1937
Fall reunion was great and too soon ended as usual. Class meeting showed our treasury lean but still in balance. Rising prices on postage and cost of the Magazine on our 100% basis of all classmates receiving it has sounded an alarm There is need to cull the list of those who pay no dues yet get the Magazine. This means they have a free ride at the expense of dues-payers so a letter will be going out soon to all who have shown little or no support to pay or be dropped from the magazine list. Inflation has many facets.
We mustered 26 classmates at Hojo's, a slight attrition. Due to business Jack Devlin had to cancel and Gib Reynolds was reported ill. The addition of Esther and Fred Mayo and their long-time cronies, Es and Cal Eldred (up from Alabama) was most welcome and they enjoyed it.
The Oberlander Lounge at the gym for the pre-game gathering was excellent and our thanks go to its donor, the Class of 1926. We will have to choose another location next year as they want it and the Motor Lodge is now a dormitory. Sitting next to us at the game was an attractive young couple - Russ Tompkins' daughter Leslie and husband from Scarsdale - using the Tomkins' tickets. She says Pop has been traveling extensively as senior advisor of domestic employee relations for Mobil even to covering their Alaskan interests. On the other side was Ben Stuart, president of Temple-Stuart Company, manufacturers of early American dining room furniture in Baldwinville, Mass. We tried to get him back to the Oberlander Lounge but his excuse was he felt no one would know him nor he anyone else. We wish there were some magic to dispel this attitude: Regardless of anything else we have a common bond and are sociable folks who look forward to seeing one another. Other absentees were Ritaand Al Mayer who had to attend a family wedding, thus no show.
By executive committee unanimous vote Howard Ross is now an adopted member of the Class. An old friend of Frank Robin who shares his digs in New Jersey, he has been most helpful to Frank on the fund drive paper work as well as attending our reunions for some time now with Frank. Howard works for the New Jersey Public Service Commission in Newark. Welcome to 1937!
Sunday departure was a beautiful day so we dropped by Santa's Land in Putney, Vt., to see Art Ruggles at work. Traffic was so heavy a state trooper was needed. The parking lot was jammed, and Santa Ruggles up to his beard with 100 feet of small fry waiting to see him. It's a well-planned operation and we can see why Rug is so enthusiastic. Take your grandchildren but don't expect a candy cane: Rug's too busy.
As for further details on fall reunion don't miss Rog Allen's next edition, with two class reporters roving the area you can get well filledin.
Arnie Shapiro's son Joel graduated from Boston University and (silly boy) wanted no part of his dad's business and has taken it on his own to open the Life Cycle Bicycle Shop in Jackson, Wyo., with a franchise on a ten-speed Japanese bike. He reported to Arnie that he was skiing the North Slope in June.
In a recent edition of The New York Times was an article captioned "The Judge Rules for Elkhounds." Sent along to us by Charley Dudley '29 it outlines Bill Timber's great interest in Norwegian Elkhounds which started in 1958 while skiing with his family in Vermont. There they fell in love with a ranger's dog. The ranger sent them to a kennel locally where they bought "Leif" and later had pups from breeding their own. Bill enjoyed showing them at shows but since he is now a director of the American Kennei Club he does not feel it's proper to continue.
Retired or not, where action is - there's Bosworth. Without going further into the long article of accomplishments listed in the news release he has now been elected a director of the Palmer Bank and Trust Company of Naples, f|a. — so if you need money go there and ask for him!
We regret once again to report the passing of two more of our classmates, John Greenleaf from a bee sting, and Bob Hall of emphysema, both in October. The Class extends deepest sympathy to their respective widows, Pat and Dorothy, as well as to their families. Obituaries will appear either in this issue or next month.
Secretary, 10 Colby Rd. Wellesley, Mass. 02181
Treasurer, 14 Burling Ave., White Plains, N.Y. 10605
