1934

Secretary,120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Treasurer, Hovey Lane, Hanover, N. H

The summers get shorter and shorter as we grow older. Had a wonderful vacation in spite of a cracked rib acquired while teaching young Tom how to ride a bicycle. This greatly curtailed our golf game which is hardly passable at best.

The high spot between June and September was the spring reunion at Nels Krogslund's scenic Middletown manse on June 22. Our thanks to our gracious host and wife, Dot; also to Dick Gruen for his handling of the arrangements including directions on how to get there (we followed them carefully and hit the mark right on the button); and finally to Nick Xanthaky who helped me to compile a list of those present. We may have overlooked a few of the children but we are pretty sure of all the adults. For posterity - Dot and Nels Krogslund with Ned, Chuck, Ivathy and Bruce; Margaret and John Bathrick; Virginia and Dave Calloway with Nancy and Pat; Helene and Charlie Strauss with only one of their five children; Joy and Marty Dwyer with Jackie, Dolores and Bobby; Mil andHarry McCann with Barbara, Joe and Charles; Marge and George Copp; Sue and Jeff Jackson; Marion and Mike Joseph with Pat and Linda; Janet and Bob Williamson; Sigrid and Gail Raphael with Alison and Diana; Kay and Harry Wallace with Nancy, Jane and Dick; Alice and Les Reeve; Shirley and Ray Hulsart with Sharon and Barbara; Barbara and Art Willis with Sue. Pam, Claiie and John; Dottie and Roily Morton with Dick, Jim and Gordy; Billie and Vin Cerow with Dick and Stephen; Mary and Dick Gruen with Ricky and Billy; Bill Scherman with David and Roily; Nona and Bob Kolbe with Tom and Harold; Mary and Jim Keeley with Liz, Peggy and David; Harry Gilmore; Nick Xanthaky; Bud Yallalee; Hank Werner; and Edie and Bob Smith with Betsy.

Many others called or wrote that they would try to be there but at the last minute had to cancel. Sey Lewis had a pretty valid excuse. His son was flying to Switzerland that day to go to camp for the summer. Just let me add you missed a great get-together.

Under the heading of old business. . . . Warmest greetings to the Chicago contingent who were gathered together by Bob Engelman and Tom Hicks. Bill Scherman reported this in his News Letter, Vol. XXII No. 3. The dinner had an air of dignified sobriety and a relaxed atmosphere. Doctor Frank Lepreau must have been passing out tranquilizers. Oscar Cohn said he ran into Dick Herman some place in the middle of Mexico. Jack Fogarty looked none the worse for wear in spite of a crack-up in his Volkswagen and sporting as a result a few Heidelberg type scars.

A note from Geraldine that Herm Spitzer is recovering nicely from his recent heart attack and we all hope you are up and about now. Look forward to seeing you this fall at the football games.

Spoke to Fred Wolf who appeared in ouroffice to inspect the new location. He andMarge had just returned from a Europeantrip of 33 days and were particularly enthusiastic about Spain, Portugal and the CannesFilm Festival. Fritz Mosher drops us a franticnote hastily and wittily written before sailingfor Italy in July:

"To confirm the rumor we all, Edith, Fritz, Alice, Jim and David, are sailing on the Saturnia. We will be located in Bologna (address - Via Massone 1) where the professor will try to act more like a professor in the oldest law faculty of the most ancient university in Europe. I will be one of a team of three sent out by the University of California in connection with its contract for a newly established public administration program at the University of Bologna. . . . Our daughter Alice goes to the St. George's school in Clarens, Switzerland to learn English ways and discipline and French. . . . We will probably not be back in the Stati Uniti until September of 1958. (Note the rapid lingual acculturation. We have mastered the first side of the record.)"

Kirk Spitler another European traveler extended an invitation to all New Yorkers hanging around the docks on July 2 to come to his cabin. He sailed on the Coronia bound for the North Cape. He had a very busy and eventful year. Besides the usual demands of a medical practice he was elected vice-president of The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and a Trustee of the Cleveland Medical Library Association. From Aurora, Ohio, the Garden Spot of America, Art Moebius sent me an article about Kirk which appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

I was very pleased to get the following card from Frank Spain:

"Nice to hear from you. My family and all are fine. I keep busy as District Sales Manager for the Cortland Grinding Wheels Corp. in charge of New York, Ohio and Michigan. Play some golf (Ed. note - I'll bet you are a scratch player) and was in a few tournaments with Bob Bennett and have one coming up next week with Al Marsters '30. Please give my best wishes to all classmates and the door is always open in Rochester."

Hadn't heard from Dave Beasley in a long time. He and Ralph Brabbee were Tommy Dent's favorite pin ups. Dave tells me that he rarely gets to New York these days.

"After 17 years of commuting we moved the business to Ridgewood, N. J. I think about the nicest thing that ever happened to me was the elimination of daily commuting between Ridgewood and New York City My family is fine and Winifred Ann expects to enter Colby Junior College in September and young Dave, twelve years of age, has been registered in Hanover ever since he was born. I hope his marks will be good enough to qualify him for entrance with the Class of 1967. . . . The book business continues to be exceptionally good and we manage to eat three square meals a day."

From Danbury, Conn., comes a cheery greeting from Dr. Bill Goergen. "I have been at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Hospital in Montrose for the past three years. Sorry to have to skip the gathering at Nels Krogslund's home. Hope you have a whale of a good time and many more of them."

I spent a weekend up in Stockbridge and tried to reach Bob Newman on the telephone. He must have been on his vacation because there was no answer. As head of the Pittsfield Library he's entitled to a little rest and relaxation or maybe he was scouring the countryside in search of an addition to his fine collection of early Americana.

As this particular column goes to press we're still in the midst of an American League pennant race but our attention was diverted momentarily by the receipt of the football applications from Hanover. Be sure to plan to take in a couple of games this fall. I'll be there with my little black notebook to jot down any news items.