1925
"Everybody up!" This cry has a nostalgic ring to it which is reminiscent of undergraduate activities more than forty years ago. It could well be repeated at this time with a view toward our significant 40th Reunion on June 14, 15, and 16. Everybody up!
We reported previously the candidacy of Charley Moore for selectman in the town of Orleans. We're happy to report now that he defeated the incumbent by polling 70% of the total vote. Another politically-inclined classmate, Dick Colton, took office as Mayor of Pelham, N. Y., last month, having won the election on the Republican ticket for a two-year term. Of the two trustees who will serve with him, one is Jack Roche. Dick is going to make every effort to attend our reunion notwithstanding two daughters who are returning from school about that time and a book of which he is co-author, going into its fourth edition, is due to be wrapped up with the publishers just about then.
Brad Smith, whose name crops up in the news quite frequently these days, has agreed to serve as Pennsylvania State Chairman for Radio Free Europe in 1965. Bob Hardy reports that Ross Pearl was in Sarasota recently in the course of surveying Florida with a view toward retirement. Bob incidentally will continue to serve on the Alumni Council for another two years or until June, 1967.
On or about the time you read these notes, your secretary will be heaving a sigh of relief after having presided at a dinner at Hanover held for officers of all classes and also at a meeting of the class secretaries association the following morning. This is one occasion each spring to which one normally looks forward with great anticipation as it affords the opportunity to be in Hanover again and also hold a miniature reunion with other officers of the class and those who reside in the area. A note from Joe Eisaman '19 reports that Bob Smith (Robert W. Jr.) is confined in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital of Pittsburgh. "He will likely be there some time yet," writes Joe, "and anything that you can do will be greatly appreciated by the patient and his attendants."
Jack Per-Lee has returned from Arizona and may be reached at his old address, 1 Dudley Lane, Larchmont, N. Y. 10538. Line Price is also back to his old haunts and reports his address as Box 983, Boulder, Colo. 80301. Charley Annis is now at the Winneshiek Hotel (presumably managing it) at Decorah, lowa 52101.
The sparseness of notes this month affords an opportunity to present a profile of BunnyRogers, based on publicity given him recently when he was named "Man of the Year" in the Greater Lawrence community "for his untiring efforts and his fine contributions in the field of charity and civic works." No less a person than Massachusetts Governor Volpe eulogized on the occasion when he received a plaque representing the honor bestowed on him. Bunny was highly commended "for the time and effort he had given throughout the years in the promotion of many worthwhile projects which benefited the community as a whole." As president of the Lawrence Boys' Club he initiated and directed a drive for $678,000 which was used to build a new clubhouse designed to serve 4.000 boys in promoting juvenile decency. He has been a moving factor in the construction of a new wing at Bon Secours Hospital, where he is a member of the advisory board and currently vice president of the Bon Secours Hospital Guild. He served as a director of the Lawrence General Hospital and played an important part in helping to obtain a grant from the Federal Accelerated Public Works Program. He was instrumental in the establishment of Camp Sea Haven, a summer retreat for polio crippled children at Plum Island. He was among those who spearheaded establishing the united way of fund giving in Greater Lawrence. In 1960 Bunny was awarded a plaque by the Greater Lawrence Medical Association for his support as co-sponsor of a series of medical forums. The following year he was presented with an engraved Scout statuette by North Essex Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, for years of support to the Scout movement. In 1950 he was presented with the first Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman award in recognition of his furtherance of interfaith understanding. Perhaps his most significant contribution was to spark Lawrence's great industrial resurgence following the loss of its textile industries through the Lawrence Development and Industrial Commission with 112 new, highly diversified industries employing more than 29,000 people, which has justly earned its widely known and nationally publicized title of "The City That Wouldn't Die." With his many interests one is led to wonder how Bunny manages to function successfully as publisher and editor of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, general manager of Radio Station WLAW, and several other business enterprises.
The Dartmouth Club of Bergen County, N. J., honored William S. DuBois '24 (c),holding a color photo of Dartmouth Hall just presented to him, with the club's 1965Award of Merit for services to community, outstanding business leadership, andloyal service to the College. With him at ceremonies during the glee club's concertare Jack Pfeiffer '43 (r) and Donald Sisson '45, Bergen Club president.
Secretary, 225 Wyman St. Waltham 54, Mass.
Class Agent, Elm St., Norwich, Vt.
