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John Sutton, G. Gilson Terriberry, E. Roy
Underwood, Arthur W. Wilson.
'15
Women: Fannie H. Dudley
90 Prospect Ave.
Middle town, N.Y.
A welcome letter from Agnes Rathbun
Paulding, 194 Maple Hill Rd. Huntington:
"Dear Fannie,
"Probably I deserve to be 'shot at
dawn' for all my neglect in not answering
the various messages I get from
members of the Class of 1915, but I've
felt that I didn't have much news to offer.
"I give you a brief summary of my life
since June '15. I taught for four years,
high school science, three of them here
in Huntington, and one at home in
Oneonta. Then I was married in 1920.
My husband died in 1933 and I went
back to the teaching since I'd gotten a
life certificate in the previous four years.
"I was not eligible for the NY State
retirement at first, since I was not on full
time, so in order to get a pension I would
have had to teach beyond the age when
retirement is mandatory in New York
State. So I stopped the teaching, and, for
six years, I was 'cook-manager' in one
of the local school cafeterias in order to
get social security before the required retirement
age. Soon after I stopped the
teaching, they allowed local teachers to
take up social security, and, had I known
that was coming, I could have gotten
mine on a teacher's salary, which was at
least three times what I was getting in
cafeteria work.
"Since I had to stop the cafeteria work
at age 70, I've been 'baby sitting' at the
rate of about 100 hours per month.
"To pick up a few extra shekels during
all these years I've made baked goods,
jams, jellies, etc., whenever I had time
on my hands. Ha!
"I have one daughter, who is married
and living only three miles from here.
She has two boys, 12 and 10, and they
make life interesting.
"So - when I have nothing else to do
I'm over there. They have an acre in garden
from which they get produce to eat,
freeze, and sell to neighbors and friends.
I help with the freezing, and then try to
process in some way, any excess.
"There is never a dull moment, but,
compared to all the interesting things my
other classmates do, it doesn't seem interesting
enough to write about.
"Fay Newland is the only one with
whom I've kept in touch. We talked
about going ίo Reunion but then 'chickened
out' in the end. We probably would
have enjoyed it."
Another 1915er has subscribed to the
ALUMNI NEWS. That is Mary Sprigg Summers
of 602 W. Tioga St., Ithaca. Mary is a
secretary, now retired.
From Mildred Haff, a report on the
March 1915 luncheon at Ft. Myers: perhaps
it was even more successful than the two
previous. Trustee Fred Wood '24 spoke exceedingly
well on "The Growing Cornell."
Of the 51 attendants the women contributed
16 with spouses and guests: Ann Reeves
with Don '13 and her sister; Ann (Woodward)
and Al Richardson; Cecil and Mark
Schlieper; the Haffs, Marjorie Barberie,
Helen Comstock, Mabel Rogers, Lura Ware,
and with us, Ann Bullivant Pfeiffer and
Karl '12, to say nothing of Alma Nash
Berry who supported Ann and Don impressively
at the entrance, labeling us and taking
our money. We regret that Hilma Bergholtz
Hopkins has not been able to join us because
her husband is not strong enough.
'16
Men: Franklin Thomas
10 Chestnut St.
Garden City, N.Y.
Having returned from my long journey
to the South Pacific, I find myself very much
in the situation as depicted in a recent cartoon
I saw of a couple viewing the return of
their neighbors from a long vacation. The
husband said to his wife, "Let's hurry over
and greet the Joneses before they have their
slides developed." So, I shall say nothing
about our trip or offer to show any pictures
until requested.
A request was received from Charles W.
Lake '41 to publicize plans arranged for a
charter flight through United Air Lines leaving
Milwaukee at 12 noon June 16, Chicago
1:00 pm, and Detroit 2:30 pm, arriving
Ithaca 5:00 p.m., at total costs of $90, $70,
and $50 per person, with an accommodation
total of 85 people. The cost is over $20 less
than the commercial fares and alumni in
the above cities have been circularized.
Grant Schleicher's letter of Feb. 14, here
on my return, told of his new address at 121
Grady St., Bayport, ^and included a note
from Ralph E. Griswold, whose new address
is 607 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Ralph is
only semi-retired and sold his home to move
to an apartment so he is freer to travel. Present
plans call for him to go to Greece for
more work on the Agora, while his wife
spends some time in Spain.
Raymond P. Sanford has been a most
modest soul throughout the years. Now
come to light, through a two-column biographical
sketch in the Times Herald Record
of Middletown, some of the unknown facets
of his career. We didn't know that he was
chief of the community management division
of the War Relocation Authority in
Topaz, Utah, where 10,000 Japanese were
detained behind barbed wire for the duration
of World War II. He was also the sole
impartial witness to see the beating in Detroit
of UAW leader, Walter Reuther, and
photographed the 1930 Chicago. Memorial
Day strike in which scores of Republic Steel
workers were killed and injured. He began
his social work career in 1929 as general director
of The Common Ground, a cooperative
social effort in Chicago which brought
him into contact with Jane Addams of Hull
House and Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois.
After the war, he was national education
consultant to the American Social Health
Assn. and participated in the joint Alaskan
effort with the Public Health Service. He is
now social investigator at Camp La Guardia
in Chester and although 74, hopes to be at it
when he reaches 80.
Clarence (Cupid) Slack, not heard from
for years, has appeared as a witness to his
class responsibility. Fully retired and enjoying
it, he says. His family sounds like a
Cornell directory, consisting of his daughter,
Eleanor Foster '41, and her three sons,
'65, '66, and the third a freshman. Both
Cupid and his daughter will be on hand for
their respective Reunions in June-.
If this is not the finest turn-out of any
class in the history of Cornell Reunions, it
will surprise the writer, and I am so positive
of it that I am ready to say so now in advance
of the September Column which will
carry the story and pictures. No longer will
the July ALUMNI NEWS try to do so. Apparently
it has never worked out to the full
advantage of all classes because of the long
delay beyond the required deadline. Here's
hoping we are all well and have a very
happy time at our old stamping ground of
50 years ago.
From the chairman of the 50th Reunion:
Dear Classmates:
As I write this plea to those who as yet
haven't signed up for our glorious 50th,
it is April 21. This will go to our class
correspondent Frank Thomas and the
ALUMNI NEWS must have it by April 30.
As you read this, only a few days remain
for you to make a most important
decision. Some, we know, can't make it
for health reasons and would give anything
to join their-friends on June 15. It's
to the others that we're making this last
appeal. Should you be so ill-advised as
to not return for your Golden 50th - a
Glorious Reunion of Friends - you will
never cease to regret it. Among these
friends will be our own Doc Sharpe. To
visit with him again is reason enough to
snap out of whatever is holding you
back.
Come on, Sixteener, pack your bag
and wire me that you'll be there. If you
decide after June 7, send the wire to me,
c/o R. Garret Demarest '63, Alumni
House, 626 Thurston Ave., Ithaca. I will
arrive in Ithaca on June 9.
Re-read the "Inspiring Thoughts from
Inspired Classmates" in our January and
March mailings. Russ Welles says:
"Needless to say, if I can crawl around
next June, I will be in Ithaca." Let's all
be there! As Frank Thomas said, "How
could any reasonably healthy Cornellian
do otherwise?"
Charlie Borges was in San Diego for a
visit recently and we had two very nice
visits together. I would have recognized
Charlie even though his hair wasn't as black
as it was in 1916. He was very helpful with
the mailing that you received in May. For
the first time I learned that his career was
advertising, although now he has retired
and is living in Santa Barbara.
'16
Women: Helen Irish Moore
Star Route
Hagaman, N.Y.
Kay Francis Cooke and Chester left Seattle
the middle of April for her sister's home
in Arizona. Then by easy stages to St. Louis
Delaware, and finally New Jersey, where
they planned to visit many friends. Then
Reunion] We hope many of you will arrive
on Wednesday, June 15 to join them. Gertrude
Bates plans to be there then, as do the
Moores. Dinner together at Willard Straight
for all the early birds is planned for that
night. Do join us!
A few of you are still wavering about Reunion.
Just forget all the reasons why you
should not come and come anyway! You
will never have another 50th!
Kate Bard Stopp has been on another trip
by freighter, while Helen Bungart Potter
fears she can not make Reunion due to a
trip to Europe. It looks now as if Perlie
Moody will not be able to come due to illness.
The Women of '16 have enjoyed another
year with the ALUMNI NEWS, thanks to the
generosity of the men of the class. We want
it recorded that it has been and is greatly
appreciated.
Two new addresses: Viola M. Jones, 219
6th Ave., N, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Hester
Austin, 301 Meigs St., Rochester.
'17
Men: Herbert R. Johnston
81 Tacoma Ave.
Buffalo 16, N.Y.
The past year has been a busy one for trie
globetrotting Ί7ers and the northern members
of the class who go south for the winter.
The first to make the trip around the
world was Goichi Nakamoto, who took several
months doing it with Mrs. Nakamoto.
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