1925
Beginning with the February issue your secretary will be Ken Hill of Boston. We can't think of a better choice. Ken has worked long and hard and has been the No. 1 contributor to this column under the present secretary's tenure. The class is very fortunate in being able to induce Ken to take this job at a time when he is so busy with his fast-growing investment security business in Boston.
The Arizona Republic recently did a story on F. V. (Bud) Brown headlined "Easterner adopts west, western style entertainment, collects range relics.".... It seems that when Bud left Hanoyer he decided he wanted a career a little more rugged and realistic than what the East offered. So he bought a train ticket to Arizona and was rewarded with a job as a ranch hand in the Long Valley country.
"You know, I was lucky to arrive here when I did," Bud said recently. "It was just at the time of the last of the old-time roundups and cattle drives. Paved roads and trucks were already taking over. I got in on the last drive of a big herd from Strawberry to Winslow, more than too miles. I think I saw the last big roundup of wild cattle in the fall of 1927. I had 13 of the oneriest mules in creation, each with 300 pounds of oats on his back. After attending summer school at Arizona State College at Flagstaff to obtain my teaching certificate, I taught high school in Flagstaff, Mesa, Phoenix Union and North Phoenix High School."
Bud and his wife, the former Isabelle Fuller, are both actively interested in "ArizonaAmericana," B-ud's particular loves are the folk songs the cowboys sung. He hastens to explain that these are not the ones you hear tin-panned on the radio. Bud started using his baritone voice to entertain his high school classes. His fame soon spread and he started organizing "Bud Brown Hayrack Rides." This idea has grown until now the Browns are in the entertainment business. They have built a barn which will house their relics and over 300 persons. Their 4 children all assist.
Harold Bates was married in November to Miss Mollie Bartlett Holden of Concord, Mass. Harold is teaching at Brookline High School. Mrs. Bates studied at Cours Maintenon in Cannes and is a Vassar graduate.
Alex Hollenbeck is with the New York firm of Booz, Allen 8c Hamilton, dealing in business surveys and management counsel.
Ford Whelden reminds us that our plans for a 85-Year Report include pictures of each man or each man and his family. These pictures should be glossy prints about 5 inches bY 314 inches. Negatives are preferred but glossy prints will do. This project will take considerable time and we hope all of you will plan to get these off to Ford shortly.
L. M. Veach writes that he had a nice visit with Ford Whelden in September when he returned to Hanover for the first time in twenty years. He has owned and operated a junior department store in Richmond, Ind. for eleven years now. He constructed a new air-conditioned building in the center of town in 46. His daughter, Norma, is a freshman at Smith this year. His 14-year-old son is a candidate for Dartmouth, is a good student and an expert swimmer.
Andy Foster is now attached to the American Embassy in Canberra, Australia. Commander "Phil" Coykendall is presently Public Works Officer at the Naval Air Station in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fitzgerald of "VVinnetka, Ill. and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wellman of Jamestown, N. Y. were recent visitors to the Hanover Inn.
From Nashua, N. H., Dr. John Spring sends us a clipping from Forbes Magazine telling about Paul Hexter's development of a substitute for the paint brush. Paul and his associates worked out a new paint and a mitten, of all things, for refinishing an automobile. Now the owner of an elderly vehicle can dress it up by buying one of Paul's kits for $10. It's known as the Arco Paint Kit, made by the Arco Co. in Cleveland and sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
If you haven't sent your class dues—$5, including the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and some provision for the 25-Year Report—please send a check to Nate Bugbee, 49 Federal St., Boston.
Secretary, Room 1100 420 Lexington Ave., New York i, N. Y. Treasurer, 49 Federal St., Boston, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, Marsh 8c McLennan, 231 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill.
