1936

Please note above the change of address for your secretary. It all started last winter when I asked Red Pounder in Harwichport about economical Cape living accommodations. He called me from his Florida location and asked me to look at his Harwich condo-complex all very nice, but small. I never thought I would ever leave Wellesley, but before we knew it we were settled in a Cape ranch in Mashpee. Then people started asking, "How are you going to get along with those Mashpee Indians?" I merely replied, "I've put up with the Dartmouth Indians for 50 years. The Mashpees should be no problem."

Now that we are relatively settled in and I use that term loosely we will have to locate golfing accommodations less dear than New Seabury and then I will search out the 1936ers in the area Harry Mascarello, Ed Brook, Walt Mosenthal, Red Pounder, and others.

Kudos and cheers to our head agent, Norbert Hoffman Jr. He writes to his team, "Look what you did: $133,272 and 82 percent participation! First in our Green Derby division. A record for any class out of college for 47 years! Of course, we had superb cooperation from the rest of the '36ers who really came through, and I hope it gives you the same satisfaction that it gives me. The work was worth the effort. Interest, follow-through, and persistence do pay off."

By unanimous vote of the class officers and the executive committee, Phil Mclnnis was elected to the office of class treasurer, vacated by the death in May of ClifF England. At the same time, Phyllis England was elected to the executive committee.

In the course of my business move from Boston to Quincy, I noticed that an old familiar landmark, "Republic Shoe," was gone. But after a little sleuthing I found Al Pactovis hale and hearty. "It just occurred to me," he said, "it was high time to hang up my shoe horn and look at the surroundings with a leisurely eye."

As I have said before, lawyers do it differently. Leo Glynn still keeps himself active with his maritime law firm in Boston, but he has brought along three daughters who have passed the bar and can mind the shop while he beats an occasional retreat to John's Island for a fast game of tennis with Dick Tread way.

The golden pen of Budd Schulberg continues to perform in a compelling manner in a recent publication. Writers in America: The FourSeasons of Success, a volume originally published ten years ago but now republished in a revised and updated edition. In this work he discusses the American standards of success or failure as applied to a number of prominent writers, such as Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and others whom he knew personally

Following the excitement of his induction into the International Swimmers Hall of Fame in May, Jack Smith underwent a hip replacement operation. (Jack noted that in the 18 or so years since the Swimming Hall of Fame was established, there have been 140 or more swimmers who have been honored, but only about 20 or 30 divers have been selected.) With his new hip, Jack joins the ranks of many others, such as Frank Kappler and Pep Mintz. His recovery has been excellent and his enthusiastic endorsement of the operation must serve as wonderful encouragement to anyone else contemplating the same sort of surgery.

Jack further encourages any '36ers who are in the Ft. Lauderdale area of Florida to stop in and visit with "Coley" Judd. Coley practically runs the city, having been one of the pioneers who took Ft. Lauderdale from a roadside hotdog stand to a major resort town, renowned, among other things, for the annual spring student beach session which has become more than famous.

The annual '36 lobster feed in Bath, ME, for many years a high point of the summer, this year was held August 27 on House Island in Casco Bay at the site of Fort Scammel of Civil War fame. About 40 classmates, wives, and associates from a wide area joined in for a full afternoon of history, reuning, and feasting. It was good to see Tommy Thomas and Laura among the group. Equally good news also was to find that Brint Schorer had recovered from the circulatory problems that beset him last winter. Plans are already under way for a repeated gathering in August 1984, time and place to be announced later. But of this lean be sure your secretary will be out of crates, boxes, and barrels by that time and he and his wife June will join the festivities.

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