1911*

A letter from Cliff Oram's widow states her pride in the two sons, Donald M. and Kenneth F., who are doing their part in the armed services. Don is a flying cadet, unassigned, and Ken is in Company A, 104th Engineers, 44th Division. Both are at Ft. Lewis, Washington. Both boys were enlisted members of the New Jersey National Guard at the time of federalization.

Clippings from Seattle, Washington, papers give well-earned publicity to Larry Odlin, who is Commander in the Navy in charge of the Supply Depot in Seattle. Larry has been given credit, together with Admiral Freeman, for the development of this depot. It shortly will be in operation with Larry as officer in charge and will supply ships with equipment and provisions in that area. Larry stated to the press that it would be possible to service and supply as many as i a battleships at one time.

The alumni dinner in New York brought out an unusually large number of 1911'ers, including Randall, "Red" McLaughlin, "Cap" Ward, and Charlie War- ren, whose faces have not customarily been seen on these occasions. In addition, there were Jack Steeves, Mathes, Kimball, Agry, Keough, Bert Wheeler, Gardner, Carlisle, John Bartlett, Art Shepard, Jack Russell, and Ken Clark. Here is public acknowledgment of the fact that Ken Clark is a good salesman when he rounds up this number.

An old New York resident, "Ky Byrnes, also has jumped back into 1911 life again. ICy has joined the War Production Board regional office in Los Angeles where he is looking after customers seeking to qualify under the P.R.P. plan, which to us in- siders in Washington is known by the name of its principal form, namely, PD-25A. Ky states that California is all right, but he is looking to see if he cannot get to Washington, which is somewhat more in the center of world happenings. He is, meanwhile, getting free dinners while on the basis of making speeches and trying to instill the patriotic stuff into the boys who have to quit making and selling typewriters and office machines, which latter situation can probably be blamed partly on the writer of these notes.

On April 11 Barbara Burleigh was married to John Hollis Hewitt at the Church of Christ in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Secretary's new son-in-law is a Harvard graduate in the class of 1938 and is a librarian in Buffalo, New York. He is a reserve officer in the Artillery. The newlymarried couple will reside in Buffalo after July 1.

Jinks Morton comes through with the news that he had his tonsils removed and a grandson the same weekend. This is the son of Henry Jr. His younger son, Joe, graduated from Lawrence College in Wisconsin and is now in the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Jinks wanted to be remembered to Seth Emerson.

George Leach's four boys are all in the service. Don Petty has responded to orders and reported to Fort Riley (cavalry) in April. William has received orders to report to Fort Benning. Lindsay has joined the Navy and has entered the ensign's course. Arthur is a regular in the Army Air Corps and has left the United States. Parie is Red Cross nursing at Henrotin Hospital. Everybody works but father, says George.

The two sons of Ernest Morrill, who is pastor of the Grand Avenue Congregational Church in Chicago, are in the Army and Navy. Douglas, who is a graduate of Oberlin and has a master's degree from the University of Chicago, is a third-class specialist in the 102d Signal Radio Intelligence Division of Pasadena, California. James, the twin brother, also a graduate of Oberlin and for two years a student at the Chicago Theological Seminary, is a corporal in the 103d Medical Training Battalion at Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

The following interesting news is from "Chub" Pease. He is with the United States Bureau of Reclamation at Redding, California, running a transmission line about 200 miles long from the Shasta Dam to near San Francisco Bay. The country through which the transmission line crosses ranges from mountains to plains and from poetically valueless agricultural land to highly productive orchard land. His family is back where it started from twenty-four years ago. Warren, who is stationed at Camp Callan, San Diego, has been in the Army for some eighteen months now and is an instructor in the Enlisted Specialists School. Lorraine is a freshman at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri. Chub himself has maintained his Reserve status since the last war and is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Coast Artillery.

Fred Long was kind enough to send in a clipping from the St. Louis Daily GlobeDemocrat showing a picture of father John Coggins and son John, both of whom are privates at Jefferson Barracks. The father is 52 and the son 18 years old. Fred said they had John out for dinner and had an enjoyable evening with him. John said that they expected to be moving any day and thought probably it would be to Florida. Fred states that all the other 1911'ers have deserted him and he is now the only one around St. Louis.

Don and Ken Orcutt, sons of Cliff Orcutt'II. Don, 22 years old, is a Flying Cadet andKen, 21, is in the Army Engineers.

Secretary, Hanover, N. H. Class Agent,This Week, 420 Lexington Ave. New York, N. Y.