1909

The above snapshot of the 35th Reunion at Plymouth is just one shot of the movies which Bob Burns made at the Reunion. He tells me that he has got some very excellent pictures and he is going to show these at the class get-together before the Notre Dame Game.

We have reserved a room at the Hotel Lenox for Friday, October 13, at six o'clock. The notice has gone out to those in the vicinity of Boston urging them to attend. If you have not received the notice and are expecting to attend, please let me know as soon as possible.

I reported last month that Alice Hawes had a heart attack at the Reunion. I have just received a letter from Herb saying she is getting along very nicely but has not as yet returned to her position as head of production at the local unit of the American Red Cross. She is, however, more or less supervising via telephone and contacts at the house.

I didn't have enough space in my last report to note that Ralph Cushman died May 13. He had an attack of the flu in 1932 and was obliged to retire from business a few years later. Ralph had the gift of geniality and was always giving the other fellows a break.

Lt. Col. Clarence E. Dunbar has returned from his assignment in the Mediterranean and is now at 435 Walnut St., Manchester, N. H. I tried to get further information from him but without success, up to the present time.

The first we have heard from Ben Lang in a long time is the sight of an item on Benj. Lang & Cos. that appeared in the Marshfield Fair program, in which he advertises Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Wines and Liquors at the store in Bryantville, Mass.

I had occasion recently to ask the College for some information regarding the class, and you might be equally interested in the fact that we have now 171 living graduates. Thirty- three graduates and thirty-six non-graduates have died.

Frank O'Brien is always appearing in the papers and magazines. The last notice I have is that he has just been re-elected as president of the Can Manufacturers. Institute, which, combined with his duties as executive vice president of the Continental Can Cos., must keep him reasonably busy.

I had a very nice letter from Ruth Childs telling me that since the death of Jack she has moved to Concord from Goffstown, and in order to have something to do she got herself a position in the State Purchasing Dept. I imagine she is finding that the work of making a home for her children and her work at the State House help overcome some of her loneliness.

A letter from Carl Butman states his son Bob is at the University of North Carolina with prospects of securing an ensign's commission and a degree next spring. Carl is in the Information Division of. the WPB as an information specialist, covering Paper, Paperboard, Printing and Publishing. After the war he expects to return as radio consultant in the National Press Building. He tried to get into war activities but. couldn't, so he took up this WPB work.

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