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group of 94 persons. It was quite a challenge
to condense all my material into that
period and still make it meaningful."
Walter V. Price, Rt. 1, Highland Park,
Box 100, Delray Beach, Fla., writes that
"We spend a lot of time studying students
at the U of Wisconsin. They're probably
much like those at Cornell. The freshmen
don't rush the local theaters as they did in
1914 in Ithaca. But the unwashed crawl out
of the woodwork at the Union and insult
the atmosphere—just as they do at other
big universities we might name. But 99 per
cent of the 30,000 boys and girls at Wisconsin
are worth knowing—as they are at
Cornell, I'm sure." Dave (David A.) Ruhl,
11142 S. Bell Ave., Chicago, 111., drops me
a short note to say that "what I want to
read in the ALUMNI NEWS is information
about some of the other fellows." Well,
that's fine, and I agree, but you didn't give
me a bit of news about yourself, Dave.
Walter Schmid, 5367 Thomas Ave., Philadelphia,
Pa., wrote recently to report sadly
that after 45 years of a happy marriage his
wife died last August. But Walt also proudly
states that he has two sons and two
daughters, who between them have a total
of 13 children. Lewis J. Silvers, 6255 Broadway,
New York, has a book on Health and
Longevity which now has had three printings
and soon will be available as a paperback.
Lew adds that "I am trying now to
live as I have written."
Robert E. Moody, RD 1, Rushville, retired
in 1962 after 34 years of high school
social studies teaching, and in 1964 retired
from the Ontario County Civil Service Commission
after 22 years. The first two winters
after retirement he spent in Tucson,
Ariz., also taking two European tours. During
the winter of 1964-5 Bob spent his time
in research into local history in Ithaca. Two
years ago he was elected supervisor of the
town of Gorham. His wife died in 1962
after a long illness, and in 1966 he remarried.
Son Edward L. is now working for his
PhD at Cornell, and son-in-law Edward R.
Merriman is Cornell 9 66.
'19
Men: Colonel L. Brown
324 Packman Ave.
Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10552
In addition to news, which always comes
in handy for scribes, several tools of the
trade are necessary. The old 1919 Yearbook
is a big help as is the new class card index.
We also find a good atlas essential. In our
younger days we lived in the country and
didn't know much about the outside world.
Then we moved to New York and here you
don't learn anything about the outside
world, so we use a big atlas to look up
places and have a road map for every state.
Our aim is to spell names and places correctly,
and in fact, we often do.
Hugh L. Thompson reports that he and
his wife recently returned from a Christmas
vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and
Tucson, Ariz, with daughter and two grandsons.
The oldest will be in Cornell in about
five years.
Hugh has his own business which he
started in 1954, the Amaco Products Co.,
which manufactures advertising specialties
and custom screen processing. He also owns
and operates the Airline Conveyor Co. He
says he has no thought of retiring as he is
having too much fun running business.
Hugh also notes that he is always glad to
hear news of Mike Hendrie, A. N. Volkhart,
Peter Vischer, and other '19 buddies.
Home address is 3820 N. 27th, Waco,
Texas.
Henry J. Kaltenthaler of Church Rd.,
Paoli, Pa., writes that he is retired and is
devoting a lot of his time to a tree nursery.
He says, "Maybe I should have devoted my
college time to agriculture instead of engineering
because agriculture was a boyhood
love and still is. We have 10 grandchildren
and my hope is that some of them will go
to Cornell."
Larry Waterbury still maintains his office
at 26 Broadway, New York, and is keeping
active as a consulting engineer but finds
time to travel a bit. He spends a few days
at Thanksgiving with his daughter and sonin-law,
the Robert K. Cravens in Alexandria,
Va., and then a few days at Christmas
with his son and daughter-in-law, the Jonathan
L. Waterburys, and grandchildren,
Stuart and Christopher, in Lincoln, Neb.
(Our present schedule calls for spending
Christmas 1967, in Lincoln, so perhaps if
we can't get together with Larry in Westchester,
we can in Nebraska.)
The Lepparts are living at Coronado
Pines Lake, Oklawaha, Fla. Jack says, "We
have had some delightful golfing weather,
the fishing is good here on either coast—an
hour away. Everybody is picking citrus and
enjoying the tree-ripened fruit. Nobody
seems mad at anything except the war and
a few other details. Our greatest pleasure
is to have friends stop in, so do that, please,
if you are down this way."
Art Masterman, who lives in Ithaca, has
been chairman of the Tower Club of Cornell
Fund, and although retired, has managed
to keep busy all the time.
Wallace (Birdie) Quail attended the October
meeting of the Council and says it was
almost a '19 Reunion. In addition to himself,
Collacott, Starke, Delavan, Rebmann,
Dean, Heartfield, and Uhlmann attended.
Fistere and Le Boeuf had intended to come
but were not able to be present.
Arthur S. Rodgers, who lives at 175 S.
Swan St., Albany, is a retired chemist. Son
Robert is an attorney in New York. It was
good to hear from "Rodg." We took freshman
English together. (Some of you readers
may be surprised to learn that your scribe
ever studied English anywhere.)
Rev. G. Eugene (Gene) Durham retired
VA years ago but didn't stay retired. He has
just completed a second interim pastorate,
this one for four months at the Danby
Federated Church south of Ithaca. This
coming July 27 Gene will head up a 21-
day tour of the Holy Land. He extends an
invitation for classmates and families to go
along with him. His address is 1785 Slaterville
Rd., Ithaca.
Ralph G. Starke sends along a note and
says it comes from Mt. Dora, Fla. The
Starkes live in Pittsfield, Mass., but fled
south from the Berkshire winter. They certainly
picked the right winter because the
Northeast, even including the garden spot
where your scribe lives, has had the meanest
third month of winter in a century. This
we can prove by the Weather Bureau—and
the Weather Bureau is always right.
But to get the car back on the track: The
Starkes are building a new home at Yarmouth
on Cape Cod, and plan to move
there this spring. The Post office has not, as
yet, given the house a number, but it is on
Camelot Rd. in an area called "Whalingport."
Ross L. Milliman writes that he is still in
the land of sunshine and wonderful winter
weather, namely, Phoenix, Ariz. We are
indeed sorry to report that Ross suffered a
partial stroke on New Year's. But he has
been making good recovery and is now able
to walk again. His address in Phoenix is
1314 N. First St., Apt 328.
One of our real travelers is Stanley Mott-
Smith. He retired Sept. 1, 1962, and soon
after started on a leisurely trip around the
world with his wife. After spending four
months in an apartment at Hong Kong, they
went on to Greece, Italy, and Spain. In
Spain they again took an apartment for
three months. During his stay there his company
asked him to return to Hawaii to supervise
the choice and erection of a large
boiler and an extraction-type steam turbogenerator.
Upon completion, the Mott-
Smiths started around the world again, this
time taking in Australia and New Zealand.
This trip took 13 months, including three
months in Hong Kong. All ocean traveling
was on ocean freighters having capacity for
only 12 passengers. They are planning
shorter trips for the coming summer. Currently,
their address is 850 Roble Ave.,
Apt. E, Menlo Park, Calif.
Charles Baskerville's exhibition of paintings
and watercolors, we read in the newspapers,
was held in the Palm Beach Galleries
from March 21 through April 1.
'20
Men: Orville G. Daily
901 Forest Ave.
Wilmette, 111. 60091
Our annual spring sojourn to the land
of the sea-grape, citrus, palmetto, sailfish,
Pompano, the land of No-snow, sunny days
and starry nights, bikinis and vacationing
college students resulted in this inspired report
of hits and misses gleaned from a delightful
holiday. It was the ocean season,
not for the Cornell crews, but for Cornel-
Hans on cruise. On the return trip of Walt
and Dottie Archibald from Aruba in the
Dutch West Indies, the S.S. Santa Rosa put
in at Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale for a
few hours. Prexy Walt reversed the usual
order of things and rolled out the red
carpet for the welcoming committee composed
of George Stanton, Dick Edson, and
Orv Daily, plus wives all around. After a
sumptuous brunch aboard ship, the partial
steering comm. went into session, sans
quorum, therefore unofficial, to discuss class
affairs. With no decisions made and after
snapping a few pictures of this snappy
group, the Archibalds sailed off reluctantly
to another snowstorm in New York. We all
felt sorry!
A few days later, Stanton, Daily, and
Ralph Wenger '22 struggled out practically
at dawn to meet Jeff and Judy Kilborne returning
from a Caribbean cruise with 14
pieces of luggage, bulging straw bags, colorful
straw hats, straw shoes, several oddshaped
cartons tied with straw rope purchased
in St. Thomas, and labeled "fragile
—do not drop." After Jeff redeemed Judy
and successfully talked his way through
Customs, the entourage was distributed into
three cars and delivered to Lighthouse
Point where the hospitable Wengers can
make you feel at home. Later the Kilbornes
joined the Edsons on Sanibel Island to
search for shells, snails, and sandpipers, and
sit in the sun, avoiding snakes, suckers, and
anything simulating work. Together they
sailed on to Sarasota where Kay Mayer and
Dapper Don Hoagland gathered the Sercle
together for a rump reunion on the West
Coast.
Maury Wilson still lives at 88 Peachtree
Memorial Dr., Atlanta, but spends most of
his time improving his golf game. He expects
to take on the Sarasota gang soon.
Don Hoagland will probably put a hoe in
his hand and show him the latest stance in
the garden. Dud Merrill of East Patchogue
retired some time ago as operations mgr.,
gas div., National Propane Corp. After
motoring through the South and West to
find a warm enough spot, Dud has been
searching Florida for a place to spend
winters. The Sunshine State'll get him in
the end!
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