1922
On April 17, John Grosvenor Dana received the order of the British Empire from the British Government in recognition of his work in the Ministry of Transport during and since the war. The award was presented by Sir Francis Evans, the Consul-General in New York. Jack served as office manager during the war and has since been the finance officer.
Since my last report to you, Al Lyon, Boband Alma Hight and Duke and Frances Vos-Burgh with daughter Helen have been guests of the Hanover Inn. Al and the VosBurghs were there to see their sons, no doubt.
A correction in the caption under the picture of the Saunders family which appeared with the May column is necessary. It is Spic's daughter Ann who appears in the group and not his new daughter-in-law. The error evidently resulted from a misinterpretation of my notes by the caption writer in Hanover.
The twin sons of Charlie Townsend will enter college in the fall but not together. Pete is headed for Dartmouth while Charles Jr. is headed for Middlebury. Charlie, himself, is head of the advertising agency in Burlington, Vt., which bears his name.
Gus Cummings, consultant on industrial temperature and moisture control, has figured out a way to do his consulting while he and Eleanor are based on his farm in Bradford, Vt. Gus' older son John, a graduate of Staunton Military Academy, was married while in service, subsequently presented Gus and Eleanor with two grandsons and now runs the farm. David, the other son, will be graduated from Staunton in June and will then embark upon the five-year course offered jointly by Washington & Lee and Carnegie Tech.
Dodge Taylor, chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission, was in New York in April and addressed a meeting of members attending a session of the National Wholesale Frozen Food Distributors Association. Bud stated it as his conviction that frozen concentrates are the hope for the future of the Florida citrus industry.
With the added attraction of a class cocktail party preceding it, the class of 1922 was well represented at the annual alumni dinner in New York on April 12 by Barnard, Bernheim,Bruckner, Busher, Dana, Earle, Eastman,Fancher, Goldbeck, Horan, Johnson(Johnny), Miner, Morrell, Pullen, Robie,Reid, Shepard and Wilson.
In February, Sterry Waterman was appointed by President Truman as one of five members on the Advisory Board to the Commodity Credit Corporation. This Advisory Board was established by Congress to be composed of men with broad agricultural and business experience. It is required to survey the general policies of the Commodity Credit Corporation, including its policies relating to its purchase, storage and sale of commodities and its operation of lending and price support programs. Sterry is well qualified for the assignment by reason of his close association with Northern Farms Cooperative, Inc., having served as its legal counsel for the past eight years and as its general manager for the past four years. The appointment is a real tribute to Sterry and an honor well deserved.
Recently at a birthday party for mutual friends (twins), I had the opportunity for a nice visit with Ed and Marian Lane.
Andy Marshall made one of his brief visits to Boston in late April. Haskell and HarrietCohn rounded up a few of us to spend the (rood wife, live at 1 Pearl St., Hudson Falls, N.Y. Grif is vice president of Griffin's, at nearby Glens Falls, where they deal in lumber, appliances, fuel, heating plants, paint and wallpaper, Grif's chore there consisting of advertising and promotion manager and supervisor of sales. Harking back to college days, Grif recalls the contributions of professors Mecklin, Henry Moore, and W. K. Stewart as the most important in his undergraduate development, and he recalls the counsels of the late Franklin R. McDuffee as being wonderfully inspirational. Come some summer soon Grif says he is going to be among those present at one of those '23 summer reunions up in Hanover. We hope that things work out so he can take in this summer's affair, along with the missus.
Lou Grover has the distinction (?) of being one of the group of 8% of the class which has clung to single blessedness, through thick and thin, resisting valiantly the blandishments of what must have been a good round number of females attracted by that trim athletic figure and that wavy black hair. Or perhaps they were repelled by the "bankers eye" he has doubtless acquired during his service with the Citizens Savings Bank of Providence, R. I., where he currently discharges the duties of vice president in charge of bond and stock investments.
OUR SUMMER REUNION
It is getting close to the time when you should be making your plans to soak up some of that good New Hampshire atmosphere and a lot of that good '23 camaraderie, come August, at the '23 informal rump reunion which is planned for your pleasure and the enjoyment of your friends in the Class, complete with wives and young sprouts. If you need any convincing, talk with any of the participants of previous years. They're a bunch of boosters! Doc Haubrich and Dud Pope are working up a swell party, and it looks like past attendance records are due for a smashing.
WALTER AND DORIS SANDS: Uppermosts for the 1922 Twenty-ninth, alias Thirtieth, Reunion.
Secretary, 38 Newbury St., Boston 16, Mass. Treasurer, 111 Laurel Road, Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. Class Agent, 61 Clinton Ave., Ridgewood, N. J.
