1920
First off— about the 1920-21 summer picnic and steak roast at Abe Weld's farm tucked away up on the side of a mountain in Bradford, N. H. There were between 70 and 80 from the two classes, a few from other classes, Red Rolfe '31 and Mrs. Rolfe, Guy and Muriel Cogswell '19 and the Liscoms '07. It was chalked up as a great success, everybody seemed to be having a grand time. Charlie Crathern cooked the steaks and Phil Gross pushed the cows over to make a parking place for the cars. Abe corralled tables, chairs and a coffee maker from the local church and he was a most gracious host along with his very attractive and helpful assistant hostesses. The '20s that gathered round the grills and enjoyed the fun were: Phil and Hilda Gross, Paul andLillian Richter and Skip came during the latter part of the afternoon looking very trim in his OCS Navy uniform; Dal andMarguerite Dalrymple, Charles and ElsaCrathern, Bill and Laura Carter and AlFoley, Tom and Dot Dudley and their son Tom dropped in with his two little daughters, Buttons and Eva Hill, John and HeleneMcAllaster, Sammy and Dot Sampson, Anne (Mrs. Lee) Hodgkins, Ralph Sunergren; and Jim and Elizabeth Robertson came from the Cape; and we were pleased to have Grosvenor and Genefred Plowman join in the fun with us; and yours truly and Hazel. Phil and Hilda Gross left the very next day for a fishing trip to the Connecticut Lakes, and Phil by the way told of going to Hanover to an Epsilon Kappa Phi House meeting at which Al Foley was present, and later meeting Ed Bowen and Frank Morey at the familiar Inn corner and they were looking very fit.
The American Bar Association announced that Time Magazine had received a Gavel award given for "distinguished service" in communicating to the public "the basic values of our legal and judicial systems." Time was cited for its coverage of these systems in the Law section - which was written by none other than Ned Shnayerson's son Robert, who is fast making a name for himself in his chosen field; and thanks to Paul Richter for sending in the clipping. Congrats to Ralph Sunergren who has been named executive vice president of Fairfield & Ellis Insurance Company which has recently moved in to lush and larger quarters in the building with the State Street Bank in Boston.
Tink and Esther Lombard write in glowing terms of their Mediterranean cruise. They did all the things supposed to be done on a trip of that sort and liked Greece; but on their way to Jerusalem they got mixed up in a Syrian revolution in which 2000 were killed on the first day; and they were so close to actual action that rifle fire and smoke came into the rooms of the hotel in which they were staying. That was a bit too close for comfort.
Sherm and Rachael Adams are keeping very busy in their own fields. Sherm taught a history department seminar at Dartmouth the second half of last year and is now head over heels in the Loon Mt. ski project which promises to be a thriving success. He is now his old energetic self again; and Rachael is busy with the summer theatre, at the Lincoln Opera House, of which she is general manager. There will be a summer theatre with the Loon Mt. ski project and Rachael will then probably move the summer theatre to a new home with new and better facilities.
Hib Richter, we understand, is going to teach at the University of Maine Extension Courses in Augusta; the subject will pertain to legal procedures and law. When Paul Richter's son Alex got to join the Navy OCS, the officers at Augusta arranged for Hib to swear him in. Alex is a student cadet at Bowdoin and has been a member of the varsity lacrosse team and has been active in other sports including hockey.
Grovesnor Plowman spoke at the Orvil E. Dryfoos Conference May 21 at Hanover his subject being Transportation, Government and Urbanization, and he is well qualified having been undersecretary for Transportation Policy in the Department of Commerce.
We never had a residence address for RoyRubels but we find his home is at 116 Pinehurst Avenue, New York City, and he is executive vice president of Cresmar, Woodward, O'Mara & Ormsbee, Inc. with its offices at 485 Lexington Ave.
A clipping from the Hanover Gazette gives an account of the wedding of Janice Plude and Timothy Sample in Montpelier, Vt.; Tim being the son of our own Paul Sample andSylvia. Tim graduated from Kimball Union, attended Marlboro College and had served in the Air Force.
Ralph Roberts of Pasadena is still planning to come east to see the fall foliage and the Princeton game on October 8 and is still trying to get definite reservations for his Hanover stay over the weekend.
I attended my 50th Reunion from the Nashua High School last June and among my old classmates was Frank McGlynn who has recently retired from the teaching staff of the Nashua High School. Norm Crisp '21, chairman of the School Board of Nashua, gave much praise of Frank for the high quality of teaching in the many subjects during his teaching career, at Rice Institute and New York University as well as Nashua High School.
Jack and Margaret Mayer, Hal Bidwell and Jack Brotherhood diverted from their studies at Alumni College on the in-between Sunday of their stay in Hanover to come to Moultonboro to have dinner with the Macombers. Charles and Elsa Crathern dropped in also which was nice but the day was all too short. Doc and Harriet Miller diverted also but they skipped down to Massachusetts to a wedding. Jack Brotherhood and Catherine are spending the summer in Winter Harbor, Me., and we hope they are going to stay around to enjoy some fall foliage and football games before returning to their home in Delray, Florida.
Charlie Crathern is retaining his job as Town Cleric of Mason, but has resigned as president of the Monadnock Region Association and as vice admiral of the Milford Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This will give him more time for leisure and for enjoying his many grandchildren.
Al Frey has signed up to be Dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
We enjoyed having Sam and Marion Center for dinner recently. Marion is wrapped in politics and Sam is carrying on at the Information Center at North Woodstock again this year. We called on Ken and Hilda Spalding recently and learned that Dick Southwick has reversed the pattern; instead of retiring he has taken on a new and major job of being president of one of the Beverly banks. Tom and Dorothy Dudley took a day off from their vacation at their summer place at Lake Sunapee to spend with the Macombers; but there again the day was all too short.
Laddie Myers spent a couple of weeks in Connecticut this summer with Charlie McGoughran and had they known about the summer steak roast at Abe Weld's mountain hideaway in July they sure would have joined in the fun. Laddie stopped over on his way south with Steiny and Elinor Steinholtz in West Hartford, and again with Sig andBetty Sigler in Fairfield, Conn, before going on to visit with relatives in the New York area. He found Sig and Betty doing some commendable work with stroke patients; Bill providing speech therapy and Betty helping with physical exercises. Laddie stopped in at Crystal Springs to call on Ty Green and found him about the same, but just as I was about to close these notes I had a phone call from Laddie telling that Ty Green had passed away. An In Memoriam will appear in this or a subsequent issue. Laddie represented the Class at the services which were held at the St. Anne's Episcopal Church, an edifice which Ty was instrumental in founding. There have been three other deaths during the summer, all nongraduates; John F.Bryan who committed suicide after a long illness; Ralph Koelb, and Reub Warner who died suddenly of heart attacks. In Memoriam notices on these will appear in this or subsequent issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. See you at the tailgate before the games?
Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Center Harbor, N. H.
Treasurer Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pa.
Bequest Chairman,
