1937

A long phone conversation with Bob Mullken revealed a very active guy who claims to be retired at least it's true he no longer works for Hoyt Laboratories, the pharmaceutical out fit. His lifetime love is running, as well we know from our time in school. Now, at age 67, he averages 35 miles a week practicing and an actual race about monthly mostly 10K (ten and not the Boston Marathon. He Hanover every team UP or the annual 10K in to th ear and last January they flew 900 Bermuda international 10K, which had entrants from around the world. Both did O.K. Bob is a member of the Master's Movement, a world-wide organization for those over 40 interested in amateur competing sports. He is also involved in civil defense (to do with the nuclear plant in nearby Plymouth), Dartmouth interviewing, local conservation, and, as a hobby, plants and his greenhouse.

Bob told us Ev White sold his house in Lyme to move elsewhere in "them parts," and in the meantime he and Grace were taking a driving trip through Texas and Mexico.

We finally caught up with Ed Perry, silent these many years. You will recall he married Johnny Handrahan's sister, Francis. Since 1946 Ed has owned and operated the Emerson Coal and Grain Company in East Weymouth. About ten years ago the coal shed burned down, so he continued in oil and grain until recently when back and hip problems arose. He has now sold the business but has no immediate plans. They had the tragedy of losing their son, Ed Jr. '64, to cancer. He had been a geology professor at the University of Massachusetts.

Don Otis reports that Mona's sciatic problem which kept them from reunion has cleared up. He now rides a moped all over Hamton and further says that brother Jim remains a confirmed geologic rockhound. Rachel Laughton added a bit more info on her Florida visit with the Contis, saying that also attending the Dartmouth luncheon at the Wyndemere Coun- try Club in Naples were the Bosworths and Jen and Claude Clark.

Alby Chester is thoroughly established now as a Cape Codder. They formerly summered there, but since they built the new home and moved down he reports a vastly different viewpoint. Winters! It was perhaps a bit worse this year, but the snow and especially the sleet kept him housebound a few times and that is not good for our Alby's energies. He continues as a rep in the machine tool industry, saying New England was the last place to be hit with the recession but that it finally caught up last summer. He also found another complaint that the U.S. mail service on Cape Cod staggers about in low gear. Alby has put Monk Amon to work tracking down delinquent bill-payers.

Last summer the New York Times carried an article covering the family reunion of the Coggeshall family, which dates back 13 generations to 1576. From 36 states and several foreign countries, almost 700 Coggeshalls were drawn by their curiosity and the prodding of a cousin in Ohio to return to their U.S. roots in Rhode Island Portsmouth, to be exact. The original John first settled in Boston from England in 1632 but, objecting to the narrow theology of the Puritans, he founded the colony of Rhode Island. Our own twins attended the reunion Allan Coggeshall, now known as "B," and Jonathan Coggeshall, now known as Don, with wife Carol. It was a grand gathering on former Coggeshall land holdings, including Newport, with all the famous mansions of yesteryear including, of course, the Breakers built by Cornelius Vanderbilt. In fact, one street over from that is Coggeshall Street. (Even Ralph Griffith's house is on their land, we'll wager.) The reunion had full recognition, being honored with a letter of congratulations from President and Mrs. Reagan as well as the induction of Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy into the family by way of baptism. It must have been a real do.

As this is being written, we are on the edge of the annual Class Officers Weekend in Hanover. We expect to meet the new MAGAZINE editor and learn about a few other matters while we are there. Stay tuned for Rog Allen's full treatment, and don't forget that the Alumni Fund is what it's all about. Have you "checked" in yet? See you in the fall.

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