1911*
The annual Harvard party arranged for and run by the efficient Chet Butts, although attended by a smaller number than usual, was unusually successful in that everyone seemed to have a better time visiting than ever before. Many of the old gang were there plus two welcome newcomers, one being Jake Lovejoy from Naugatuck and Jack Steeves from New York. The other twenty-four classmates present were: Harvey, Butts, Fred Sprague, Snow, Beane, Cupe Adams, Stucklen, Crooks, Dick Stevens, Paul, Les Gibson, Learoyd, Clute, Pendleton, Warren Patten, Griswold, Burleigh, Josh Clark, Putnam, Briggs, Bush, Bond, Sanderson, and Kenworthy. The next day Ralph Blanchard joined the group to attend the game in the stadium.
This was Ralph's first homecoming with 1911 for some time. All missed two or three regulars who were kept away by business or illness, such as Les Hawkridge who is confined to his home for a few weeks, and Fred Harris who, likewise, has been incapacitated by illness; and Shorty Mayo who had to attend an ice cream convention in Atlantic City, all of whom sent regrets. Cap Hedges said that he would be there were he not busy officiating at the Notre Dame-Illinois game, but that he wanted to extend his best to all-the gang.
Bits of gossip picked up at the occasion "were that Jack Steeves and his wife traveled to Rome last spring by clipper ship and after a visit in Italy returned home by boat.
Les Gibson has moved to 452 Point Shore Drive, Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he has been sales manager of the Bailey Company for several years.
Some of the youngsters have started to carve careers in various army and naval units. New additions to the list that have been reported are Bud Griswold, who graduated from second year Tuck last year and who had entered his father's business, and is now a lieutenant in the Marines at Quantico Young George Adams has gone into the Naval Reserve. Cupe and Inez have closed their old home in Plymouth following Cupe's mother's death and are residents at the Pemigewassett Hotel, where Inez is hostess and Cupe, likewise, is one of the hotel officers.
Bob Sanderson gave his usual party for the boys of Pittsfield, having twenty of them as his guests at the Harvard game on Saturday afternoon.
A recent issue of the Weymouth Truth, Weymouth's local paper, carried an article entitled, "Man of the Week," referred to Sid Beane who for the past few years has been the superintendent of the Weymouth Water Works. The article was extremely complimentary to Sid and referred to the unusual experience he had had prior to this association and the excellent manner in which he was conducting his job. Incidentally, Sid's daughter, Marjorie, who has been engaged in secretarial work in Boston following her graduation from Simmons, has moved to Hanover to become a secretary in President Hopkins' office.
On October 15th Fred Eaton became associated with the Fruit of the Loom Company, 4.0 Worth Street, New York City. As a matter of fact, Fred has two offices, as he also makes use of their studio headquarters at 1450 Broadway, and he also has a new Scarsdale address; namely, Popham Hall.
An up-to-date report on the Cooper family brings out the news that Dick was married on October 19th to Elizabeth Hall Wentworth in the First Parish Church in Somersworth. Mrs. Cooper had been executive secretary of the First Congregational Church of Melrose, Massachusetts. Dick, after graduating from college attended Harvard Law, was admitted to the Bar last June, and is now living in Rochester and practicing with his father's firm, Cooper, Hall, & Grimes. Burt's daughter, Barbara, has just announced her engagement to Charles C. Thompson of Westwood, Massachusetts, a graduate of Boston University and son of the head of the Spanish Department of that institution. Barbara has been engaged on the staff of the New Hampshire State Hospital. She graduated from Colby Junior College and then Boston University in 1939. Old man Burt, himself, was honored at the New England Conference of Probation, Parole and Crime Prevention in September by being named as president after having served on its executive committee since its inception five years ago.
Still more marriages of the youngstersPriscilla Mayo, Shorty's oldest daughter, married to Robert Loheed of Middleboro, Massachusetts, at Watertown, on October 19th Lydia Hastings, whose parents, Rollie and Ruth recently moved to California, was the cause of the family's return to Highland Park on November 2, when Lydia was married to George C. Stevens in Trinity Church Invitations to the marriage of Bill Gooding's daughter, Elinor, have been received and will have served their purpose by the time this is read, as the date of her wedding to John D. Detlefsen, a graduate of the college in 1937 now employed in a responsible position by one of the large oil companies, is November 28th, in Christ Church in Hanover. John is the son of Jack Detlefsen, 1908, who is known to most of us Lew Partridge's older daughter, Virginia, was married June 29th to Sidney P. Marland, Jr., who is an English teacher in the William Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. Virginia is serving her third year in the same school as Director of Physical Education for girls. Sort of a school boy romance. They will move to Florida shortly, as he is a lieutenant in the National Guard. Lew's younger daughter is now in her third year at Skidmore.
Lew writes enthusiastically of the Hotel de Jack which he later identifies as Art Jackson's summer home in Searsport, Maine. He says that it should become immensely popular with 191 lers, as Curly and Art and their kids have everything there that could be desired, and they make the most charming host and hostess possible. He recommends it. Perhaps after all, however, Art and Curly may have to draw the line somewhere.
Another old man joins the grandfather class, and he writes it with capital letters. It is Chubby Snow who now has a grandson, Thomas Snow Bissett, the latter being his daughter's first child and born in August.
Finally, thanks to Chet Butts, news has been received from Burt Burbeck through his mother. Burt recently cabled, "We are all right and will continue to be. Edith in Cambridge University, and Ellen at Princess Desborough, and I spend the weekends with her there. Don't worry." About the same time Mrs. Burbeck received a letter from her granddaughter, Edith, which told of her experiences as follows. Edith was engaged in war work on the City of Benares taking refugees to Canada. She was one of a number of young ladies, each of whom had fifteen children in her charge. Of the nine hundred refugees, three hundred fifty were children. The vessel was torpedoed, but Miss Burbeck and all of her charges were safely launched in a life boat and picked up the next day by a Norwegian freighter. All hands but one on the boat were saved, although it was a very harrowing experience for the young girl. The letter was an interesting recital of the experiences they went through but does not belong in these notes.
Some new addresses that have just come through are: Major Heine Chase with the 7th Division at Fort Ord, California, with his residence at Carmel, California Charlie Warren's business address at 148 Hazard Road, Lido Beach, Long Beach, New York Gerry Barnes' business address, 510 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, California; residence, 803 East Doran Street, Glendale, California Al Hormel's business address, 26 North Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois; residence, 16345 John R, Highland Park, Michigan Lieutenant Colonel Pat Hurley at 405 Insurance Building, the headquarters of the 3rd Military Area, Denver, Colorado; residence, 2835 Ash Street, Denver Franklin Rose's address is 584 Elm Street, New Haven, Connecticut Miss Ford of the Alumni Office has located Tom Plant at 699 Beacon Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, and has a new address for Lin Yi Ho which is Kailan Mining Administration, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building, 30 Foochow Road, Shanghai, and his residence is 87 Tunsin Road, Shanghai. She says that Ho has been very cooperative in locating many alumni for her in China, and he seems to get a real kick out of keeping up his Dartmouth contacts.
Since the postal cards referring to reunion went out about a week before these notes are being prepared nearly one hundred cards have been returned. All but one of these men want the MAGAZINE; nearly all are planning to return for reunion, and many have made interesting and worth while suggestions with regard to the plans for reunion. These will provoke much discussion by your committee and are greatly appreciated. Every effort will be made to have as interesting a reunion as possible and one that will suit the majority. Certainly since the recent election, we should agree that the majority should rule. That leaves about two hundred more cards to be returned. Although any sender of questionnaires would say that a 33% accomplishment was excellent, let's make this pretty close to 100%. The implication is that it is not yet too late to return the postal card, even though your plans may not yet be definite.
LES AND LES AT THE 5TH But More and More at the 30th
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, 203 Dudley Road, Newton Center, Mass.
