1905*

All the '05 men will be delighted to hear that John Bell has recently accepted a position as Sub-Master of Hillsboro (N. H.) High School. John and Mrs. Bell are living in Hillsboro. His daughter is in Red Cross work abroad.

A note from C. C. Hills reports that Dr. Ray Root of Georgetown, Mass., spent the last of October and the first of November at the Hanover Inn to the great pleasure of C. C. We are sure that it was mutual.

Gib Fall of 8027 Seminole Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, reports that after teaching thirtysix years at Chestnut Hill Academy he has joined the Penn Chester School in Philadelphia, Pa. This is one of the oldest and largest private schools in that part of the country. Gib missed seeing any '05 men this summer on Cape Cod where he regularly spends his vacations. Gib is serving as an Air Raid Warden and buying all the War Bonds he can. His son enters the service this month. We all join Gib in the hope that there may be an '05 Reunion on the Cape after the War. Several of the boys have cottages there.

Sliver Hatch wrote recently that he was very sorry that a business trip by plane to the tropics prevented his being with us for the Class Dinner before the Harvard Game. Sliver reports difficulty of travel in these times from priorities, passports and reservations.

He forwarded a check for the Class Treasury, as suggested by John Laing, who had received it from Harry Smith in appreciation of John's sending him a copy of the '04 Aegis. The Treasurer thanks both Harry and John.

John is the senior member of the law firm of Laing, Guy and Smith with offices in the Public Service Building at Portland, Oregon. His firm represents the Pacific Light and Power Company and the Northwestern Electric Company. He reports in a letter to Sliver interesting relations with the Bonneville Dam Administration and its projected plans for extension of public power. John has been associated for thirtytwo years with these two companies.

A very enjoyable dinner and evening of reminiscence were held at the University Club in Boston the night before the Harvard Game on October 16, 1942. Bill Chamberlain, Lafayette Chamberlin, Roger Brown, Judge Jim Donnelly, George Proctor, Bob Harding, Jake Smith, Elsie Grover, with his friend, Herbert Dexter, and Walter May were present. Walter Emery, who is usually on hand, was detained in New York on business. Doctor Andy Macmillan was absent for the second time since these dinners have been held. Bill Clough was detained in New London. Stanley Cunningham was in New Orleans on business. It was an unexpected pleasure to welcome Henry D. Thrall, President of the investment company of Thrall, West and Company of Minneapolis, Minn. Henry was in fine spirits and abounding health. He had dinner with 'O6 but came over to chat with us for all too brief a time.

Henry reported that Jim Mullally was well and busy as usual as attorney for the Great Northern Railway Company at St. Paul, Minn.

We were sorry to receive a telegram from Midge Reid that he had planned to be present but an accident on the day of the Dinner prevented his coming. He wired that he was going, nevertheless, on crutches to the Harvard Game. Hope you made it. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Midge.

Thanks are due Bob Harding for his customarily efficient handling of all local arrangements for the Dinner.

Miss Ann Elizabeth Wilkins, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Wilkins, was married to Mr. Nathan Owen Parker in West Medford, Mass., on September 19, 1942. The best wishes of the class are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Parker.

Secretary and Treasurer, 4 Holt St., Concord, N. H.