Class of 1906
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Scribr;er of Manchester, N. H., have recently announced the engagement of their daughter, Muriel Stilphen, to Dr. John Ungar Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Muriel is a graduate of Skidmore College in the class of 1935, and Dr. Ungar of Grove City College and Jefferson Medical College, he is now on the staff of the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Ray Herman was given publicity in the Chicago Daily Tribune of August 6 as the broker in the sale to Nathan Goldblatt of the million-dollar home of the Chicago architect, Benjamin Marshall.
Robert William Wood, who has been lost to class secretaries and the Alumni Records Office for more than twenty years, has been located at 310 Boyer Road, Cheltenham, Pa. This is all I have learned about him, however, and I hope that any of the Philadelphia 1906ers who may run across him will give me further news.
The cut which accompanies this column shows a group of the class in front of our headquarters, Russell Sage, last June.
Such other news as I have at hand must wait until next month in order to allow me to use the remaining space for a most interesting letter from Fred Welch in Pullman, Wash., giving an account of his trip home after the reunion. Fred again as five years ago won the medal for coming the longest distance.
"We left Hanover about 10 A.M. June 15. Visited friends and relatives in New England the next few days and headed west from Littleton, N. H., the morning of the 20th. Visited K. U. A. classmates in Montpelier and Middlebury, Vt. Ferried Lake Champlain and spent an hour at old Fort Ticonderoga, then on across New York state to Niagara Falls, London, Ont., Port Huron, Mich., Muskegon, Milwaukee, and Madison.
"Had a very pleasant stay in Madison, and the S. P. E. E. convention was most interesting. I received the surprise of my life in one of the first meetings of the surveying section. The head of the C. E. department at lowa State—A. H. Fuller—in presenting a paper for one of his men broke off and started commenting on the paper that I presented at the Northwest Branch meeting in Moscow this spring. It was the first intimation that I had that my paper had been published in the National S. P.E. E. Journal. There were about 1100 registered at the convention, and about 65 civils drove out to Devils Lake, Wis., to the summer survey camp of the University for a steak dinner one evening. Steaks were broiled on the open coals on a threeby-five-foot grid, and say—were they good! "Leaving Madison June 26 we headed west again, crossing the Mississippi at IJubuque and the Missouri at Blair Bridge north of Omaha. The weather was beginning to get a bit warm—106 to 109 degrees —so we hit the Lincoln Highway at about 450 miles per day. Arrived at Denver the evening of the 28th.
"Spent three days in and around Denver. Visited the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Broadmoor-Cheyenne Mt. Drive with the Will Rogers Memorial about half-way up. It is a toll road, intermediate gear most of the way, and no place for a nervous driver. About the sharpest hairpin turns I ever drove.
"Then we took in Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mt., and on our way out drove through the Rocky Mountain National Park. This was the high point of the trip as far as elevation was concerned. Berthond Pass 10,370 feet, Fall River Pass 12,200, etc. Came out at Fort Collins. Did not get to look Dave Main up while in Denver, as the only time I had available was used up by an inefficient car mechanic who used twice as much time as he should have on a small job.
"From Port Collins we hit the Lincoln trail again, Laramie to Rawlins through Lander to Riverton, Wyo. Lander was having a big 4th of July celebration, lots of Indians, etc. En route Rawlins to Lander a desert antelope crossed the road about 100 yards ahead of the car, first I have ever seen alive. At Riverton visited Harold Comstock 'O3 for an hour or two, then westward up the Wind River valley and over Toogotee Pass to Moran and the Tetons. Spent Saturday the 4th and Sunday in the Teton National Park. The Comstocks came over and we had a real visit. Got some good pictures. General elevation is around 6000, and the Tetons rise 7000 more right from the edge of the lakes.
"Sunday P.M. we visited the University of Michigan summer survey camp about twenty miles south of Jackson, Wyo., and then came back north and spent the night at Lake Junction in the Yellowstone. Next day we saw the Yellowstone Falls and Canyon in brilliant sunlight and the colors were marvelous. Had the misfortune to see it in the rain several years ago and everything looked dull. Then we visited Old Faithful and out via Gallatin Gateway to Bozeman, Mont. Then through Helena, where we could still see a lot of earthquake damage, to Great Falls, Chouteau, and Browning to Glacier Park. Spent the night at Many Glacier Hotel, then over Logan Pass and the Going to the Sun Highway to Kalispell, Sand Point, Ida., and home at 5 P.M. July 9, 8,864 miles on just 443 gallons of gas.
"On arriving home I found waiting me orders for military active duty with the 321 st Engr. Res. at Fort Lawton, Seattle, July 19 to August 1. Put in a hectic week catching up my city work and headed for Seattle the 18th. My daughter Dorothy, who had kept the home fires burning while her mother and I were skylarking around the East, went with me to visit some college chums on the coast. Had a fine time at camp, where I served as battalion commander. Had three regiments of engineers, 129 officers, some coming from Laramie, Wyo., and some from Montana, Nevada, and Utah as well as Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
"I promptly got in touch with Bug Gardiner and the Gardiners. The Higmans and myself staged a little 'O6 reunion picnic of our own at Canyon Creek Lodge northeast of Everett, Wash., on Sunday, July 26. Tried to get Tourtellotte down from Victoria, but he couldn't get away. We had a most enjoyable afternoon and wished more of you could have been with us. On my way home I drove around the Mt. Hood Loop and stopped about three hours in Hood River to take dinner with 'King' Benton, as he is known out here. Probably most of us remember him better as Charlie. He also is eligible as a member of the 'O6 Grandfathers Club. His daughter Julianne married a man named Carr, and they have a small daughter about a year old. Due to small difficulties such as a puncture, etc., it was quarter of six when we got away from the Dallas, Ore., 280 miles home, but we made it at quarter past twelve.
"Since arriving home we have still been touched with the wanderlust about every Sunday. Lake Chatrolet, a 140-mile round trip; Elk River, Ida., 200 miles. Last Sunday we spent the day at Twin Lakes, Ida., 250-mile trip. Today we are getting our first rain since June. (Sept. 1) "I have been busy with survey work since I returned from the East. Have
resigned as city engineer after six years' service, but still retain my position as electrical inspector, as the new man could not qualify. About three weeks now and I will be back at the old job with the surveying classes again Have had a pretty strenuous summer but sure have enjoyed it."
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
