1913
Miss Nancy Shumway became the bride of Roger C. Adams Jr., on June 25, at a four o'clock ceremony at the Centre Congregational Church, Lynnfield Center, Mass. A reception at Carl and Frances Shumway's home 239 Chestnut St., Lynnfield Center, followed. Lorna Shumway, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Peter Shumway was one of the ushers. Roscoe G. Truitt, brother of the groom, was the best man. Nancy graduated from Colby Junior College in 1952 and from Boston University School of Education, Class of 1954. Roger is a member of the Class of 1956 at Boston University, School of Public Relations.
Ted Davis and Bill Towler, via Pan American to Rome, toured Naples, Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi, Pompeii, Venice, Florence, Paris and back to New York, having a truly grand time. Witness their comfort in Venice.
We just missed our Fund quota. See the next News Letter for full report from BillTerry and Hanover. George and Grace Stiles, continuing their retirement travels, saw the Canadian Rockies this summer and toured New Hampshire, looking for a class reunion at Hanover. Charlie and Marian Archer go south to Ozona, Fla., about October first, for they are at Harwichport now from June to September only.
More later about Bob Mungall and Walt Disney's Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., and his point of view as secretary of the Anaheim City Planning Commission.
George B. Watts has received an award from the Southern Fellowships Fund for research study during the summer in 1955. The Fund, an agency of the Council of the General Education Board, is conducting an experimental program of grants-in-aid designed to assist faculty members now teaching in southern liberal arts colleges in carrying out research projects. The competition was open to faculty members from Virginia to Texas. George will complete work on a chapter for Volume III of A Critical Bibliography ofFrench Literature, Syracuse University Press, and on a study of the history of the publication of the 202 volume Encyclopedic Methodique of the 18th century. He will work in many of the great libraries from Washington to Cambridge. He and Helen visited Betty Watts at Allegheny College during their spring vacation, driving over countless mountain ranges in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia to get there, and regretted they did not have time to go through Wheeling to see Judge Hugue.
Ralph and Florence Samuel are back from their trip to Japan. The New York Times of May 21 had a good picture of Ralph at the base of the Commemorative flagpole in Battery Park, N. Y. Governor Harriman presented the gift to the city. It commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Jewish settlement in the United States, 23 men, women and children who landed in September 1654.
Jack Aid en has really done a fantastic job in the Columbia Grammar School, which for nearly 150 years has been a part of Columbia University, - not too closely associated with it, however. Boys who graduated go this year to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, M.I.T., Dartmouth, Amherst and Brown. Jack is a great booster for "Hanover Holiday" and after his retirement in Vergennes, Vt., will take in the sessions regularly.
Edmund and Gladys Freeman of Washington spent some weeks in July and August at their summer home "Singing Waters" on Route 14 three miles above Sharon, Vt.
Kippy Tuck was in New York in March when he was called back from France at the time of his brother Alec's death. Kippy says he didn't mind the "pink cheeked" description in the Wall Street Journal but strongly objected to being called a Yankee, coming from the South.
Nat Merrill, back from two years' scholarship study in Europe, returned in June to accept the post of assistant stage director with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. He and Barbara will live in New York to be near the Opera House for late rehearsals, etc.
Fred Hovey is back at his roadside stand in Walpole, N. H., and his.two granddaughters are there with him this summer. The swimming pool is busy again and all children must be supervised by parents or older people in every instance.
General Willson, Parker Trowbridge, TedDavis, George Knight, Chuck Reilly,' GeorgeWatts and Charlie Archer were Thirteeners on Cape Cod this summer. Chuck, Parker and General represented '13 at Eddie Luitweiler's birthday party on July 20 at his place in Dennisport.
Jack Nelson calls regularly on Stick Parvell and recently demonstrated his talents in putting casters 011 Stick's T.V., so it can be moved about easily.
Robert Buck Willson, General and EdnaWillson's son, is to marry Miss Elizabeth Broughton Coddington of Easton, Pa., on September 10 in the Col ton Memorial Chapel at half after four o'clock.
George Steele's work at the summer school session at Choate School, Wallingford, Conn., kept him away from the '13, '14, '15 table at Patten's on Wednesdays.
Two men in a gondola, Bill Towler '13 (1) and Ted Davis '13 sightsee at their ease on a recent jaunt to Venice, Italy.
Secretary, Box 2057, Boston 3, Mass.
Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
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