1904
When the Fund gatherers had reached the stop sign on June 30, Squid's master hand had placed us 13th in a group of 29 classes which equalled or exceeded their objectives. A class record of 107 contributors and $4,380 exceeded our '49 total by more than $600. A Wah-Hoo-Wah for Squid's pithy and satisfying campaign letters.
Rev Henry K. Pierce, in charge of the Catholic Chapel of St. Marcello in Rome, was recently made a Monsignor.
Chicago's Daily News of June 12 pictures the Lake Forest home and grounds of the Leverones on the occasion of the Lake Forest Arden Shore Committee meeting the previous day. The gathering, numbering 300, enjoyed the hospitality of the Leverones, who purchased the Wayne Chatfield-Taylor residence and restored it to a Lake Forest showplace.
"Born to Norman T. and Louise Slayton, a son Charles Wendell, June 4, 1950, at Nashua, N. H. This is Bill's and Marion's tenth grandchild, half of this number, four sons and one daughter being the offspring of the abovementioned proud parents." This news item was delivered in person by Bill during the last week of June. Bill and Marion went down to Norman's the first of the month to welcome the arrival of Charles Wendell.
The Bartletts Ned and Kay came to Hanover May 30 for a family memorial service for his young brother John, class of 1911' who died January 28. They could not remain for our June reunion, but did spend the following afternoon here with us on Canaan Street.
The Everett Mathes, Johnnie to you, were the busiest members of 1904 during the weekend of June 9-11. Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire each had a Mathes son to graduate. The program was, Durham Friday, home for sleep, Hanover Class Day Saturday, then back to Durham Saturday evening, home to Dover for some sleep, and Durham for UNH exercises Sunday. Nice going, Mother and Dad!
Thursday, June 8, started the celebration of our annual campus appearance by the departure from Boston of Rob, Squid, LesterGibson and Pen Mower for a leisurely voyage of discovery, with many arguments as to the best road "We always went through Franklin," etc. until a stop was made at Boscawen where they tried to locate the site of the Han nah Dustin Indian encounter unsuccessfully. They did find in an attractive wooded lan Jack Gibson who, with antecedents from Massachusetts, was immediately hailed and knighted as a cousin of Lester's with appropriate festivities. The carol singers reached us in Canaan Street in time for a 90-minute visit, then to Hanover, where Sid met them at South Mass. Friday and Saturday Kate and GeneSewall, Louise and Sid Rollins, Sally and BeckJohnson, Harriet and Dave Austin, Ellen andRosie Hinman, Mangurian, Maynard, Edge and Mathes arrived, completing a total of 14 class men and five wives, all pleased to have a reunion once more on the Commencement weekend. Just before leaving for home Sunday came the sad news of Bob Moseley's death in Washington.
Monday morning at the Waterman Kenmore Chapel, Woods, Maguire, Bullock, Charron, Lampee, Austin, Sexton, and Mower joined Margaret Moseley and her sons William and Robert at an impressive service in Bob's memory, after which we had an all too brief visit with Margaret and her sons.
Your secretary was admitted to the Liberty Mutual Rehabilitation Center in Boston, June 13. After the examining doctor had looked me over, also my willow-wood prosthesis, he remarked in passing me over to their certified prosthetist, "If you got here on that equipment, if you had a leg, you could walk." The visit to the limb maker with the prosthetist secured the new member, which was delivered July 18, the summer's hottest day. Four fiveday weeks have been spent at the Center, with results that are producing steadily accruing benefits daily. Pete, Carl, and Ralph were welcome visitors, and Rob was my sponsor and guardian. My appreciation may be made increasingly valuable if X may be of assistance to any amputee among your acquaintances.
COMPLETELY SURROUNDED, and happily so, Buck Lewers 'O3 poses with his nine grandchildren. Five are offspring of his daughter Patricia, Mrs. Arthur F. Holmes; and four of his daughter Florence, Mrs. Thomas Dwyer.
Secretary, Canaan Street, Canaan, N. H.
Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.
Class Agent, 9 Foxcroft Rd., Winchester, Mass.
