1920
Mrs Dick Pearson, who had lived many years in Croton-on-Hudson, passed on late last summer She had faithfully served our class for several years as an assistant class agent. Robin's vices to the Class; her devotion to her late husband Dick and to the Class will remain ever green in our memories.
The passing of Betty Baketel, Sherry's wife, is a blow to all of us who knew this lovely lady who presided so graciously over many a 1920 party at The Stone House, Canaan Street, N.H. Though she resided in Bryn Mawr, Pa. much of her life. Canaan Street was very dear to her and there she now rests.
Hal Huntington has moved from Cooperstown. N.Y., that well known community. famous for its baseball Hall of Fame and its fine Farmer's Museum, to Lakewood, N.J. (08701) where he will reside at 939-B Aberdeen Drive.
Imagine your secretary's surprise to hear the cheery voice of Pat Holbrook, calling from Belmont. Mass., to say that the Holbrooks - Nancy and Pat - were giving their annual football party at their Hanover home after the Penn came. Pat also told me that he expects to start building their new home at Eastman in Grantham, N.H. about 14 miles southward from Hanover just off Route 89. This is a choice location in the woods overlooking a lovely lake. This planned community is beautifully conceived.
If you wish to drool a bit, read J. AlmusRussell's "Fall Jam Session" (don't be fooled by the title) in the September-October issue of NewHampshire Echoes. You can add a recipe or two to your collection: wild pasture grape jelly; spiced blueberries; chokecherry syrup; blackberry sunshine; whole cranberry sauce; each and every one of them picked fresh from the vine, tree, or bush as when we were much younger than we now are. Boy, were they lip-smackin' good! Thanks, Almus, for reminding us. And if you aren't acquainted with New Hampshire Echoes. get smart and subscribe to this little gem. It succeeds The Troubadour which was published pre-W.W. II under the direction of Andy Heath 22. It is a bi-monthly and can be had from the publishers at 6 Odd Fellows Avenue, Concord, N.H., 03301. I understand that The Troubadour has become a collectors' item, as indeed it should be.
From the pen of Ken Spalding of Laconia, N.H. comes a note that "Hilda and I were there." Where? At the Concord, N.H. Highway Motel-Hotel where the photogenic Sherm andRachael Adams were attending the 20th anniversary dinner of the Small Business Administration of New Hampshire. Our former Governor give the address and complimented the "SBA" as "an agency with a heart." He further advocated that New Hampshire, with its high dependency of the tourist trade, supplement this great asset with its own manufactured products and other endeavors, through careful planning, of course, in the light of today's realities.
from clayt Wallace in wolfeboro, N.H., comes some very interesting material. First, a brochure — very attractive — of the 1973 program of the Wolfeboro Historical Society which Clayt heads, the cover contains a picture of the Historical Museum which consists of the Clark Family homestead built in 1778 and the former Pleasant Valley school house, circa 1805. These buildings are enclosed by a white picket fence and are surrounded by fine old shade trees of considerable age. On the agenda is noted that on July 2, 1973, the President of the Vermont Historical Society, Professor Emeritus Allen R. Foley, well-known Vermont raconteur "harmonized history and humor." (In the words of the late Ed Murrow, "We can hear it now.") Additionally, Clayt enclosed a postcard showing the arrival in Wolfeboro, August 19, 1872, of the first train (locomotive) into that locality. The engine was a wood-burner, built by Hinkley & Williams in 1871. We understand that the Wolfeboro Railroad has been revived and it ran a commemorative trip last August from Wolfeboro to Sanbornville and back again.
On the personal side, clayt says he now spends three months in Washington, D.C., and nine months in Wolfeboro. He is engaged actively in the work of the American Council on Alcoholic Problems while editing their national publication. The Executive Committee of the ACAP convenes this fall in California and Clayt is attending. In addition to his business, the Wallaces will join the Walter Wileys (1918) and help them celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in Claremont, Calif. Then our travellers will move up the coast to Portland, Ore., to join their son Jim and his family, for a visit before boarding a train to Montreal through Canada. The next to last leg of their journey will be via Amtrak to White River Junction and Hanover. They may have to hitchhike to Wolfeboro but I suspect the Mayor of Norwich, Vt„ may give them a lift home in his Ford.
Moving southward with the birds in late October, from their summer quarters in Norfolk, Conn., go Charlie and Fran McGoughran to take up residence again at Delray Beach, Fla.
Regretfully it must be reported that two 1920 stalwarts, Chet Smith and Roy Rubel, have left us. Chet died last January 28; Roy's death came in September.
Since this is the Christmas issue of the Magazine it is appropriate that we extend warm Christmas greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
Adios, amigos.
Secretary, 2549 East Beryl Ave. phoenix, Ariz. 85028
Treasurer. Dresden. Me. 04342
