1928
First we want to point out that some generous alumni have set up a kitty again this year from which matching gifts are given for all increases over last year. Also for anyone giving this year but not last. This has stirred much interest. A deduction is made, however, for anyone decreasing, thus it is important to get as many increases as possible. If you have given your usual, please consider giving again, our Class gets credit for the additional twice.
We have just returned from the annual Class Officers Weekend in Hanover May 2-3, which as usual was a great joy to attend. Although it rained during the entire eight-hour drive up Friday, it was beautiful in Hanover Saturday. The meetings and speeches will be reported in the front of this issue, so suffice it to say that we came home Sunday with our batteries recharged and a determination to redouble our efforts for the College and '28.
It was great to greet Jack and Fran Kenerson,Craig and Eleanor Haines, Jack and CornieHerpel, and Bill Lary at the Top of the Hop after the early afternoon program featuring reports by President Kemeny and other college officers. After dinner at the Hanover Inn, the '28ers gathered in the Kenersons' room for a full discussion of class affairs interspersed with an enjoyable amount of reminiscing.
Saturday morning was a busy one with meetings from 9 to 12:30, followed by lunch at Alumni Hall. Afterward I drove out Beaver Meadow Road in Norwich to see Herb andMimi Sensenig and found them sitting in the sun visiting with Norwich neighbors Curly andLaura Sadler. The Sadlers have a good-sized sugar bush and bemoaned the fact that the weather cut down production about a third; they also have cows (I forgot to ask how many) on their farm down by the river. Herb keeps a horse and a beef critter or two and is planning his usual large vegetable garden. Mimi brought out beer and a delicious batch of her famous Hungarian speciality, Linzer tortes, which I have been gobbling up for years and years. It was a fun weekend - you would have enjoyed it.
One of the special moments of the weekend was walking over to Chase Field, behind the Leverone Field House and Alumni Field and looking into the tremendous Thompson Arena, named after our own Rupe who gave a million dollars for its construction. Over 3,500 people will be able to watch a hockey game or other events without a single pillar to obstruct their view. One end of the building was not closed in but it is scheduled to be finished this fall.
This is a good time to remind you to make your reservation in June or July at the Norwich Inn for the annual '28 football weekend reunion Oct. 10-11.
The summer travel rush is on. Roy Myers writes that he is flying May 25 to Peking on an individual visa to visit an old friend who is After three weeks during which he expects to get around considerably, he plans a few weeks in Japan, then to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Rangoon, Sikkim, Katmandu, various places in India, Kabul and on to Paris - flying from London to New York just in time college. He is a professor of modern language at Newark State University. Roy spoke appreciatively of a long letter from Bill Harris, just back from his umpteenth trip round' the world, full of advice and suggestions.
Getting back to the late Rupe Thompson, the March issue of Fortune contained a letter from Roval Little, founder of Textron, one of the first and most successful of the big conglomerate companies. We'd like you to read the paragraph in which he paid tribute to Rupe: "In 1956, Rupert Thompson, a conservative Providence banker, joined the company and became chief executive officer in 1960. He had the confidence of the entire financial community-insurance companies, trust departments, and investment bankers. He gave credibility to the concept of diversification that was completely lacking before. Without Thompson, Textron would be a small, unknown diversified company of no distinction."
Jerry and Rella Warner are off to Switzerland and England the end of May.
The arrival of the supplement to our '28 Directory prompted Tom Ellis to write one of his rare letters. Ann and he are enjoying his retirement from Union Carbide. They spend part of each winter in Dunedin, Fla., with 505 Henley Ave., Pine Beach, N.J., as home. Their son and daughter are both married, have five children and live in Northern New Jersey so Ann and Tom see a lot of them in the summer. Tom's boat is on skids beside the house now while Tom gets it ready for the season. Tom included the news that Jack Burr had died August 26, 1971. They were classmates at Peddie - Jack was secretary of their class for years and Tom took over the job after his death. At their 50th Reunion last June his class had the largest turnout for a reuning class in the history of Peddie with over one third of the members attending.
Tax Cornell says he would not care to repeat the latter part of 1974. In November he went from his home in Berwick, La., to New Orleans for a routine checkup. They kept him a month and ended up replumbing his pancreas. Now he feels as good as he did before the surgeon caught up with him. He said he and Katherine miss the travel and visits with friends in Asian lands - Tax worked for the Rockefeller Foundation and used to make an annual three-month tour of Asian medical schools. He says, "I think we were lucky to have gone during the period we did, all the countries held more charm 25 or even 10 years ago than they do today." Tax remembered running into our son Scott '64 in the Erewon Hotel in Bangkok in 1966 - Scott had just completed two years in the Peace Corps in Nepal and was on his way home.
We extend the sympathy of the Class to the members of the families of two more classmates who died recently, Dave Willard on March 15 and Barney Nova on March 20.
If you did not receive your copy of the insert for the 1973 Directory of the Class, please write me. They were mailed in April.
Secretary, OSMUN SKINNER Troy, Pa. 16947
Head Agent, Main St. Sunapee, N.H. 03782
