1927
Ho-Hum, seems like about two days ago we were sitting down trying" to do this same job and here it is time for another attempt at writing an interesting column with very little news available. Our good friend Gus manages to get the latest issue of his scandal sheet out just in time to scoop a considerable portion of what we had stored up for this issue. At least that's as good an excuse as we can think of.
We just got through calling Rog Salinger, Bob Williamson, and Andy Rankin, and those three estimable gentlemen had about as much news to pass on as a deaf and dumb lighthousekeeper. By posing a few personal questions we did manage to learn that Rog Salinger is taking his young son John over to New York this weekend to show him the sights for the first time. By "sights" we are sure Roger meant Grant's Tomb, the Aquarium, the Empife State Building, etc., not Kelly's, the Diamond Horseshoe or Cafe Society Downtown, as some of you guys might think. During the course of the weekend, they expect to visit the McCalls out in Scarsdale.
We note in the Speakeasy that Paul Hannah expects to be located in Newton. Wish Paul would make an effort to get in touch with us so that we may properly welcome him to greater Boston.
The New York Dartmouth Club News informs us that Ted Swanson was in the West on a business trip during most of February. If you bumped into any '27 men on your trip, how about a little news of them, Ted? That same publication also reports that Tom Hession is busy commuting between New York and his branch plants in Washington and Philadelphia.
We learn that Bob Mix was at the Hanover Inn for several days during the later part of February and the first of March. No doubt doing a little proselyting for our good competitor the State Mutual Life of Worcester.
Charlie and Barbara Bartlett and their two older boys, Joe and Sam, spent several pleasant days at the Hanover Inn the later part of March. At the same time Don and Kay Gardner were also staying at the Inn. Since then we have received an announcement that Don has been appointed advertising manager of the Boston News Bureau. This is the only business and financial daily published in New England. It sounds like a grand opportunity and we are naturally very happy to hear of this appointment.
A recent article in the Concord, N. H., Monitor and Patriot carries an excellent picture of Attorney Frank George over the statement that he was appointed as Chairman of the 1946 Fund for the Concord Chapter of the American Red Cross. Frank prepared for college at Exeter and after graduating from Dartmouth attended the University of Michigan Law School. He has practiced in Dover and Concord since his admission to the bar in 1931. As a member of the Legislature in 1939 he served on the Judiciary Committee. Frank is a Director of the Concord Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Rotary Club. As chairman of the local board No. 8, Selective Service System, he was recently awarded the Congressional Medal for meritorious service during the war and has served as chairman of the Veterans' Service Committee under the RRA.
Josh Davis phoned us from New York last Friday and we learned that he recently returned from Chicago where he attended the class agents' dinner. Josh reported a very pleasant evening spent with Red Daley, Bill Abbott, George Howell, Marsh McGough, and Hank Orth. Josh claimed to be in fine health but is of course extremely busy with Alumni Fund work at this time. He reported a matched set of measles in his family recently. We are looking forward to seeing Josh in Boston this Friday at the class agents' dinner.
Charlie Gibson has returned to the deep south. We assume he is still in the textile business with Kendall Mills, and he is now living in Abbeville, S. C.
Recently sat beside Bill Auer at a dinner in Boston, and learned more about his new place in North Andover. It sounds swell. Really out in the country, a large house over two hundred years old, over a hundred acres of land with a cranberry bog right close to the house. Bill has no telephone as yet but in some
respects that may be a blessing these busy days. Bill Ward has moved to 17 Hetherington Road, Nutley, N. J. We believe he is still in the personnel department of the Western Electric Cos. at Bayonne, N. J.
Dr. Bill Skinner has been discharged from the Army and is now back in practice at Easton, Pa.
Sykes Hardy has recently purchased a new home in Philadelphia and has moved his family down from Waban.
Bill Wolf is practicing law in Washington, D. C., and lives at 2800 Woodley Road, in that citv.
Right now your class agent and his many loyal assistants are devoting much time and effort to the running of the Alumni Fund Campaign this year. You can lighten their load considerably by getting your contribution in early!
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Box 101, Westfield, N. J.
