1918
Amos N. Blandin Jr. retired on his 70th birthday as associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court, December 20, 1966. As you will see from his picture he does not look seventy, and certainly does not act seventy. Amos was a Superior Court Justice from 1941 to 1945, when he became the Superior Court's Chief Justice. In 1947 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.
He received his education from three splendid institutions; namely, Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth, and Harvard Law School. While he never went out for sports in college he has always been a great sports fan. In later life hiking and fishing with his friends have become his favorite pastime. Although he has retired from the Supreme Court, actually he will continue to serve under a statute on both the Supreme and Superior Courts as a "Judicial Referee." He writes that he likes this new assignment and it should keep him as busy as ever. Certainly the Class of 1918 will wish him to keep his assignment as its Chief Storyteller whenever the Class assembles. We have had quite a few classmates ask already if Amos plans to hold forth in one of his famous storytelling sessions at our Fiftieth Reunion.
Guilford P. St. Clair, another extremely busy and successful Classmate, has also retired. "Saint," as he is affectionately called by his closer colleagues, was born in Calais, Me., on January 27, 1897. He was a graduate of Dartmouth with a B.A. degree, and subsequently he studied engineering at George Washington and Johns Hopkins Universities. His first job was with the Ballistic Research at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., and with the technical staff of the Army Ordnance in Washington, D. C. In August 1924 he joined the Bureau of Public Roads, where he has been employed ever since, except for a brief tour with the Office of Price Administration during World War II His first position was at the Arlington Experimental Station,, where he worked on the Motor Track Impact Study. In 1930 he joined the Division of Information and was named editor of the magazine "Public Roads," a position which he held until 1933, when he was detailed to a special study of the taxation of motor vehicles. Later he was transferred to the Division of Control where he headed up the production of the Bureau's annual statistics on highway finance and taxation, gasoline consumption, motor vehicle registration, and highway mileage. From 1939 to 1942 he was the Chief of the Statistics and Highway Planning Section of the Division of Control. In 1944 Saint became Chief of Division of Financial and Administrative Research under the Deputy Commissioner for Research. In this position he directed nationwide programs of research and planning in highway finance and taxation, in highway cost and investment life, in highway organization, administration and management, and in land acquisition, and related studies. In 1958 he was made Director of the Highway Cost Allocation Study, which was conducted to provide the Congress with information on which to base equitable allocation of taxes for support of the greatly expanded Federal Aid Highway Program. In 1962 he became Chief of the National Highway Planning Division where he has been principally concerned with the problem of planning a federal aid highway program to meet American transportation needs in the years following the completion of the Interstate Highway Program in 1972.
In February 1954 he received the Meritorious Service Award of the Dept. of Commerce. In January 1960 the Highway Research Board chose him for the Roy W. Crum Award for Distinguished Service in Highway Research. He is also the author of a number of important papers concerned with the various facets of highway economics. From the above you can see that Saint has led a very active life and has contributed substantially to the progress of our national highway program.
On March 1 he is going to work for the Highway Research Board, an affiliate of the National Academy of Science, as a principal investigator on a project dealing with the Economical Consequences of Highway Improvements. That will keep him busy for 18 months; after which he may be ready to retire.
Just received news after calling the Cooleys' shop that Dick and Edith Cooley, with their nephew, were at the China Convention at Atlantic City for a few days. Their assistant at the store said they were having a real good time and vacation. So far as we know, this is the first time they have ever left together for any type of convention. Usually their life is "work."
On January 21 I drove up to Rockport, Me., to see Madeleine and Don Scully. They are both very interested in all the activities of our classmates. They seemed delighted to hear even the slightest news about any of you. Don is bedridden these days, so the days must be longer than he wishes sometimes. Please take a little of your time and write him at Union Street. He sure would appreciate it. He just loves you all. Now please reciprocate!!
Doc Angell is moving into larger and better offices this month. He is as busy as ever with his C.P.A. work as well as keeping up an active interest in all Needham, Mass., town affairs.
Eddie Ferguson reports that he has recently received a nice letter from Tom Robbins, saying that he and Elizabeth went to the Dartmouth-Cornell football game with Peg and Sewall Strout, who were taking in the game as well as visiting their son who is now teaching at Cornell. He also reports that Hugh Whipple was in the hospital for slight repairs in December but is coming along nicely and hopes to be able to visit the Paul Miners later on this winter. Rumor has it that Hugh plays golf with a score averaging in the low 80's. This is quite something for our age.
A nice letter from Howie Park states that his committee is very hopeful that the Pow-Wow which will be held on March 14 and 15 will be attended by substantially more classmates than ever before. The Pow-Wow is designed to foster friendship and good fellowship in our class. It has always been a successful event and we are sure that the classmates who have attended before look forward to it as one of the high spots in their activities.
A nice letter from Bob Fish outlining how fortunate we are to have the team of Sargent, Morey, and Mahoney working to make our Fiftieth Reunion a great one. He goes on to say: "You couldn't have picked a team with more organizational and promotional talent." He states that Marge andEd Butts, who live near him in Palo Alto, have had much illness in recent months. As for Bob, he is continuing to have trouble with his arthritis. While in New York last summer he was a daily out-patient at the Rusk Institute, which fitted him with leg braces that give him slightly more comfort than before. This kept him from visiting many of his classmates, whom he had hoped to see while east. He spends considerable time in a wheelchair these days.
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