1914
You probably have many times experienced the next to the last day of vacation, as I am doing today. It is clear and cold, and as I look over my summer's collection of news and notes, the striking thing to me is that $13,961.08 with 121% of the objective, and 103% in participation. Congratulations to George Young and his assistant agents who have done a perfectly marvelous job. It warms one's heart on this cold September morn.
Col. Carroll A. Edson, Commandant of the Syracuse Army Reserve Corps School, is running a full time program. He is manager of the Social Security office at Syracuse, is now heading up the school which started in September, does a good deal of church work and devotes considerable time to the Atlantic Union program, which he considers is of outstanding importance, in that it holds the key to the solution of the Communist problem. In addition to all of this, his spare time is used in collecting data for an eventual Edson genealogy.
On April 22, Bill Roland became a grandfather when his son William introduced him to Alice Roland, born in St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She was named for Bill's late wife.
Rear Admiral Arthur H. Hearing has been transferred to the coast and is Medical Officer of the 12th Naval District. He will have headquarters at Treasure Island and will also hold the office of Inspector for Medical Activities of the Western Sea Frontier. Admiral Dearing has been Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for professional and personnel operations of the Navy Department in Washington, D. C.
The Class has had several losses since the last issue of the MAGAZINE. Carlton S. Wicker passed away at Buffalo on May 18. WilliamW. Barnes died July 6 at Portland, Me. A. L.(Spence) Howell passed away July 1. Horace L.Borden died July 23 at the Westover Base Hospital. These were four good Dartmouth men and each is a distinct loss. The Class hereby extends its sympathy to the families of each, in this, our mutual bereavement.
Fritz Campbell has recently been appointed an associate actuary of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., with whom he has been employed for the past 37 years. Fred has been active in civic affairs in Milton, Mass., and has served on the Warrant Committee of the town. He is a member of the Corporation of the Newton Savings Bank.
Chick Grant took a two months' trip to the coast this summer to visit one of his youngsters and family. ... Snatch Wilkinson spent considerable time in England and France... . PenAborn writes that he recently welcomed home AI Keeler, Vice-President of the Harvard Trust Co. "He greeted me with the remark that he had enjoyed cocktails in England with one Gov. Foss whom he met at the home of one of his friends." Gov. is resident manager for E. B. Badger Co., Isle Grain, Kent, England, and is engaged in the construction of a plant for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.... Herb and DotAustin have recently attended the annual con- vention of the National Editorial Association in Alaska. Herb is the current president of the Massachusetts Press Association.... A nice letter was received from Charlie Crandall last spring from his home in Westfield, N. J. Charlie has been in medical publishing, now, for 20 years. His youngsters are married and there are three grand-children. Charles Cran- dall Jr. graduated from Annapolis in '43 and is at White Sands Proving Ground. Frances Lewis, "graduated from Mt. Holyoke in 1947, with honors in music, and she is living in Chicago, but will move to Wheaton, 111., if their house is ever finished. Charlie is very active in the Westfield Glee Club where he sings bass. Another of the 'Singingest Class'."
Way back last March, Paul Howe wrote one of his frequent and interesting letters. He had just been presented with his fifth granddaughter by Lyman and Louise. He had recently met Carl Buck at Ann Arbor. He brought up one of his snapshot albums with the reunion pictures, and he got quite a kick out of them. Carl is doing a lot of travelling in connection with his work in public health in the University of Michigan. String writes that Ann Arbor put him on a diet last December and he had lost 30 pounds in three months. "Anyone mentioning lettuce, cabbage and other rabbit food in my presence after that diet will perhaps be surprised with a sock in the nose."
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Luther Asa Pattee? His mail has been returned from Box 62, Hanover, Mass. Anyone having any information should communicate with the Alumni Records Office or with me.
From an undisclosed source, a page of the Nichols Junior College publication recently arrived at this office, containing a reproduction of a classroom photograph. About eight students were listening raptly to Dean Leech in his course on Marketing. Evidently the course is keeping up with the times, as the only two figures on the blackboard were $3.00 and $3.95, which, I presume, merely indicates the rising cost of living.
When Gordon Piatt sent in his check, it was enclosed in a letterhead of the Northern Farm Co-operative at Montpelier. Could it be that he is employed by them? It would be nice to have a letter from Gordon with a report of his activities.
Recent visitors in Hanover from the Class include Elmer and Mrs. Robinson, L. K. Little, E. H. Barnard, H. T. Johnson, S. S. Larmon, Art and Mrs. Maddalena, GordonSleeper, Red Louden and family, Jack Conners, the Dick Pritchards. Lucky people!
Eddie Elkins recently took a long vacation trip through the southwest. He stopped at Gail Gardner's home, but as there was no one there, he "Missed the opportunity of shaking hands with the perennial postmaster and chew the fat about old times."
Some of the recent address changes are:
Paul C. Smith, 25 Maple St., Hanover, N. H.; Lester K. Little, 190 Exchange St., Pawtucket, R. I.; Howard C. Hoyt, 17 Chapin Place, Hartford 6, Conn.; William W. Breslyn, Wendall P. Colton Co., 122 E. 42d St., N.Y.C. 17; 515 Union Ave., Rutherford, N. J.; Ellsworth B. Buck, 152 Stuyvesant PI., St. George, S. I. 1, N. Y.; Arthur H.Dearing, 50 Fell St., San Francisco 2, Calif.; AlanM. Overton, 921 Chestnut St., Terre Haute, Ind., R. R. 5, Box 30-W, Terre-Haute, Ind., Pres. Bldg. Material Wholesalers Inc.; Edwin P. Reper, 435 W. Michigan, Milwaukee, Wis.
A 1914 FOURSOME: Caught in the act of enjoying Hanover life are (I to r) Dr. "Rocky" Flanders, Class Agent George Young, Norm Davison and John Piane.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth 91, Mass. Treasurer, 165 Marlboro St., Wollaston, Mass.
