1908
IT LOOKS LIKE A RECORD
On the basis of present expressed intentions, it appears that 'OB will break all records for attendance at a 50-year reunion. Out of 127 living members, 90 — or over 70% - will be in Hanover to celebrate it. Add to that number 70 wives and 6 widows and '08 should win the cut glass golf balls.
If any who are hesitating will read the list which follows, they may decide not to be conspicuous by their absence. The following '08ers expect to be there: Alden, Anderson, Badger, Barnes, Bartlett, Batchelder, Blakely, Blanpied, Blodgett, Chesley, Cogswell, Cornstock, Copeland, Cowee, Crosby, Ralph Currier. Warren Currier, Danforth, Dunn, Emery, Evans, Everett, Fine, Fiske, Flanders, Furman, Gleason, Greely, Greenwood, Griffin Hale, Hammond, Harriman, Hinman, Hobart. Hopkins, Irish, Jordan, Joyce, Knight, Knox, Lanphear, Art Lewis, Mason Lewis, George Lowe, Porter Lowe, Lyon, McElwain, Mann, Marsh, Marshall, Melville, Merrill, Miller, Morrissey, Munkelt. O'Shea, Parkinson. Pease, Perkins, Richardson, Rogers, Ruggles, A. Rutherford, S. Rutherford?' Schilling, Sherburne, Sides, Snow, Soule, Squier, Stearns, Stickney, Stone, Symmes, Tappan, P. Thompson, J. Thompson, R. Thompson, Thorpe, Thwing, Treadway, Walker, Wiley, Winslow, Wood, Woodward, Woolridge, and Wyman.
Considering that six men are to come from the Coast and a dozen more from a considerable distance, that factor can be eliminated as an excuse. Remember, there's only two months before checking in time.
At the Hopkins Dinner in New York, our class was represented by Walter and Mrs. Furman, John and Mrs. Hinman, Fred and Mrs. Schilling, Larry and Mrs. Symmes from New York and General Knox from Boston. As you no doubt know over four million dollars was tossed into the kitty.
A MUSICAL NOTE. The Utica paper recently carried a well-deserved editorial entitled "The Chesley Concerts." A portion of it reads;
During the last quarter of a century, Mr. Roland E. Chesley has presented about 150 concerts in Utica at an overall cost of $315,000.00. In the audiences at these concerts have been some 21,000 boys and girls admitted at a nominal charge of fifty cents or less. This is Mr. Chesley’s way of bringing into reality for others the boyhood wish that he might be able to see and hear great music, performed by great artists. Contrary to what some believe, Mr. Chesley, who is retired, takes the financial risks and winds up the season with a profit, if any, that does not even begin to reimburse him for his time. This is a real public service, for which he deserves the grateful thanks of not only music lovers, but the community at large.
That's our "Pop," and our hats are off to him for an unmatched public service.
An interesting bit of news has come to light about our Harold "Homerun" Hobart. Hobie who has spent his working days since graduation with the big Vermont Marble Co., winding up as General Superintendent, is the man who personally supervised the quarrying, cutting and shipping of what is believed to be the largest block of white marble ever quarried in the world. It weighed 56 tons and was 14 by 7 by 6 feet in size. This huge block was used to complete the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. There's a lot more to it but lack of space prevents the telling here.
FIRE, FIRE. Too late to do anything about it now, but Larry Symmes' house caught fire the other day and it took ten days before Larry and Dorothy could resume anywhere near normal operations. They were about to start for Europe anyway, so they didn't care.
GENEALOGICAL DEP'T. Henry Stone's eldest granddaughter was recently married. We're getting along. Looks like four generations of precious Stones.
WINK FISKE NEWS. We have previously mentioned several times that Wink had retired. It is now a complete fact, for Wink and Dorothy now occupy their new home in North Falmouth where Wink first appeared at the age of three. The local paper which carried the news states that Dr. Fiske has developed a quite successful hobby of oil painting. He says that he will be in Hanover in June if he has to come in an ambulance.
LACONIA FLASH. Art O'Shea has recently been appointed by Governor Dwinell to the New Hampshire Development Commission. Such honors are old stuff to Art, but he's our boy.
So long. See you in June.
Notes Editor, 119 Parker St. Newton Center 59, Mass.
Secretary, 115 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
Class Agent, Lewis-Shepard Co., 125 Walnut St. Watertown 72, Mass.
