sarah Coffin on Sept. 3. Congratulations to you both. Bunny says Sarah already has two bids to Dartmouth Carnival, one being from Thomas Strong and the other from Horace Taylor's son. Sarah's brother, John, now eight years old is of course slated for Dartmouth. Bunny reports Ax's reelection to village collector in Glencoe. Ax is a very fine gardener and gets very good results. Another hobby of Ax's is his camera. I wish you would send me some snaps, Ax. Thank you very much, Bunny, for your very interesting letter.

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Secretary, 45 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills, Mass. Treasurer, Chicago Safety Council 222 N. Bank Dr., Chicago, Ill.