1911

The 1911 party at Whitefield last June was participated in by 15 classmates and wives as follows: Pearson, Clarks (Josh and Ken),Hedges, Learoyd, Shepherd, Russell, Gris-luold, Sarge Eaton, Applegate, Burleigh, Mayo,Hart, Cooper, Hurley. Many other classmates wired or wrote their regrets at not being with us, including a cablegram from the JackSteeves and Burt Burbeck in London. Nearlyall arrived on the opening day, Friday, and stayed well into the following week. It was a grand party as always with the usual festivities topped by a delightful cocktail party given by Mary. This has grown to be an annual event that many classmates look forward to with great pleasure. Incidentally, classmates will be relieved to know that the report of the C.P.A. experts who audited the accounts of the 1911 Whitefield Refreshment Fund, of which Bendy Griswold and Jack Russell are proprietors, found it to be intact and untouched and available for the next reunion of the class.

Gabe Farrell was a recent visitor in Hanover following a sojourn in Europe where he was the chairman both in organizing and conducting the conference of International Educators of Blind Youths which met the last week of July in Bussum, Holland, where 35 nations were represented. At this time the conference was established as a permanent organization and an executive council set up for its government. Gabe was made honorary president. He is enjoying his retirement from Perkins Institute by becoming Assistant to the Dean of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass.

Another classmate engaged in the development of international relations is George Morris. George and Miriam attended the meeting of the International Bar Association in Madrid in July where he presided, then returned to America for the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco in September by way of India and the Far East. In this trip arOund the world, George was engaged in development of new chapters of the International Bar Association in India and other countries not heretofore represented.

Warren Agry Jr. was married to Nancy Barbara Vogt in Buffalo on July 19 last.

Helen Gaylord has come by another grandchild, this time a girl, the daughter of her son Jim.

Dick Chase has retired as vice president and general manager of Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company in Worcester, has sold his home there and moved to Osterville, Mass., on West Bay Road with address P.O. Box 441. Dick is being retained as consultant to the company but says he finds time to tinker around their new home.

Word from Larry Odlin refers to the fine accomplishment of Eck Hiestand 'to who won the Republican nomination in a neighboring Congressional district. Larry is a member of the United Republican Finance Committee of San Marino and is busily engaged in pre-election activities.

Linda Hawkridge has just moved into her beautiful new home which she and Les had started in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Spirn Norris has moved into a fine old house at 637 Prospect St., Methuen, Mass. Other new addresses are: Rev. Ernest E. Morrill, Sonoma, Calif.; Harold W. Pease, 2271 E. Howe St., Seattle 2, Wash.; Clinton W. Elwell, 132 Water St., Exeter, N. H.

Jim Mathes' friends will be pleased to know that he has made a fine recovery from his illness of last spring. He and Ruth spent the summer as usual at York Harbor, Me., Jim going back and forth from his business in New York. Last June Jim moved his offices from 42nd St. to new and larger quarters at 260 Madison Avenue.

Dave Traitel was in New York recently from Minden, Neb., spending a couple of weeks and looking forward to reunions with his classmates in the East.

Word from a ladies' hosiery expert in San Francisco, namely Ray Taylor, states that he is enjoying the deer season, planning it so he gets into the different counties, getting his limit in each case. Though Ray is an expert with a bow and arrow, he confesses that he gets his bucks with a trusty rifle.

Walter Morgan writes from Bedford, N. H., how much he is enjoying his little church there, what a pleasant town it is to live in, and how good the people are to be among. For a man who graduated after only two years with us, Walter is unusually appreciative of the College and of all it has meant to him.

Chuck Emerson ceases to be a foreigner and has come back to the States to live. He has been made General Superintendent of Operations for the St. Louis Ordnance Plant which has been reactivated by the U.S. Defense Corp. This job is similar to the one he had with the U.S. Rubber Co. which operated such an ordnance plant during the last war. His business address is c/o U.S. Defense Corp., 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo., and his home is at 2 Covington Meadows, Clayton 24, Mo. Chuck made the move and started reactivating the plant on June 1.

Bob Barstow has been elected Director of the Department of American Communities Overseas of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. This department has advisory and a measure of administrative relationship to some 50 English-speaking Union churches, located in various cities throughout the world, from I'aris and Berlin to Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, including many in the Canal Zone and other parts of Latin America. These churches provide normal church opportunities for the men and their families who are engaged in various business or governmental activities, and contribute much to the fellowship and spiritual morale of these communities of Americans in foreign countries, as they endeavor to represent American life at its best.

Last but not least, Josh Clark deserves the congratulations of the class for an excellent solicitation for the Alumni Fund when he secured gifts from the largest number of men who in any single year have contributed to the Fund and also exceeded the high quota set for the class. The class objective was $9,890 and the total gifts amounted to $11,051.76 from 213 contributors.

Incidentally, Chub Sterling's little baby, the Class Memorial Fund, has reached the total amount of $12,380 which has been responsible for producing interest amounting to $580 and which serves the College through the Alumni Fund. This is a tribute to the job Chub has done and should be of great satisfaction to all the classmates who have participated in this project.

Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, Howland Dry Goods Co., Bridgeport 2, Conn.