1911

Make note of the next important date for 1911 - Oct. 25. That evening we shall be enjoying our annual Pre-Harvard Game Dinner at The University Club in Boston. Last year twenty classmates were there. Come again.

Here is another request. Will all 1911ers who plan to be in Florida during all, or part, of the winter write me when and where they plan to be. We should be able to arrange a "Get-together" for a dinner, golf tournament, shuffle board contest or some other exciting event.

Pleasant memories still linger of The Whitefield Reunion last June, in fact the general feeling seemed to be that this was the best ever. This sentiment brings new ones back each year and makes all others vow to return annually. Most of the crowd arrived on Friday and stayed through Sunday. Mary and Tom opened the festivities by entertaining us in their attractive new cocktail lounge Friday evening. The weather being unusually warm, many enjoyed the swimming pool, others golfed, but most just visited. Walt Reilly stayed over from the dedication of the new power dam of The N. E. Power Co. of which he is a director. "Tib" was seeing their son off for Europe. We were delighted to have Mildred Rollins join us and hope more wives will in the future. Here are the couples who helped carry on the old traditions: Agrys, Burleighs, Ken Clarks, Coopers, Crooks, Emersons, Sarge Eatons, Gardners, Griswolds, Learoyds, Odlins, Mayos, Partridges, Pearsons, Spim Norrises, Sandersons, Sterlings, and Russells. Tom and Mary Silk completed the roster and their last words were, "See you next year."

Our congratulations to Cap Hedges, our hard working, conscientious class agent, who with your help put the class over the top this year. Also our thanks to Julia Dunning who helped Cap keep the widows in the fold. They will all receive the ALUMNI MAGAZINE as usual.

Read the box notice on this page to see what Jim Mathes' friends thought of him. Ruth spent the summer at their York Harbor home with her daughters and 14 grandchildren.

With the death of Sid Backus, the class lost one of its most loyal and enthusiastic members, and the sympathy of all of us goes to Ruth, Dick, "Puss" and Anne. He had a zest for living that inspired his friends.

From Harold Card at 11 Woodrow Ave., Haverhill, Mass., come these words "This we hope will be our address for a long time to come, but you never can tell. The house was the family home for many years ... Ethel and I have joined the ranks of 1911 grandparents due to the arrival of James Donnelly in May. The child's father is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago."

The Hanover 1911ers are looking forward to visits from two non-frequenters of these parts this fall, Gene Fuller and Bill Carlisle by name. We are glad to report pleasant visits with three others of this description during the summer. Elt Norris of Cleveland was en route to a camping trip in Maine with a young man. This is the type of pleasure that he gives to the youths of Chagrin Falls each summer. Doc Wyman of sunny Florida drove north with his sister to renew his youth in Auburn, Me. John Pearson said he had not grown any shorter nor any thinner. The third to register was Harry Horton with his charming wife from Winona, Minn. Except for one trip through Hanover a few years ago, he had not been back since freshman year. Along this trip they had stopped over night at the Mountain View and they had been so royally entertained by the Dodge Family, that I think, they may enjoy being with us next June. It was great seeing him after all these years and we certainly would welcome both of them most heartily into the 1911 family. Like many of the rest of us he is turning over his business worries to the younger generation.

Louise Hart died in a Toronto Hospitallast May, just over a year after Bill's death.

Gene Gardner has sold his home in Cleveland and moved into an apartment, #606, 13600 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland, 20, Ohio, after leaving the Mt. View in June and tripping through Maine, they spent July on Cape Cod. Gene says "The rest on the Cape did wonders for Ruth and now she is wearing me down." Both are devoting themselves to the Devereux School for backward children in Pennsylvania. He adds they both are looking for- ward to next June at Whitefield.

Bob Keeler is living with his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert D. Rogers, Spring Creek Rd., Rockford, Ill. Ed Keeler writes of seeing him and how fine he looks.

Ralph Blanchard, now retired from his life-long career at Columbia, has returned to his old home in Plympton, Mass., to continue some of his work as editor in the field of insurance.

The Henry Mortons have moved to Meridian, Miss., which was Mrs. Morton's home. The address is % Mrs. J. T. Hamilton.

And your secretary has moved his junk and valuables from 104 Tuck to 1 Webster Terrace in keeping with his retirement (so called), and where for the first time in his life he has laboriously typed out these notes. If this news column seems short in the future, there may be another reason than the scarcity of news.

Secretary,1 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, R.F.D. #2, Saco, Me.

Bequest Chairman,