1925

As stated previously, the football season affords more opportunity for reunions, large and small, than any other time of year. Your correspondent of course has made it a point ever since tackling the job to attend all football games, not only for the pleasure of watching Bob Blackman's charges perform on the gridiron, but also to pick up news items here and there for this column.

The Princeton game weekend at Hanover marked the highlight of the season from the standpoint of numbers and activity. Twentyfour (24) classmates appeared in the Paul Room of Baker Library after the bonfire on the campus on Friday evening for the meeting of the class executive committee. They will be (or will have been - depending on the date of publication) identified in particular in an issue of The Roundup, where Herb Talbot, it is understood, will report on the details of the meeting. After the game an additional 23 members showed up for cocktails and dinner in Alumni Hall of Hopkins Center where a total of 95 classmates, wives and guests were served. They too will be identified by Herb. Pending the issuance of The Roundup it should be noted here that Ken Montgomery and Barry Mahool were present, the former having come all the way from Portland, Ore., while the latter had traveled from Munich, Germany.

The next regular meeting of the committee will be held the Friday evening before the Penn game scheduled for October 9, 1965. May we suggest that if you have any idea of being present you should make reservations now for sleeping accommodations. This is the time of year when the fall foliage is at its colorful best.

The Brown game weekend was more satisfying to the few who came back from the viewpoint of victories gained over both the Brown varsity and freshman teams. In addition to the Hanover contingent, which was there in full force, we espied the Peter Haffenreffers, the Speedy Fleets, and the Johnnie Garrods, including son Miles and wife. The Herb Talbots were also in town with son Jeff's family, Emily having remained in Hanover all week while Herb was attending a meeting in Richmond, Va. The Garrods, incidentally, are selling their No. Harpswell, Me., property in favor of "somewhere" in New Hampshire. Here's an opportunity for someone with a desire for the Maine climate.

The gratifying experience of seeing Harvard walloped by a wide margin was modified somewhat by disappointment in having failed to meet any classmates. We did run into Bobbie and Lew White after the game and learned that they had seen the game with a worm's-eye-view from Row D while your secretary was in Row KK.

At New Haven we were happy that our friendships extended beyond the class roster. Nary a classmate did we see either in the north parking area, where we mingled with the tail-gaters, or after the game. We did hear from Ad Winship '42 that FordWhelden had chartered a plane for the trip. While the outcome of the game was a big disappointment, all are agreed it was a whale of a battle from the spectators' viewpoint.

Bud Neilson was a guest of honor and main speaker this fall at the 44th annual dinner meeting of the Greater Laconia-Weirs Beach Chamber of Commerce at the Laconia Tavern.

Brad Smith was recently elected to the additional post of chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Insurance Company of North America. He was also voted similar titles by directors of INA-Life. Brad joined INA in 1929. After several years as a special agent, he was elected as an assistant secretary. He then became successively, fire secretary in 1940, vice president in 1943, executive vice president and a director in 1956, and president in 1961.

Here are a few address changes: Connie Kurtz, 1226 Liberty Bank Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. 14204; Herman Curtis, 1204 Gould Rd., Lansing, Mich. 48917; Jay Elder, Box 112. Walkersville, Md. 21793; Dr. Maynard C. Wheeler, 815 Park Ave., N. Y., N. Y. 10021; Jock Packard, returned to Florida for the winter season at Drawer JP, P. O. Sta. 1, Vero Beach; Don Kilby, American Embassy, Box 40, Navy 100, FPO, N. Y., N. Y. 09599 (Don is director of the U. S. Trade Center in London); and Ralph Carey, 74 Palm Club, Pompano Beach, Fla.

Secretary, 225 Wyman St. Waltham 54, Mass.

Treasurer, RR. 1, Box 134, Chester, N. J.