1925

Bud Reber retired in 1965 from the Dunkirk, N.Y., school system, but has been so busy since, that last winter the Dunkirk Observer published a lengthy article about him in its column entitled "People in Profile." Space does not permit complete quotation, so we will condense it a bit.

Bud was born in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and after graduation from Dartmouth taught in schools in Pennsylvania. In later years he earned a master of science degree in education and a master of arts degree in mathematics at St. Bonaventure University.

He became a science teacher in Dunkirk High School in 1929, starting a career that lasted 37 years the last ten as director of pupil personnel services. Since the starting salary of $1,300 a year did not provide properly for a wife and two children, he undertook side jobs as a painter-decorator. These were so successful that one summer he earned more than in the entire year of teaching.

Bud and his first wife, who died in 1967, did a great deal of work with Methodist church youth groups, and he was also involved with Boy Scout and Cub Scout activities in Dunkirk.

Another important part of his life has been the Masonic Lodge. He has attained some of the highest honors a Mason can reach and has made many friends in both the United States and Canada during 39 years of Masonry in Chautauqua County.

Bud served as president of the Western Zone Science Teachers Association, two terms as president of the Dunkirk Teachers Association, and seven years as director of the New York State Teachers Association.

His son David, a Dartmouth graduate, is architect-in-residence at Vanderbilt University, and his daughter June is a psychologist in Philadelphia. Both are married and each has two children.

In World War 11, Bud enlisted in the New York State Guard for four years. He signed up for Navy officers training and passed the tests and physical exam but was never called up.

In 1968 he and Frances Glenn of Dunkirk, also a teacher, were married. They are avid travelers and have visited the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and the Arctic Ocean. The last was rated by them as a "terrific" trip. Bud says, We've done a lot of traveling and intend to keep on going as long as we can, and when we can't, we'll look at our pictures and slides and relive the trips."

Citizen Inflation Fighters Inc., an organiza- tion on which we have reported before and which Bob Weinig chairs, had 200 present at its annual meeting to hear a talk by Dr. Paul McCracken. McCracken is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, formerly chaired the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and is an editorial con- tributor to the Wall Street Journal. CIF now has 15 active members on its board of directors and over 30 active volunteers assisting in dis- tribution to a growing membership. The mail- ing list now includes over 5,000 in 40 states. The address is P.O. Box 617, Naples, Fla. 33940.

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