1937

We look forward to the telethon in June since it provides free calls about the country to talk with you good folks. Please excuse mistakes from my scribblings five months ago.

Ki Ayoob stays too busy at the Bangor DailyNews to make any (news) for us but it was nice to chat with Eleanor. Hart Beardsley is completely retired from the Canadian Bowater operation. He does a bit of consulting for the local power company in Maine, where he is also a little involved with school and hospital work; in addition, he spends a good deal of time on his greenhouse hobby.

Jock Francine gave up running those teams of people who cleared brush from under power lines in lower Maine. He now evaluates CETA programs for York County. He celebrated Bastille Day on a two-week trip aboard the St.Pierre Miquelon, a ship owned by France. Julian Leslie reported that the gas situation affected attendance at the Casco Bay Trading Post, but he said that the bulk of their operation is mail order, anyway. His old fraternity brother Stan Perry comes once a year on vacation from his lowa food business to spend a day with him. Francine drops by occasionally, too.

John Doukas was asleep when we called. He puts in long hours in his probation work for the state court system. Paul Marx also works for New Hampshire, appraising real estate for the revenue department. Walt Graf was highly upset and three months behind trying to work out trucking rates for the New England Motor Rate Bureau because of the current oil dilemma and Washington ineptness. Fred Kennedy is now completely retired and toying with the idea of moving to the South. Stan Lappin was looking forward to a summer of enjoying his new boat, a 32-foot Pierson.

Brad Varnum is a member of a medical group in Chelmsford, Mass. Mandatory retirement is coming up for him in November, which does not please him, but he will continue in his field of dermatology. Bob Bohlke has one more year to go teaching sociology at American International College in Springfield, Mass., before retirement. Jack Costello owns a piece of a horse somewhere and is watching the racing forms closely. With kids scattered about the world (Italy, Montreal, Miami, etc.), he and Peg get to travel the circuit once a year. One son now runs the Cadillac agency but Jack holds the reins on the newspaper business.

Dan Mitchell's place in Weekapaug, R.I., 300 feet from the ocean, is a retirement heaven to him. He does a little puttering about the place, but not much. Albie Chester is complaining about having too much business — so much that he can't make deliveries for six months! That's the machine tool business for you. Jud Smith says the real estate business around Hanover is tough but mostly because of too much competition. Jack Kenney was looking forward to a busy summer in Franconia, having sold out all of their 12-tennis-court teaching capabilities of 50 people per two-week session.

Bill and Patty Rotch finally got to build their little dream house in the field in back of their present big, old farmhouse in Milford. They owned the property back to the river and had long contemplated this move. The old house was to be sold. They spent a week attending the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors meeting in Illinois, an annual gettogether. Alex Hunter keeps occupied working five days a week in an appliance store in Greenwich, Conn.; he finds it fascinating and loves it. Our adopted classmate Don McKinley(Mutt Ray's buddy with an "e") just returned from Taiwan and Saudi Arabia on a three- month consulting trip to do with heavy machinery. Dave Taylor had a conflicting fall date in Bermuda so could not consider the minireunion.

Milton Marsh expressed concern for their gift shop business in Harwichport. Although they feared that daily or weekend travelers might stay away because of gas, they hoped for the best because so many people are retiring on the Cape and summer rentals looked good. Nancyand Marsh Roper took a Florida vacation last winter and are planning to visit New Zealand and Australia on their own, taking plenty of time, this winter. Jim Wise reported from Scarsdale that the business of being an architect was slow and the educating of five daughters was a rather large expense. At least he has two married off.

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