1937

We dislike saying so but hard times are with us in more ways than one. We sent out some 35 cards to you guys starting the middle of August and so far only two have found their way home.

For the Aylwards (always dependable) Meg answers from Washington, D. C. Says she, "We moved in July one block. Ever since Bob retired from State and became executive director of COSERV we wished we had a little larger house. Now we have it and also the good family furniture is finally out of storage after eleven years. There is an extra bedroom and lots of bathrooms. Although the welcome mat is out I am still scrubbing. An elderly lady died here after a long illness so the house was awfully dirty. Our son, Dave, was UPI copy boy at the Capitol this past summer, now a senior and editor of the Daily Dartmouth. Anne is an assistant planner in housing for the Boston Model Housing Administration, and Mike is in eleventh grade here. Bob and I are perpetually too busy."

Bob Crabb tells us as of June 1 he was named president of Dayton Hudson Properties, the real estate division of Dayton Hudson Corporation in Minneapolis. He continues as vice president of the parent company. "Properties" performs all real estate functions for the various retail divisions of the corporation developing and managing shopping centers (three regions in Minneapolis-St. Paul, five in the Detroit area, and land for several more in Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona. All three of their sons are "off the dole" but only one married. He and Kay have an occasional spring or winter trip to visit parents in Honolulu. He does not see many '37s but other classes are well represented in the Twin-Cities. He has already made a date with some '36s to get together in Hanover during our joint 35th reunion next June.

We regret to report our class has lost another good guy. Herb Pickering died in September, details in the obit section of this or a subsequent issue. A sad coincidence here is that we had notice this past month his father had passed away in June, a fact we had planned to mention in this issue.

Your secretary and wife spent a recent delightful weekend in Bethel, Me., with Barby and Dana Douglass. Their tremendous home was formerly full of daughters but the oldest is now married with two small boys, Cherry is a Navy nurse at Shepherd Field in Texas, and the other two away at colleges. We have had previous reports of Dana's involvement with the Telstar station in nearby Andover, then his later connection with the development of nursing homes on some sort of franchise. Forget both. Back during World War II he had a mica mining operation supplying the war effort which involved mineral rights in the mountain areas of Maine and which therefore required tight boundaries. Through this period his knowledge and experience in the field of surveying became established. Now, with the national real estate boom in full swing he has set up his own surveying company. Since over the years Maine has had such lax laws and record-keeping he is out straight laying out and correcting proper boundary lines. With its many beautiful lakes Maine has long been a semi-neglected land area. Now large out-of-state developers are pouring money into their "new" discovery and Dana has established quite a reputation as the man to contact in the legal boundary field. He and Barby have hopes of attending our June reunion.

We just "discovered a misplaced clipping from the "Bangor Daily News" dated a year ago. Ki Ayoob, city editor of that newspaper, wrote a series of articles as the result of his participation in an American Study Mission trip to Russia. It comprised mostly statistics being a study but we'll wager Ki could give a good lecture with slides if asked.

Judge Dick Cooper made news. An editorial in the "Exeter, N. H., News-Letter" commends Dick for the handling of two cases of motorists hauled into court for abusing the trash law. One Massachusetts man charged with throwing a bottle out of his car onto the Spaulding Turnpike had his fine suspended and he was directed by Dick to collect five barrels of roadside trash under the supervision of the chief of police. Another male offender was directed to collect bottles and cans from both sides of a three and one-half mile strip of highway within a period of two weeks. As the newspaper pointed out, these were excellent examples of making the punishment fit the crime.

We are sorry to tell you that JohnArborio's wife, Sarge, passed away last April and word only recently arrived. She had a coronary in 1961 which kept her practically an invalid for all these years. John died in December of 1968 as reported here at the time.

The busy football season is on and we should have news next month of people attending as well as our fall reunion meeting in Hanover.

Secretary, 10 Colby Rd. Wellesley, Mass. 02181

Treasurer, 11 East 74th St., New York, N. Y. 10021