1908

What better, way to open the season than ringing acclaims to our own. Pop Chesley contributes this: “On the outside of this city (Utica) and seen from long distances is a name in bright red letters of gigantic proportions. It spells “Treadway.” Long after every member of his class has gone, and countless generations have passed, this name will be alive. The sign marks an inn and motel opened recently. I made a point to visit this impressive hostelry, and the magnificence of it is breath-taking. I told the manager of my connection with Larry, and he extended the ‘royal sceptre.’ Who would have thought that Larry Treadway who worked for Jim Haggarty in the Grill Room would have his name emblazoned on inns and resorts from Maine to California and as far-reaching as the Philippines?

“As I ring down the curtain on the outstanding career of one of our classmates, I am sure a nostalgic feeling will actuate those who had the good fortune to spend these golden days at the Treadway Royal Park Inn at Vero Beach, Fla. What a heritage Larry will leave behind! Perhaps that is what we mean by immortality.”

In the year 1926, Art Rotch purchased a 60-acre woodlot situated three miles south of his home town of Milford. Ten acres, including a bog, were added later. In due course the woodlot became the prime hobby of Art as well as of his family. During the fall, winter and spring, year after year, every weekend, the whole family, and the dogs, would head for the woodlot, where they engaged in learning forestry and making improvements. Son Bill, into whose posses- sion the woodlot has come, plans to develop it for the enjoyment of groups such as Girl Scouts and for neighbors seeking a quiet refreshing walk with nature. The story is told charmingly by Bill in “Forest Notes, Spring 1970.”

When it comes to fishing, Jenny andJohn Hinman are sure bets. Spending their 36th year at their Canadian resort at Causcapscal, they caught in a single week four salmon weighing from 9 to 27 pounds, averaging about twenty.

Chick Currier has a new address - just across the street, 939 Coast Boulevard, La Jolla, zip, Post Office and telephone un- changed. He reports on Jim Norton, now in a rest home, weak but without pain, impaired hearing, sight and mental concen- tration, visited daily by his wife, Margaret.Ralph Pease’s new address is Essex Rest Home, 53 South Main Street, Essex, Conn. 06426, to be near his sister and family in Clinton, Conn. During his 36 years resi- dence in Medford, he served the Lion’s Club as incorporator and secretary for 12-years. In appreciation he was awarded “Lion of the Year” and given a plaque.

Art Wyman’s new address is Ponemah Hill Road, Milford, N. H. 03055. He has a flourishing garden, thanks to the elimination of two woodchucks. Art Soule reports signs of improvement after a recent spell of weakness. He is at his Shelter Island home. Syd Buggies, Uncle Syd as he prefers to be called, reports all’s well at his home with his sister’s family. Sumner Crosby has had to make many adjustments because of loss of central vision, but he spends two to three hours per day at his duties as Chairman of the Board of the Falmouth National Bank.

The June number of the Magazine announced a substantial bequest for the benefit of the Tucker Foundation from the estate of Park Stickney.

An article in “Vermont History, Spring 1970” regarding the judicial crisis of 1914- 1915, is prefaced by a quotation from an editorial, dated Jan. 7, 1915, by our late classmate, John T. Cushing in the St. Albans (Vt.) Messenger, of which he was then editor. Earl Willey’s new book “Abraham Lincoln—Portrait of a Speaker,” has been published. Looks interesting.

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