1909
Speaking of the death of Rick Locke, AlNewton puts it, "Another good classmate has left us," and that's just what he was. Dick died on Feb. 18 at Palmer Memorial Hospital. Services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the Unitarian Church, Belmont, Mass., with three representatives of the class present, Bernard Scully, Mike Farley and BertFrench. It is reported that Dick died as the result of a serious operation, the nature of his ailment not being revealed.
"I always enjoyed Dick's company," writes Scull. "He had a dry sense of humor and that moderate way of putting it over that made it all the more interesting."
Scull, too, pays his respects to Harry Floyd, In his passing, the class has lost an outstanding member; the business world, a keen and honest executive; his wife, a fond and loving husband; and the community, an upstanding citizen."
SOME NEWS ACCUMULATIONS
From two of my correspondents—Al Newton and Mrs. Phil Chase—comes word that Bob Burns has retired as vice president in charge of sales and advertising of the Whiting Milk Co., Boston, after a service of 26 years, effective Jan. 31. Bob then beat it for Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for rest and relaxation —the lucky stiff. "Looks as if you and I'll have to die with our boots on," says Al, and I guess he's right.
Correspondent Johnnie Shambow, who was known as the Lord Chesterfield of 1910, forwarded a copy of Boston Business, publication of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, which carried a full story on the Sales Managers' meeting at which Baldy Catharin presided. It showed Norm's picture taken with big shots such as the V. P. of E. I. Du Pont, the President of Gillette Safety Razor, the V. P. of Armour & Co., the Pres. of the Chamber, to name a few. When last heard of, Norm was walking toward West Medford, his feet 12 ft. off the ground.
Society note: Mrs. Lynde Tucker showed a couple of her color sound movies at the Women's City Club of Cambridge, that's in Mass. They were titled "New Jersey Journeys" and "Pennsylvania, Land of the Forests." How thrilled Lynde must've been when he read about it in the paper. A week later, Mrs. Inge Fearing was one of the hostesses at the same club, when another movie was shown.
Anent Inge (Don't Call Me Fat) Fearing, it's reported that he answers all class communications with silence. How come, son? You were voluble enough in college and up to the reunion last June.
ALUMNI FUND TIME HERE
This is the month that starts off the Alumni Fund Campaign. The objective this year, for the alumni body as a whole, is 400,000 smackers, or about 15 grand more than last year. The quota of '09 will run something over 6,000 bucks. In our class's long-range rehabilitation program hard-working Jim Greenebaum, class agent, hopes to do better than the two-thirds job that was done last year. Maybe with some shots of adrenalin, the old ticker will take on new energy and pump more of the filthy lucre into the coffers of the College. Such a miracle can happen. At any rate, let's get out from under the bottom of the pile where we've been residing for some years.
Word from Secretary-Treasurer Bert French has it that Art Sporborg and King Saville will be helping on the drive—a couple of rampaging buckoes who had ought to hog tie some of the elusive jack that's kicking around. Mrs. Phil Chase will handle the campaign to '09 widows, carrying forward the good work that she did last year. With teamwork on the part of all, and the loosening of purse strings, the job can be done to the satisfaction of one and all.
CLASS DUES TO BERTIE
When Bertie French took the trouble to unburden his soul in a welcome letter that was full of news, he reported that 108 members of the class had paid their annual dues, of which number 66 are from New England. That's approximately half of surviving members. How about you other survivors slipping Bert a fin? The dues, as you know, include the subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, as well as to that priceless class publication, the '09 Diddings. Are you birds going to let half the class carry the load? I can hear the answer ringing across the continent, NO!
BACK IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT
"We had a swell time going to Key West," writes our friend, Dutch Thorn, "although it rained most of the trip until we returned to the West Coast. It is our side of Florida that always enjoys good weather. (Ed. note: Must be something like Aurora—on a small scale, however.) There is hardly a spot for 100 miles when you cannot see both the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean at the same time. The colors beggar description, and the wild lifebirds, fish, etc.—just teem. We saw as many as four rainbows in the sky at one time."
Dutch is back on the job again, with Schulstad & Huffman, realtors, doing bookkeeping, which he thoroughly enjoys. His day is eight hours, with an occasional nap on a day bed which is provided for him in the office.
A couple more guys have moved without leaving any forwarding address: Tom Parker, who was last known to be at Austin-Cate Academy, Center Strafford, N. H.; and Big Chief Meyers, who was at the Mission Indian Agency, Riverside, Calif. If anybody's got any dope on either of these lads, let's have it. We don't want to lose track of our members.
Big Ben Lang has been on a trip to Florida, visiting his daughters on the way. If all of 'em live away from home, he made nine stops.
Looks like Bernard Scully didn't head to Florida this winter. "This area," writes BertieFrench, "is so pleasant that people don't leave it from choice. We have been able to pick outdoor blossoms every month, while the golfers have been enjoying themselves." Oh, yeah!
Bob Mower, Berkeley, the philatelist, is off on some kind of a trip. He asked to have the ALUMNI MAG stopped until he gets back, but he didn't say where he was headed for. How about you tracking down some of that West Coast news, Sawny Reagan?
Clark Saville has had his traveling cut down so's he and the little woman can enjoy each other's company during the week, instead of only weekends.
The Bert Frenches and the Hal Clarks see each other almost every Sunday. Hal's been elected to the Vestry of St. John's Church, Sandwich, Mass., and Bert was elected to his 16th term as Senior Warden. The boy's made good. And Bert's wife Hazel ain't going to be left out in the cold. She continues to get recognition for her work in artistic jewelry, the latest in Allen H. Eaton's new book on Handicrafts of New England, which devotes a page to her work, plus illustrations of some of it.
Frank Solomon, who's V. P. of Joseph & Feist, wholesale tailors in Cleveland, had a hernia operation that laid him up for a couple of months, and then he went down to Mexico for another couple months for further recuperation. I talked to him the day before he left. He said he got down to N. Y. every once in a while and usually got in touch with Ed Chappelear, who turned out to be a highly successful banker. Ed's getting ready to retire now, having reached the age when guys start to think of taking things easy.
If you lads want some interesting reading, give a gander to the class notes of Bill Ham, class of '97. That guy's got it.
You don't think I'm going to slip you any more stuff, do you? What do you suppose I'm going to put in Diddings, if the MAG takes it all? Happy spring to all the good little '09ers from the Garden Spot of America—Aurora.
Class Notes Editor, Pioneer Trail, Aurora, Ohio Secretary and Treasurer, Sandwich, Mass. Class Agent,667 W. Randolph St., Chicago 6, Ill.
