1930

I have almost concluded that I am leading too sedentary a life to be at all efficient in un- covering bits for this monthly column and that, rather than scribbling notes to you fellows here and there about the country, it might be better if I spent more of my time in walking around the streets of Boston. At least the lat- ter course proved fruitful one day this last week when on a single minor excursion of not over three blocks within the City of Boston I fortunately ran into first Charlie Ranch and then Pete Davis. Charlie was on one of his usual hurried and busy trips which seem to leave him no time for after-hours social activi- ties. But Charlie is very definitely planning on the Yale game in New Haven and said he in- tended to "line up" a picnic for before the game and just outside the Bowl. (From stories heard of A 1 McGrath's experience last year of picnicking outside of the Yale Bowl appar- ently detailed "flight plans" are desirable in order to avoid a substantial investment in one of New Haven's taxicabs as a means of locat- ing a picnic group anywhere around the Bowl.) The encounter with Pete Davis was as I was leaving and he was entering an elevator and the comments and grimaces of other pas- sengers who were held up while Pete and I discoursed prevented the gathering of much detailed information from Pete Jack Her-rick said a quick hello to us over the telephone in between trains in and out of Boston. Jack's voice indicated his usual energy and enthusi- asm which, for the greater part, he continues to expend for P. Goldsmith Sons and subsi- diary sporting goods manufacturers. Jack con- tinues to live in Cincinnati but says that both he and Agnes are surely planning on reunion in Hanover next June.

My relative disinterest in the financial pages of the newspapers was quickly shattered in late September when my eye fell on the smil- ing likeness of Milt Mclnnes and the good news under his picture that Milt, "a native of Boston," had been promoted to General Man- ager of the Eastern District of the Erie Rail- road Fred Jaspersen was made Manager of the Washington office of Graybar Electric Cos. on September 1 and immediately moved his family to Washington where he is living at 4901 Tilden Street, only about a mile from Wayne Van Leer, who officially welcomed Fred to his new location. Fred reported that he ex- pected to see the Big Green in action against Penn and then planned on settling down "to being Washingtonians." .... Fred Scribner, as Vice-President of Bates Manufacturing Cos., appeared in the public print in September with the disappointing news to housewives that a purported reduction by his company in its prices on sheetings was not indicated for the present.

Word from Sam Adams in mid-September disclosed the fact that Sam had broken his left shoulder which was then encased in a cumber- some cast which would not be off until some- time in the middle of October, and Sam was advised that it would be anywhere from "two to X weeks thereafter" before he might be ex- pected to regain complete use of his arm and shoulder. Sam did not disclose the cause of the accident, but it is obvious from his letter that if good spirits (and I don't refer to those of a kind usually supplied by Sam for our reunion banquets) are helpful to an early mend, Sam's arm will be back to normal long before his doctors predict On September 14 Red Al-corn resigned as State's Attorney for the State of Connecticut and brought to a close an era of 40 years during which the name Alcorn was symbolic of the State's Attorney office in Hart- ford, Conn. Red's father held the office from 1908 to 1942 and Red succeeded his father at that time. Red has been nominated for Lieu- tenant Governor of Conn, on the Republican ticket—this being the occasion for his resigna- tion.

Hank Embree is a newly elected member of the Executive Committee of The Friends of the Dartmouth Library, whose efforts have re- sulted in the acquisition of many rare gifts to Baker Library in recent years JohnnyTiedke advised us that his marriage to Sylvia Sothard (their engagement being reported in last month's MAGAZINE notes) was planned for October 30 in Toledo, and that the bride and groom would probably be honeymooning in Jamaica. Johnny has the ideal business. His sugar cane plantation operations in the Florida Everglades require him to be in Florida during the winter, but since there is not much doing on the plantation in the sum- mer, Johnny spends those months in Toledo. Burt Sherwood, Marjorie and 8-year-old son, Tom, spent Labor Day weekend at the Outing Club's Moosilauke Ravine Camp. Visitors at the Hanover Inn during September included Ray Bernhardt, Jack Smith, "Bense"Benson and, with their wives, Bob Marr, AlMarsters, Ed Butterworth and Kirt Meyer.

A 1930 Executive Committee meeting is planned for the latter part of November. This meeting will primarily be concerned with plans for reunion this next June in Hanover. If any of you have suggestions concerning re- union, or Class affairs in general, shoot them along to me so that the Executive Committee will have the benefit of your thoughts.

Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum

i Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.

Treasurer, 24 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.

Memorial Fund Chairman, 99 Hudson St., New York 13, N. Y.