1909

The 35th Reunion of the Class of '09 is now history and all who attended acclaimed it the best reunion of all. It was held at the Mayflower Hotel, Manomet Point, Plymouth, Mass. The hotel was excellent, the beds a great contrast to the dormitory beds to which we were accustomed at reunions. The setting was superb and the weather ideal. The group began to get together on Friday, June 16, and at dinner time we had fifteen people. After dinner the group gathered in the bar where a juke box kept things humming for those who wanted to dance. Art Swenson and Sandy Hooker and Allen Newton were in a singing mood, but they missed Dan Watson, Jake Mason and Jim Hitchcock to carry the air. They did finally, however, find a lieutenant with a beautiful voice, who had just graduated from West Point and was there on his .honeymoon and was willing to fill in for the missing members. There was so much going on at the bar that the quartet finally adjourned to the beauty shop where they could be undisturbed in their serious singing.

On Saturday morning Allen Newton and Harry Floyd went out at eight o'clock to start the clambake. Inasmuch as the group did not get to bed until after three o'clock the going was rather hard until some time in the middle of the forenoon when the keg of beer arrived. The fire for the bake finally got started about half past ten. Many of the girls began to appear shortly afterwards and went in bathing while the men folks, who were gradually arriving, stayed around the hotel to chat and get in proper condition for the bake. Jim and Helen Greenebaum, Bert and Hazel French and Lillian Hooker gave what help they could to the "Clambake Kids," as Allen and Harry were eventually called, so that the lobsters were put in the fire by one o'clock.

At four o'clock the bake was pulled with the following people present: Herb and Alice Hawes, Chap and Margaret Chappelear, Art Swenson, Gordon Weinz, Mike Farley, Plum and Ella Leighton, Sandy and Lillian Hooker, Ed and Josephine Ford, Jim and Helen Greenebaum, George Adams, Curt Sheldon, Dick Lord, Heinie and Margaret Whitcomb, Harry and Gertrude Burroughs, Allen and Edith Newton with their daughter and guest, Harry and Louise Floyd and guest, Ben and Ethel Scully and guest, Norm and Ethel Catharin, Fred and Mary Carroll, Joe and Dorothy Worthen, Russ Pettingill, Bob and Marjorie Burns, Harold and Gladys Pratt, Bert and Hazel French, Harold Clark, Phil Cole.

The bake started with clam broth which Allen had prepared with clams, celery and lemon juice which Marj said topped them all for broths. Then followed clams, fish, sausages, lobsters, water melon and coffee. A keg of beer properly iced was available for all.

Following the clambake we had several cheers led by Dick Lord and then Freddie Carroll assembled the members of the class and we had our class meeting which we hold every five years. The following officers were elected: President, Frederick A. Carroll; Treasurer, Edgar S. Chappelear; Secretary, Harry R. Floyd; and Class Agent, Norman Catharin.

Executive Committee: Frederick A. Carroll, Harry R. Floyd, Joseph W. Worthen, Robert A. Burns, John R. Childs, Frank J. Reagan, Leon B. Farley, Frank J. O'Brien and Harold H. Murchie.

Chap, the treasurer, reported that $3 dues were not enough to take care of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE inasmuch as many members of the class do not pay dues even though they receive bills repeatedly and yet the MAGAZINE has to go to them under the arrangement with the College. They also have no money available for postage and other activities and Harry Floyd has been obliged in the last five years to pay all of the expenses that he has incurred out of his own pocket. It was, therefore, voted to increase the dues to $5 a year and each member of the class was asked to make this payment in one lump sum as soon as possible.

After the clambake everyone assembled on the veranda of the hotel and had a fine time reminiscing, and Russ Pettingill, with the help of "Mr. Scotch-and-Soda," tried his best to "entertain." Nobody was interested in dinner after the clambake so the songsters got together again with Josephine Ford at the piano and kept on until the wee small hours of the night.

This evening was marred, however, by the fact that Alice Hawes had a heart attack late in the evening. She had been working very strenuously seven days a week for a long period of time on war work and came down very much tired out. The doctor prescribed at least two or three weeks of quiet in bed. They were able by easy stages to get her home and last reports were that she was doing well.

Some of the group left Saturday night but others stayed on for a good part of Sunday. Everyone Sunday morning was perfectly content to sit out on the veranda, take in the view and discuss old times and tell each other what a fine time they had had.

Secretary, Wm. Filene's Sons Co. 426 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, 16 Wall St., New York, N. Y.