1909*

Thirty-two years to the day after his father was sworn into the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander, supply Corps, Alonzo Graham Hearne Jr., son of our classmate Alonzo Hearne, received his commission as ensign in the supply corps. He prepared at Andover Academy and was graduated from Williams this June.

Howard K. Spaulding, who was for so many years in the elevator business, is now the general manager of the Boston Fire & Police Notification Company, 143 Summer Street.

Bernard Scully, son of Ben and Ethel Scully whom we reported some time ago as being in Greenland has now been transferred to the officers' training school in Texas. Ethel has just returned from a visit to him at camp.

In our last issue we had an item that Everett Bachelder was very ill, but he died before the magazine went to print and we were fortunately able to kill the item and just mention that he had died. "Bach" had been sick for a considerable length of time and even to this date I have not been able to find out just exactly what his ailment was although he had been to several specialists to try to find relief. We have a letter of appreciation from his wife, Margaret Bachelder, thanking us for my letter of sympathy and for the '09 pillow which was sent. The obituary notice will be found in this issue.

Also elsewhere in this issue will be found the obituary notice of Allen Cooke who died suddenly May 30.

We have at last secured some information on "Tubby" Bird. "Tubby" has been appointed director of the Cincinnati branch of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. His son John, now a junior at Dartmouth, maintained an above average scholarship record, held down a job in the library, made the debating team, helped defeat Yale, in fact only lost one debate, was made secretary of the Forensic Society, is a member of the Dartmouth Players and was taken into the Green Key. His daughter, Harriet, just graduated this spring. I do not know from what college she graduated, but I do know that she made Phi Beta Kappa. It looks as though "Tubby's" family is living up to his reputation for brilliance.

Hal Prescott had a very nice letter from Mrs. Caverly in which she expressed her gratitude for the memorial gift which Chappelear made in Cav's name. I do not think we appreciate how much these memorial gifts mean to the families of those of our classmates who have gone on and I think this should teach us that next year we ought to do more of this type of thing.

Incidentally, Harold did a fine job of putting over the fund this year. You all, of course, have had a letter showing that our gifts totaled $1,023 more than last year and that we had total contributors of 129, or 5 more than last year if we include the memorial gifts. Twelve men also made a total contribution of $65 in the name of Bill Patterson who was caught by the Japs in Manila.

I had a very interesting letter from Wilbur Graves, through Harold Prescott, in which he states he is still in the furniture business in Rochester, but he spends five or six months each year looking after his interests in the Sunny Isles Companies, North Miami Beach, Florida. The state is putting a new road through his properties from Ocean to No. 1 Federal Highway. A year ago he had considerable success in liquidating some of the property but naturally nothing is moving at the present time. With the new road going through the property, however, he expects much better times when the War is over.

Herbert and Alice Hawes just paid a visit to their son who graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and has now been assigned to another school at the Navy Pier, Chicago.

Secretary, Wm. Filene's Sons Co. 426 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, 16 Wall St., New York, N. Y.