1915

A "tongue-twister" aftermath of the Holidays:

My love to all those that I love, My love to all those that love me, My love to all those that love those that I love, And to those that love those that love me!

A deserved accolade to Buster Sawyer who became president of the New Hampshire Medical Society back in September. This is the second of two top medical posts for him, for he became president of the Council of New England State Medical Societies last April, having been an officer of that body for several years.

Dick Wyman gives a thrilling description of the Hawaiian volcano eruptions: "I had made considerable study of volcanoes on two previous trips to Hawaii and made this special trip just to see an eruption. The one I saw was the second eruption of Kilauea Iki on Thanksgiving Day. We had to park our car a quarter mile away and walk to the brink of the crater from which we could look down to the crater bottom which was perhaps 300 feet lower than where I stood. I took a lot of pictures, both moving and still, during which the fountain got higher and higher, many of its spoutings reaching as high as 900 feet. The radiant heat increased greatly until it became unbearable except for a few seconds at a time, and the metal on my cameras became almost too hot to touch. As you may well imagine, I came away happily satisfied, for it is 'The greatest show on earth.'" Let us hope that Dick will make it possible for us .to see these pictures at a future gathering of the 1915 clan! Commenting on Dick's hobby of studying volcanoes, Dale Barker observes that because it is impractical to collect 'em, Dick has the excuse to travel to 'em!

Doc Noyes was hospitalized by an operation in November but was reported recovering nicely. We hope he's up and around by now.

The travel bug is quite active! The Marv Fredericks were scheduled for another extensive foreign tour shortly. The Charlie Griffiths are teaming up with the Jack Bowlers for a foreign jaunt, sailing in February shortly after Jack's scheduled retirement from his very eventful medical career in connection with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Kay Mason is, I believe, en route to foreign parts. Muriel (Mrs. Danny) Waugh writes that she's off on a Mediterranean cruise with some Saybrook friends this winter, returning in mid-April. George and Mae Martin are due to shove off about now on their winter trip to Sarasota. George says they're going to miss the Red Sox down there this year! Bea Johnson says she jetted both ways from Maine to California just before Christmas - and loved it. And so it goes! How about a travelogue from some of you lucky ones?

Eben Clough reports that snuggies are very much in order down on the Ipswich shores these wintry days. Says the Boston and Maine commuters are in a cold clam stew over their "new" heatless station!

Shorty and Margaret Gray certainly came up with a delightful "Season's Greetings" in their interesting travelogue account of the "slow boat" freighter trip to the British Isles and subsequent wind-up in San Diego, the land of "perpetual sunshine," with its "mountains behind, the blue Pacific in front and the canyons running every which way in between."

There's a write-up in the December 18 issue of the "Suncook (N. H.) Sun" about how George Liscomb '07 came to call his home in Pembroke, N. H., "Richard Hovey House" in honor of the author of "Men of Dartmouth." Interesting reading!

And there's a snappy photo in a Cleveland paper of a youngster in the 1898 version of fashionable attire, which, upon turning the page, turns out to be our own Kent Smith with another snappy photo of him as he looks to-day as acting president of Case Institute and retired chairman of the board of Lubrizol Corporation - with quite a write-up about the transition. (Bill Reynolds sent me the clipping and it would be nice if more classmates sent in similar items!)

Sid Crawford says he and Jack Benny are still 39!!!

A card from Pearl and Kike Richardson adds a "Wah-Hoo-Wah" to the Season's Greetings!

It was a toss-up as to who enjoyed the Boston Tea Party weekend more - Joel Harris or Stan Llewellyn!

Ralph Brown did make the Princeton game - says his eye continues to improve. Sorry we missed him at the game.

John Healy had a hernia fixed up at a private hospital near his home down in Florida and enjoyed it so much he took a job as controller at the hospital where he puts in four to six hours daily. He lays it to the good doctor who did the job, but says nothing about the nurses!

Joe Comstock, out in San Clemente, says they in the remote areas sure appreciate the news bits they get from these columns.

The Elvie and Dwight O'Hara Greeting Card shows a very attractive snow scene effect of the their home in Lyme, N. H.

Bud Doe has happy memories of the Cambridge party which will carry him through to the next one. Says they are busy packing apples and ship quite a few to New York.

Gus and Clara Braun are enjoying Florida but miss seeing some of us folks up this way. Gus says: "It's a long time between drinks." To make 'em envious (?) the Roy Laffertys and the Phil Murdocks, at a little postChristmas party here in N. Y., sent 'em a news clipping showing the city streets clogged with snow. And were they ever clogged!

A note from El Paso tells of the safe arrival home of the Herb Potter's daughter Julie after eight and a half months in Europe. Julie is going to teach in El Paso for a semester.

Coinciding with the arrival of Ray King's unique Santa Claus card ("mit viskeys," as Eben Clough puts it) comes a news clipping, via friends in Florida, with a very fine picture of Ray and his charming wife, taken as Ray was being presented with a gift watch in recognition of his 27 years' service as president of the Concert Association of Greater Springfield, Mass. In addition to thanking Ray for his service, the directors of the Association took the occasion to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. King on their 41st wedding anniversary. Ray, a former city solicitor and police commissioner, and Miss Olive Geran were married in Springfield on October 19, 1918.

Further entries to the "travel bug" derby have just come in. Doc O'Hara, after gracing the Patten Xmas party in Boston, was off to Florida to spend Christmas with son Daniel in Jacksonville, flying back to the snowy Lyme scene thereafter. George and Charlotte Simpson expected to head for Florida this winter, but weren't sure just when. Sid and Doris Crawford anticipated a Christmas journey to Buffalo - understand they were breaking in a new car. Hope they missed the snows! Any other travel entries?

To wind up on a quaint note: Ma: "Shall I take Junior to the zoo?" Pa: "No. If the zoo wants him, let 'em come and get him."

Changes of address: Matthew R. Gray, 6039 Meade Ave., San Diego 15, Calif.; Rev. Boynton Merrill, 628 Reynard Drive, Cincinnati 31, Ohio.

Secretary, 245 Avenue C New York 9, N. Y.

Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.