1904
April news received from Jig Leverone indicates that after being in poor health for several months, he is going strong again and keeping an active interest in many things.
Johnnie Mathes appeared May 9, and we both enjoyed the hour together. He has two sons—Roger, 20, a sophomore here at Dartmouth, and Dick, 25, who entered Brown, only to enlist in the Naval Air Corps at the outbreak of the war, then transferred to the Marine Air Corps, where he served as a pilot and later a night fighter pilot. After the war he was instructor at the Hambill Airport until last September, when he entered the University of New Hampshire. A few weeks ago, he teamed up with "Brigham"Young at the annual banquet for Southern New Hampshire Bankers. Brigham is vicepresident of the Exeter Banking Cos., and as banker and hardware dealer he has been a part of the substantial citizenry of that fine old New Hampshire town.
Davis has had a few rounds on the golf course and seems to indicate that he will be ready to take on the youth and beauty of the class for a finish match during the period June 18-19-20, when our off-year reunion will occur. Maynard has been in good health since he discarded his gall bladder about seven years ago and is making plans for our 45th in June, 1949. (He dropped in at Dick's House during a business trip to Hanover a few days ago, and we had a nice visit.) 1949, a dividend year for us, as the new reunion schedule puts 'O3 and 'OS with us for our 45th. Al Terrien still has three boys in college and his daughter Anne in school. Right now, one of the boys is on a six months' tour of Europe with Robert Kennedy, whose sister, Lady Kathleen Harrington, was killed in a plane crash in Southern France. The boys went from Rome to Paris to join former Ambassador Kennedy. They will enter Harvard Law School this fall.
Jim Walker made his usual spring trip to New York and Washington with a group of his students in April. His return home was celebrated by the arrival of a tenth grandchild, May 1, at the Richardson House, Boston. The baby is the second son of Dr. and Mrs. James Walker Jr. Dr. Jim is a neurosurgeon with Dr. Munroe at 8.C.H., Boston. Another son arrived in the family of Dick and Jane (Jackson) Hough on May 15. So there are now two girls and two boys in the Hough household, duplicating, peculiarly enough, the family of Betty Walker Forbes, which consists of two girls and two boys of assorted ages and sizes.
A few days ago, noticing a hesitant footstep in the hall, we saw a stranger who said he was looking for Dave Austin. "You're looking at him," was the response, whereupon this visitor identified himself as Frank Stowell. We had a fine hour of going over the years between 1904 and 1948. The following afternoon, he returned with Frank Jr., a fine youngster now in the Class of 1949 and expecting to finish college next February. There was one more hour with the Stowells, and though it was not possible to send Frank to the 5-Class party at Schrafft's, we shall have him for a class gathering soon. Meanwhile, there will be more news of the Stowells and their general contracting business in Chicago.
At the recent annual meeting of Boston's Chamber of Commerce, membership was opened to women on an equal basis with men. It wasn't just a gesture, for they are honoring their organization by electing to their directorate Dr. Sara M. Jordan (Sara Mower to us), director of the department of gastroenterology at the Lahey Clinic. This is believed to be the first time a woman has been named a director in a major chamber of commerce in the U. S. A.
The following are address changes: DonP. Hobbs, business, 169 Medford St., residence, 89 Dexter St., Maiden, Mass.; Rev.Paul G. Favour, South Laguna, Calif.
There must be a personal note of real appreciation here for the morale-building messages, letters and personal calls that have actually made every day since my illness began more liveable. There wasn't much sympathy, as such, wasted but there were plenty of courage-builders with the single meaning, stick out your chin and fightwe'll see you at our 45th. I believe it.
Secretary, Canaan Street Lodge, Canaan, N. H. Treasurer, Morristown, N. J. Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass.
