1916*
The New Year started off with a grand surprise for me, in a visit from Dr. and Mrs. George Paine and their charming daughter, of Hutchinson, Kansas. I hadn't seen George since graduation. The passing years have treated the pride of Laconia kindly, for George is as handsome as ever. After getting his medical degree from Northwestern, and serving an internship in Chicago, George and the Mrs. went to Hutchinson, Kansas and have been there ever since. The Paines still love the East, and have promised to be at our twenty-fifth. If Miss Paine, now a freshman at Kansas State accompanies her parents to reunion, the sons of sixteen will lose their hearts. My sons and I have already done so.
Tug Tyler, the Muncie Indiana golf manufacturer, made his annual eastern trip the past month and spent an evening with Frank and Helene Bobst. Tug's two sons have already won prizes in the National Derby contest, thus showing the genius of their, father. Who can forget the patented window-closer, with an alarm clock attachment, that closed the window turned on the steam and had Mecca Holmes and Tug's Middle Fayer room cozy and warm, when they arose, except every other morning when it wouldn't work, or worked too well. Those of us who lived in Middle Fayer know where Rube Goldberg got his ideas for his cartoons on new inventions.
The younger generation believe in speeding up things. Max Bernkof's daughter, Sally, now a freshman at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland forgets there are such means of transportation as trains, for on week-ends and vacations, Sally finishes her classes, takes a plane for Boston and is home in time for dinner.
The ranks of Balmacaan bachelors are thinning. This announcement came the other day. Mrs. Charles Augustus Grundstrom announces the marriage of her daughter Evelyn May to Mr. Benjamin Houston Moxon on Saturday, December 30, 1939, South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Welcome Evelyn May Moxon to the Balmacaan family and hearty congratulations to you Ben. Just you wait until Dr. George Paine, Dan Coakley, Hi McLellan and Bags Wanamaker read about your marriage.
The Bard of Bristol on the Delaware, has forsaken his Pennsylvania haunts and is back in New England, permanently, I hope. Yes, sir, one John Hyde Mensel has purchased a big tract of land on the beach at Rye, New Hampshire and right now is building two houses as a starter. The Mr. Mensel is now a contractor, a developer and a builder. Get your orders in early for building lots and houses. The line forms on the right. Good luck, Jake, from all of us in Balmacaan.
I have before me an editorial from the Cleveland News, on Man of the Week: Law Professor—Apostle.
The editorial gives an outline of the work of the Community Fund Drive and states "It loves Fletcher Andrews with an almost child-like devotion. He is its inspiration." A full column is devoted to Fletch, outlining his very busy and interesting career, from his graduation from Dartmouth to his present position as Professor of Law at Western Reserve Law School, where "He is one of the distinctive individuals on that faculty. There is nothing pedantic about his classes. His students are made to feel that they are already practicing law or running a business." We of Dartmouth and of Balmacaan are mighty proud of you, Fletch. But personally, I'm angry with you. I had to send to Cleveland to get this data from another source. When news breaks, for heavens sake let me have it. I have to dig and pry, write letters and search before news comes to light. This is an unscheduled lecture, Fletch, that's aimed at other Balmacaaners as well.
Harold S. Tuttle, is with the Clark Thread Company in Newark, New Jersey and is living at 53 S. Oraton Parkway, East Orange, New Jersey. My advice to you "Hock" is to get in touch with Judge Norman Brundage, 282 Main Street, Orange, N J. for you never can tell when you will need a friend at court for the visiting Phi Doodles. If you need another friend, you will find Alvin Colman at 156 Glenwood Avenue in East Orange.
Ken Stowell, House Beautiful's editorin-chief is now living at 44 Woodlawn Avenue, Bronxville, New York.
Secretary, 37 Maple St., Stoneham, Mass.
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