Newspaper article mentioning Alma and Fred: 4/4/1916
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An article in the Boston (Massachusetts) Globe about a Oberlin reunion in Boston that Alma and Fred attended
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I enjoy imagining this occasion, with Alma having a ball talking to old friends and to people she had just met. I keep hoping there was dancing because she would surely enjoy that, but I suppose if there had been dancing, then the article would have mentioned it. (Later note: No, there was no dancing, but there was group singing of Oberlin songs.)
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BANQUET OF NEW ENGLAND ALUMNI OF OBERLIN
The annual business meeting and banquet of the New England Association of the Alumni of Oberlin College were held last evening in Hotel Westminster. Ralph H. Houser, president, assisted by John Hall, Edward L. Clark, Curtis H. Waterman, J. E. Mack, Miss Emma Gillis, Mrs Fred S. Retan, Miss Alice Barber and Miss Eunice Miller, received the guests.
Ralph H. Houser was the toastmaster, and the program included addresses by William J. Hutchins, professor in Oberlin College; Frederick Bridgeman DD, of Johannesburg, South Africa; William F. Bohn of Oberlin, group of college songs, including "Alma Mater" and "Oberlin," by a quartet, Miss Anna Waterman, Mrs. Rowland, S. H. Dyer, Mrs. Ralph H. Houser and Mrs Charles Burr. The officers for the year are Ralph H. Houser, president; John Hall, Miss Emma Gillis, vice presidents; Edward L. Clark, secretary and treasurer; Mrs Fred S. Retan, corresponding secretary; Curtis H. Waterman, Miss Alice Barber, J. E. Mack and Miss Eunice Miller, executive committee. Among those present were:
Miss Eunice A MIller
Dr Fred Stokey
Miss Ella Stanley
Mr John Hall
Mr & Mrs C Swift
Miss Ruth A Brown
Mr & Mrs R H Houser
Miss Mary E Coughlin
Mr H Retan
Mr Don King
Mr C D Bridgeman
Mr B M Hallowell
Miss Janet Ball
Miss Emlyn Hawes
Mr B F Mahon
Miss Dorothy Swift
Mr Charles Burr
Mrs L D Gibbs
Mr Albert H Hawkes
Miss Alice Barker
Mr Herbert Boyd
Miss Miriam Conant
Mrs R S Dyer
Miss Anna Waterman
Mr C H Waterman
Miss A G Stokey
Miss Anna Starr
Miss E E Hastings
Miss Helen Swift
Mr Warren Rood
Mr Franklin Pettee
Mr Henry Olmstead
Mr N S Arment
Mrs Frances Kelly
Mr T B Bridgeman
Miss Ella M Stanley
Mr G N Blakeley
Mr I K Gill
Miss Ruth Kellogg
Miss Alice Edgerton
Mr Arthur Neffe
Miss Anna Sherwood
Miss Emma Gillis
Mr George S Brewer
Mr J N Pierce
Mrs Ruth Stearns
Mr David Shaw
Mrs Charles Burr
Mrs Fred S Retan
Mr J F Mack
The annual business meeting and banquet of the New England Association of the Alumni of Oberlin College were held last evening in Hotel Westminster. Ralph H. Houser, president, assisted by John Hall, Edward L. Clark, Curtis H. Waterman, J. E. Mack, Miss Emma Gillis, Mrs Fred S. Retan, Miss Alice Barber and Miss Eunice Miller, received the guests.
Ralph H. Houser was the toastmaster, and the program included addresses by William J. Hutchins, professor in Oberlin College; Frederick Bridgeman DD, of Johannesburg, South Africa; William F. Bohn of Oberlin, group of college songs, including "Alma Mater" and "Oberlin," by a quartet, Miss Anna Waterman, Mrs. Rowland, S. H. Dyer, Mrs. Ralph H. Houser and Mrs Charles Burr. The officers for the year are Ralph H. Houser, president; John Hall, Miss Emma Gillis, vice presidents; Edward L. Clark, secretary and treasurer; Mrs Fred S. Retan, corresponding secretary; Curtis H. Waterman, Miss Alice Barber, J. E. Mack and Miss Eunice Miller, executive committee. Among those present were:
Miss Eunice A MIller
Dr Fred Stokey
Miss Ella Stanley
Mr John Hall
Mr & Mrs C Swift
Miss Ruth A Brown
Mr & Mrs R H Houser
Miss Mary E Coughlin
Mr H Retan
Mr Don King
Mr C D Bridgeman
Mr B M Hallowell
Miss Janet Ball
Miss Emlyn Hawes
Mr B F Mahon
Miss Dorothy Swift
Mr Charles Burr
Mrs L D Gibbs
Mr Albert H Hawkes
Miss Alice Barker
Mr Herbert Boyd
Miss Miriam Conant
Mrs R S Dyer
Miss Anna Waterman
Mr C H Waterman
Miss A G Stokey
Miss Anna Starr
Miss E E Hastings
Miss Helen Swift
Mr Warren Rood
Mr Franklin Pettee
Mr Henry Olmstead
Mr N S Arment
Mrs Frances Kelly
Mr T B Bridgeman
Miss Ella M Stanley
Mr G N Blakeley
Mr I K Gill
Miss Ruth Kellogg
Miss Alice Edgerton
Mr Arthur Neffe
Miss Anna Sherwood
Miss Emma Gillis
Mr George S Brewer
Mr J N Pierce
Mrs Ruth Stearns
Mr David Shaw
Mrs Charles Burr
Mrs Fred S Retan
Mr J F Mack
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1.
There's another article here about this gathering: The gathering does not really rate two articles, but this one gives names and the other one gives activities, so I don't care to exclude either.
2.
The annual business meeting and banquet of the New England Association of the Alumni of Oberlin College were held last evening in Hotel Westminster
The Hotel Westminster was where the Hancock Tower is now.
3.
group of college songs, including "Alma Mater" and "Oberlin," by a quartet, Miss Anna Waterman, Mrs. Rowland, S. H. Dyer, Mrs. Ralph H. Houser and Mrs Charles Burr.
This confuses me. Were there five people in the quartet, or is there some other possible interpretation of this?
4.
The names that I recognize here, other than Alma's and Fred's, are Eunice Miller and Anne Starr. Eunice is in the Non-family Ohio folks page, and Anne Starr has a Non-family page of her own.
5.
The list of attendees is a little chaotic. It is not alphabetized, and I think that Ella Stanley was listed twice (theoretically there could have been two Ella Stanleys there, but I doubt it), and I don't know if Alice Barber's surname was in fact Barker. (Nope, it was Barker, according to the other article about this gathering.) I have the impression that somebody had the job of going from table to table, writing down the names of the people that were there. Maybe Ella Stanley was floating around between tables, so that she got listed twice.
6.
I wondered if Fred S Retan was an actual Fred, like our Fred. But it looks as though his full name was Frederick Smith Retan. His wife is rather interesting; you can find out about her in the other article.
7.
Here's who was not there: Fred Stokey's wife Mabel. She was in the US because her tuberculosis made her unable to continue as a missionary in Angola. Maybe she felt it would be unkind to spread germs around, maybe she didn't feel well enough to attend, maybe she had something better to do. I don't know.
There's another article here about this gathering: The gathering does not really rate two articles, but this one gives names and the other one gives activities, so I don't care to exclude either.
2.
The annual business meeting and banquet of the New England Association of the Alumni of Oberlin College were held last evening in Hotel Westminster
The Hotel Westminster was where the Hancock Tower is now.
3.
group of college songs, including "Alma Mater" and "Oberlin," by a quartet, Miss Anna Waterman, Mrs. Rowland, S. H. Dyer, Mrs. Ralph H. Houser and Mrs Charles Burr.
This confuses me. Were there five people in the quartet, or is there some other possible interpretation of this?
4.
The names that I recognize here, other than Alma's and Fred's, are Eunice Miller and Anne Starr. Eunice is in the Non-family Ohio folks page, and Anne Starr has a Non-family page of her own.
5.
The list of attendees is a little chaotic. It is not alphabetized, and I think that Ella Stanley was listed twice (theoretically there could have been two Ella Stanleys there, but I doubt it), and I don't know if Alice Barber's surname was in fact Barker. (Nope, it was Barker, according to the other article about this gathering.) I have the impression that somebody had the job of going from table to table, writing down the names of the people that were there. Maybe Ella Stanley was floating around between tables, so that she got listed twice.
6.
I wondered if Fred S Retan was an actual Fred, like our Fred. But it looks as though his full name was Frederick Smith Retan. His wife is rather interesting; you can find out about her in the other article.
7.
Here's who was not there: Fred Stokey's wife Mabel. She was in the US because her tuberculosis made her unable to continue as a missionary in Angola. Maybe she felt it would be unkind to spread germs around, maybe she didn't feel well enough to attend, maybe she had something better to do. I don't know.
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