1913
George Steele, following his trip to New York to meet with the class there, expected to attend the Boston Alumni Dinner on February 9 but a trip through the West and Southwest by the Headmaster of Choate kept him in Wallingford. However, 1913 was represented by General Willson, Dr. Stokes, Dow Kimball,Jiggs Donahue, Bill Mason, Merrill, Nelson,McAllister, George Knight, Erving, Wilkins,Peterson, Bill Davis and Bart Shepard.
One of the victims of the Canadian-born social Raffles in New York was Mrs. GeorgeLukman of Eastchester. She viewed looted valuables at White Plains and was photographed by the N. Y. Mirror's Art Sarno.
President Parker Trowbridge of the Bay State Society for Crippled and Handicapped, Inc. has announced the quota of $275,000 for the Easter Seal sale.
Ben M. Hartshorn of New Castle, N. H. and Reading, Mass. took over the active management of the New Hampshire National Bank, Portsmouth, N. H. as executive vice president and director on February 8, 1949. Ben had been cashier of this bank before joining the Rockland Atlas National Bank of Boston in 1941 as vice president. After graduation he was associated with the wool industry as a credit manager, and then entered the banking business in Reading as cashier of the National Bank of Reading. The Hartshorn's have two children, Benjamin Jr., associated with a Boston bank, and a daughter Mary.
We did not report the death o£ Tim Nichols' father, a short time ago. The sympathy of the class goes to Tim.
Mrs. Luella Wilson Vaile and Mr. HowardThompson Ball announced their marriage, Saturday, the 19th of February, 1949 in Brooklyn, N. Y. Then came the news that Jack andMary Alden, Clarence and Polly Meleney, Rayand Lydia Ball and John and Laura Remsen were on hand as Howard's supporters. "It was a very lovely wedding and Howard has a very lovely bride." Mrs. Ball was given in marriage by her son, Kepler Vaile, and acting as best man for his father was Dan Ball of Albany, N. Y. Mrs. Richard Hebert of Chittenden, Vt., Howard's daughter, also attended. A small reception for close friends was held in Mrs. Ball's home following the ceremony. Luella was graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and received her Master's Degree in Music at the American Conservatory in Chicago. She did graduate work at Fontainebleau, France under Isidor Phillippe and Nadia Boulanger. She was professor of theory at Elmhurst Conservatory of Music in Elmhurst, 111., and for the past 13 years she has been director of music at the Brooklyn Friends School. She has taught piano privately and served on the Brooklyn Committee for the Boston Symphony as well as being a vice chairman of the Brooklyn Orchestra Association. They will be at home after June 15 at the Crest, Unity, N. H. At our class luncheon on the Wednesday we received the announcement and John Remsen's letter. Clif Clarke, Marc Wright, GeorgeKnight and the secretary toasted the bride and groom. Mose Linscott was climbing mountains up at Franconia Notch, so was not present.
"After lo these many moons from bell-bottom pants to a job" writes Carl Shumway "I started in here the first of January with an old friend, Walter Rutter, 19 Congress St., Boston, learning the investment banking business. Always being interested in sailing thru the air from ski-jumping to aviation I figured that when the commies take over I might have a chance for a few swings at the end of a rope with my fellow 'money changers' like Parker Trowbridge and Nate Lenfestey.
"Other matters of interest in the family are: Francis came down with virus pneumonia just as I started here and was laid up in bed most of January. She lost 17 lbs. and Hal Knight kindly offers to give her that much. Last week she and the three kids however were enjoying skiing up in the Berkshire Hills near Charlemont. Pete, a senior at Wakefield, Mass. High School placed 10th in the Mass. Senior Ski Cross Country Champs at Holden, Mass. Feb. 5 (by far the youngest in race) and the next day won the Mass. Junior Ski Cross Country Champs and placed second in the Ski Jumping Champs."
"Other than judging a few ski meets, (not the ones Pete was in) this winter my skiing of necessity was negligible."
Tubby and Marjorie Merrill were in Hanover also while 1914 were having their SnoBird Party and went back the March 6 week end for the Handel Society Orchestra concert in Webster Hall when Nat Merrill '48 performed the solo part in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major.
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