1909*

Curtiss Sheldon recently received publicity in the Boston News Bureau when his picture appeared among four County and City Money Makers. Some of you may not know that Curt has been the City Treasurer of New Britain, Conn, for many years as well as Vice President and Trust Officer of the New Britain National Bank. He is now also a member of the Defense Committee of the City of New Britain.

Bob Gould—who is connected with George A. Fuller, Merritt Chapman Scott Corp., Quonset, R. I.—has just been appointed Chief Engineer of the Newfoundland Naval Air Station. I have tried to see if I could get some real hot War dope from him but haven't succeeded.

Walter Brown—who has charge of the Home Economics Division of the Meloripe Fruit Company—was a busy man at the Hotel Show this last week. It is Walter's job to find new ways for the housewives to use bananas, and he had his girls passing out samples galore; so that I should say Walter must be a pretty good cook. All that I tasted were marvelous. He tells me that they are doing a swell job in putting this over to the housewives.

Sidney Thompson—who is senior engineer connected with the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washingtonhas a new address: 3600 Connecticut Ave. N. W.

Louise and I called on Art Sporborg at Miami Beach last month. Art, as you probably know, is in the real estate business in Miami Beach and is sitting on top of the world at the present time with the boom on. He received a good deal of publicity for renting a place to Mrs. Roosevelt, but he told me the value of the publicity was very doubtful inasmuch as all kinds of cranks were after him as a result. Art does not seem to have changed a particle and is looking just as young as when he graduated. He is anxious to see anybody who visits the south in the winter time.

Jerry Lord, the son of Dick and Phyllis Lord—whom we all remember as a protege cornet player—is taking up the law. He is going to Suffolk Law School and reports have it that he is doing exceptionally well and is going to be a budding Lawyer.

Henry Meleney—who we recently announced was a Professor of Preventive Medicine at New York University—now has his residence at Apt. 12 A, 60 Gramercy Park, New York City.

Bob Burns has just been placed in charge of radio activities in the Public Relations Division of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. In this connection he is bringing out script for broadcasting, and we shall probably hear a lot of him on the air from now on. Bob wants me to appeal to all of the Class members in Massachusetts to take an active part in this civilian defense for Massachusetts. He states it does not infringe upon the work of any of the military forces, of police or fire departments, or of other regular constituted government agencies. Its duties are to so plan and organize that civilian defense organizations will be ready to assist and supplement the work of the regular government agencies, and thus and otherwise provide for the protection of persons and property within the Commonwealth. Bob appeals to all the Class members in Massachusetts to register at their local defense headquarters and indicate their interest in this program when and if it becomes necessary to use it.

Ned Ford, who, as you know, has an antique shop at Marshfield, Mass., was only two miles from the terrible Brant Rock fire that destroyed 450 houses in a few short hours. The fire had Ned and Josephine on pins and needles for a while, for he was well stocked up with antiques for the summer months, and had what he thought were some exceptionally nice pieces that he had been able to pick up during the winter. Fortunately the fire passed him by, and he is all ready now for the summer visitors. Ned says, "why not drop in?"

My youngest son, Henry Floyd, has received a lot of publicity recently in the Trade Papers for winning the Boston Steward Scholarship in the Stewarding Course of the Massachusetts Agricultural School. This scholarship is awarded to the outstanding man in the senior class. Henry is following in the old man's footsteps (except in marks) and is going to be a food man. If any of the members of the Class are looking for a possibility for their son, it might be worth while looking up the Stewarding Course at either Cornell or Massachusetts Agricultural College. This is an industry that is not too crowded, and if the boy has a liking for it, I think there is a possibility.

The reports received so far from Hal Prescott and Freddie Carroll indicate that the money is not coming in very fast for the Alumni Fund. As I tried to indicate in my last article, our Class makes one of the poorest showings in the whole college. I don't think any of us are so badly off that we cannot send $l.OO to Harold Prescott so that we could register 100% payment for the Class. Of course, we want to have our dollars up, and those who can afford to do so ought to try to double last year's amount; but don't hold back, whether it is §l.OO or $ 100 that you are going to send. See that it is done this month too because the campaign closes in June.

Secretary, William Filene's Sons Cos., Boston, Mass.

Class Agent, 195 Broadway, New York, N. Y.