1936
"The long, hot summer" certainly describes the weeks since the 30th Reunion in Hanover. I'm sure Gib Sykes has been unwinding after performing so admirably as chairman. He did report that we failed to drink half a keg of beer which was returned. However, the group did manage to consune 17 half barrels of beer and 69 cases of soda. It was a most enjoyable four days - fully recorded on slides, movies, and snapshots which can be seen in 1971.
Quite a pile of newspaper clippings, postcards, notes on the backs of envelopes, magazine articles, etc., have accumulated during the summer, but very few letters. John andNancy Sawyer sent a colorful postcard of the Kremlin from Moscow and related that they had accompanied throngs of Russian tourists into Lenin's Tomb that morning. Their European vacation included about ten days in Russia - every minute well scheduled and under close scrutiny of Intourist. Norb and Pic Hofman had a pleasant cruise through the Panama Canal and enjoyed three weeks of lazy living.
The late summer always brings a stirring in the political news. In Stratford, Conn., Tom Coughlin has announced his candidacy for a second four-year term as probate judge. Tom has a fine record of handling his court calendar with speed and efficiency. Tom's daughter, Marjorie, graduated from the University of Arizona in June and is now teaching school outside Palm Springs. ChetYoung has announced his candidacy for the office of State Representative for the First Plymouth district - Cohasset, Hull, and Scituate, Mass. Chet is principal of a junior high school in Quincy and lives in Egypt, Mass., with his wife, Evelin, and four children.
The Tufts University Trustees have appointed Len Mead as the university's Acting President. Len has served Tufts as Provost and Secretary and Senior Vice President and directed the Tufts University Self-Study. He is a specialist in the field of human engineering, is a board member and president of the Educational Research Corporation, and chairman of the research executive committee of the Illuminating Engineering Research Institute.
The world of business and finance was in high gear despite the heat and the DowJones Averages. In Cincinnati Dick Brierley was appointed chairman of the Drackett Co. Dick had been a director and executive vicepresident of the company for the past six years. Fred Babcock was elected to the board of directors of the Rockwell Manufacturing Company at a meeting held at the company's newly expanded plant in Stateboro, Ga. Fred is chairman of the Babcock Lumber Co. of Pittsburgh and the BabcockBuffalo Lumber Co. of Lancaster, N. Y. He is also president of Babcock Florida Enterprises, dealing in cattle raising and feed as well as real estate development in Florida and Georgia. Dave Putnam has been named a director of the Keene National Bank in Keene, N. H. With mortgages so hard to obtain, perhaps Dave could be helpful if you find that chalet for ski weekends. In Concord, Mass., Bill Wyman has been elected to a two-year term on the newly formed Massachusetts Association of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers. Bill is president of Appleby and Wyman in Concord. The May Department Stores had a major realignment recently and Morton D. May moved from president to chairman and succeeds his father, Morton J. May, who was 85 in July. With the acquisition of the Meier-Frank stores of Oregon, they hope the net sales of May Stores will exceed one billion dollars this year. That's a lot of sales slips!
Bern Woods must be quite proud of his recent election to the United States Ski Association Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, Mich. Bern is now living on Occom Ridge in Hanover.
The state of Maine placed its insurance in capable hands this summer. Agent Pete Fitzherbert of Auburn was awarded the coverage of all state-owned property valued at over $57 million. Pete is with the Dunlap Agency of Auburn and the insurance will be handled through the Continental Insurance Co. of New York.
Social news is a bit sparse. In Riverside, Conn., Vin and Gib Wentworth announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan, to Steve Clasby of Greenwich. In Fairfield, Conn., Dr. Dan and Addie Barker's son, Bruce, was married on August 20 to Margaret Hopkins. Bruce is headed for officer training in the Air Force.
Mothers have finally relaxed after summer activities and the rush to get children off to college and prep school. Don and AnnRobbins' daughter, Patty, is in the freshman class at Elmira College, Elmira, N. Y., while brother Laurie, who graduated from Dartmouth in June, is at M.I.T.'s Sloane School of Industrial Management. Dr. Jesse andAnne Gait's son, John, is a graduate student at the University of Chicago for Geography and Urban Studies. The freshman class in Hanover boasts the following sons of '36— Jim Appleton (Art Applet on), Steve Brown (Nelson Brown), Earl E. McEvoy Jr., John R. McKernan Jr., Charles Meyer (Al Meyer). My son, Dean Builter, is in the freshman class at New England College in Henniker, N. H.
Bob Feraald's prep school alma mater, Lawrence Academy at Groton, Mass., has elected him to the Board of Trustees. Bob is already a trustee of the Gil School in Bernardsville, N. J. In his out-of-school hours, he is director of marketing research for New York's National Lead Company and serves as national vice president and director of the American Marketing Association.
The August 28 New York Sunday Times Arts Section carried pictures of the Juilliard Quartet in Japan including a shot of Raphael Hillyer, violist, and the following caption, "High on a mountain top in Nikko, some ninety miles from Tokyo, the Juilliard Quartet, now on a four-month tour of seven nations in the Pacific, has established a twoweek chamber music workshop for advanced Japanese students." Music is the universal language.
If you are planning on attending the Yale game on October 29 or will be in the vicinity of Hartford on that date take note of the following announcement.
1936 Fall Roundup Gene Tamburi's Tobacco Valley Inn Windsor, Conn.
North of Hartford on Route 91, exit 305
You will find classmates there for the weekend, for Saturday night and for dinner after the game. There will be a brief Class executive committee meeting at 6 P.M. on Saturday and all members of the Class of '36 are welcome. It will be followed by a Dutch treat bar and a fabulous Tamburi Buffet dinner.
Tobacco Valley Inn can be reached by air to nearby Bradley Field - United, Eastern, Allegheny, Mohawk Airlines. Golf nearby and rides available to New Haven for the game. Or when you leave the Yale Bowl, take the Wilbur Cross Highway north to Route 91 and continue to its junction with Route 305. It is only a ride from New Haven. See you there. For room reservations write directly to Tobacco Valley Inn specifying Class of '36 for special rates.
Secretary, 90 North Cedar Rd. Fairfield, Conn. 06431
Treasurer, E. 139 Burbank Rd., Longmeadow 6, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
