1911
Have you written Schuyler Dodge or Mary yet about Whitefield ? According to reports, direct and indirect, the following families plan to be there during some part of the opening week, beginning Tuesday, June 15: Agry,Burleigh, the two Clark families, Cooper,Crooks, Sarge Eaton, Griswold, Hart, Harvey,Mayo, Russell and Sterling; and among the likely-to-be's are the Frenches, Hedges, Stouts,Capronis and Partridges. Are there any others?
June 30 is the deadline for giving contributions for this year's Alumni Fund. It's all right to send your money to Josh. Incidentally, on May Day Josh became a grandfather for the third time, this being little 6 lb., 10 oz. Christina Anne. If you don't send in a fund contribution for Josh's sake, perhaps you'll do it for the baby's sake.
Our world travelers are back again and off again. George and Miriam Morris returned from Brazil only to leave again for Australia, Pakistan, Hong Kong, London and other points which they will visit in girdling the earth. George hopes to see Burbeck and Connely in London, and Ho in Hong Kong.
Although Bob Barstow's last trip was recently reported, on Tuesday, April so he had dinner in London, emplaned at 10:00 p.m., and Thursday morning at 10 he was opening his mail at his desk on Fourth Avenue in New York. He adds:
"That was my twelfth air crossing of the Atlantic, having also spanned it eight times by ship, the first time some 44 years ago. In the past year and a half I have twice visited Europe and the Near and Middle East, and spent some weeks in the Caribbean area of Latin America. All in all I have been in 51 countries and colonies, the Far East, Australia and South Africa being still on the waiting list.
"All this traveling in recent years has been in relief work and interchurch relations, with Church World Service and now under the National Council of Churches. I have the privilege of coordinating the activities of some half a hundred Union Churches all over the world which are serving Americans and their families resident in the principal cities. There is great potential for international friendship in the personal influences of these people, quite apart from political angles or economic factors. I have many interesting experiences meeting key people here and there, and finding life very challenging as well as full of problems. For example, at Beirut recently, I was just out of range of the bullets when that unfortunate student riot occurred at the University. On the pleasanter side, I was in Panama when Her Majesty Elizabeth II and the Duke were paying their passing visit.
"Unfortunately, I don't get to Hanover often enough!"
Jake and Midge Lovejoy are enjoying their new year-round home at Sunapee. Jake says it has been fun winterizing a summer cottage and indeed, he has made an attractive home for them - and right near where the fishing is good for salmon and.golden trout. His principal avocation this spring has been helping a neighboring farmer with a sugar orchard, tapping trees and producing the famous New Hampshire golden fluid.
Jack Ingersoll writes that on April 17, little Barbara Jean Ingersoll arrived in Concord, N. H., the second child of J. E. I. Jr., which now brings the grand total of grandchildren up to nine, two girls and seven boys.
Mr. and Mrs. James Malley recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary Joan, to John F. Beamis of Somersworth. The bride-to-be is a graduate of the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart and has been a special teacher in the schools of Dover and Somersworth. Jim continues to be recognized as the tax authority in New Hampshire, and frequently meets with citizens of different communities, Hanover for example being the scene of one of his recent appearances.
If it weren't for the good wives of 1911 there would be little news for you men. Here's the latest from Alice Stout:
"We had expected to go to Europe this spring but Ben was too busy to get away, so we hope it is in the offing a year from now. Were in Honolulu last summer for a month and enjoyed it immensely.
"I have recently returned from Washington, D. C., being appointed Chicago delegate to National League of American Pen-Women's Convention - also National Arts and Letters.
"I played a group of my own works at the former, and must say that both conventions were most inspiring. There were many distinguished guests at both conventions, including Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Adams, Ezra Taft Benson, His Excellency Sir Roger Makins, Ambassador from Great Britain - Perle Mesta - not to mention Senators and Congressmen galore, many of whom gave one-minute talks, very clever - all about "us women - who stayed at home, wrote, composed, painted, and tended our knitting' - some of these quips were really hilarious.
"Miriam Morris, a member of the Washington Chapter of National Arts and Letters Hospitality Committee, entertained this group at a lovely tea in her charming and interesting She and George are both fine, and planning a trip around the world in the near future. Also the Pen-Women were entertained at a tea in the beautiful home of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, and there were teas and receptions in several of the embassies. . . All in all it was a most memorable duo convention."
Harold Burt, who heads the Department of Psychology in the College of Education at Ohio State University, is preparing for retirement by working at a good collection of hobbies. Proof of the fact that he is still fit is his continuing to play tennis.
Floyd Tindall has changed his address in Winter Haven, where he has been for several vears, to 1809 16th St., N. W., Winter Haven, Fla.
Word from Gerry Barnes says he expects to fly East for a family reunion in June, but probably will not go beyond New York since there is no reunion in Hanover this year. He adds, "Please say 'hello' to any of the bunch as you see them."
Another retiring gentleman, on July i, is Lew Partridge. Lew reported a good trip South last winter where he saw the Sarge Eatons at the Bel Air and the Shorty Mayos in Sarasota, Fla. This summer the Partridges will be in Maine, and Lew says you can find his mailbox between Belfast and Searsport and invites 1911ers to stop off.
Helen Troy writes from Lisbon, Portugal, that she felt that though the people were courteous and kind, the country as a whole seemed a bit backward according to American standards.
The April 9 issue of The Eastern Underwriter carries a picture and article about Ralph Blanchard, Professor at Columbia University, who had spoken before the Fire Underwriters Assn. of the Pacific on insurance education and was quoted as saying: "I prefer to think of education as the effort to help persons to understand insurance and the insurance business, to gain a comprehension of its individual parts and of their functional relationship in the working whole. It is a mental process, the laying of a foundation for accurate thinking about insurance problems." His dean and associates at Columbia consider him one of the outstanding authorities in the U. S. in the field of insurance.
John and, Margaret Pearson on May 8 left Hanover temporarily to be in Washington during the remainder of this session of Congress where John will be continuing his association with Senator Flanders.
This is a delayed announcement of the fact that Steve Rossiter has left Manchester, N. H., and moved to Alendale, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, to enjoy his retirement.
Secretary, 1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 84 State St., Boston 9, Mass.
