1924

This is written on the day after; Princeton was well beaten, the bonfire was the largest ever, and our 1924 party surely one of the very best. I won't go into detail, but save the reporting for Butts Lamson in the Class Letter. Suffice it to say: (1) counting those who only came for the game and may or may not have had dinner with us at Bonnie Oaks, we had about 100 in all; (2) reservations for next year are already on file - and remember it's first come, first served. (The game will be Holy Cross, the second game, on October 9); and the foliage was perfect, especially for those driving up from the south as northern foliage had definitely started to shift from the reds to the yellow-browns. Next year is also foliage time; get on the bandwagon right now. Read the list, and note that many familiar faces were (by necessity of prior claims) missing - Van Huycks, Herseys,Biodgetts, and Bents, for example - and there were a number of new faces. We can take even more next year; write, me (not Bonnie Oaks until spring or later) if you want to get on the list. Sorry the Craigs couldn't come, because of sickness; BertManley was also missed, for reasons not known as of now. Offsetting such were the happy arrivals of Estelle and Abe Kolodin; this year the reservation stuck, so see you again next fall — or sooner. I know I'm leaving much unsaid I would like to put into this record, but Butts has the fuller story, and it may appear in print before you read this. Note well: our miniature symposium of three short talks Saturday night; repeated from last year and a hit with several.

At the game Saturday, there were at least two father-son teams: Larry Kugelman flew in with a large group in a private plane and with his son Richard '59; also Bob Doe and his son, Bill '50. I had both as students back then. (Sorry Mrs. Doe continues to be seriously ill.)

Of course, the prize, one pretzel, goes to Bevo and Quecha Beers for coming the longest distance - from their banana-cattle-etc., rancho on the coast of Colombia, S.A. This is probably their last year there, then to live somewhere in Florida near daughter Carol (married to a lawyer, living in Miami; two children). Dick is with IBM, living in Hyde Park, N. Y., until recently lured away to go with National Cash Register and to living in Puerto Rico; Tito (Albert) will report to the armed services (not known specifically yet) in late October. ... Up north, but still in warmer climes, Frank Sheehy had to cancel the Princeton-game reunion when sickness upset his plans for a golf tourney; he is manager and golf professional for the Bass River Golf Course, at South Yarmouth, Mass. He sent his best to "all of the classmates" and a "Beat Princeton" - which we did.

Last month I reported on the death of Hilda Kugelman; now I have word that Frank Brady's wife, Madeleine, also passed away as a result of a shock on May 11 this year. Many who know the classmates will want to join me in sending their families our sympathy and to reassure them that we all "close ranks" as we face more and more thinning with time. Next month I shall have an obituary for the death of RayShane; I have no information to add to this statement at the moment; some knew him well and spoke of him at Bonnie Oaks at the recent reunion when I mentioned his death.

I reported some time ago, and included a picture of him in town meeting at Norwich, Vt., that Penn Haile had made possible the purchase of two large high-country tracts, including the East Peak - Jobildunc Ravine on Moosilauke. One of two bronze tablets were dedicated on September 9 with appropriate ceremonies at the Lodge. This ski area has long been one of the most popular and challenging of college properties.

Seen on Main Street (other side) just before the Princeton game was Fred Shaneman; we missed them at Bonnie Oaks, but understand priorities (his son Dick is married to the daughter of Bill Morton '32 who has a home in the area and so obviously that had a prior claim). Fred is listed as semi-retired, but he says he has no plans "in this direction"; rather he and Marjorie travel when business takes him to western Mexico .. . and the salt business "and its ramifications." About 3 million tons of salt a year; remember that when you reach for the salt today. Marjorie works on making gardens grow where only desert soil and climate were when they went there. ... Another retired classmate who keeps very busy is Don Wilbur; he travels a lot in New England for the YMCA administrations, and to Washington where he is one of the advisors on Small Businesses for the government being one of several retired business men who give their time to help small businesses in trouble. (They came up with Steve and Grace Cross, and were to return to dine with Marjory Smith,Bill's widow, who certainly will" be with us on future occasions.... Others who have retired and written recently include KenWalker, staff assistant at the Murray Hill Bell Labs, N. J., who describes it as the "best job I ever had, but so far much too busy." His work for the past decade-and-ahalf has been with studies and records of space for each department; moved from West Orange, N. J., to Newton, Conn.

Busy people department: (1) between academic years at Miami (Ohio) University, Bill McNiff and wife Faith tour Ireland (New Hampshire, plus bits of ocean) and conduct student tours.... (2) Frank Harrington is chairman of a steering committee for a Dartmouth Arts Council, and one of the members is the very active and lovely Doris (Mrs. Bleike, alias Stub) Reed.... (3) Ned Mansur's wife and her prize collies; see my next picture sheet. Now we've brought that prize project to light, seen by many of you (including Keith Drake out there), we have to make sure you all know Ned has his own projects going full blast, too.... And Greg Belcher, of the Canadian International Paper Co., where he is Manager of Operations Research in Montreal - until 1968 when he'll retire to the "Kent's Corner Sunset Haven for Destitute and Decrepit Foresters," in Calais, Vt. (Read his excellent and long - not too long - write-up in the 40th year book; would that a few more of you had done half as well when the request came. Note, by poignant contrast the lack of write-ups for the last few classmates who have recently left us.) See you, as suggested, in Montreal for "Expo' '67."

Without pre-arrangement, five '23 men and their wives met last March at the Cloister,Sea Island, Ga. (l to r) Rog and Maggie Wilkinson, Paul and Marjorie Morgan, Kenand Jean Quencer, Walt and Vi Friend, and Charlie and Jean Rice.

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