1904
The Committee for the Preservation of the Amenities of the Class of 1904 met August 12 at The Metropolitan Club, Washington. Present Wilf Whittemore, chairman, Col. Rosie Hinman, Alf Hastings and Bob Moseley. Luncheon was served during the meeting, the table being tastefully decorated to represent Martini's and Tom Collinses, which artistic touch evoked much applause mingled with astonishment on the part of passers-by and the Club staff. The pifece de resistance was Occum Pond Red Snapper, garnished with Canaan Street Brussel Sprouts.
All proposals put forward were unanimously approved including a resolution that our 40th anniversary should be observed adequately and with the usual decorum. The secretary of the class and the class agent were toasted with appropriate regard for their capable and unselfish service to the College and class. There being no musical instruments at hand all singing was dispensed with. At the close the Committee stood for a moment in silence to commemorate all members of the Class who were unable to be present.
The proceedings . were interrupted by the waiter presenting the bill. It being found that no one except Whittemore had a pencil, Whit signed the chit.
Whit then took his departure for the Import-Export Bank, Rosie for the Pentagon Building, Alf for the Department of Agriculture and Bob for the Lend-Lease Building. A radio announcement at 6 P.M. indicated all were in good health and had arrived home safely.
Phil Laskey's son, Second Lt. Edward Philip, aged 25, U. S. Air Forces Bombardier, reported on June 13 as missing in action, was located in a German prison camp, according to word received by his mother from the United States Adjutant General's office Aug. 1, and on Aug. 14 announcement was made that he had been decorated with the Air Medal for five combat bomber missions.
Early in August a large light of glass was shattered in the living room of the Rollins Home in Newport. Sid was at the telephone when it occured and investigation showed that the damage was caused by a shirt button from Sid's swelling chest at the news that another grandson had arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Hawkins in Claremont.
Mills Sturtevant spent some time at his New Hampshire summer home, but the gasoline situation kept him from visiting his many friends in his home State.
Bruce W. "Spike" Sanborn and Mrs. Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, both of Saint Paul, Minn., were married in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 20. After some weeks spent at Mrs. Sanborn's new summer home in Lennox, Mass., Spike returned to St. Paul to attend to his law practice. Mrs. Sanborn has a son and daughter, Carl Weyerhaeuser, of Wilton, Conn., and Mrs. Walter S. Rosenberry Jr., of St. Paul. There are two Sanborn daughters, Mrs. Frederick Brewster, of St. Paul, and Mrs. Edward P. B. Burch, of Springfield, Mo., and two sons, Bruce W. Jr., Ensign, U. S. Navy, Soldiers Field, Boston, Mass., and Theodore S., Private, Oshkosh State Teachers College, Oshkosh, Wis.
Hugh Blair is employed under the WMPC in the U. S. Employment Service in Covington, La. Hugh writes that he has had a few bouts with arthritis, that Mrs. Blair is well and that they both enjoy their fine family. The oldest daughter, Helen Barbara, is a graduate librarian in the University of Alabama Library; their second daughter, Marguerite, is married to an attorney, William H. Morton, now in the Navy. They have a small son—before marriage Mrs. Morton was a licensed pilot headed for the aviation Transport Service. Albro, the youngest son, sixteen, is the only one now at home. In the various services are Arthur W., Lt. Col., Field Artillery, Camp Shelby, Miss.; Hugh C., Aviation Cadet, Air Corps, San Antonio, Texas; Mary H. Blair, WAVES, trained at Hunter College.
Perry Weston received his commission as ensign in the Navy on June 28 with an assignment in the Ordnance Department.
Address changes during recent months are Howard D. Sharpe, 5853 La Miranda Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; Jimmy Brotherhood, 429 Metz Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich.; John N. Nolan, 7 Ricker Park, Portland, Me.; Jack Sanderson, United Seamen's Service, 39 Broadway, N. Y.
Our Boston roundup—our oldest annual class event—will be held on the eve of the Dartmouth-Cornell game, Friday, Nov. 12.
Secretary, Canaan Street Lodge, Canaan St., N. H. Treasurer, Morris town, N. J.
