1956

There was a good turnout in New York on Friday evening, April 15, for the Class cocktail party. Boodge Erwin, Buddy Schattman, George Yeager, and others did the planning, and about thirty showed up. Among those there was Will Cohen, active in entertainment and TV. Will is living at 130 West 57th Street, New York. The next morning an alert contingent of '56s gathered to discuss the more weighty matters concerning the Class. Russ Brace called the meeting to order at 9:45. Those on hand were Steve Brand, Len Clark, Bob Dumont, John Higgs, Erwin, Doug Keare, Leo McKenna, Wally Pugh, Dick Rosen, Tom Rosenwald and son Tim, myself, Schattman, and Yeager. We discussed the Alumni Fund drive, Class Reunion, the Foreign Student Scholarship Program, and the proposed Class discussion on urban affairs scheduled for reunion.

I sensed some depth to Russ Brace's feeling as he announced that this would be the last of our meetings together as an executive committee. A new committee will be elected

at reunion. Russ has presided for six years. He has worked hard, kept us well informed, had good support from many classmates, and stood strongly behind new proposals and ideas from various members of the class. We were saddened to learn of the death of Russ's father in March. With this, Russ now assumes further responsibilities as president and treasurer of The Journal Publishing Co. in Belfast, Me., and publisher of the Republican Journal, a weekly newspaper serving Belfast and Waldo County since 1829. Russ also becomes editor and publisher of the National and Maine Coast Fisherman, founded in 1946. This is a monthly newspaper and one of the most widely circulated marine publications in the U.S. Russ is trustee of the Knox County General Hospital, member of the Advisory Board of the Depositors Trust Co., the Camden Rotary Club, and the First Church of Belfast. A few months ago I met a hospital nurse from Camden, who told me that the best teacher she ever had was Jean Brace. Jean is now the mother of two. Jean and Russ are living in Rockport. Russ's office is in Camden.

Jim Flynn wrote to the executive committee offering helpful insights on class affairs. He has been appointed production superintendent of the Corning Glass Works plant at Bradford, Pa. Jim has been with Corning since 1963, first as financial analyst, then as assistant to the treasurer, and assistant controller in 1964. The new position means a move for Jim and Polly and son Doug from New York to 83 Gregory Ave., Bradford, Pa. Phil and Ann Langtry will be making a move in June to Pennsylvania from Providence, R. I. Phil is being transferred by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Phil and Ann have two children. I received a good letter Ted Briggs. Ted called my attention to the fact that his and Sally's family is now five. They are Everett 9, Catherine 8, Allen 6, Lucy 4, and Church 3. The Briggses are in Lisbon, Portugal, where Ted is serving with the American Embassy. A little Whittemore was born on May 3. Kevin gave birth to a daughter, Anne; and Bert reports that mother and daughter are great.

Tom and Francoise Krampf have two children, Cecile and Gilda, and they are living in France at Villa Gavarni, Route de Saint Paul, Vence, Alpes-Maritimes. TomGidley has just become a member of the Providence, R. I., law firm of Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury and Parsons. Jim Nelson has moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Gene and Betsy White and son Eric are living in Multan, West Pakistan, where Gene is with public utilities. Ralph and SandraManiscalco have moved from Batavia to Rochester, N. Y. Ralph is a high school teacher. Bob and Daphne Bransten have moved from Sacramento Street to 3370 Clay Street in San Francisco. Barb and Fred Engelbach have added another child to their family. They have two now. Fred is a captain as a civil engineer with the Air Force. Tom and Cary Burris have moved from Lynchburg, Va., to Atlanta, Ga„ where Tom is taking the position of manager of planning administration for General Elec trie. Their new address is 3555 Duberry Court Jack Freiday is in Cape Elizabeth Me. Ray and Margaret Harrison and their two children have moved to Ellenville N. Y. The Hennesseys are living at 39 Beverly Rd. in Wethersfield, Conn. Ed and Sheila have three children; Ed is a lawyer Mac and Ann Hicks have moved from South Carolina to Granville, N. Y. Mac is supervisor of cost accounting for GE at Fort Edward, N. Y. Cal Hinkle, a captain in the Air Force, has been assigned to the ROTc detachment at Trinity College. Cal and Betsy have a son and two daughters. Dickand Marianne Karslake are living in Liver pool, N. Y., they have three children. Dick is m the meat business. Butch Leavitt is living at 220 Thompson Rd., Avon, Conn Butch is with Avon Old Farms School part time and begins full time teaching there in the fall. Bill and Carol Loyer are living in Cheyenne, Wyo., where Bill is with Ludwis Photo Enterprises. Bob Mongeon is an aviation engineer. Bob and Frances and their three children recently moved from Tolland Conn., to Longmeadow, Mass. Ron and VaiPost and their two children have moved to Dover, Mass. Jack Towe is in New York City at 324 East 84th Street. John Wanamaker is a physician in San Antonio, Texas John and Dorothy have five children

Tony Carleton and I were the '56 entries tor the Green in the annual Harvard-Dartmouth Slalom at Tuckerman's Ravine on Mt Washington, April 23. Tony came in third, right behind Brooks Dodge '51 and helped substantially towards Dartmouth's victory. Tony is living in Cambridge, Mass and is m the investment business. Carl Hirsch dropped in the other evening. Carl is practicing law in Boston.

More on that class discussion at reunion Saturday, 11 A.M., June 18 at Hopkins Center. Rick Worrell of the Providence City Council; Dick Scobie, Boston Housing Authority; Tom Marvel, architect; Jim Breeden, National Council of Churches; and Dan Daniels, Massachusetts Commonwealth Service Corps, along with Dean Doc Dey 52 and Frank Smallwood '51 of the College will all be there taking part.

The Class Memorial Service will take place at 10 a.m., Sunday, June 19 at Rollins Chapel. For those of you who cannot be there, here is the list of those to whom our class pays respect and tribute at this time: Noel Alsdorf, John "Slim" Barnett, Don Cooke, Nev Fowler, Larry Jamieson, Whit Jenkins, Bob Joslin, Hank McEwen, Charlie Myers, Charlie Palot, and Bill Thieme.

On closing my final column as class secretary, I should like to express enthusiastic encouragement to all who have contributed news to Will Sogg, Alumni Records, and the class secretary; keep it up!

Secretary, 18 Frost St. Cambridge, Mass. 02140

Class Agent, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 333 Harris Ave., Providence 1, R. I.