1912
Orchids to our Class Agent, Eddie Luitwieler, for a job so well done that 1912 went over its quota and finished well up front in the Green Derby. Eddie reports that Gertrude was improving slowly while at their cottage on Cape Cod during the summer while he stole a week or two off from business to see she was eating properly. There are two others in 1912 who have won honors recently. To Doc O'Connor "for distinguished service to boyhood a Silver Buffalo award, the highest honor of the Boy Scouts of America," was presented at the National Council meeting in Dallas in May. In July Hal Mosier was the third recipient from the Cleveland Men's Club of Washington, D. C., of "The Harold Hitz Burton Award for Devoted and Distinguished Public Service," as a member of Congress, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and member of the Ohio Senate. Hal's letter was written by Grace as he has now lost his vision for reading only, but adds, "we shall certainly be in Hanover for our 55th." From Bristol, N. H., comes news that the July issue of New Hampshire Profiles contained a full page describing the career of Bowdoin Plumer. A member of the General Court as Representative from Bristol intermittently for nine terms since 1931, he writes a weekly column for the above paper called "The Peoples Forum."
Elmer Bloom's son-in-law is a student at Tuck School while his daughter serves as secretary to one of the deans there. His son Pete is in law school. Our gregarious treasurer, Fletcher Clark, is on so many boards in his home town he practically runs the show there. Imagine him conducting the Memorial Day parade and not on horseback either! Elliott White writes (quote Winston Churchill): "I eats well, I drinks well, I sleeps well, but when I get near a bit of work, I go all of a tremble." Elwyn Taber finds his ticker is getting a bit aged (whose isn't?) so he is limited to daily walks. Goes to Florida again in November for five months. A very appreciative letter from John Brewster tells of a birthday party he was given at the Treadway Inn in Lebanon, Pa., in July. John is in the Veterans Hospital in Lebanon. Drop him a line. Otto Bresky is as busy as ever as president of Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. with plants as far away as Ecuador and Africa.
Roy Lewis' 54th Reunion report gives attendance of 77, including 36 men, 27 wives, 5 widows, and 12 family members, and a cash balance of over $6OO. What a guy! (Not meant for a pun.) I'm sure all in 1912 join me in sending our heartfelt thanks to Flossie and Roy. May they live long and lustily! Put Russell has lost his 1912 Aegis. Any one with an extra copy? He says, send it C.O.D. Roy Barnett and wife sent a card from Alaska where they went before the mosquito season. And from Switzerland came a card from Boss Geller who really made the trip after being gypped out of the reunion because of illness. In spite of failing vision he manages to put in two or three hours at the office each morning. Katie andHal Baker drove 2,000 miles to take in the reunion. It would not have been complete without them, especially with Katie at the piano. Norton Webber's latchstring is out at Tampa, Fla., for all '12ers. He has a parttime job and the rest of the time plays golf and bridge and runs the mower.
The new hockey arena at Choate School, named The William C. S. Remsen Arena in memory of Dick's son will be dedicated in December with a game with the Dartmouth Freshman Hockey Team. Bill Remsen was captain of Choate hockey in 1939-1940. I'm still trying to get Lewis Cooke away from Cushing Academy for one of our reunions. Can you help? Lost and found! The Supt. of Buildings in Hanover sent to Al Eiscman a pair of baby's underwear short, size 2, along with underwear and pajamas of his left behind. The Mark Snows have been erupted from their home by the bulldozer and now have crowded 24 years of whatnot into a new five-room apartment. My sympathy!
I can't begin to relate Syd Clark's experiences with Mardi in Scandinavia. Suffice it to say, newspapers in Sweden and Finland carried long articles about him, all in native tongue, with snapshots of him and Mardi. Now he is back at Sagamore Beach just writing. Lee White and Randy Burns are out of the hospital in Hanover and picking up in spirits and health where they left off. From South Africa and Buster Brown came a set of beautiful first covers to add to my neglected collection and just today my first issue of a subscription to "South African Panorama," a pictorial of charming views from Pretoria. My sincere thanks. The Dutch Waterburys have been on the go - to Mexico, the Aegean Isles, Athens, Beirut, Haifa, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark. Dutch is now back home again rooting for the Green Bay Packers.
From the widows: Irene Drake is now corresponding secretary, New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs; Katharine Shepard reports son Curtis now in the Air Force for four years active duty; Ruth Worton, to whom we owe a large debt of gratitude for her untiring labors on behalf of the widows, has a new grandchild, sex not revealed; Gertrude McCarthy recently visiting in Florida; Ruth Gale off to England, Scotland and Holland in August; the late Nate Whitmore's daughter, Helen W. Jenkins, in a sweet note sends her very best wishes to the Class of 1912.
New addresses: Mark G. Snow, 20,000 Lorain Road, Fairview Village Apts., Building 1, Suite 318, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126; Mrs. Ashley H. Gale, 4323 East Lake Road, Wilson, N. Y. 14172; Mrs. James H. English, 400 Drew Street, Clearwater, Fla. 33515.
Secretary, 15 Gloucester Lane West Hartford, Conn. 06107
Treasurer, 4 Bank Building, Middleboro, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
