1914

News this month pretty well covers the country. Items are in from Maine to California and from Nova Scotia to Florida. First off, we have a letter from George Boggs who writes,

"For the benefit of those who picture Nova Scotia close to the Arctic Circle, I might say I have just ordered a lot more peach trees to enlarge my present peach orchard. . . . For winter recreation do a bit of the 'Roaring Game' (curling). Legislature opens fairly soon now, so Helen and I make our headquarters in Halifax for a couple of months. If any of you guys have a good 'Master-Plan' for the solution of educational problems in public schools, send it along."

John Peppard from his observation tower at Vinal Haven offers the following:

"I saw in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE that eight was the tops in the grandchild department and that stirred me to immediate action. I've always wanted to be a 'champ' and this is my chance, as I have nine. Four of them live only a mile away from me so I can see them every day which, I realize makes me especially fortunate. Barlow recently wrote me that I needn't feel so smart because he has eight, but far as I know that does not equal nine, so all he can do is sputter as usual. Had to have an eye operation last February for glaucoma and am happy to say it was a success, in that it preserves my remaining vision, which is good enough to enable me to read and write comfortably and drive my car down town. That is quite adequate, but I can't see faces ten feet away, so have had to learn Shapes! Can do better at that in the summer than I can in the winter when they are all bundled up, but so far I have no serious mistakes! I'm speaking of the ladies, you understand. I was awfully sorry to hear of Zottque's death. I knew Zut very well and always liked him. Too many are dropping out. Trust you are well and if some cuss does not come up with ten grandchildren I'll consider myself champ!"

In February Alex Skakle received the Brotherhood Award of the Waltham Lodge B'nai B'rith according to the Waltham News-Tribune. Alex was cited for his many contributions to the community both through his own participation and the cooperation of the News-Tribune of which he is editor and publisher. Richard J. White has been named by Governor Herter as Special Counsel to the Governor on legislative matters. He is a former Essex County Register of Probate and former member of the Massachusetts House

of Representatives. The Boston papers of January 13 carried pictures of Dick Pritchard whose resignation as a director of the N.Y.N.H.&H. Railroad was announced.

Hadley Cole who has been in the Rutland (Mass.) Veterans Hospital, was able to spend the Christmas Holidays at home on Cape Cod. By the time you read this, Abe Newmark should have returned to his Salem (Mass.) Emporium, after his annual Florida vacation. Jim Gregg attended the Clinic for Class Agents of the Alumni Fund at Hanover in January. Now moving across the country a bit, we learn that Dutch Burnham has been laid up for a siege, but is improving and expects to be back on the job with Pittsburgh Plate Glass, very soon. Lay Little is now associated with The Overseas Information Service in Washington, D. C.

Jack Conners, after some forty years, has changed his address from The Stanley Works, Bridgeport, Conn., to the Northeastern Steel Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn. This ties in with the much-talked-about New England steel mill and Jack says he expects to be busier than ever. Headlines in the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer read "H. K. Hallett Is Named Maid of Cotton Judge." That's our Matt, V.P. of Kendall Co., past president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, and active in many other organizations. This contest was held in Memphis, Tenn., and lacking word to the contrary it is assumed that Matt survived the ordeal.

Ed Elkins reports that he and his wife spent Christmas Holidays visiting their daughter and family at the African Inland Mission near Nairobi, Kenya. Ed says they were grounded in London for three days, waiting for the plane for Africa, but he forgot his address book and so missed Guv Foss, with whom he used to ride freight trains.

Enders Voorhees has been named a trustee and member of the executive committee of the Roosevelt Hospital, New York. RoscoeDewitt is now president of the American Institute of Architects, Dallas Chapter. Many important buildings in that part of the country are the result of the efforts of Roscoe and his associates. Dr. Bill Washburn, eminent surgeon of San Francisco, enjoyed a visit from the Mart Remsens who were passing through on their way to Hawaii.

Further report on Bill Fletcher. He died on November 2, 1954, of arterio-sclerotic heart disease and is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, Mass. His son, a member of the Class of '52, is now in his last year at Harvard Medical School.

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