1948

In order to obtain some information for these notes, I took a good look through 48's 25th Reunion edition of the Aegis as put out for our class in 1973 through the hard work of a number of '48s, particularly Roily Sontag, Charlie Randolph, and John Van Raalte. (Others also were certainly involved in the effort, for whom apologies for lack of their names).

Was intrigued to note the photo on Page 14 taken in June, 1944 which showed some 35 students and College Administration people (including wondrous old Ross McKenney) at a summer Cabin and Trail feed, apparently out at the old Oak Hill Cabin. Four '48s were named beside the photo: Al Gustafson, Charlie Kaufman, Foxy Parker, and Jim Schwedland. Others in the picture not named but easily identified were Bob Tracy and Pete Owen. There were also others whose identity I couldn't definitely confirm. A postcard line from anyone who can identify other '48s in that photo or the one at the foot of the page would be deeply appreciated.

In reviewing the above was surprised to note that as many as fifteen '4Bs have made their homes in New Hampshire since going down from the hallowed halls of Dartmouth. As not much recent information has been developed about some of these stalwart New Englanders, their classmates may find interesting the following rundown. Pete Batchelder lives in the attractive community of Keene where he is a professor at Keene State Teachers College. Tad Comstock and Warren Daniell are both engineers resident in the state capitol, Concord. Tad is with the Federal Highway Administration, and perhaps has had something to do with the care taken in planting the center strip along the beautiful interstates in the Granite State. Warren is with the well-known technical consulting firm of Anderson-Nichols. Bob Cormack, of whom we have no additional information at present, suffers the good fortune of residing in the beautiful old southern New Hampshire community of Peterborough in the heart of the Monadnock Region. You know that Barney Hoisington lives near Hanover. Another resident of the Plain, however, is Paul Fredyma who, with his wife, has become an author and also an expert on silversmithing and other antiquities. Paul also performs professional appraisals of historical and cultural objects. Ray Howland and BillStanden both live in Exeter where Ray is president of Frontier Development Co. and vice president of Eastern Tool & Stamping Co. as well as a trustee of the University of New Hampshire at Durham. Bill is director of the Middle School, which he developed, at Berwick Academy in nearby South Berwick, Maine. Howie Hirshberg lives in Pittsfield and works in nearby Manchester, but additional information is nil. Ed Ouellette still runs his own insurance/real estate firm in Berlin where he also acts as chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Parole. Another '4B insurance man is Ken Pinhero who works and lives in Portsmouth along his state's short stretch of seacoast. Gil Shattuck is in the financial/controller end of his firm's business and lives in Hillsboro, a few miles west of Concord. Merrill Thompson lives in Meriden, famous for Kimball Union Academy, but has his own business in Windsor, Vt., on old Route 5 below WRJ, where early Vermont unification history and the Green Mountain Boys became part of our national heritage as Americans. Walt Wood hangs his hat in Bristol where he is director of personnel for a precision molded products firm. Gordy Mann is located in a beautiful part of the State at Conway where he runs the Math Department at Conway High. Gordy can probably see Mts. Washington and Chocurua any day he wants to do so.

Another New Hampshire part-timer is EarlChambers who lives in Providence, but who has a winter house in Walpole from which he and the family get plenty of skiing. Dick Leggat likewise spends much time in his Alma Mater's state as he and Patsy and the kids have an old farm house about a mile from the Skiway in Lyme Center. (Patsy is the daughter of the Hitchcock Clinic's Dr. Bowler, so has strong connections with Hanover. Two Leggat daughters are now students at their Dad's College on the Hill). Bill Scott lives in Lexington, Mass., but works as sales manager of Zurbach Steel of Salem, N.H., and thus is never far from Hanover.

The above recitation of some of those who have found a means to return to New Hampshire probably deserves a mention of some who went the other way. Many a Hanover area boy decided as a young man after Dartmouth to seek his fame and fortune elsewhere. Joe Bannon was one of those. Joe, like ColinStewart, Wid Washburn, Johnny Wood, and myself, perhaps felt he'd like to test pastures beyond the fields and fences he could see from Hanover. Joe, therefore, has planted his stakes in Princeton, N.J., (in this enemy camp he can cheer on the Big Green in Palmer Stadium most Novembers) from where he can commute to his Park Avenue office where he is an executive with a firm of public relations consultants. Having known Joe over many years I can guess he's found the perfect way to utilize his unquestioned competence and attractive personality.

Long delayed congratulations to Rod Susen and family who a number of years ago decided they had had enough of the city life of the Chicago area and determined to head west, young man, for the hills and out-of-doors. They got both in Missuola, Montana, where Rod bought Reserve Street Builders Supply and now enjoys the exciting ranch, lake, and mountain life of that area. I haven't spoken to Rod in many years, but can guess the move took plenty of just plain guts.

All for now.

Secretary, Gulf Trading & Transportation Co. Gulf Building Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219

Class Agent, 5 Hemlock Hill, Westport, Conn. 06880