1916
Word has recently come that Roy Burghardt's wife died last Labor Day after an illness of long duration. The class expresses its deepest sympathy for Roy and for his son, now in service with the Marines in the Pacific theater.
Visitors to Hanover of late have included Freddie Bailey, here on a short business errand, Parker Hayden, and Alec Jardine; both the latter attended the Secretaries' Meetings here in June. We all enjoyed short but thoroughgoing discussions of various matters and confessed to a hope that such gatherings might very soon become more frequent, attended more widely, and indulged in by members of 1916 who had fewer perplexities than all of us seem to have for the nonce. I have yet to encounter a member of the class who doesn't proclaim the great curative powers of a short Hanover visit. Of course, we in the village like to hear about this and I for one really believe that the boys are right, this once.
A model letter from Carol Mason discloses that he is now personnel manager for Sears Roebuck at Kansas City, a task which he describes as offering "plenty of excitement" in this day. Carol has two step-sons, one of whom is in business in Kansas City and the other First Lieutenant in the Army, stationed at Fort Knox. Carol expresses his desire to see more of the class of 1916 for which he retains the greatest affection. The Acting Secretary would suggest that those in the neighborhood take this matter under immediate advisement.
Jack Little has joined the great company of 1916 now in our nation's capital. His employment there is with the Labor Management News, official publication of the War Production Drive, WPB. Jack lives at 309 New Jersey Ave. S.E., Washington 3 and is herewith alerted to be in readiness for immediate calls from all other 1916 delegates in his city.
Lucile Cutler, Sam's wife, has furnished an interesting account of their family. Sam Jr. has finished his V-ia training at Dartmouth and is now training as midshipman at Plattsburg. Dick, the second son, is now at Kimball Union Academy and plans to enter the Navy shortly. Sam and Lucile are not alone among us, I venture, in their concern with a large garden, which Lucile truthfully describes as
"fun as well as work." The Cutlers have recently visited with the Gil Tapleys, who are described as very proud of a grandchild born recently to their daughter Priscilla and her husband, a lieutenant stationed at present in the First Naval District. The grandson's name is William Howard Vincent II.
Ig Eigner is still busy, as one might imagine, with his appointed task of verifying Federal Income Tax returns in the Boston Division. He is happy in his essential work and in his splendid family. His eldest son Lawrence (age 16), although an invalid, is exceedingly brilliant in academic attainments. The second son Richard is 15 and headed for Dartmouth, while Joseph the third son is now 10 years of age and said to be most promising musically, as well as in other fields. As all know, Ig's loyalty keeps him in close touch with all Dartmouth activities.
Your acting Secretary has enjoyed his recent correspondence with Ed Knight whose many activities have great interest for Ed and for anyone. He is engaged in the wholesale electrical business but concerns himself also with such avocations as fall to the lot of Regional Director of Dogs for Defence, sponsorship of a Purebred Swine Breeders Association and also of a chapter of Friends of the Land. These activities are connected with the fact, no doubt, that Ed maintains a farm, stocked with apples, hogs, sheep, etc. In addition Ed has done some writing, as is witnessed by a recent article on "The Genetics of Color Inheritance in Sporting Breeds of Dogs" which appears in Popular Dogs. Ed Jr. is in the Army at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
Doug Gordon is in practice as a physician in Newburgh, New York, where he has been for several years; he also serves as superintendent of the Estelle and Walter C. Odell Sanitorium and finds that these times beget much extra work of importance.
Bob Sherer acts as supervisor for the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company in Des Moines (311 Valley Bank Building). Bob is among the many in 1916 who express a longing for the good old days when 1916 was wont to meet in force and with eclat upon the slightest provocation, or none at all. That's just what we're all working toward, Bob, you know.
The Class has every reason to boast of its representatives in the armed forces, as we all know. Recent word has come from Lt. Col. Louis Bell, now in England and recently returned from Ireland. Also in England on duty is Lt. Col. John Ames, from whom I have just received interesting communications. From Cap Carey comes a clipping from the Starsand Stripes concerning Captain John Patrick English in which Jack is described by the feature-writer Andy Rooney as "general fixer and wangler" of an airfield in England; and Jack is quoted as saying "This is an American oasis. We represent America to the boys flying in here. After fighting their way back with a damaged plane they're tired and their nerves are shot, but all they need is someone to put an arm around their shoulders and let them know they are home again." Lieut. C. C. Hitchcock has recently been assigned to duty as Damage Control Officer aboard a ship which had better not be specified here. Shorty says "it is exactly the duty I wanted" which means that it is certainly valuable service and probably plenty tough. Please remember that you owe these boys a letter, although I can't print their addresses here. The following changes of address are new: William B. Osborn, Box 1206, Denver, Colorado; Max E. Bernkopf (Cohen, Bernkopf, Grauman & Goodman), 1125 Tremont Building, Boston.
Secretary, 2542 Stratford Rd., Cleveland Hgts., Ohio Acting Secretary, 3 Downing Rd., Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 34 White Oak Road Wellesley Hills, Mass.
