1936

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According to the latest treasurer's report, from the "Survival With Class" class of 1936 there are 341 graduates and 51 non-graduates, a total of 392 of whom 348 receive the Alumni Magazine. There are also 111 widows—now designated associate members of the class— of whom 94 are also receiving' the Alumni Magazine. If only 75 percent of the recipients read the Class Notes section that means there are at least 331 persons who must know that there are classmates who are interested in other classmates, their grasp on retirement, or how they spoil their grandchildren.

Of course, that doesn't mean that the class has joined the rocking-chair set.

At the inauguration of James O. Freedman as 15th president of Dartmouth College on July 19th, there was a 14-member delegation to represent the class of 1935's welcome to the Freedman family. Bob Fernald had just been released from Mary Hitchcock, following bypass surgery, but he wasn't about to miss such an historic occasion. Ray and Jerri Builter left our place on Cape Cod at 7:00 a.m. to be on time for the event.

On July 25th, Phyl England opened up her beach-front home at Rye Beach, N.H., for the annual 1936 Lobster Feast. She had a grand team of workers who cooked the corn, steamed the clams, and served up an endless supply of well-nourished lobsters. The class wives brought buckets of salads, snacks, and assorted dessert goodies, all of which were (gleefully) devoured, interspersed by rapid-fire and casual conversation by some 65 class persons and guests. The temperature was in the 90s but the overcast sky cut the danger of sunburn to a minimum.

From miscellaneous fragments overheard as the classmates milled about, Clay andHelen Mellor were taking off on a business/pleasure jaunt to Scandinavia (Clay will go to any length to chase down a possible 1936 donor to the Alumni Fund). Pauland Jacquie Guibord and Harry and RoseCoronis spent several weeks in May running up and down the Acropolis and in and around the Greek Islands, a trip which Harry says cannot indeed be repeated too many times.

George and Marion Tillinghast and Billand Mim Macurda are succumbing to the lure of the Orient and are heading China wards just about the time this item goes to press. Expect they will have a great time comparing photos with Frank Kappler at the fall meeting in Hanover.

Ed and Helen Higbee sold their boat a while back and have now completed their spring-summer-fall retreat on Bartels Island, near Boothbay Harbor, Maine. "Should have done it years ago," they both say. Just a bit to the south of them, the Martindales have just completed their condo on the mainland in Yarmouth, across the bay from their longtime summer retreat on Chebeague Island.

Ross and Bounce Woodbridge came over from Rochester, N.Y., to visit his sister-in-law in Quechee, Vt., and decided that was close enough for the three of them to come over to the coast and the Lobster Feast.

It was a great informal mini-reunion and we are all looking forward to a repeat performance in the summer of 1988.

Following the football finale with the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field, Pa., on November 21st there will be an open house hosted by Clay and Helen Mellor at 1701 Clair Martin Place, Ambler, PA 19002 (Phone: 215/646-2297). If you can't reach Clay call Connie Wickham in Bryn Mawr, 215/527-8829 for directions and other information.

And now, let's hear from some of the 444 who receive this publication.