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Braus, and Hal Gassner supply added cheers.
Bad news: the deaths of Norm Bissell, Hiram
"Dud" Ives, Francis Davenport, Elliott
Rhodes, and Maynard Withered, whose dear
wife Bobby (Gallagher) '31 had died several
months before. To all surviving relatives: our
deepest condolences. Don Hershey, 5 S
Landing Rd, Rochester, NY 14610.
28 Modern Times
Andrew McConnell retired, back in '77, as a
senior engineer with General Electric Co. He
had 19 patents. There are 2 Cornell offspring:
Nancy McConnell Davidian '62 and Barbara
McConnell Miller '76. Richard Mansfield has
a 2nd home in Gaffrey, NH. He is now chairman
of committee of Lincoln, Mass, Historic
cal Soc, is bringing out a history of Lincoln,
has done birding in US, Portugal, and Spain.
John Moor, NOT retired, is still engaged in
the practice of law and in Mar '83 had a vacation
on Madeira Island.
Phil Will celebrated his 51st wedding anniversary.
He also retired officially as a director
of Perkins and Will after 48 yrs. Going from
Chicago, 111, to the "Willage" on Higgens
Lake, Mich, Phil had a bad auto accident.
Fortunately, because of "life saving chest/
seat belt" there was no damage; but "no reasonable
test, procedure, nor medications
were omitted." The newsletter of the Office
of Estate Affairs had a long interview, with
picture, of Stan Krusen about how much he
had helped Cornell's educational excellence.
Herb Levine says his yrs at Cornell were the
best yrs of his life. His son is Stephen '57
(BEE) MBA '58, and his granddaughter is
Lauren Jill Levine '87. He told of his regrets
about not being at Reunion.
Sol Clark has received some more honors.
The State Bar Assn of Ga awarded him a
"Pro Bono" plaque. Sol is particularly interested
in Legal Aid. He established the Savannah
Legal Aid Soc in '48 and served as either
chair or vice chair for 25 yrs and, for many
yrs, was on the board of the Natl Legal Aid
Assn. This is just one of many awards Sol has
received as a lawyer and judge. He and Ted
Adler had a nice visit last yr when Ted was
sightseeing in Savannah. Last yr, Lowell Bassett
was in Spain. He says the NW corner of
Spain is like Fla. Drove over a 2-lane highway
with many hairpin curves, but did not like
either their politics nor the 9:30 pm dinners!
Ed Howard is now fully retired from his architectural
practice. He founded his firm,
now known as Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann
Assoc, in '38. The firm is one of the leading
architects in Western Pa and has had a leading
role in the Pittsburgh II Renaissance.
Louis Freidenberg, 200 E 57th St, NYC
10022.
Rachel Merritt awaits your reservations for
housing at June's mini-reunion. Already the
officers and committees have been assigned
to a suite in Clara Dickson. Have you sent
your Cornell Fund donation to Ithaca and responded
to Kay Geyer Butterfield's letter?
The donation yr ends in June. Ruth Lyons is
to receive donations for the '28 Women's Memorial
Fund gift. Madge Marwood Headland
hopes you make or add to a gift to the
memorial. Ruth collects the checks and will
report at the mini-reunion in June.
Travel news—Katty Altemeier visited
South Africa (Kenya, Victoria Falls, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe, and Zambia) to see a myraid
of fabulous animals. She plans a trip to Norway,
Sweden, and Denmark, with a plane trip
to Lapland, Land of the Midnight Sun,
preferred over the usual ship's cruise. This
Apr she was to go to Charleston, SC. A high
point was to be the 2 Yi-hr boat trip on the
Then: Lehigh Valley
Now: Our Fifty-Fifth
bay and a visit to Fort Sumter. She looked
forward to the fine Charleston city sights,
gardens, and plantations, while traveling with
a senior group from Port Jervis. In Apr, also,
Marjorie Hershon Wing was to take off from
Sun City, Ariz, on a shelling and sightseeing
trip to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Exotic,
when compared with a tour of Cape Cod in
May by Dorothy Knapton Stebbins. Let's
hear about your trips, activities, and/or
plans. Dorothy Knapton Stebbins, 94-30
59th Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373.
29 Show & Tell
A few general observations on classmates you
will meet at Reunion, or of whom you will receive
news, recent and vintage. You will learn
of '29ers, retired or still active, in the fields of
medicine, business, chemistry, library services,
writing, teaching, nursing, social services,
dietetics, art, geology, law, and banking.
Nor am I forgetting those who have also
created loving homes and raised children of
whom they are rightly proud. (So, stuff your
wallets with pictures of grandchildren for
"Show and Tell" at Reunion.
If our traveling classmates were to write of
their combined adventures they could produce
some fascinating books. The amount of
their time spent in club and volunteer work is
astounding. Their hobbies, too, are varied,
including bridge, crafts, collecting, dancing,
and birding, and many participate in active
sports. My letters from classmembers are upbeat
and enthusiastic, proving that age is relative.
Even members with physical problems
are cheerful, uncomplaining, and active.
You have reason to be proud of being a '29
woman. Edith Stenberg Smith, 155 Beech
St, Floral Park, NY 11001.
Onward and upward! At least, it's up from
downtown as we move onward toward our
55th Reunion, June 7-10. Mike Bender, Reunion
chairman, among his other duties, can
always find rooms for more classmates, but it
helps if he knows your plans in advance. The
"LV" in our logo is the Roman numeral of
this Reunion; for those who preferred the
Lackawanna we say—don't Delay, Linger, or
Wait in sending in your reservations.
Mention, in the Mar issue, of The Elements
of Style, better known as "The Little Book,"
which E B White '21 helped to make bigger,
set me to re-reading my copy. White's contribution
included a paragraph on how to write
a class column, with a gorgeous example of
how not to. It made my ears burn. Pat Pirone
tells me his name has been inscribed on the
list of illustrious graduates of Mt Vernon
High School; another name is E B White,
who had graduated 8 yrs earlier.
Charles Huddleston reports that he and his
wife spent July and Aug cruising the southern
New England coast from Nantucket to Long
Isl Sound, a great cruise, as he describes it.
That's where our classmate Carl Weagant
learned the seamanship that took him from
Ithaca, NY, to Ithaca, Greece, and back in
1929-30.
Sid Beyland is restoring a 200-acre farm
with a house built in 1804, in Peru (NY) near
Plattsburgh. We envy him the challenge it offers,
but would prefer that it be 600 rather
than 6 miles south of that town.
In closing, let me quote from a column by
Rym Berry '04 in June '49: "After a certain
age, Junes come around pretty rapidly.
You're taking chances if you skip any of
them!" c H F Marples, 40-24 68th St, Woodside,
NY 11377.
30 All in Family
Ben Carpenter, Whitehall, and Bill Carpenter,
Thompson, Conn, who, according to
Ben, "to the best of knowledge never met
during 4 yrs on the Hill, finally got together
(last yr) at the home of the late Robert H Carpenter
'23 in Cape Coral, Fla. Also present
was Frances Carpenter Roberts, daughter of
the late Charles A Carpenter '25. The topic
for the evening—the Carpenter family genealogy."
Before retirement, Ben was editor of
the Whitehall Times, and Bill, a district manager
for Metropolitan Life Ins Co.
Douglas Roy, formerly of Bristol, Conn, is
now a resident of Montague, NJ. He writes,
"Have become single again. ... I leisurely
engage in real estate, insurance, and local affairs."
Dr George Alpert has also changed
residence: from El Cerrito, Cal, to Laguna
Hills, Cal, "to be near married daughters and
grandchildren." A retired pediatrician, he is
now "doing real estate to keep busy."
Stanley Miller, Ft Lauderdale, Fla, who retired
in '69 as controller-treasurer of the
Tagel Div of Teledyne, writes that son Richard
'65, after a career as a naval officer, is
now in the civilian side of the US Navy as
project manager in the Office of Naval Research.
Ben Cottone, Sarasota, Fla, is "almost
in full retirement" having closed his
Wash, DC, law office in Feb and donated "a
large portion of communications law library
to Cornell Law School." He had practiced
communications law since his '53 resignation
from the FCC, where he had been general
counsel. He and new bride Rosemary spent 7
wks in Europe last summer.
Though he retired in '73 from executive
functions and responsibilities with Paxton-
Mitchell Co in Omaha, Neb, James L Paxton
Jr remained as board chairman. In Sept '83
the company stock was purchased by the top
supervisory group, who invited Jim to stay on
as a director and board chairman. He writes,
"Gardening continues to be my principal
hobby. However, Jackie—Jacqueline (Fuller
Lyon) '44—and I have been doing more traveling
. . . , also spend 2 to 3 months each winter
in Hawaii." Daniel Denenholz, 250 E
65th St, NYC 10021.
Belated thanks for the great response to our
News & Dues letter. Laura Myers Warren and
Thurman enjoyed a 6-wk trip around the
world, touching on Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand,
India, Istanbul, and London. Daughter
Anne '60, married to a professor at Ore State
U, writes children's books. Son Jack is
manager at 3M in St Paul, Minn. In '81 they
held a fabulous 50th wedding anniversary
celebration, attended by 20 family members
from all over the country.
Reine Grace Babrowe Blakeslee has been
giving readings from her Wings O'er the Sea
book of poems in the NYC area colleges. She
hasn't found a great interest in poetry anywhere.
Her 2nd volume will be published
within a yr. Dora Wagner Conrath phoned
me from San Francisco, Cal, with the sad
news of the death of her former roommate,
Frances Leonard Wright, on Dec 27, '83.
Joyce Porter Layton has written of the death
of Edith Cuervo Zeissig. Each was active in
student affairs and had many friends.
Agnes Talbot Mackay is thankful for good
health, and is a literacy volunteer. She travels
to Denver, Colo, to see a daughter and to
Long Isl and Conn to visit friends. She also
helps daughter Anne when needed while she
MAY 1984