1915
Just at press time, I received the news of the death of Jack Hurlburt in Philadelphia on September 6 as the result of injuries in the appalling railroad wreck of the Congressional Limited near Philadelphia on the holiday. No details are available, but this announcement will be followed by the more extended account in the next issue. Bob Bigelow sent me a short clipping stating that Jack was to be buried in his native Hudson, Mass., on September 10. We all join in extending our sympathy to his wife and family.
Was glad to hear from Bob who isn't much of a correspondent, but regret that my first letter from him for some time had to be on such an occasion. Bob speaks of seeing Bud Doe, Hal Corwin, and Bob Guest frequently, in his travels in the candy business.
Jack Mason sent me a clipping, which was followed by several from other class; mates, announcing the fact that Stan Llewellyn has been named vice president of the Inman and Riverdale Mills in Spartanburg, S. C. Stan has been General Manager of these same mills for some time, and the new promotion indicates clearly that he has done a swell job in his new connection. Our best to Stair. Sid Crawford also sent me a clipping on the same subject, and it was Sid who phoned me from Worcester last Wednesday about Jack Hurlburt's death enabling me to wire a floral remembrance from the class.
Sid is looking forward to the Holy Cross game which is in Worcester, before the next issue comes out, but from here now it looks as if quite a few of the '15ers will be on hand—we'll have the list in the next.
Football comes on apace but looks a bit moth-eaten this year with queer looking schedules and strange days and dates. However, there is one game in Boston, with Cornell, and no doubt that will be the get together game for the aroundBostonians with Harvard not playing this fall. Eben Clough, Walt Meader, and the other stalwart promoters will no doubt have something cooked up for us the night before, and we urge all around Boston and any others who are willing to stand up on trains to get there to be with us for a good time.
Sid Crawford turned out to be a swell correspondent and with Jack Mason gets the silver star this month for giving me news. Sid ran into Bush Campbell not long ago for a good visit coming home from Maine. Speaking of Jack Mason—he was in Boston for a few hours a couple of weeks ago—phoned me and missed me, and then wrote me a good long letter. He's expecting to be with us at the Holy Cross game, if he can get away. He's head over heels in this War Labor Board stuff and is one of the top-notchers in that field—a member of the Partite Panels of the Third District in Philadelphia as a representative of industry, and will shortly be a consultant in the Cotton Goods Division of the OPA in Washington. In his spare time, he looks out for his own business. Kay was in Boston last week, entertained Fannie and myself and then spent a day with us in Lawrence before going back to Millville.
Bob Clarke is back in New York again Sas executive vice president of the Reinsurance Corporation of New York, as of July 1. Several sent me the clippings and expressed their pleasure of having Dick back in Gotham.
Bill Huntress reports seeing Danny Waugh in New York recently and had lunch also with Carl Gish.
I think this is the appropriate time to call for a good and very loud Wah-wh-wah for Shrimp Williams, who did one swell job for the class on the Alumni Fund this year and gave us a new record. He was on the job from the start, and he sure put it across. Shrimp dropped me a line to say he was vacationing in New Hampshire for a couple of months to rest up an eye that has been giving him trouble. He sees Bob Bigelow occasionally and also Hal Corwin, who is cashier of the Wyndham National Bank in Bellows Falls, Vt. Again, Shrimp—the best from the class for your Alumni Fund job!
Shrimp also sent me a picture of Gen. Howie Fuller and I hope it can appear in the MAGAZINE. It was a snap taken somewhere in the South Seas where Howie brigadier-generals for the U. S. A.
Here are the changes in address for the month: William N. Rogers, Sanbornville, N. H.; Clarence L. Wanamaker, 42a West 60th St., Des Moines, la.; Tommy Tomfohrde, 614 San Fernando, Berkeley, Calif.; Charlie Taplin, 50 Mansion St., Winooski, Vt.; Chan Foster, 31 State St. Boston, Mass. (good thought for some class dues); Dick Clarke, The Reinsurance Corp. of N. Y., 99 John St., N. Y. C.; Dr. Gus Braun, 24. Centre St., So. Orange, N. J.
When you get through the world's greatest guessing contest on September 15 in computing your income tax for 1943, drop us a line and let us know if you are still alive. We've got some good heart specialists in the class, so it may make some business for them. Anyway, let's hear before October 5 so we can get it in the next issue.
HOWARD E. FULLER '15, right, Brigadier General of the U. S. Army, who is now stationed somewhere in the South Pacific.
Secretary, Box 697, Lawrence, Mass. Treasurer, 31 State St., Boston, Mass.
