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Vol. 34 JUNE, 1953 No. 9 Published monthly from October to Tune inclusive, by the University of Maine General Alumni Association, Business office, The Maine Alumnus, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Subscription price, $3 00 per year, included in annual alumni dues of $5 00 Member American Alumni Council Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Orono, Maine, under act of March 3, 1870 505 Degrees Awarded ...... At 98th Commencement

HE 98th Commencement on June 13 physics, agriculture, chemistry and social fragan Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, was held in Memorial Gymnasium organizations. Texas, and a graduate of Maine in the Twith 467 Bachelor, 32 Master, and six Gains in these fields have been “tre­ Class of 1929. Honorary degrees being awarded. mendous,” he said, but they would, in a In his address, Bishop Burrill said, sense be worthless unless there is equal “The most important advice that a minis­ Honorary Degrees progress in the humanities. ter of the Christian religion can give to Six distinguished leaders in various Concluding his address, the Nebraska graduates on the day of their commence­ fields were awarded honorary degrees. educator said, “I look to this graduating ment is found in the Gospel according to They were: The Rt. Rev. G. Francis class at Maine and similar groups of St. Matthew: ‘But seek ye first the King­ Burrill ’29, Suffragan Bishop (Episcopal) graduates throughout the country to lead dom of God and his righteousness, and of the Diocese of Dallas, Texas, L.H.D.; the way in improving man’s attitude all these things shall be added unto you.’ ” Richard F. Crocker ’14, Principal of the toward his fellow man.” Bishop Burrill cautioned the graduates not to set material and earthly things as Madawaska Training School, M.A.; Hon. Invocation Burton M Cross, Governor of Maine, their only goals. LL D.. Dr. Reuben G. Gustavson, Chan­ The Rev. Robert Haldane, Sr., of the “What we need above all in this life cellor of the University of Nebraska, North Deering Congregational Church of is the guiding power of God in our lives,” LL.D.; Louis Oakes ’98, prominent Maine Portland, gave the invocation. he declared. business man, LL.D.; Milton E. Smith, Candidates for degrees were presented Honor Students well-known Maine agriculturist, M.S. by the deans of the various colleges, and Forty-five members of the graduating Governor Cross spoke briefly and ex­ diplomas were awarded by President class received special recognition for their tended greetings to the graduates, faculty Hauck. Candidates for honorary degrees scholastic achievements. and guests were presented by Raymond Davis ’ll, Topping the list were eleven students Progress in Humanities Necessary president of the University’s Board of who received degrees “with highest dis­ Commencement speaker, Dr. Reuben Trustees. tinction.” These students and their ma­ G. Gustavson, chose as his topic “What jor subjects were James H. Hunter, Cari­ it Means to be Educated.” Baccalaureate bou, agricultural engineering, Cecil M. He told of the progress that has been The Baccalaureate Address was given Roberts, Jr., Wakefield, Mass., forestry; made in various fields of study, including by the Rt Rev. G. Francis Burrill, Suf- Richard E Cutting, St. Johnsbury, Ver­ mont. wildlife conservation: Gerald S. Harmon, Bridgton, physics; Madelene H. Shannon. Madison, sociology; Ann ALUMNI WATCH AWARD WINNERS Grumley, Millinocket, zoology; Robert Voted by the students E Hunter, Lewiston, civil engineering: to “have done the most David E Stinson, Skowhegan, electrical for the University during engineering; Eldred B. Littlefield and Neil their college careers,” O. Littlefield, both of Calais, and Arthur Beverly C. Pettengill, N Nicol, Biddeford, all in engineering Portland, and Linwood L. physics. Carville, York, were Masters Degrees awarded the Portland Alumnae Memorial Among the 32 advanced degrees award­ Watch and the Washing­ ed were those to the following alumni: ton (D. C.) Alumni As­ 1931 Samuel Sezak, M Ed sociation Watch, respec­ 1950 Beverly C. Pettengill tively, during the 98th Limvood L. Carville Clarence E. Butler, M Ed Commencement exercises. Chester N Kennedy, M. Ed The two watches are presented annually by the Portland Club of University 1951 of Maine Women and the U. of M Alumni Association of Washington, D. C., Fred Fitanides, M Ed. Victor Mandorf, Jr, MS to one woman and one man in the graduating class who, in the opinion of the Leslie R Leggett, M Ed. students and the University administration, have done the most for the Robert P Wilson, M A University 1952 An English major, Miss Pettengill has been active in the Women’s Edward W. Hackett, Jr., M Ed. Student Government Association, serving as secretary, vice president, and Honorary Degree Citations president She has also been a member of the General Senate, the Student Union Committee, and a Junior Resident in East Hall. She is a member of G. FRANCIS BURRILL ’29 Delta Delta Delta and an All-Maine Woman. Native of Bangor, graduate of th® Uni­ versity of Maine in the class of 19^9 an I A Physical Education major, “Woody” Carville has been prominent in later of the General Theological Semi­ sports, winning his “M” in basketball for three years and in football for nary with the degree of Bachelor of two years. He has served on the Men’s Senate and was vice president of the Sacred Theology; ordained to the minis­ General Senate A member of the Sophomore Owls and Senior Skulls, he has try of the Episcopal Church in 1933 He has served devotedly as minister in been president of the Men’s Athletic Association, a Distinguished Military churches of New York and Pennsylvania, Student, and Outstanding Infantry Cadet. He is a member of Phi Mu Delta as the capable and faithful administrator (Continued on Page 17)

THF MAINE ALUMNUS 3 JUNE, 1953 The report of Alumna Trustee Jessie L Fraser ’31 was presented, as were 78th Alumni Reunion Athletic Board Report by Samuel Tracy, Jr '41 and Alumni Legislative Coordi­ nating Committee Report by Thomas ITH reunion activities being con­ Class by Harold V. Sheahan ’03 was much Mangan '16 ducted mainly in the beautiful appreciated by the attending alumni new Memorial Union, and with the Alumni Banquet New Association Officers weather cooperating in splendid fashion, The highlight of Alumni Day was the the 78th Alumni Reunion hit a new high The Senior Alumni and the Reunion Banquet which was attended by over 625 in registered attendance Seven hundred Classes held their official meetings on alumni and guests Class Gifts were pre­ thirteen alumni from classes of 1885 Saturday morning, June 13 These meet­ sented during the program Classes which through the First Reunion Class of 1951 ings were followed by the Annual Meet­ made substantial gifts to the University registered to set a new record in reunion ing of the General Alumni Association were 1908 ($750), 1913 ($700), and attendance The well-attended Annual Meeting elect­ 1928 ($1928) The 78th Reunion was marked by the ed the following officers of the Associa­ The Alumni Activities Fund received return of several spirited classes who, tion President, George E Lord ’24, gifts from the Reunion Classes as follows with their identification regalia and en­ Vice President, Thomas G Mangan '16, 1923 ($400), 1928 ($100 00), 1933 thusiastic activity added greatly to the Clerk, T Russell Woolley ’41, and Treas­ ($35 41 ), 1938 ($25 00), 1943 ($50 00), color of the event urer, George F Dow ’27 1948 ($50 00), and 1951 ($35.00) The With classes whose numerals end in Two new Alumni Council members Alumni Activities Fund is used to main­ threes and eights back for official re­ were elected for three year terms They tain and help develop programs of the unions, almost every other class with are Thomas Desmond ’33, Boston and General Alumni Association The in­ living members was well represented The Arthur Forrestall ’33, Portland. Mrs. come from the Fund is used annually to 50-year class of 1903 headed the “Parade Winona Cole Sawyer ’43 of Bangor, was help defray the costs of Homecoming of Classes ” Sixteen members of '03 re­ elected to fill the unexpired term of Mrs and Reunion turned to celebrate their “Golden Re­ Helen W Pierce ’41 whose resignation Both the University and the Alumni union ” Honored at the Alumni Lunch­ was caused by her move to the mid-west Association benefited greatly from the eon on Alumni Day, they were presented The following Alumni Council mem­ generosity of these classes with 50-Year Certificates by President bers were re-elected for three year terms The Attendance Cups awarded on the Hauck who was assisted by the Honorary Raymond H Fogler ’15, Myron C Pea­ basis of those members of individual Reunion Marshal, Harold V Sheahan body ’16, Elizabeth A Mason ’30, Clif­ classes registering up to six p m on Sat­ '03 of Somersworth, N H Newly elect­ ford G McIntire ’30, Mrs Lucy Sheive urday were announced at the Banquet ed President of the General Alumni As­ ’27, Robert F. Thurrell *15, Henry T The Class of 1885 received the Class of sociation, George E Lord '24 presided Carey ’22 Norris C Clements ’25 1908 Cup for having the largest percent­ at the Luncheon and paid special tribute Alfred B Lingley ’20 was elected to a age of its living members present and to the Class of 1903 three year term on the Athletic Board registered The 50-Year Class of 1903 At the same Luncheon, which found all James McClure ’33 was elected to a four received the 20th Century Cup for hav­ tables filled. President Hauck paid trib­ year term as a University Store Com­ ing the largest percentage of a twentieth ute to the members of the faculty who pany Stockholder, and Howard Goodwin century class registered The 25-Year retire this year and to faculty members '38 was elected to a three year term on Class of 1928 was awarded the Class of who complete twenty-five years of ser­ the Sponsoring Board of the Student Re­ 1924 Cup for the largest percentage of vice to the University. ligious Association returning alumni from a class of the last Retiring faculty members who were A General Alumni Association budget thirty years The President’s Cup for honored are Bertrand F Brann ’09, Pro­ of $26,250 was adopted for the year the largest number of registered alumni fessor of Chemistry, Clarence A. Day, 1953-54 (Continued on Page 13) Editor of the Agricultural Extension Ser­ vice; James A Gannett ’08, University Registrar, Maurice D Jones ’12, Profes­ sor of Agricultural Economics and Farm

Management, and Richard F. Talbot ’07, . • Dairy Specialist of the Agricultural Ex­ ■ s :' i ■ ' tension Service I is* Faculty members who have completed twenty-five years of service and who were honored at the Luncheon are Mrs Sally P Bogan ’27, Circulation Librarian; Herschel L Bricker, Assistant Professor of Speech, Edward N Brush, Professor of Psychology and Dean of Graduate Study; Louis T. Ibbotson, Librarian, Chester A. Jenkins, Professor of Physical Education; Kenneth C Lovejoy ’28, State Club Leader, Agricultural Extension Service; William E Schrumpf T2, Assistant Agri­ cultural Economist of the Agricultural Experiment Station; John E. Stewart ’27, Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Men; and Walter R Whitney, Associate Professor of English An extremely thoughtful and well- Alumni Luncheon—Commencement. Head table (top) and retiring faculty delivered talk on behalf of the 50-Year members who were honored.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 4 JUNE, 1953 Success Story ofJ. 0. Whitcomb ’oo

first school for $20 per month. Father came after me every Friday night and brought me back Sunday. I paid $1.15 per week for my board. In all, I taught school for six years. In my last term, while I was a high school principal, I met the sweetest girl in all the world, one of my pupils, who has been my be­ loved companion for more than fifty-two years. Amateur Book Salesman “I taught school two years after gradu­ ating from the East Maine Conference Seminary My purpose was to go on to college and prepare myself for law as soon as I could afford it So in the Fall of 1896 I entered the University of Maine. J. O. Whitcomb in 1907 In the Spring of 1897 a fine-mannered J. O. Whitcomb in 1953 gentleman met me in the street and (Editor’s Note. As a personal success the chain fishing, but the watch is before asked where he could find a catalog of stoiy, the factual record of J O. Whit­ me as I write. For four summers while I the University I was near my room and comb’s 1900 careei is more interesting was in college I averaged better than two said, ‘Come with me to my room, and than many works of fiction. The follow­ orders out of every three calls. I will give you one.’ He asked me what ing hiief outline of his expei lence, origi­ I did summers. I told him I worked on Beware Of Fine Print nally published bv The Fiontier Press a farm. He asked me how I would like Company of Buffalo, related mainly in “In connection with my college studies to sell books I laughed at him and told his own words, covei s a long period of during my senior year, I sold insurance him that they had been trying to hire me changing times and conditions tliiough for an insurance company in the sum of to do that for four years, but that I which he continued steadfastly tn the $40,000. In April the state manager had couldn't sell books. He said, ‘You know, caieei he had chosen His reminiscences a big banquet for his salesmen and asked there are several men here who are pay­ will also leflect something of the un­ me to come early for an interview. I usual peisonahty which contiibuted to ing every dollar of their college expenses did, and he offered me a contract for selling books How do you know that his success and his high standing in his $100 a month and expenses. I accepted, community ) you can’t do it as well as they can? If but when he dictated the contract to his you can do it, you can’t afford to work secietary I noticed that he put in a clause HEN I was a small boy my grand­ on a farm. If you can’t do it, you can that I was to pay myself out of my col­ W mother gave me eleven cents for go back to the farm. It won’t take you lections. It was the kind of supplemen­ knitting a pair of suspenders for mylong to find out, and if you try, you’ll tary clause that shyster organizations uncle. I recall this incident of my Maine have two chances instead of one ’ His put in fine print. His secretary said, ‘That boyhood vividly because it was the first logic appealed to me, and I signed up is not what jour original offer called for.’ money I ever earned then and there. He jumped up, pounded the table and “One winter I cut cordwood for a “When I went home my father and oideied her out of the room I told her neighbor I had supper, night’s lodging mother said, ‘What a fool you are to run that I had noticed it, too, and that I and breakfast at home Then I would over the country imposing on people could see he was trying to put something start out at daylight, walk three miles when you could stay at home and earn over on a green college boy. I told him into the forest, and cut wood till dark. something.’ As a matter of fact, I felt I wouldn’t work for him for $100 a week I received twenty-five cents a day, and the same way they did, but I said, ‘You guaranteed and paid every Saturday thought I was making money. have always taught me to do as I agreed, night. That is how near I came to being “Another winter I bought some stand­ so I’ve got to try it ’ They said, ‘Of an insurance salesman. ing timber about seven miles from home couise you’ve got to try it, but you will At daylight I took my horse and sled be back in plenty of time to help with Back To The Book Business and went to the forest, cut wood till daik the hay.’ I thought I would, too, but “The King Richardson Company had and took it home The next morning I anyway, I jumped onto my bicycle and tried to hire me for two years while I would take the load six miles to Belfast rode 100 miles through the Maine woods was at the Seminary and for three years (Maine), stand in the square in zeio into the potato countiy and went to while 1 was in college. They heard weather, kick my boots against the work. The first week I made $47 00, about my attending the insurance sales­ runners to keep my feet from freezing, more than half as much as I had ever men's banquet and asked me to meet and spend 5

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 5 JUNE, 1953 Maine"

By Ralph H. Clark ’54 types of weather, has the distinction of Homer, Marsden Hartley, Frederick being a painter’s paradise, offering natu­ Waugh, Alexander Bower, and many HE unusual weather of Maine has ral, unspoiled beauty with its clear, un­ others ” long been a point for argument and molested air. Tdiscussion, both within the state’s borders Galleries which have cooperated by The way of life in Maine is unsophisti­ and across the nation. No single group of lending pictures and graphic arts are the residents is more aware of this than the cated, and its industry and commerce, Downtown Gallery, the Milch Gallery, many artists and painters who live and uninhibited Sparse settlement, with an the Kennedy Galleries, the Midtown Gal­ work here, in all seasons. offering of many nearly inaccessible lery, and Macbeth Gallery, all in New places, makes Maine an ideal haven for York City For the first time in its history, the urban studios which are close enough to The exhibition will continue through University brings together, this summer, reach these locations. an exhibition comprised of thirty paint­ the Summer Session and will end August ings and graphic arts selected from the The violence and dramatics of Maine 15 weather, with its sudden climatic changes, collections of these artists The exhibi­ is perhaps one of the greatest attractions tion, “Artists of Maine,” in the Louis of the Maine scene The rugged character Oakes Room of the Library, opened on HARTGEN EXHIBIT of the coast—its broken rocks, granite June 1. walls, high tides, and small fishing vil­ An exhibit of the impressionistic water­ Among the artists exhibiting works lages—is found in numerous paintings colors of Vincent A Hartgen, head of are John Marin, who received an honor­ in the exhibition. the art department, was held at the ary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree in Many of the exhibiting artists have Theta Chi fraternity house, May 10-16 1950 from the University of Maine, achieved international and national fame I he exhibition opened with a coffee Carol Bates, Alexander Bower, Bradford through their paintings of the Maine at the fraternity house Sunday evening, Brown Syd Browne. Mildred Burrage, scene May 10 Stephen Etnier, Willard Cummings, Fran­ Mr Hartgen has presented one-man cis Hamabe, Dahlov Ipcar, Merle James, In the past, Maine has given to pos­ shows in Philadelphia, Washington, D C , Francis Merritt, John Muench, Emily terity some of the most important artists Baltimore, and New York Muir, William Muir, Waldo Peirce, in American art The works of the William Shevis, Carl Sprinchorn, Wil­ thirty artists in the Louis Oakes Room Charles F Virtue, of the philosophy liam Thon, Edward Turner, Cadwal- exhibition would suggest that Maine is to department, says of Hartgen’s work, lader Washburn, Denny Winters, Andrew continue this important reputation ' Vincent Hartgen’s watercolors thrust Wyeth, Marguerite Zorach, William Professor Vincent A Hartgen, director and sway with the elemental power of Zorach, Stow Wengenroth, James D. of the art department, said, “Exhibitions nature itself Havens, Leo Meissner. Joseph Sims, and like ‘Artists of Maine’ cause us to stop “Hartgen’s profound empathetic re­ Carroll Berry. for a moment in our busy lives to take sponse to nature is not limited to sym­ Each artist has been invited to exhibit note of art history which is in the making pathy with physical force” one painting, representative of his style, before our eyes, in our very communities thus producing a cross section study of Certainly, many of the artists included in the many techniques in action in the state this group are slated for inclusion on the AWARD NOMINATIONS today. growing list of famous American painters The State of Maine, with its varied who have lived in Maine Winslow Nominations for the Black Bear Awards should be sent to the Alumni Secretary prior to October 1, so that they may be given to the selection committee to be appoint­ ed by the President of the General Alumni Association The awards will be made at the Homecoming Luncheon on November 7 The award recognizes the “devo­ tion and loyalty to the high tradi­ tions of the University of Maine” and may be given to any alumnus or alumna, faculty member, or friend of the University. As many as three awards may be made in a year Nominations should briefly state how the nominees qualify for the award. Previous awards have been made to President Arthur A Hauck, Al­ “Rocks and Sea,” by the late Alexander Bower, has been presented to fred B Lingley ’20, Clifford Patch the University of Maine’s art collection by his widow, Mrs. Alexander Bower, of Arden, Delaware. Mr. Bower was director for 20 years of the L. D. M. ’ll, J Larcom Ober T3, Miss Ad­ Sweat Memorial Art Museum and the School of Fine and Applied Arts, die Weed, Stanley Wallace, and Portland, Maine. lie died August 6, 1952. This painting appears in the John Sealey, Jr ’36. “Artists of Maine” exhibition, which opened June 1 in the Louis Oakes Room of the Library.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 6 JUNE, 1953 FOUNDATION MEETING Raymond H. Fogler of Hastings-on- Alumni Service Emblem Hudson was elected president of the University of Maine Foundation at the The 23rd annual Alumni Service Em­ annual meeting held at the University blem was awarded to Thomas G. Man­ during commencement. Sewall Brown, gan '16 at the Alumni Banquet, June 13, Robert Haskell, and Harold P. Marsh, during the 78th Reunion activities. all of Bangor, and J. Larcom Ober of Mr. Mangan was Androscoggin Coun­ Philadelphia were elected members of ty Area Chairman of Special Gifts for the Foundation. the Memorial Union Building Drive. Assets of the corporation now exceed Under his leadership, his committee ex­ $200,000 according to the report sub­ ceeded its goal by 34%. mitted by Roy A. Ladner, Jr. of Orono, A member of the Alumni Council treasurer of the Foundation. Gifts and since 1944, Mr. Mangan was elected bequests amounting to about $12,000 Vice President of the General Alumni were received during the past year Association at the Annual Meeting held Hazen H. Ayer of Boston, president on June 13. of the Foundation for the past two years, During the past year, he has served as and Thomas N. Weeks of Waterville, Chairman of the highly important Alum­ who have been members of the Founda­ ni Legislative Coordinating Committee. tion for ten years, retired as members An active member and leader in the Uni­ under the clause limiting membership to versity’s Pulp and Paper Foundation, he two five year terms. Robert N. Haskell, has always been a tireless worker in all Thomas Mangan ’16 (left) receives Service Emblem from M. C. Pea­ whose term also expired, was reelected activities of the University and the body ’16. for another term. Alumni Association. Mr. Fogler who was recently ap­ Mr. Mangan has been instrumental in Established in 1930, the Alumni Ser­ pointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, referring candidates for admission to the vice Emblem is awarded in recognition of has long been an active alumnus of the University and has assisted many gradu­ outstanding service through the Alumni University. He is a past president of the ates in occupational placement. Association to the University. High General Alumni Association, president Currently Manager of the Otis Divi­ standards for the award have been set by of his Class of 1915 and a member of sion of the International Paper Company, virtue of the many and varied devoted many important alumni committees, in­ Mr. Mangan resides in Livermore Falls. services rendered by each who has re­ cluding chairman of the Union Building He received the B.S. degree in Civil ceived the Service Emblem. The highest Fund Committee which raised funds for Engineering in 1916, and is a member award of the Alumni Association, it has the Memorial Union at the University of Sigma Nu Fraternity. gained high prestige through the years. Mr. Marsh, engaged in the investment securities business, is a member of the Class of 1909 and an active alumnus of the University. He had previously been Union Building Dedicated a member of the Foundation. Sewall A capacity audience witnessed the “Truly significant is a man who acts Brown is president of the Penobscot Dedication of the new Memorial Union for a cause when the spirit is sure, when Savings Bank and formerly assisted the on Alumni Day, June 13. The Dedica­ duty and destiny are one! In the eternal late Ralph Whittier in handling the tion was held in the Maine Lounge of quest for proof of meaning and purpose Foundation funds when he was treasurer the Memorial. in life, a bright light shines at the time of the corporation. Mr Ober, a gradu­ Dedication addresses were given by and place where a man dies in the faith ate of the University, Class of 1913, is Raymond H. Fogler ’15, Chairman of the in which he lived, for the cause which vice president of the Scott Paper Com­ Union Building Fund Committee, and his traditions and training made a part pany and a former member of the Alum­ President Arthur A. Hauck. Retiring of his character. Here are the brighter ni Council. He is one of the leaders in General Alumni Association President, beacons in the aspiration of the human the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Myron C. Peabody '16, presided at the spirit, where vision and action meet and Foundation. Dedication. merge in a force of example to inspire The University Board of Trustees ap­ Speaking for the students during the the surviving companies in the march to­ pointed Raymond W. Davis of Guilford, ceremonies was William D. Hirst ’53, ward their own fulfilment. Mrs. Clarence C Little of Bar Harbor, President of the General Student Senate. “These are such men. The reward Frank P Preti of Portland, and Harold Harold J. Shaw ’14 gave the response they earned is ours in trust, to administer J. Shaw of Sanford as the Trustee mem­ for the University Trustees. The Invo­ in peace and good-will with a zeal like bers of the Foundation for 1953-54. cation was given by the Rev. Lionel L. theirs in arms, in a manner worthy of Officers elected in addition to Mr. Fog­ Desjardines ’34; the Prayer by the Rev. their highest hopes.” ler were Roy A. Ladner, Jr, of Orono, Frederick H. Thompson ’28, and the Dr. Hauck said, “I would call your at­ treasurer, and Charles E. Crossland as Benediction by Rabbi Milton Elefant. tention in particular to the phrase— secretary. Mr. Fogler, Curtis N. Hutch­ Musical groups composed of graduat­ ‘Where vision and action meet and merge ins, Otto H. Nelson, and Ballard F. ing seniors and underclassmen offered in a force of example to inspire the sur­ Keith, all of Bangor, and Raymond W. selections during the program. viving companies.’ This building not Davis of Guilford were elected directors In his address, President Hauck quoted only memorializes this ideal among the for the next year. the tribute paid to these Gold Stars by noble dead; it is exemplified among the The University of Maine Foundation Edward E. Chase ’13. This tribute which living. Our alumni, our students, our was organized to receive and manage is to be found in the Book of Memory faculty, and our many friends have for gifts, bequests and trusts for the benefit in the Memorial Room of the Union years envisioned the values this building of the University of Maine follows: would bring to the campus ”

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 7 JUNE, 1953 1885—James N. Hart 1888—John W Hatch 1890— George P. Gould, A C Hardison, Frederick G Quincy . . . RETURNING 1891— W. N Patten, William A. Valen­ tine 1893— Harry M Smith 1894— James E Harvey ler, H Walter Leavitt, Paul F Slocum, Bernie E Plummer, Jr, Theron A. 1895— Harold S Boardman, Charles D. Robert F Thurrell Sparrow, Ellen Myers Stevens, Willard Thomas 1916— Langdon F Andrews, Frances E Strong, Ruth Waterhouse Strong, 1896— Loie A Rogers, Charles P Wes­ Dugan Carleton, L M Dorsey, May­ Harry S Wiswell, Ruth Savage Wis- ton nard F Jordan, Lewis H Kriger, well 1897— Geoige W Bass, A J. Patten, Julius H Knttcr, T G Mangan, A A 1925— Marcia Edgerton Bailey, Chester Byron F Porter Packard, Myron Peabody, Frederick A Baker, Norris C Clements, L C 1898— C. P. Webster Bounce, C. Parker Robie, O F Tari, Thomas N Weeks Jenness. Frances Perkins Lincoln, Crowell, Leroy E Dow, A. D. T. 1917— Lilian Hunt Bolton. S C Cheney, Frank L Lincoln, Louise Quincy Lord, Libby, Rena Whitcomb Charles E Crossland. F D Crowell, John L McCobb, Leona Reed Mc­ 1899— Leonard H Ford, William A. Frank A French, Clyde F Mower, Donald, J M Murray, Velma K Murray, Edward E. Palmer Frank O Stephens Oliver, Mildred Brown Schrumpf, 1900— Edwin J. Mann, Fred H. Vose, 1918— Frank O Alley, Joseph T Beck, Dearborn Stevens, Mary Waterhouse R M Walker, Benjamin T. Weston Thomas W Borjesson, Carl F Brugge, 1926— Maurice H Burr, Wallace H 1901— Fred L Martin George C Cameron, George M Car­ Flhott, Spofford Giddings, F J Mc­ 1902— Nathan H Adams, Walter H. El­ ter. W J Creamer, Mark V Crockett, Donald, Robert H Noyes, Leone Da­ dridge, Alpheus C. Lyon, A. E Silver W S Evans, Francis Head, Everett kin Nutting, Emily Pendleton. Robert 1903— John W Adams, W. B. Burns, Le­ F F Libby, Phil W Lown. Edward A P Rich, William W Rich, Bernice roy M Coffin, Guy B. Fitz, Henry H. MacLean, Horace G Morse, Clayton Purinton Webster, Beulah O Wells Haines, John H Hilliard, Warren C A Storer, George W Sullivan, Harold 1927— Harold O Barker. Sally Palmer Loud. Stephen E. Patrick, Ernest A. C. Swift, R. C Wentworth, Albert W Bogan, Richard G Clark, Richard C Porter, James L Race, John L Rob­ Wunderly Dolioff, George F Dow, Ernest H bins, Harold V Sheahan, P. D Simp­ 1919— Samuel W. Collins. D B De­ Grant, Annette Matthews, A D Nut­ son, Guy O Small, Harvey D. Whit­ merit. J. Millard Hughey, Harold M ting, Paulyne Rowell, Lucy Farrington ney, Mellen C Wiley Pierce, Ralph A. Wilkins, Kenneth T Sheive. Harry Stern, John E Stewart, 1904— Clifford G. Chase, Harold F Wooster Edith O’Connor Thaxter, Iva Stanley French, Leslie E Little, Albert L 1920— Stephen R Buzzell, Florence Waring, Farle R Webster, Peggy Pre­ Whipple Chandler Clark, Grace Tripp Foster, ble Webster, Ardis Woodard Wortman 1905— Harry Beale, H A. Hilton, A W Elizabeth Chase Hamlin, Lawrence P 1928— Russell M Bailey, Horace E Bell, Sprague Libby, Alfred B Lingley, W A Park, Neil Bishop, John B Calkin, Margue­ 1906— Henry W Bearce, Harry A Lena Page Spaulding, Harry D Wat­ rite Marston Churchill Svdney S De­ Emery, Earle R Richards son Beck, Frdine Besse Dolioff. George F 1907— Bennett R Connell, Emerson 1921— Rena Campbell Bowles, Fred H Dudley, Thelma Perkins Dudley, Fran­ Lambe, Karl MacDonald, Heber P Brown, George S Ginsberg, Edith cis G Fitzpatrick, Mabel Kirkpatrick Purington, R F Talbot, A P. Wyman Deering Hughe}, Emilie Kritter Jos- Folom. Russell E Foster, David W 1908— Elou L Brown, Dan Chase, Bell sclyn, Florence Morrill Kellev, 1 m- Fuller, Marv Burns Gas, Vinetta Harris Cobb, Will A Cobb, A G wood J Kelley, Dorothy Smith Mc­ Whitehouse Geddy, Frances Fuller Durgin, James P Farnsworth, F. W Donald, Katherine D Stewart, Haro'd Giddings, Harry R Hartman, Wilson Fessenden, Burton E Flanders, James B Svvicker, J Fred Tingley S Harden, Matthew E Highlands, A Gannett, Ballard F. Keith, Stacy C 1922— Arthur M Bowker, Henry Carey. Harold E Ingalls Virginia Smith Lanpher, Paul Libby, Leslie R Lord, William D Connon, Errol L Dear­ Lamb, Clarence R 1 ibby, Kenneth C Carlton H Macomber, James J Mor­ born, Jerome B Gantmer, Lynwood S Lovejoy, Nelson I Manter, Harold rison, F Forrest Pease, Alice Farns­ Hatch, Wyman E Hawkes, Minnie A Medeiros, Frederick L Moulton, worth Phillips, Leslie W Sargent, Norcll Libby, Stacv R Miller, Fstellc Howard R Norton, Carroll P Osgood, Merle A Sturtevant, Warren D Trask, Nason, Ruth Shepherd Slater, Philip Albert M Parker, Pat Peakes, Byron E N Vickery R White B Porter, William S Reid, Ralph T 1909— Bertrand F Brann, Fred D 1923— Chester J Austin, George V Robertson. Katharine Larchar Savage, Knight, H W Smith Blanchard, T S. Curtis, Cora Russell Robert F Scott, Barbara Pierce Sko- 1910— Leroy W Ames, A K Gardner, Doten, Henry L Doten, William M field, Linwood F Snider, R P Thax­ Edith M Patch, Charles E Stickney Foss, David W Hoyt, Flsie Perry ter, Frederick H Thompson, John W 1911— George D Bearce, Margaret Mc­ Hoyt, C Roger Lappin, Guy O Mat­ True, Matthew Williams, Eldwin A Manus Carroll, Raymond W Davis, thews, Howard H Randlettc, Ruth Wixson, Hope Craig Wixson. H Larry Avery C Hammond. William Hilton, Spear Rich, Elizabeth Ring, Antoinette Wooster H Homans, Forrest P Kingsbury, Cliff Gould Torrey, Cecil A Ware, Martha 1929— Myrtle Walker Dow, Harold S Patch, E R Tobey, Ben Whitney Sanborn White, Arthur E Wilson, Folsom, Beatrice Bryenton Heal, Ra­ 1912— A F Amadon, William R. Ballou, Walter O Wilson mona Poley Highlands, Barbara John­ Hazel Mariner Buzzell, Robert L Buz- 1924— Hazen H Ayer, Philip A Harri­ son, Alice Lincoln Leanhard, Mary zell, A E. Crabtree, A L Deering, man, George E Lord, Philip T Oak, Robinson McClure, Ruth Meservey, Lloyd E Houghton, Austin W Jones, Bettina Brown Moulton, Mary F Edward M Partridge, William E Reed, Oscar Webb, Ruby C Williams Schrumpf, Celia Coffin Thompson 1930— Frank C Brown, Bee Carter 1913— Forrest B Ames, Maurice C Bird, Professor Raymond E. Davis, a Cushman, Elizabeth A Mason, Horace Philip S. Bolton, John H. Carleton, A Pratt, Marion E. Rogers member of the Class of 1911, is 1931— Philip J Brockway, Parker G Clifton E Chandler, Edward E. Chase, a co-author of a new book, “Sur­ J E. Church, Myer W Epstein, Dennis Cushman, Louise Durgan Hammons, F Getchell, Frank W Haines, Harold veying, Theory and Practice.” K Jean Kcirstead Huff, Norton H Hamlin, John W. Hart, Dick Hunting­ Davis is now professor of civil Lamb, F S McGuire, Charles E ton, John Littlefield, Carlton G Lutts, engineering at the University of O’Connor, Frank E Patten, Ethel Thomas Sezak, Samuel Sezak, Char­ Walter F. Maddison, Allan F McAl- California. ary, William H Merrill, J Larcom lotte Cleaves Smith, William H Smith, Ober, Edward S Redman, H A Rich­ The book covers fundamental Mabel Lancaster Stewart, William C. ards, Elwyn T Ricker, Ernest T Sav­ relationships and techniques and Wells age, A. F. Sawyer, Walter C. Stone, operations common to all 1932— Marvia Pooler Barry. Muriel Free­ J Atwood Tabor, Hubert M. Ward­ branches of surveying. man Brockway, Rose Cox Goldsmith, well, Chester A Wescott, Antoinette W. C Libby. Ross Masterman, Hugh Webb Wheaton Francis S. Foote, professor of H Morton, Edith Talbot Ness, Win­ 1914— Estelle I. Beaupre, Marion Buz­ railroad engineering at the Uni­ ston C. Robbins, Mollie Rubin Stern, zell, Howe W. Hall, Arthur C Libby, versity of California, is the co­ Joseph R Zottoli Harold J. Shaw, Frederick S Youngs author. 1933— Clark L Abbott, Merrita Dunn 1915— Ava H. Chadbourne, Harold Anderson, Helen Hilton Bailey, Mari­ Cooper, Neal A. Donahue, R. H. Fog- on Ladner Bailey, Stephen A Barry,

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 8 JUNE, 1953 Finney, William R. Flora, Eric H. Hanson, Robert W. Hill, Richard W. Lutts, Olivia Stickney McCrum, Pau­ ALUMNI. . . line True Moulton, Willard R. Moul­ ton, Melvin L. Naseck, Henry Plate, Jessie Cowie Ramsay, Morna Kimball Clarence H. Biadbury, Mary Scott Crossman Chase, Sumner A. Clavene, Rawcliffe, Roger Thurrell, Warren Bratton, William L. Bratton, Samuel Basil C. Clements, Virginia Conant, Williams H. Calderwood, Ruth Callaghan De- Howard A. Crosby, Frances M Dono­ 1949— Verna Wallace Andrews, John Coteau, Dorothy Findlay Carnochan, van, William N. Ellis, Vernon C. Else- Ballou, Ralph E. Barnett, Jayne Han­ Marian A. Carter, I. H. Clement, Ger­ more, Bernard A Etzel, Edward F. son Bartley, Robert S. Capers, Jr., trude Dorr Cleveland, Pauline Siegel Etzel, Louise Hoyt Findlen, Frances Robert B. Caswell, Kenneth B. Fobes, Cole, Grace Quarrmgton Corey, Helen Nelson Fink, Henry H. Fogler, Bu­ Robert S. Gilchrist, Donald E. Hobbs, Findlay Cousins, Lillian Segal Cutler, ford Grant, Peg Church Grisham, Roy C. Huff, William G. Ramsay, Thomas J. Desmond, John P. Doyle, Phillip L. Hamm, Mary Hempstead Thelma Crossland Robie, William S. John H. Elmore, Walter B. Fitzgerald, Hemman, David G. Hempstead, Eu­ Skolfield, Charlotte Harris Treworgy, Arthur T. Forrestall, Phyllis Webber gene R. Hussey, William S Jameson, Harry T. Treworgy, Ralph Walker Frost, Edwin L. Giddings, George Barbara Sterns Johnson, Philip E. 1950— Albert L. Andrews, Frederick An­ Ghckman, Edward G. Haggett, Jr., Johnson, John D. Kelley, Earl B. Lang­ drews, Robert L. Arnold, Richard Swen E Hallgren, Miriam Hanaburgh, ley, Jean Kimball Larsen, Donald W. Bleakney, William E. Bodwell, O. Blanche I. Henry, Raymond A. Jack- Libby, Eileen Butler Lind, Joanne David Boutilier, Steve Clark, Con­ son, Emmons E. Kingsbury, Elizabeth Solie Logan, Freda Flanders Lycette, stance Drew Darrah, Sylvia Dartnell, Hilliker LaFrance, Manon Smart Dick­ Robert C. Lycette, Dwight C. Moody, Everett W. Dunton, Robert P. Finney, son, Herbert W Lewis, Elizabeth Try­ Frances Drew Moody, Margaret Mos- F. Blame Hawkes, Clyde Hayward, on Libby, James W. McClure, Gregg cone, Martha Hodgkins Page, Malcolm Martha Fogler Hobbs, Harold W. C. McLeod, Forest K. Moors, Marjorie Peckham, Richard M. Pierce, Lloyd Howard, Paulyn Cheney Howard, Moulton Murphy, M. Josephine Mutty, F. Quint, Bion E. Reynolds, Winona Hebbert J. Hurme, Chester N. Ken­ Elizabeth Barrows Pendleton, Robert Cole Sawyer, Wentworth H. Scho­ nedy, Margaret Mollison, Roland G. E. Pendleton, Julius Pike, Evelyn field, Johan Selmer-Larsen, Jr, Paul Murdock, Joseph B. Oppenheim, Rob­ Plummer Miller, Ted Prescott, Louise Smith, Donald V. Taverner, Olive ert B. Rhoads, Caroline Strong, Julian Hill Robbins, Ralph H Sawyer, Rus­ Rowell Taverner, Bernice Thompson, W. Turner, Philip R. White, Jr. sell W. Shaw, R W Stubbert, William Harry Tourtillotte, G. A. Watson, 1951— Vernon G. Ames, Phyllis Atwood, W. Thompson, Margaret Ward Hart, Beverly D. Weatherby, June Williams, Robert C. Boothby, Phyllis Osgood Eleanor West Yerxa, Muriel Whitman, Robert C. Worrick, Richard H Youl- Boutilier, Chester C. Buck, Mary John F Wilson, Eleanor Cushing Was- den, Keith E Young Crockett, John K. Dineen, Stanley H. gatt, Wesley N. Wasgatt, Robert A. 1944— Margaret E. McCurdy Cook, Eddy, Millard A. Fairley, Jr., Ruth Zottoli Elizabeth Emery Etzel, Joseph P Find- Wentworth Gilchrist, John A. Glew, 1934— Merton E Cleveland, Lionel L. ien, Margaret M. Gallagher, Waldo M. Jeanette E. Haley, Rosemary White Desjardins, Orissa Frost Kingsbury, Libbey, Claudia Scammon Nibeck Harris, Stephen S. Hopkinson, Emma- C C. Little, Al Lyon, Ken Parsons, 1945— Margaret Burrill Hempstead Louise Ingraham, Henry L. Laskey, Margaret Whitcomb Smith, A. J Stein, 1946— Mary Spangler Eddy, Robert H. Charles E. Libbey, Laurence McCrum, Lillian F Wall Eddy, Marion Crocker Kennedy, Eve­ Mary Belle Tufts McNabb, Marjorie 1935— Frank W. Myers, Etta Grange lyn Young Robbins, Gayle McLaughlin M. Merchant, James J. Mooney, Rita Sawyer Shirley, Shirley Hathaway Sibley Conti Murdock, Inge M. Nachum, 1936— John S. Getchell, Ruth Hinckley 1947— Bun Bartley, Barbara Weick Flora, Edith Curtis Partridge, Vernon D. McLaughlin, Virginia Palmer Parsons, Phyllis Jordan Hanson, Avis E. Perry, Alan H. Plaisted, Lawrence M. John Sealey, Jr, Harold M. Woodbury Hughey, Barbara McNeil Marsanskis, Potter, David W. Powers, Joan Pray, 1937— E. H Bates, M. Eileen Cassidy, Robert H. Patten, Stella Borkowski Winifred Ramsdell, Harvey Sawyer, Edward O Merrill, Barbara Lancaster Patten, Edward A. Race, Joan Am­ Dean Maik R. Shibles, Clair Shirley, Raymond, Alice R Stewart brose Shaw, Muriel Polley Sleeper Natalie E Tair, Rena M Thorndike, 1938— Marjorie Thompson Allen, Jean 1948— Mary-Giace Tibbetts Bean, Ralph Hilda L. Ward, Robert P Wilson Kent Belding, Duncan Cotting, Mar­ L. Bean, Roland J. A. Bouchard, 1952— Doloies H. Amergian, Thelma jorie Lynds Cotting, Mildied E. Dau- Nicholas P Brountas, Robert L Arseneault, Joan Ames Chase, Albert phinee, Mary Wright Donnini, Robert Browne, Mary Day Caswell, James H E. Erickson, Greg Macfarlan. Arthur L. Fuller, Mary-Hale Sutton Furman, Dana, James F. Donovan, Ruth Preble W. Reynolds, Harold E. Snow Richard W. Gerry, A Stanley Getchell, Howard M Goodwin, John R Gowell, Harold Grodinsky, John D Haggett, SUMMER SESSION WOODSMEN’S WEEK END Mary-Helen Raye Hardie, Waldo F. Hardison, Gerald F. Hart, Marjorie Dean Mark R Shibles, director of the Eight teams from five colleges and uni­ Thompson Hart, Robert W Harvey, Summer Session at the University which versities competed in the Woodsmens Raymond P McGinley, Ruthe Seivey will extend fiom July 6 to August 14, Week End at the University, May 9-10. McGinley, Harold H McKeon, Evelyn Dartmouth College won the events, with Adriance Miles, Eloise Hutchinson announced a series of assemblies and Myers, Catherine L. Rowe, Buzz Shei- evening piograms which are being sched­ Maine placing a close second. ry, Arthur G. Smith, Bettina Bruce uled throughout the session. Twelve events were scheduled for the Smith, Elizabeth Mitchell Smith, James two days of activities, which include fly S Stanley, Norman H. Thompson, Speakers scheduled include Dr Louis Allen D. Trask, Arnold L. Veague, E. Raths, professor of education at New and bait casting for distance and accura­ Richard S. Waldron, Roland M. Wirths York University; Dr. Wilbert Snow, pro- cy, crosscut sawing, buck sawing, split­ 1939— William C. Darroch, Mary Orr fessoi of English at Wesleyan University; ting, chopping, pulpwood throwing, log­ Devitt, Herbert A. Leonard, Manon Dr. Charles F. Phillips, president of rolling, and various obstacle canoeing Dunbar Thompson, David W. Traffoid 1940— James A. Harmon Bates College; and Dr. Harm Harms, events. 1941— Amy Wood Harvey, Hilda Rowe professor of education at Capital Uni­ Two teams each were entered by the Marvin, Elizabeth McAlary Pease, versity, Columbus, Ohio. Middlebury College Mountain Club, Dorcus Jewell Schofield, C. B Smith, Dartmouth College Outing Club, and Jr, Julia S. Smith, Alice Christie The Camden Hills Theatre Group and Weatherby, T. Russell Woolley the New York Trio are also included in University of Maine Outing Club. One 1942— F L. Bull, John E Fink, Beth the summer program. team each were entered by McGill Uni­ Stone Gray, Bette Barker Kilpatrick, Over 160 courses ranging from art to versity Outing Club and Kimball Union Warren B Randall, Erna Davis Went­ Academy. worth speech will be offered during the Summer 1943— Charles D. Allen, Helena Carroll Session. The May 25 issue of Time magazine Anthony, Franklin Austin, J. Maynard Registration for the Session will take included in its sport section a complete Austin, Otis Bacon, George D. Bearce, place on July 6 and classes will begin on stoiy with pictures of the Maine week Jr, Doiothy MacLeod Bedard, Walter end. H. Brady, Donald V. Brown, Mary July 7. JUNE, 1953 THE MAINE ALUMNUS 9 Ward Rhemlander ’42, President, Mary Hempstead Hemman ’43, Vice President, The .Local Hilda Ward ’51, Recording Secretary, Mary Jane Crockett ’51, Corresponding Secretary, Jennie Bridges McNeilly '43, ASSOCIATIONS Treasurer, and Venora Stinchfield Dow ’39, Program Chairman 0 Portland Alumnae— In addition to discussing recent de­ W ashington, D. C., Alumni— velopments at the University, Dean Mur­ At the Annual Meeting of the Portland I he Washington, D. C., Alumni report Alumnae, held last month, the following ray showed colored slides of campus scenes and activities to the attendidng that their annual meeting was held on officers were elected for the coming year March 19 at the John Letts House President, Mrs Lloyd Norton ’41, Vice alumni Dr Robert Chandler ’29, President of Speaker for this meeting was Edward P President. Mrs Thomas Hennessy, Jr. Morgan, Attorney and former counsel ’46. Secretary, Mrs. William Chandler the group, presided at this dinner meet­ ing for the Tydmgs Committee ’41. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs Ralph 1 he group elected the following offi­ Richards, ’40. Treasuier, Mrs Lawrence Lex* iston-Auhurn Alumnae— cers for the coming year* President. Sweetser Donald Goodwin ’43 Vice President, 0 Reports from the Lewiston-Auburn Knox County Alumni— Alumnae indicate that a successful Tea Miss Kay Mills ’47, Secretary, Miss Kay George '47 Assistant Secretary, Miss M The annual meeting of the Knox for undergraduate women was held at Cecile Pinette '42 and Donald Bryan County Alumni was held in Camden on the home of Mrs Oscal Hahnel ’49 on ’43, Treasurer May 15 with J. Weldon Russell '32 pre­ March 28. with Miss Carol Andrews as 1 he Washington Alumni held their siding Feature speaker of the evening General Chairman on Arrangements annual picnic on May 31 at the Naval was Philip J. Brockway ’31, Director of Regular meetings of the Lewiston- Ordnance Laboratory Picnic Grounds. Student Aid and Placement at the Uni­ Auburn Alumnae were held on April 28 While no major meetings are planned versity Also present and speaking briefly and May 26 duiing the summer, the executive com­ was Don Taverner '43, Alumni Secretary. mittee plans to meet periodically during Officers elected for the coming year Vermont Alumni— the summer to plan next year’s programs were Domenic P. Cuccinello ’48. Presi­ The annual meeting of the Vermont dent, Leonard N Harlow '48, Vice Presi­ Alumni was held in Springfield, Vermont, North Shore Alumni— dent, and Mrs Albert M Harjula '48. on May 15 with President Mrs Merrill Secretary-Treasurer. Henderson ’25 presiding After a preliminary meeting, the North Guest and speaker at this meeting was Shore (Mass) Alumni met in Salem, Bangor Alumnae— Percy F Crane, Director of Admissions Mass , on May 20 and voted to officially The Bangor Alumnae, meeting for at the University Not only did Mr organize Both the preliminary and or­ their annual meeting on May 14 at the Crane discuss campus activities and de­ ganizational meetings were largely at­ Lucerne Inn, elected the following offi­ velopments, but he also brought several tended and considerable interest and cers for the year 1953-54- President. University publications and Bangor news­ enthusiasm in the new group was ex­ Mrs Waldron Sawyer ’43. 1st Vice papers for the interest of the group pressed by the attending members President, Miss Paulene Dunn ’30, 2nd Speaker at the May 20 meeting was Vice President, Mrs. Orissa Kingsbury Boston Alumnae— Don Taverner ’43, Alumni Secretary. ’34, Secretary, Mrs. Philip Shaw ’47. and With retiring president, Mrs John Fur­ The following officers were elected as the Treasurer. Miss Margaret Gallagher ’44 man ’38, presiding, the Boston Alumnae first slate for the new local alumni as­ held their annual meeting in Cambridge sociation* Ervin Arbo ’40, President, Southern New Hampshire— on May 7 Miss Betty Hempstead ’49 Samuel Swasey ’36, Vice President, Enid Dean Joseph Murray ’25 was the was speaker and told of her experiences Tozier '43, Secretary, Jeanette Bonville speaker at the spring meeting of the in India where she taught for several '40, Treasurer, and Alfred Hutchinson Southern New Hampshire Alumni which years. '44, Publicity Chairman was held on May 1. New officers elected were- Eleanor Southwestern Connecticut Alumni— The Annual Alumni Picnic of the Southwestern Connecticut Alumni Asso­ ciation will be held on June 27 at the 90 Acres Park in Bridgeport The New York Alumni are joining with the Connecticut group this year to make this annually successful event the outstanding alumni social activity of the year Families will accompany the alum­ ni and many out-door sports are planned.

Western Massachusetts Alumni— On May 21, the Western Massachusetts Alumini met in Springfield with retiring president, Harry W. Candage ’25, pre­ siding Guest and speaker at this meeting was Don Taverner ’43, Alumni Secretary, Baltimore Alumni meet on June 10. (Continued on Page 13)

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 19 JUNE, 1953 Monsanto Man Promoted— Monsanto Chemical Company has an­ nounced the promotion in the Styrene dlumni polymerization department of the Plas­ tic Division of Joseph F. Flanagan ’43 NAM€5 in the N€WS to operating superintendent. A native of Bangor, Mr. Flanagan graduated from the University with a head of the Maine Teachers of French, “Our life objective should be to be of bachelor of science degree in chemical and is a director of the Maine Chapter the greatest service to our fellow-men. engineering He joined Monsanto in of the National Association of Teachers We have just one job on earth, and that 1943. | of French. is to help our fellow-men. We are here in only a transitory period, the responsi­ Retires As Superintendent— Appointed Institute President— bilities of which are to make the way A. Scudder Moore ’10 has retired as H. Russell Beatts '27 has been ap­ for our fellow-men happier and more general superintendent of the Brockton pointed as president of Wentworth In­ successful, not only for them, but for Edison Company, Brockton, Mass., after stitute. Mr. Beatty, who has been at the contribution that they too can make 40 years of service. Pratt Institute since 1937, will assume to society,” Mr. Urann said in his speech. Mr. Moore was graduated from Lynn the presidency of Wentworth in Boston 0 English High school and the University on July 1. as an electrical engineer. During his Elected Association Head— college years, he completed the General Mr Beatty holds membership in ASME, Electric course for electrical engineering ASEF, and Tau Beta Pi His revision of Professor Harold E. Bowie ’28, head students. For a brief period he was with “Principles of Industrial Management,” of the department of mathematics at the Cape Breton Electric Company, a published by the Ronald Press, is a stan­ American International College, has been Stone and Webster managed property, dard text in many engineering schools. elected president of the Connecticut Val­ and in 1913 he joined the Brockton Edi­ He was recently elected a director of the ley Section of the New England Associa­ son Company. New Jersey Machine Company. tion of Teachers in Mathematics at a spring meeting held in April. Speaks To Graduates— FBI Man Transferred— Professor Bowie received his Master of Marcus L. Urann ’97, president of the Arts degree in mathematics from the Darrell B. Currie '36, resident Fed­ National Cranberry Association and University in 1932. He was a teaching eral Bureau of Investigation agent in founder of Phi Kappa Phi Society at the Fellow in the mathematics department Bangor for the past seven years, has been University, recently spoke to the Gradu­ from 1931 to 1932 He was an instructor transferred to FBI headquarters in Wash­ ate Students of the University of Massa­ in mathematics and astronomy at the ington. chusetts. University from 1935 to 1938. Mr. Currie joined the FBI in 1942 and worked in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston before becoming Bangor’s resi­ dent agent. Assistant Secretary of the Navy New Post For Moran— John W. Moran ’30 has been named Early this month President Eisen­ public relations diiector of the Bangor hower sent to the Senate the nomi­ Daily News. He was previously sports nation of Raymond H. Fogler T5, editor for that paper. an outstanding Maine alumnus, as Mr. Moran will direct the promotions Assistant Secretary of the Navy. of the paper and the News Charities, such Mr Fogler, who retired last year as the Soap Box Derby, the Parade of as President of the W. T. Grant Quartets, the Home Building Show, and Company, has an alumni record the Fashion shows. unequaled within the great body of Mr. Moran went to the Bangor Daily Maine alumni. Outstanding as an News upon his graduation from the Uni­ undergraduate, Mr. Fogler’s enthu­ versity. He has worked for the Associ­ siastic devotion to the University ated Press in Portland and has served as has been manifested time and time Executive Secretary to Governor Horace again in his alumni activity. Hildreth during the Governor’s adminis­ A past president of the New York tration. Raymond II. Fogler T5 Alumni Association, he is current­ ly president of the Class of 1915. Receives Grant— Having served the General Alumni Association in numerous important positions, he is a past president of the Louis H. Thibodeau ’40 is a recipient General Association. A long time Alumni Council member, he is also past of a grant from the John Hay Whitney president of the University of Maine Foundation. Foundation for a year’s university study. The grant entitles the recipient to follow Mr. Fogler was awarded the Alumni Service Emblem in 1936, and has individually designed programs planned been chairman of the Union Building Fund Committee since its inception to help improve teaching in the humani­ Previously, he was active in the campaigns for the Library and the Memorial ties in his high school. Gymnasium. An instructor in French at Stephens All of Mr. Fogler’s seven children are graduates of Maine, and his four High School in Rumford, Mr. Thibodeau sons are members of Sigma Chi Fraternity, as is he. A native of West Rockport, has taught at the University and received Maine, Mr Fogler is married to the former Mabel Peabody, sister of Myron his master’s degree here in 1950. C. Peabody T6, retiring president of the General Alumni Association. Mr. 1 hibodeau has been appointed

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 11 JUNE, 1953 utive officer of the department of chem­ istry at Brown. In 1951, Dr. Cole was ap­ Campus Comment pointed acting dean of the college From Brown he went to Bowdoin as president. President Arthur A. Hauck announced By Helen Fogel ’53 land, Miss Jessie Fraser, Mrs. John winners of several scholarships The O’Connell, Jr., Mrs. Winthrop C. Libby, Well the time has finally come to say committee in charge of the program was Mrs John E Stewart, Mrs. Raymond Miss Velma Oliver, Phi Kappa Phi. Don­ so long. In another week or so, your Davis, Mrs. Rena Bowles, Mrs. Joseph columnist and several hundred other ald Waterman, Sabattus, Alpha Zeta; M. Murray, Dean Edith G Wilson, Mrs. Arthur Nichol, Biddeford, Tau Beta Pi seniors will be joining you in alumni Alfred K. Gardner and Mrs Donald circles The four years that seemed so Paul Geerinck, Paterson, N J., Xi Sigma Taverner poured. Pi. Dr Geddes Simpson, Phi Beta Kappa long when we looked forward to them In the food service area, “The Bear’s have passed more quickly than most of Elizabeth Ann Connors, Jackman Sta­ Den,” the television set was in operation tion, Near Mathetar, Nancy Kelley, Lew­ us would have wished. and informal music was played in the iston. Omicron Nu, Eugene Sturgeon, As finals end. graduation plans swing Record Room. Orono, Kappa Delta Pi. Prof Jonathan into focus. Most seniors are striving The Union Building opened on its regu­ Biscoe, Sigma Xi, and Neil Littlefield, valiantly to fit in the round of parties lar schedule Monday morning. May 18. Calais, Sigma Pi Sigma and other social events which are part The building will be open from 7am Charles Laughton, famed actor, radio of the whole commencement week. Sat­ to 11 pm and motion picture star was the final urday and Sunday parents will arrive Janice Griswold, Walpole, Mass , was speaker in the University-Community and that means more hustle and bustle, chairman of the opening day program. Lecture Scries Laughton, who is on his cleaning, packing and the final event in Other members on the committee were fifth international tour, presented his the school careers of many of us—the Cynthia Nelson, Portland Chester Cam­ fabulous readings, “An Evening With graduation. bell, Staten Island, N Y., Charles Hussey, Charles Laughton, which have won him a The final weeks have been hectic too. Presque Isle; and Union Building direc­ place of distinction seldom achieved by Open House tor, Nelson B Jones. few who have attempted his type of pro­ With the opening of the Union all stu­ gram. The University held open house at the dent meetings except large music group This final program was presented in new Memorial Union Building May 17 meetings will be at the building the Memorial Gymnasium to accommo­ as a climax to eight years of planning, Scholarship Day date the huge crowd of enthusiastic stu­ studying, fund raising and construction dents, faculty and visitors Laughton pre­ The event came after many disappoint­ President James S Coles of Bowdoin sented a varied program including such ments caused by shortage of materials, College was the speaker at the Annual readings as “Don Juan in Hell,” the Get­ strikes and incidentals. Scholarship Recognition Assembly in tysburg Address and several selections The open house program included May. Inaugurated last October as the from Dickens events to illustrate the type of activities ninth president of Bowdoin College, Dr. The third annual physical education which will be part of the Union Building Coles is well known as a scientist and an demonstration by men and women stu­ program educator. He graduated from Mansfield dents at the University of Maine was held Included was a jazz concert, informal (Pa ) State Teachers’ College and has re­ in the Memorial Gymnasium on Monday, string trio concert, movie selections and ceived graduate degrees from Columbia May 18, at 8.15 pm The demonstration a student recital. University was open to the public. The All-Maine Women, Senior Skulls, He taught at the College of the City Also presented was the Penny Carnival Sophomore Owls and Eagles acted as of New York and Middlebury before review, “Carnival of Comics,” including ushers and assisted the Union Building doing research at the Underwater Explo­ the Modern Dance club, the Square Committee in serving refreshments. sives Research laboratories in Woods Dance club, and the Tumbling club. In the Main Lounge and the Orono Hole, Mass., during the war years The committees for the demonstration Room, tea and punch were served. Mrs. In 1946 he went to Brown University included Stanley Wallace, Marion Rogers, Arthur A. Hauck, Mrs. Charles E Cross­ and the following year was made an exec­ Eileen Cassidy, Catherine Shaw, and Inez Smith, of the Physical Education staff, and Isabella Frazier, Wiscasset, Helen Strong, Augusta, John Beeckel, Wood­ cliff Lake, N. J . and Robert Wallace, Orono, all students Publicity was in charge of Joan Geddy, Warwick, Va., and Jane Ingraham. Au­ gusta invitations, Carol Langlois, Bar­ rington, R. I Open House Several prominent state officials were present for ceremonies which marked the opening of the Atomic Energy Exhibition at the University Thursday, May 7. Governor Burton M. Cross, Sumner Pike, a former member of the Atomic Energy Commission, and General Spaul­ ding Bisbee, state director of Civil De­ fense and Public Safety, were among the prominent officials present for the open­ Prof. T. Russell Woolley ’41 of the speech department is shown award­ ing ceremonies. ing the “mike” awards to Carver Washburn ’54, Mike Boyd ’54, and Ben Pike ’53, left to right. (Contineud on Page 18)

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 12 JUNE, 1953 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS (Continued from Page 10) Alumni Silver Sabre who spoke on the campus year at the University. Officers for the coming year as elected were: S. H. Lull ’38, President; Henry Plate ’48, Vice President; and Merrill Ham ’45, Secretary-Treasurer.

Baltimore (Maryland) Alumni— The annual meeting of the Baltimore Alumni was held at the Park Plaza Hotel on June 10. Baltimore Alumni President, William Lamprell ’45, presided. Guest and speaker at this dinner meet­ ing was Myron C. Peabody '16, President of the University’s General Alumni As­ sociation. Mr. Peabody discussed alumni developments during the past year and their relation to the activities of the Uni­ versity during the corresponding period.

Rockland County (N. Y. ) Alumni— The Rockland County (N. Y.) and Major participants confer following Military Review on May 14. Northern New Jersey group of the Great­ (Left to right) Janies A. Gannett ’08, who was honored at the Review; er New York Alumni held a picnic at George E. Lord ’24, then Vice President of the General Alumni Association, Ringwood Manor State Park in New who presented the Alumni Sabre; Patrick H. Dionne ’53, recipient of 1953 Jersey. Alumni Sabre; Janet E. Marston ’55, Honorary Colonel; Colonel George W. Palmer, Chief of the Inspection Team. This was the first official activity of (Bangor Commercial photo by Fenwick) this new sub-division of the New York Alumni and was highly successful A Patrick H. Dionne, Skowhegan, was made at the review. Maine “Beans and Brown-Bread Dinner” awarded the Alumni Saber May 14 at the Medals were awarded to Paul S. was provided through the courtesy of annual regimental review which was part Richardson, Otter Creek, Outstanding the Burnham and Morrill Company of of the annual formal inspection of the Infantry Cadet; Glenn E Edgerly, Jr., Portland Hallowell, Outstanding Signal Corps Ca­ Arrangements for this picnic were University’s ROTC. The presentation was made by George E. Lord, Orono. det, and Herbert F. Hardy. Jr, Aurora, made by a committee headed by Charles Outstanding Anti-Aaircraft Artillery Ca­ James A. Gannett, retiring registrar Pidacks ’44 det of the University, was the honored guest Other medals were presented to the Local Association Officers— and reviewing official. New Local Association Officers for the outstanding cadets of each class in the Selection of the recipient of the Alum­ three branches of the unit coming year, not previously reported, are ni Saber is based on military leadership, as follows. Maine coeds who served as honorary scholastic record, military bearing, and officers of the regiment assisted Colonel Chicago Alumni—George Kilburn ’17, aptitude. President, Harry Hartman ’28, Vice Curtis D. Renfro, head of the Universi­ President, Mrs. W. J. Pooler ’54, Secre­ Inspecting officers were Colonel George ty’s ROTC unit, in making the awards tary, and George Garland ’48, Treasurer. W Palmer, Colonel Benjamin E. Thurs­ These honorary officers are Janet Mars­ ton, Lt Colonel George W. Putnam, Lt. ton, E Waterford, honorary colonel, Worcester County (Mass.) Alumni— Laurence W. Barrington ’50A, President, Colonel John O'Connell, and Major Jo­ Polly Turner, Wellesley Hills, Mass., William Creighton ’49, Vice President, seph F. Sulkowsky. Dorothy Ann Leonard, Bangor, Joan and Mrs. Laurence Barrington, Secretary- Presentation of the saber to Cadet Stanley, Searsport, and Joyce Hobbs, Treasurer Dionne was one of the many awards Portland, honorary lieutenant colonels. Rhode Island Alumni—Robert Nelson ’45, President, Russell Walton ’35, Vice ALUMNI REUNION was Don Taverner ’43, Alumni Secretary, President, and Mrs Rita S Felice ’34, who discussed the social and fraternal Secretary-Treasurer. (Continued from Page 4) value of the Local Alumni Associations Southern Aroostook Alumni—Clem­ was presented to the Class of 1943. and urged the alumni to enjoy the ad­ ent S Dunning ’43, President; John Perry The featured speaker of the evening vantages of the local Maine groups in ’39, Vice President; Mrs. John F. Does- < at the Alumni Banquet was the Rev. their home areas. cher '45, Secretary-Treasurer. Frederick Thompson ’28. Mr. Thomp­ Alumni returning for the 78th Reunion son’s address was not only entertaining found many and varied activities for FORESTRY SUPPER but carried a vital and thought provoking their enjoyment. From Friday noon Dr J. Miles Gibson, dean of forestry theme. He stressed the importance of through Sunday afternoon, “something at the University of New Brunswick, was college students specializing in order to was doing” every hour. The Alumni the principal speaker at the Foresters’ gain the most from their studies, but Office believes that it speaks for all alum­ Supper, held in April. pointed out that unless we “specialize in ni who attended in thanking Philip J. The supper was held in the New Cafe­ God” along with our occupational speci­ Brockway ’31 and his Commencement teria A large number of students, faculty ality, our accomplishment will be for Committee for the largest and one of members, alumni, and guests were on naught the most successful Alumni Reunions in hand for the affair. Also speaking briefly at the Banquet Maine’s history.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 13 JUNE, 1953 Clhth the ATHLETIC TEAMS

By Perleston Pert, Jr. ’53 play, won two and lost two in Yankee Conference matches and placed second in - S was the case a year ago, only one the annual YC meet. A of the University’s spring athletic teams captured a state title. AWARD BANQUET Coach Charlie Emery’s golfers came One hundred and two varsity and up with another successful defense of freshman athletes and team managers their state championship, while placing were honored at the annual Spring Sports third m Yankee Conference play. It was Awards Banquet at the New Cafeteria the fourth straight state title for the on May 27. Maine linksmen Named honorary freshman captains Ken Lincoln completes record pole Other Sports were Myles A Brown, Wilton, tennis vault leap. Emery B. Howard, Jr, Rockland, golf. In baseball, Coach “Tubby” Raymond's Robert D. Scribner, Jr, Gloverville, varsity won eight and lost five over the state honors. The Bears defeated Colby N Y, baseball; and Richard N Ham­ regular season The Bear pastimers this 16-11 and 23Vi-3’/i, and Bowdoin 14-13 blen, Winthrop, and Peter H Werner, year shared the state crown with Colby and 23!4-3Vi, while losing to Bates New York, N. Y., track. and Bowdoin. 2>/2-6*/2 Captains for next year’s teams are The varsity outdoor track team under Tommy Golden, Augusta, a sopho­ Ernest N Sutton, Lewiston, tennis, Wil­ Coach Chester A Jenkins, completing more, made it a complete victory for liam S. Calkin, Orono, track, Albert L. his twenty-fifth year as track mentor at the Pale Blue team in state competition Noyes, Augusta, golf, Davis E Wiggin, Maine, placed second in the State Meet as he copped the Maine Intercollegiate Oakland, baseball, and Mark W Get- and third in the Yankee Conference Golf Championship chell, Oakland, rifle Meet Amid washouts and cancellations. GOLF BASEBALL Coach Garland Russell’s varsity tennis Only Bates was able to set down the Dave Wiggin. Oakland, again was top squad lost four matches in state series Maine golfers in their successful bid for man at bat on the Black Bear baseball nine The Maine captain-elect, who was ineligible for state series play, hit 429 at the plate this spring, while chalking Ga^L Save. . . . up a perfect fielding average Ellis Bean. South Paris, was second high man at bat with a 375 average, and Your Alumni Association money by sending your alumni dues now before Dave Bates, Newton, Mass, third with 320 the annual request is mailed on September 1. By doing so, you will not only Including games played on the annual be sharing in the Association’s program of “promoting the welfare of the spring trip, the Bear pastimers compiled University” but you will also assure yourself of receiving The Maine Alumnus an overall record of 12 wins against during the coming year. seven losses for the best record for a Maine team in 17 years The Pale Blue Beginning with the first issue of The Alumnus you can be sure of: broke even in Yankee Conference play • Publication on the first of each month with a 2-2 record, and won six while • Top-flight sports and campus news coverage losing to Colby twice and Bowdoin once • Expanded photo coverage in State Series play. • Sketches of outstanding alumni careers Charlie Otterstedt, Chester, N Y , a • Late news of the faculty sophomore, was the club’s leading pitcher • Local Association Meeting reports and calendar with a win-loss record of 4-2 • Class personals • An interesting, informative alumni magazine that will keep you OUTDOOR TRACK “in touch” with what’s new at the University and with your Maine placed second once again to classmates and friends. Bowdoin in the State Outdoor Track Meet held at Brunswick this year The Polar Bears proved unexpectedly power­ ful in racking up 69 points to 36% for Here’s my check for my alumni dues for 1953-54 which includes a subscrip­ Maine Bates made a surprisingly strong tion to The Maine Alumnus. Annual dues $5 (husband and wife $6). third place showing with 31% points, (Sustaining dues $15. and Colby managed to collect six Earlier in the season, the Bears downed Name Class Boston College 59-76 and lost to New Address Hampshire 53%-83%. Ken Lincoln, Arlington, Mass., set a (Continued on Page 19)

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 14 JUNE, 1953 With the FACULTY

A. L. Davis, of the Western Massa­ at Colby College in April. chusetts Electric Company, a graduate Problems dealing with the teaching of of the University in 1916, is serving as freshman English and literature were dis­ chairman of the Power System Com­ cussed. munications Section. Professor Albert M. Turner of the University’s English department presided Named Vice President— over the group meetings. Henry Doten, business manager of the University, has been named first vice Authors Forestry Article— president of the National Association of Arthur G. Randall, associate profes­ Educational Buyers at the 32nd annual sor of forestry, is the author of an ar­ convention of the association. ticle entitled “Administrative Practices on The association is comprised of rep­ Private Commercial Lands” in the May resentatives of more than 900 institutions issue of the Journal of Forestry. of higher education located throughout The article covers a survey which Prof. the United States. Randall has conducted of administrative Mr. Doten served as general chairman practices. Rev. Charles E. O’Connor ’31 of the three-day convention which ended May 9. He also presided at the general Paper Submitted— The Rev. Charles E. O’Connor ’31, di­ session. A paper submitted to the New England rector of the Student Religious Associa­ Section of the American Society for En­ tion at the University, will complete his District Conference— gineering Education by Professor Rich­ duties at the end of the present spring Five members of the physical educa­ ard C. Hill of the mechanical engineer­ semester, it has been announced. tion department attended the Eastern Dis­ ing department has been selected and He will become headmaster at Higgins trict Conference of the American Associ­ forwarded to the regional committee for Classical Institute in Charleston, suc­ ation of Health, Physical Education and further consideration in a national con­ ceeding Philip E. Keith. Recreation in Pittsburgh, Penn., in April. test conducted by the Society. A native of Brooklyn, N Y., Mr. Those attending were Harold M. Wood- The competition is open for papers O’Connor has been at the University bur}, assistant professor of physical edu­ dealing with some phase of improvement since 1942. He attended Bangor schools cation for men, and Miss Marion E. of engineering education. and was graduated from the University Rogers, Miss Eileen Cassidy, Miss Cath­ in 1931. erine F. Shaw, and Miss Inez L. Smith, Attend Eastern Meetings— He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa all of the women’s physical education Three members of the psychology de­ and Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic department. partment attended the annual meetings societies. While an undergraduate at the of the Eastern Psychological Association University, he was active in track, hold­ Attend English Meeting— in Boston in April. Fifteen members of the English de­ Those attending were Dr. Joseph J. ing the state record for the broadjump partment attended a meeting of teachers Antonitis, Jacob Berg, and Jerome M. for ten years. of English from all four Maine colleges He subsequently did graduate work at Seidman. Columbia University, Yale University, and the University of Maine. For several years he taught at Stearns High School in Millinocket, Bangor High Harmon Appointed Registrar School, and was principal at Winter Announcement has been made by President Harbor High School. Arthur A. Hauck of the appointment of James From 1942 to 1950, Mr. O’Connor A. Harmon ’40 as registrar of the University. served as general secretary of the Maine Mr. Harmon, an instructor in mathematics Christian Association at the University. and assistant to the dean of the College of Arts Since 1950 he has served as director of and Sciences, succeeds James A. Gannett ’08, the Student Religious Association who will retire in August after serving the Uni­ He has served since 1945 as advisor versity for 45 years. to the foreign students at the University. A native of Presque Isle, Mr. Harmon pre­ He was assistant to the dean of men pared for college at Presque Isle High School and 1945-1946. Aroostook State Normal School. He was gradu­ Active in YMCA activities, he is a ated from the University in 1940 with a B.S. member of the state YMCA executive degree in education, and has also done graduate committee and is president of the North James A. Harmon ’40 work at the University. Central District, YMCA. His teaching experience includes a year as critic teacher in junior high Northeastern Convention— school work for Aroostook State Normal School, and five years as head of the mathematics department at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. He Professors Walter J. Creamer, Ken­ also served as director of admissions and aide to the superintendent at the neth G. Crabtree, and Philip M. Seal, academy. all members of the electrical engineering He was appointed to the faculty of the University in 1946 as an instructor department of the University, attended the northeastern district convention of in mathematics. He has been assistant to the dean of the College of Arts and the American Institute of Electrical En­ Sciences for the past two years. gineers in Boston in April.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 15 JUNE, 1953 but also because its quality is such as to be a real tribute to the memory of the Annual Trustee Report 181 Maine men to whom it is dedicated. Gifts Many important and interesting devel­ cation which has been offering a two- opments have occurred during the col­ year program (Junior and Senior) will During the past year the University lege year 1952-53 which certainly may offer a four-year program, beginning has received gifts and bequests amount­ be regarded as one of continued progress. next year. (2) Effective July 1, 1953, ing to about $60,000. Included in this Of first importance in the matters con­ there will be a Department of Animal total is final payment creating a fund sidered by the Board of Trustees is the Pathology, which heretofore has been a of $50,000 given by James E. Totman legislative budget request for the next part of Animal Husbandry. Dr. J. F. of the Class of 1916. biennium. First, it should be said that Witter will be head of that department In addition to gifts made directly to the University is operating this year un­ (3) Starting with the fall semester, all the University, the University of Maine der a deficit budget of $135,000. This new advanced ROTC students will take Foundation received nearly $5,000. In money was taken from the rapidly dimin­ General Military Science rather than May it was learned through press an­ ishing Plant Rehabilitation Reserve which specialized courses as heretofore The nouncement that the late Charles E. Gil­ had accrued through careful management specialized training will be given at mili­ bert, Class of 1894, had created a trust, of recent years tary camps This new plan is in line at the termination of which the entire The legislature, which certainly was with general policy and offers our students estate is payable to the University of friendly to the University, appropriated more opportunities to choose one of Maine Foundation. From reliable sources for operating expenses $1,656,616 for many specialized branches of the service it is believed this bequest may approach 1953-54 and a slightly larger amount for rather than just one of the three special­ $1,000,000 which will be the largest the ensuing year This is about 89 per ized courses which have been offered at single gift or bequest ever made for the cent of the original budget request and Maine benefit of the University about 30 per cent more than for the current year. In addition to the appro­ Plant and Equipment The Board of Trustees priation for operations, the legislature While the academic program is of first Two appointments to the Board of appropriated $400,000 towards a new importance in University planning, it is Trustees were made since last June. Dr. men’s dormitory and authorized the Uni­ both desirable and necessary to maintain Herbert G Espy, State Commissioner of versity to borrow a similar amount which the buildings and grounds in good condi­ Education, was named to succeed Har­ will be used to construct a building hav­ tion It is good business to follow this land A Ladd ’28, who died last August ing a capacity of about 250 men, which policy Moreover, if this is not done, the after several years of faithful service. is the number of men who were in the attractiveness for which our University is Frank W Hussey '25 was appointed to temporary North Dormitories last fall. well known would soon disappear. fill the unexpired term of George S Wil­ About sixty alumni, appointed by the Some of the University buildings, con­ liams ’05, who retired under the statute General Alumni Association, rendered spicuously Aubert and Winslow Halls, of age limitation after 12 years as a val­ invaluable service by contacting directly urgently need modernization A small uable member and chairman of the or indirectly most of the members of the start will be made on these buildings this Board legislature in their respective districts. summer. Conclusion These alumni deserve our hearty praise Of particular interest to alumni will be for functioning so effectively in telling the decision to name the so-called “Farm With the closing of this year, our be­ the story of the University needs Road’’ (southern entrance) to the Uni­ loved Dr Arthur Hauck will have served The University budget for 1953-54 versity the “Munson Road” in memory 19 years as president of our University amounts to $4,739,571. of Professor Welton M. Munson who New honors have recently come to him Registration was associated with the Department of in recognition of his constructive leader­ Horticulture 1891-1907 He was largely ship in higher education He was elected The enrollment for 1952 fall semester responsible for the landscaping of the president of the Association of Land was 2,158 men and 768 women, a total campus up to the time he left Maine Grant Colleges and Universities. He has of 2,926. This is about 100 less than been the recipient of two more honorary last year It now appears that the regis­ In 1947 the University built a women’s dormitory southwest of Balentine Hall. degrees, from the University of Florida tration for next fall will be somewhat and the University of Kentucky Only larger than for this year. This building has been known as West Hall Beginning July 1, the name of this time will give us the true perspective of Staff dormitory will be Chadbourne Hall, in the value of President Hauck’s services to our University, but we do know that The size of the teaching and adminis­ honor of Professor Emeritus Ava H. through his friendly, earnest and able trative staff is naturally closely related Chadbourne, Class of 1915, who was a and tireless leadership, he has made an to the size of the registration. The Uni­ teacher of Education at the University for about twenty-five years, and who is indelible imprint on both the University versity has the equivalent of 66 full-time and the State, winning our commenda­ persons less on the staff now than were regarded as an authority on the educa­ tional history of Maine tion and affection employed when the enrollment was at For the privilege of being the first its peak. The Memorial Union alumnae member of the Board of Trus­ A modest increase in the academic sal­ tees, I wish to express to you my appre­ The Memorial Union was opened May ary scale, to become effective for 1953- ciation It has been a great pleasure to 54, was approved. There is keen compe­ 17, 1953, with Nelson B. Jones, former­ serve with Alumni Trustee Harold J. tition among colleges as well as from ly director of the Brown University Shaw and all the other members of the industry for competent teachers. Unfor­ Union, as director. The Trustees are Board tunately, our salary scale is still much proud of this fine building which has al­ We look forward to continued prog­ lower than that of similar institutions. ready become a major influence in the ress during 1953-54. life of the University. We believe alum­ Academic ni generally will share our pride and Respectfully submitted, Three academic developments should enthusiasm in the Union, not only be­ Jessie L Fraser ’31 be mentioned. (1) The School of Edu­ cause of its attractiveness and usefulness, Alumna Trustee

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 16 JUNE, 1953 98TH COMMENCEMENT (Continued from Page 3) of educational activities of the Episcopal Church, and since 1950 as Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, preach­ To the General Alumni Association, the State and 3rd in the Eastern Inter­ ing and teaching with sincerity and University of Maine: collegiate Ski Association meet. effectiveness the principles of the Chris­ On behalf of your representatives on For the seventh consecutive year, tian faith; awarded the degrees of Doc­ the Athletic Board, Clifford Patch ’11, Charlie Emery’s varsity golf team won tor of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Divinity in recognition of inspiring and Donald Corbett ’34, and S. E. Tracy, Jr. the State Intercollegiate team champion­ able leadership. ’41, I hereby submit the annual report ship and a member of his team won the Your alma mater is proud of your for 1952-53. individual State honors. outstanding achievements. With pride This past athletic year has not been The varsity tennis team won 3 matches and pleasure its trustees confer upon you one measured by championship achieve­ the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. and lost 10 scoring 2nd in the Yankee ments, but one whereby Maine men have Conference, while the freshman team RICHARD F. CROCKER ’14 participated in strong competition, for broke even during the season. Native son of Maine; a graduate of the most part, in the State Series and The varsity baseball team, including the University of Maine in the class of Yankee Conference league play. 1914, able teacher and school administra­ their annual southern trip, won 13 games tor whose professional career of almost The varsity football team tied for top while losing 6 with the State Series play 40 years has been spent in devoted ser­ honors with Rhode Island and Connecti­ ending in a three way tie for first place vice to the Madawaska Training School cut in the Yankee Conference and the with Bowdoin, Colby, and Maine. The of Fort Kent, as instructor for 12 years State of Maine championship ended in a and as principal since 1926. freshman baseball team won 4 and lost 1. Respected and admired by his students three-way tie with Bates and Colby. The University was most fortunate in and by the people of the St John’s Val­ The freshman football team lost 3 and retaining the same coaching staff as in ley, his work as educator and civic won 0. The varsity cross-country team the preceding year and looks forward to leader has contributed significantly to won 1 and lost 2 dual meets. The fresh­ another year with the same competent the advancement of education and com­ munity welfare in that area, active work­ man indoor and outdoor track teams went staff. er in educational associations of the State undefeated. The varsity track team This past year for the first time since and Nation who has won the high re­ scored 2nd in the State and 3rd in the World War II ended, the faculty and gard of his professional colleagues; a Yankee Conference and had some out­ public were able to attend all home bas­ lover of outdoor life who ardently pro­ motes the cause of conservation. standing individual performers in Bill ketball games. In recognition of your long, faithful, Calkin and Ken Lincoln It has been a pleasure and privilege to and effective service to Maine youth, the For the first time, the basketball team f f/ have served you on the Athletic Board. Trustees of your alma mater take pride defeated Rhode Island on its own court This writer has enjoyed his work and and pleasure in conferring upon you the degree of Master of Arts. During the season, they won 7 and lost associations and wishes every success to BURTON M CROSS 10. The freshman team compiled a the Board in years to follow. Born and reared in Augusta, Maine; 5-win, 4-loss record. Respectfully submitted educated in that city’s public schools, a The Winter Sports team scored 2nd in S. E. Tracy ’41 successful businessman whose public career has contributed significantly to the welfare of his native state. World War II. MILTON E. SMITH He has served efficiently and devotedly In recognition of your notable achieve­ in various posts of public responsibility ments as teacher, scholar, scientist and Born, reared and educated in Castle and trust, a member of the Maine State university administrator, the Trustees of Hill, Maine; outstanding citizen and farm­ Legislature for 12 years, he was twice the University of Maine are happy to er whose industry and public service have chosen President of the Senate, in 1952 confer upon you the degree of Doctor brought him well-deserved honors in the elected by the people of Maine to be then of Laws field of agriculture. Governor and now carrying on the duties A successful farmer for 50 years; of that high office with courage, integrity, LOUIS OAKES ’98 recognized as a leader, he has served with and resolution. distinction and fidelity in executive ca­ In recognition of your distinguished Born in Sangerville, educated at Fox­ pacities on many local, county and state public service, the Trustees of the Uni­ croft academy and the University of agricultural agencies, for five years as a versity of Maine are happy to enroll you Maine. member of the Agricultural Advisory Beginning as a superintendent of lum­ Committee of the University of Maine, as an honorary alumnus, and to confer during World War II he helped his gov­ upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws. bering operations, he has been a leading figure in Maine forestry for nearly 60 ernment by heading agencies invested REUBEN G. GUSTAVSON years, through scientific forest manage­ with the responsibility of solving war­ Native of Denver, Colorado, alumnus ment he has contributed significantly to time problems of transportation and farm of the University of Denver and doctor the better utilization and the conservation rationing. of philosophy of the University of Chica­ of one of Maine’s greatest resources Selected as Champion Farmer by the go, able scholar and scientist, outstanding Staunch friend of education, whose Potato Growers Association of America educational administrator. helpful and generous interest has en­ in 1938, and as Outstanding Farmer by Beginning his teaching career at Colo­ hanced the educational opportunities of the University of Maine in 1935. rado Agricultural college he later served the youth of Greenville and Dover-Fox- Today the Trustees in further recogni­ with distinction on the chemistry staff croft and of students in this and other tion of your many contributions to Maine of the University of Denver, as dean of institutions of higher learning. agriculture and of your public services the graduate school and then president Builder of a diversified and successful are happy to confer upon you the degree of the University of Colorado; as vice career in business, with interests in forest- of Master of Science. president and dean of the University of ry, banking, mining, and manufacturing; Chicago, since 1946, the chancellor of public spirited citizen, devoted to the CANOE INSTITUTE the University of Nebraska, a great land­ welfare of his community and state, who Coach Sam Sezak, assistant professor grant institution which under his capable exemplifies the best in our American of physical education, was chairman of leadership has steadily advanced in pres­ tradition. the Canoeing Institute at Camp Kokatosi tige and usefulness. In recognition of your notable achieve­ A trusted and diligent leader in nation­ ments in forestry and in business, of your on Sebago Lake, May 22-24. al organizations for the advancement of devoted service to education and to com­ The institute was sponsored by the science and of education, he has won munity welfare, the Trustees of the Uni­ General Extension Division of the Uni­ international recognition as a scientist versity of Maine take pride and pleasure versity in cooperation with the Bangor- in the field of bio-chemistry, a director in conferring upon you the degree of of important research projects during Doctor of Laws. Brewer Girl Scouts.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 17 JUNE, 1953 CAMPUS COMMENT Hauck Announces Change (Continued from Page 12) In School of Education The opening ceremonies took place at the Memorial Gymnasium Thursday, May 7 Professor Clarence E Bennett, Dr Arthur A Hauck, president of the physical education and allied fields will chairman of the university’s Atomic En­ University, has announced an “organiza­ lound out the program for the first two ergy Committee, presided. President tional change” in the School of Educa­ years. All freshmen will take a non- Arthur A. Hauck extended greetings and tion. Students who plan to enter the credit course called “Orientation to introduced Governor Cross. profession of teaching may, beginning Teaching.” The University Band provided music next fall, enroll in the School of Educa­ “The program in general education for for the event Several of the University’s tion. the first two years will enable the student Trustees were present for the opening. Previously these students were enrolled to examine the various teaching fields,” The University* held open house for as freshmen in one of the other colleges, Dean Shibles said, “and build his pro­ high school students throughout Maine generally the College of Arts and Sci­ gram in one of these areas May 8 and 9 and the Atomic Energy Ex­ ences, and then transferred to the School “This program is purposely designed hibition was one of the highlights of their of Education at the end of their second with a broad base,” he added, “with the visit to the campus Many of the general year. thought in mind that many students will public took advantage of this opportunity have their initial experience in small and visited the Exhibition. The Maine president said the change schools where they will be called on to The General Extension Division and will not necessitate an increase in staff teach several subjects ” the Atomic Energy committee sponsored or facilities, and no additional courses in The dean said that the student during the exhibition professional education will be required his last two years will develop depth in University students laid aside their as a result of it. a single area of his academic teaching books May 13 and picked up shovels, Dean Mark R Shibles, head of the field by enrolling in advanced courses rakes, brooms, and similar implements School of Education, issued the following At the same time he will begin his study to give their campus its annual spring announcements to students in connection in professional education This sequence cleaning on Maine Day. The day was with the change. in professional education and psychology rounded out with the inauguration of a 1 Freshmen currently enrolled at the is designed to give an introduction to mayor, sports events and the annual fac­ University may now transfer to the the field and develop methods and skills ulty-student skit. Unfortunately, rain washed out the annual float parade. School of Education for class work which in teaching. Started 19 years ago by President will begin next fall All students will be required to com­ Arthur A Hauck, Maine Day has come 2 Entering freshmen may enroll in plete six credit hours of student teaching to be one of the highlights of the spring the School of Education for the first This will be done in the public schools season One of the features of the day time next fall. of Orono. Old Town, Bangor, and was the culmination of a week of cam­ Dean Shibles said the work for the Brewer. paigning for the office of campus mayor first two years will cover requirements in The program in the School of Edu­ Elected this year was Norman (Doc) general education, particularly in the cation will prepare students for teaching Brochu, a freshman in Arts and Sciences areas of English, literature, speech, lab­ in the secondary schools and also provide from Lewiston Other candidates in the oratory science, social science, sociology, a “conversion program” in preparing colorful contest were John Aldrey, Great and arts Certain elective courses com­ elementary school teachers, Dean Shibles Neck, L I, N Y, Roger B. Frey. Cedar bined with other required courses in said Grove, and John B Ristuccia, West Newton, Mass WHITCOMB make it still better’ A person can be quite happy and grow when he is working tract at $10,000 a year At first I was (Continued fiom Page 5) under leadership like that ‘M. J ’ always tempted, but I decided to stay with in my law work and what I could save treated me right There was only once in ‘M. J ’ and have never been sorry ” my 42 years with the Company that 1 would be helpful in Law School The Retirement next year they offered me a new contract was tempted to change. for $100 a month, plus a larger com­ After 42 years with the Frontier Press mission, so I decided to put off law for Tempted By Tulsa Offer Company, Mr Whitcomb recently re­ another year. That was in 1901, and I “I took a pretty active part in Syracuse tired. closing his office in Syracuse. New stayed with them for nearly nine years public affairs I was a member of the York, to move to Albuquerque, New longer I didn’t finally give up my dream Civil Service Commission for four years Mexico, in order that he and Mrs. Whit­ of practicing law until January 1, 1911, and an Aiderman for eight years I had comb could be near their son In a re­ when I signed a contract with M J become well known by making a good cent letter he says, “Am enjoying myself Kinsella many speeches, both at home and in very much We live at an altitude of one other parts of the state. Some of these mile within full view of the Sandia Working With “M. J.” were temperance lectures An address 1 Mountains They resemble on a larger “I had never met anybody quite like took special pains with was in praise of scale the Palisades of the Hudson They M J. Kinsella. He was full of enthusi­ my home city and its advantages. In are a wonderful sight'” asm, and that appealed to me, for I had 1918 a delegation from Tulsa, Oklahoma, J O Whitcomb, alert, enthusiastic, always had a good deal of enthusiasm was making a tour of the East. The and energetic at the age of 80. reflects myself. But he was also full of ideas, and business men of Syracuse gave them a true credit upon himself and his Alma he had a wide-ranging imagination that big breakfast and invited me to give my Mater, the University of Maine The was always looking for new possibilities talk on ‘Syracuse.’ The visitors from General Alumni Association salutes this His viewpoint might be stated this way: Tulsa got very much excited and said fine son of the Class of 1900 May his “We have a good book now, the best of that Tulsa needed me more than Syracuse story be an inspiration to many a young­ its kind, but next time we’re going to did. They offered me a ten-year con- er alumnus

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 18 JUNE, 1953 ATHLETICS (Continued from Page 14) University Named Beneficiary new University pole vault record in the New Hampshire meet. Lincoln leaped Of Charles E. Gilbert Estate 12 feet ll5/s inches for first place in the meet. The University has been named the sum will be used for a “Charles E. Gil­ The Jenkinmen scored a total of 15VS chief beneficiary of the Charles E. Gil­ bert Scholarship” for needy members of points in the annual Yankee Conference bert ’94 estate, valued by press reports the fraternity. meet at Amherst, Mass., as Rhode Island at about $1,330,000, Charles E. Cross­ Mr. Gilbert died in Bangor on April ran away with top honors for the sixth land ’17, Director of Student and Public 30. He was with the Great Northern consecutive year New Hampshire was Relations, has announced. Paper Company for many years as an second The Merrill Trust Company of Bangor engineer. As he had travelled extensively Cinder ace Bill Calkin, Orono, scored has been named executor of the will throughout the world, he had made many Maine's only points in the New England and trustee of a trust fund, all of which previous gifts to the University of cos­ Intercollegiate Track Meet at Providence, will eventually go to the University of tumes, robes, dresses, vases and pictures. R. I., by taking a third place in the 220- Maine Foundation. The sum after taxes The Maine Masque Theatre and the Art yard low hurdles. is estimated to approach $1,000,000. The Department have benefited greatly from income from this fund will be used to these gifts. TENNIS benefit pre-med students here or medical In addition to the several valuable students at other colleges who attended books Mr. Gilbert had previously given Coach Garland Russell’s tennis team the University of Maine. to the University Library, the Library found the going tough this season, but An additional fund has been set up to will be recipient of his entire library, managed to come up with a creditable provide $200 yearly to be given to the estimated to contain about 2,000 books second place showing in YC play local chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, of including bound volumes of the National The Pale Blue netmen won only two which Mr. Gilbert was a member. This Geographic from 1913 to date. matches in regular season play, both from New Hampshire, and rain forced can­ cellation of three matches. land and South Portland High Schools ule. A match with Ricker Classical In­ Competing in the YC tournament were 69-43-31. stitute was cancelled. Capt. Ernie Sutton, Lewiston, Brooks Bob Hollway’s frosh baseball team Whitehouse, Jr., Portland; Gene Drolet, compiled a 5-1 record to make the best INTRAMURALS Haverhill, Mass.; Irv Pendleton, Dark of its six-game slate. The first year pas- Phi Mu Delta won the intramural Harbor, Skip Hall, Rogers Heights, Md , timers racked up wins over MCI 5-4, tennis championship and gained posses­ and Ken Barnard, Wayne. Coburn Classical Institute 24-1, Husson sion of the Benjamin C. Kent Trophy. College 4-2, Higgins Classical Institute Phi Eta Kappa, winner of the Kent FROSH TEAMS 9-2, and Ricker Classical Institute 13-2. Trophy last year, captured the intramural Pale Blue freshman teams made im­ Their only defeat came at the hands of softball title. Phi Kappa Sigma was the pressive showings this spring, with one the Maine Maritime Academy 4-1 intramural volleyball champion. going undefeated. Coach Jenkins’ year­ Under Charlie Emery, the frosh golf Three girls received the coveted Seal ling tracksters completed the season with­ aggregation split even in its two-match Awards at the WAA’s annual spring out a loss. schedule. The junior linksmen shut out spoits banquet on May 27. Those re­ The first-year trackmen took meets Waterville High School 7-0 and tied ceiving the highest honor that may be from Portland High School 782/3-471/3, Rockland High School 3-3. won by a girl athlete at Maine were Bangor High School 78-39, Deering High The frosh tennis squad downed Port­ Doiothy B. Dimitre. Cape Nedick; Joyce School 87-39, and Aroostook teams 65- land High School 5-4 and lost to Deering L Noble, South Paris. Joan J. Gillette, 52. In triangular meets, the Frosh de­ High School 2-7 in its abbreviated sched­ Mamaroneck, N. Y. feated Higgins Classical Institute and Old Town High School 92-19-6, and Port- HOMECOMING GRADUATE “M” CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND NOVEMBER 6-7, 1953 Many non-club members have cvpressed their desire to contrib­ A grand program is being planned to make this 24th Homecoming the ute to the Graduate “M” Club high spot of the fall. Scholarship Fund. Honorary Memberships are now available Plan now to be on campus for the big week end of the fall. to all non-club members sending Rally—Bonfire—Skull Dance in their contributions to: Ted Curtis, Secretary-Treasurer, Grad­ Homecoming Luncheon uate “M” Club, Memorial Gym, Orono, Maine. Black Bear Awards The Fund is administered by 54th Bowdoin-Maine Game the University Scholarship Com­ mittee. Fraternity Parties You can make the team by Football Ticket Applications will be mailed September 1 to alumni living becoming an Honorary Member in the 10 northeastern states. Others may secure applications on request. of the “M” Club.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 19 JUNE, 1953 Porter was the owner of the Porter Mills, Inc. in Cullman. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. 1914 DAVID WILLIAM STURGIS. The death of David W. Sturgis occurred on May 31, 1953, in North Harpswell where he had been living for the past five years. Prior to that he was owner and proprietor NECROLOGY known. A native of Orono he had been of the J. S. Leavitt and Sons Grain and in the middle west for at least 40 years 1890 Coal Co. m Gorham, N H. Surviving and was engaged in hydro-electric engi­ are his widow, a son, David Jr, Marne ROBERT MESSER PACKARD. Word neering. Among important contributions ’43, and three grandchildren. Mr. Sturgis has been received of the death of Robert which he made to engineering is a proc­ was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. M Packard in Rockland, Maine, on Feb­ ess for chlorination of water. ruary 9, 1953. He was for many years 1915 1905 RAY HARRISON LINDGREN. On associated with the New England Tele­ IRVIN WAYNE CHANEY Word phone and Telegraph Co. April 13, 1953, Ray H Lindgren died has been leceived of the death of Irvin suddenly Although he had not been in 1894 W. Chaney on April 9, 1953, in Salem, the best of health for several years, his CHARLES EDWARD GILBERT. The Mass He had been owner of a retail death was a shock to his family and death of Charles E. Gilbert occurred in drug stoie for many years in Manchester, friends A resident of West Medford, Bangor on April 30, 1953, following a Mass Mr Chaney was a member of Mass. at the time of his death, Mr long illness. Throughout his life he was Delta Tau Delta fraternity Surviving is Lindgren was for many years a resident engaged in a number of lumbering opera­ his widow, Susie Chaney of Malden, Mass. He was treasurer of tions and had made several trips around 1906 Crandall Dr Dock Engineers, Inc, of the world. He was also an engineer for GEORGE WILLIAM PIKE Attorney Cambridge Mr Lindgren was a member the Great Northern Paper Co. for many George W. Pike of Lisbon, N H., for 35 of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. Surviv­ years before retiring in 1924 Among years judge of Lisbon municipal court, ing are his widow, Meta Miller Lindgren, those surviving are a brother, Eugene C. died on April 12, 1953, following a long his father, and two daughters, one of ’02 of Winterport and a nephew, Eugene illness. A graduate of the University of whom, Joanne (now Mrs Leroy Noyes), C . Jr. ’42. Mr. Gilbert was a member of Maine Law School, he had been a mem­ was a graduate in the class of 1949 Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. ber of the New Hampshire Bar since 1906 Judge Pike was a member of Kane 1916 1900 Lodge, F and A M and a past grand­ MICHAEL COLUMBUS DRISCOLL GEORGE TRUMAN WILSON The master of Lisbon Lodge of Odd Fellows In March 1953 Michael C Driscoll died death of George T. Wilson occurred on RICHARD ARTHUR BOLT. Very in Brockton, Mass A baseball pitcher January 2, 1952 in Danvers, Mass., where belated word of the death of the Rev­ he at one time played for the Philadelphia he had lived for the past several years. erend Richard Arthur Bolt has just Athletics. He served in World War I in reached the Alumni Office. He died in the Yankee Division Mr. Driscoll was 1901 Boston, Mass, in June of 1927 a member of Sigma Nu fraternity CLIFFORD DAWES HARVEY. Dr. ARNO WILBUR NICKERSON Arno Clifford D. Harvey died on April 24, 1908 W Nickerson of White Plains, N Y, 1953. His home had been in Brookline, CHESTER ARTHUR BROWNELL chemical engineer, inventor, and author, Mass, for many years and he was well Chester A. Brownell passed away on died on May 28, 1953 Mr Nickerson known in Boston as a surgeon and pro­ May 3, 1953. m Providence, R. I He was consultant chemical engineer for the fessor emeritus of surgery of Boston Uni­ had retired in 1946 after 43 years of Pulp and Paper Industry for 17 vears, service with the Army Engineers Sur­ inventor of methods for preparing waste versity Medical School. Following his viving are his widow, Mrs Agnes Pres- graduation from the University of Maine paper stock, and author of the revised he went on to Hahnemann Medical brey Brownell, and two sons and a daugh­ text of “Manufacturing of Pulp and Pa­ ter Mr Brownell was a member of per ” He was a veteran of World War I School from which he received an M D Sigma Nu fraternity. having served in the Chemical Warfare degree in 1910 Dr. Harvey was active Service Mr. Nickerson was a member in many organizations among which were 1910 HAROLD L CLIFFORD From and officer of numerous organizations American College of Surgeons, American including Theta Chi fraternitv Board of Surgery (Founder Member). Montreal, Canada, has come word of He is to be found m Who’s Who in the death of Harold L Cliffoid, who was 1917 Massachusetts, Who's Who in American vice president and general superintendent RALPH DAVIS COOMBS Word has Education, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s of the Dufresne Engineering Co. in that been received in the Alumni Office of Important in Medicine, Who’s Who in city Mr Clifford's death occurred on the death of Ralph D Coombs on New England, and Who’s Who in the April 16, 1953 A native of Brunswick, September 14, 1952, in Saugus Mass World of Medicine. Dr Harvey was a Maine, Mr Clifford had made his home He had been associated with the General member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in Canada since 1911 He was a member Electric Co of Lynn, Mass, for many while at the University of Maine Sur­ of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity Suiviv- years Surviving are his widow, four viving are his widow, two sons, and a mg are his widow, three daughters, and children and 3 grandchildren daughter. two sons, one of whom, William F , was 1921 a graduate in the class of ’39 Univeisity JOHN HENDERSON McCART Be­ 1903 of Maine lated repoit of the death of John H. CLARENCE ALEXANDER MUR­ CHARLES AUGUSTUS CUSHMAN McCart on November 2, 1949, has been PHY. According to word received in the PORTER Word has been received of the received in the Alumni Office He was Alumni Office, Clarence A. Murphy died death of Charles A. C. Porter of Cull­ killed in a hunting accident Holeb, on September 15, 1951. Since 1928 he man, Alabama, on April 26, 1953 His Maine, was his home where he was prin­ had held various important positions at death occurred in New York City Mr. cipal of the high school. Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N. J , and at the time of his retirement in 1947 was ■civilian chief of the Engineering Division. GEORGE SETH WILLIAMS '05 Prior to his association with the Arsenal he had compiled 27 years of service with One of Maine's most faithful servants passed away on May 28, 1953 various units of the duPont Corporation George S Williams, former vice president of the Central Maine Power Co and the Hercules Powder Co. thus mak­ and a resident of Windsor, Maine, was retired from the University Board of ing, in all, a total of 45 years’ experience Trustees last fall because of the age limitation in the Charter of the University in the explosives industry Surviving are Mr Williams had served on the Board since 1940 and had served as president his widow, Marion A. Murphy, and a since 1948. For his long and outstanding service as a member of the Alumni daughter, Mrs Henry Reeves, Jr Council, as a chairman of the Memorial Fund Committee, and as vice president 1904 and president of the General Alumni Association, he was awarded the 1945 HORACE ARTHUR BROWN. Word Alumni Service Emblem, the highest honor bestowed by the Association His has been received in Orono of the death constant and effective leadership has meant much to the progress of the of Horace A Brown in Ottumwa, Iowa, University eailier this year, the exact date is not

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 20 JUNE, 1953 1923 rents made it impossible to effect a res­ Case makes his home at 105 Grayling THOMAS EDWARD GEHIGAN. cue. He was a senior in Forestry. His Ave., Narberth, Pa. Thomas E Gehigan, well known Bangor home was in Newton Highlands, Mass Charles H. Sampson continues in his work as administrative assistant in the attorney and World War 1 Marine vet­ 1954 eran, died at his home on February 26, THOMAS OGDEN MALLERY. Word Business Office of Bates College. Home is 1953, after a long illness. He held a law has been received in the Alumni Office 81 Davis Av., Auburn. degree from Georgetown University and that Sergeant Thomas O. Mallery, 1905 Charles Foubert is retired and was a member of the Maine Bar Associ­ U.S.M.C., was killed in action while lvesi at 20 Circle Ave., Potomac ation. Surviving are his widow and a serving in Korea on March 28, 1953. Hgts., Indian Head, Maryland. married daughter both of Bangor. Sgt. Mallery left the University in Febru­ Another retired member of the class is 1924 ary, 1951, to enlist in the Marine Corps. Clarence E. Reed who resides in Waldo- He was married to the former Ellen boro, Maine. THEODORE JOSEPH TOURAN- Kalilianen of South Sudbury, Mass., and In Edmundston, New Brunswick, GEAU Following an illness of several Frank O. White is a consulting engineer. weeks. Theodore J. Tourangeau died at was a resident of Natick, Mass. his home in Hyattsville, Maryland, on 1955 1906 Mr. Earle R. Richards May 6, 1953. A native of Westbrook, BARBARA BOSWORTH. Barbara 11 ParentParent St, So. Berwick Berwick Mr. Tourangeau was employed for a Bosworth lost her life by drowning on Walter H. Burke has been chosen one number of years as a bridge engineer April 1 1, 1953, when a boat in which she of the Board of Directors for the Cen­ for the Maine State Highway Commis­ was a passenger went over the dam at tral Maine Power Co. sion. Later he was with the New York Gilman Falls and overturned in the swift Dr. Dayton J. Edwards continues to be firm of Todd, Robinson, Todd and was current of the Stillwater River. A resi­ Secretary of the Faculty and advisor- an inspector of foundations on such proj­ dent of Great Neck, L. I., N. Y., Miss extraordinary to students and professors ects as the Empire State building and Bosworth was a student in the College of the Medical College of Cornell Uni­ Radio City. For the past 13 years he has of Arts and Sciences and was a member versity since his retirement from the post been employed in Washington as a build­ of Phi Mu sorority. of Associate Dean of the College and ing inspector. Mr. Tourangeau was a Associate Professor of Physiology in 1950 member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater­ following 32 years of devoted service nity BY CLASSES 1907 Mrs. Karl MacDonald 27 Nelson Ave., 1927 1899 Contrary to the report in the PAUL JAGGER WENTWORTH May issue of The Alumnus, Wellsville, N. Y. Paul J. Wentworth died on September 10, which stated that J. Wilson Brown retired One of our lost classmates, Richard I. 1953, in Wells Beach where he had made in 1951, it should be reported that he re­ Carney, has been located at 69 Norman his home for the past few years of his tired in 1942. His retirement was from Road, Melrose 76, Mass. life Prior to that he was an engineer Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing It was rumored that Francis M. Claflin for the Brockton (Mass ) Gas & Light Co. had removed to Maine, but he is still to Co. and also for the Malden Gas Co. be found at 101 Main Street, Saugus, He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha 1900 The May 1953 issue of The Mass. His son graduated from North­ fraternity. National Geographic Magazine eastern University last June and was im­ carries an article by Percy L. Ricker in mediately taken into the army where he 1933 connection with wild flowers, a field of was used in the camp hospital laboratory JAMES EGAN COOK News of the knowledge with which he has allied him­ at Camp Polk, La. death of James E. Cook on June 24, self for many years. Elmer J. Wilson, 14 Manning Road, 1949, has belatedly reached the Alumni Fred Vose recently represented the Uni­ Lynn, Mass., who was with the Sylvania Office. A resident of Westport, Conn , versity of Maine at the inauguration of Electric Products, Salem, Mass., has re­ at the time of his death, he was originally a new president at Fenn College in Cleve­ tired. from Mohawk, N. Y., and burial was in land, Ohio. Waldo A. Sherman, whose address has the latter place. Mr. Cook was a member been missing from the Alumni file for of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. 1901 Recent word from Fred Martin quite some time, has been located in indicates that he has made the Island Falls, Maine. After leaving col­ 1942 trek northward to R.D. 1, Littleton, N. H., lege he spent about a dozen years in the CLARENCE AMES PETERSON. On to spend the summer months. He winters west before returning to his home town. March 26, 1951, Sgt. Clarence A. Peter­ at 444 W. 21st St., Sarasota, Fla. In 1919 he took the agency for the Trav­ son was killed in action in Korea accord­ 1902 J°sePh M. Libbey of 210 Forest elers Insurance Co. which he represents ing to word just received in the Alumni Ave., Bangor, is a ticket clerk at the present time. Office. He was a Master/Sgt. in Co. 1 at Bangor’s Union Sttaion. of the 187th Airborne Combat Team, William E. Barrows is summering in 1908 Justice Raymond Fellows was had received the Bronze Star Medal Cita­ North Windham having returned from recently sworn in as a member tion for meritorious achievement in bat­ St. Petersburg in April. of Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court for tle in October 1950, and was a holder another seven year term. 1903 “Shine” Sheahan, serving as of the Purple Heart. The Distinguished red D. Knight recently repre- Service Cross was presented posthumous­ Honorary Marshal of the 50th F Reunion of the class of 1903 and as sented the University of Maine ly to his son, Harry, in September, 1951. at the inauguration ceremonies for Dr. Sgt. Peterson had also served in World spokesman for the class, passed this in­ teresting thought along to the hundreds Albert C. Jacobs, new president of Trin­ War II in Europe. He was married to ity College in Hartford, Conn. the former Marcille Wagner of Green­ of alumni gathered for the Alumni ville, South Carolina, and had three Luncheon on June 13. “The Maine Spirit 1910 Frank Dow of Sangerville re- children—Harry, Karen, and Sander Re­ with which we are all imbued is the basis tired as Commissioner of Cus- becca He was a member of Kappa Sig­ for serving the University which previ­ toms in Washington, D. C., on April 11 ma fraternity. ously has served us so well.” With wit after 43 years of service. Though he had and humor Mr. Sheahan made reference carried the title of Commissioner only 1949 to the scientific and material develop­ since 1949, in essence he has been Com­ WILLIAM CHILES SMALL. The ments of the last half century and cred­ missioner since 1927, when he was ap­ death of William C. Small occurred on ited them to his illustrious class, of which pointed assistant Commissioner. For May 4, 1953, following a brief illness there were 16 members present for this while Commissioners came and went with He was employed by the Hood Rubber 50-Year celebration. political tides, Mr. Dow actually carried Co. in Watertown, Mass. He was the Rumor has it that one member of the the burden of running the bureau. Mr. son of Dr. G. William Small, of the Uni­ class of 1903 set an interesting record Dow plans to continue to live in Wash­ versity of Maine faculty. Besides his while back for his 50th Reunion. He ington. father, he is survived by a sister, Eleanor; walked the circuit from the campus to Allen E. Oak of Tulsa, Oklahoma, rep­ his grandmother, Mrs. Samuel Small, Old Town back through Great Works to resented the University of Maine at the an aunt and two uncles. Orono and thence back to the campus inauguration of a new president at Okla­ 1953 before breakfast. This was his constitu­ homa A. & M. College in May. RICHARD FREDERICK PHELON. tional to start off Alumni Day, June 13, 1911 Word has been received that In a tragic drowning accident at Gilman 1953. Judge Collen C. Campbell of Falls in Stillwater, Richard F. Phelon lost 1904 Dr- Edson B. Buker reports that Hyannis, Mass., will retire in October his life on April 11, 1953, when a boat in he is retired. from the bench of the Barnstable Probate which he was a passenger went over the A structural designer for United Engi­ Court. He has been on the Probate Court falls and overturned. Swift spring cur­ neers and Constructors, Inc., Albert D. Bench since 1924 and has been a resident

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 21 JUNE, 1953 of Cape Cod all his life having been born chain was designed by Carlton G. Lutts of grades for the arts and industry with in Provincetown. '13, and is the only type of chain made customers all over the world. He built 1Q1? Members of the 1953 Farm and used by the U. S. Navy for the last his home on the edge of Troy about 25 • ' I l and Home Week Committee thirty years and for which honor awards years ago. His wife, although not a grad­ have gone on record as “wishing to ex­ were made to Mr. Lutts by the Navy. uate of Maine, is a strong booster for press their deep appreciation for the skill, This chain is used commercially all ovei Maine. They have three children and ability, and success with which Prof. the world ” four grandchildren. Their two older Maurice Jones guided the fortunes of the 1014 Two members of the class of daughters live in the suburbs of Boston. Farm and Home Week Program for so I 7 I H 1914 die servmg on the Com­ I'he youngest graduated from Middlebury many years.” While Prof. Jones was mencement Committee at the University College, taught English for a few years chairman, attendance at this annual spring and have served faithfully on it for sev­ and is now in the civilian government affair more than doubled, and its influ­ eral years. They are Marion Buzzell and service in the Far East In his letter he ence on agriculture and homemaking m Howe Hall. Both are members of the mentioned the fact that the portrait of Maine increased many times Prof. Jones faculty of the University. our classmate, James E Totman, hangs served as chairman for nearly 25 years. President of the Engine Research In­ in the Grand Central Art Galleries in In his retirement Prof. Jones is living in strument Co of Cleveland, Harold C New York City among the portraits of Blacksburg, Va., where his daughter and Gerush makes his home at 19490 Batter­ the most successful executives in our her family reside. sea Blvd in that city. country Everett considered this a great Roy Jones, U. of Connecticut poultry­ F. Carroll Kendrick is president of the honor and I’m sure we all do man, is supposed to be retired now— H G Hutchinson Insurance Co in Bid­ News of Emma Perry Means comes to deford and also the owner of Ken-Dale us through the Alumni Office She is but you'd never know it. Last year he living in Machias, Maine, where she op­ organized “Chicken Barbecues, Inc ” to Farms His residence address is 446 South St , Biddeford. erates a small country theatre. She has provide expert on-the-spot aid for farm, a daughter who is married and lives in town, and city groups in southern New 1 Q1 £ Harold P Bailey is mill man- Washington, D C. England who wanted to put on mass I 7 I J dger for the International Pa­ Harry D O'Neil is a teacher at Wash­ barbecues In 1952 this corporation su­ per Co and lives at 110 67th St , Niagara ington High School in Milwaukee, Wis. perintended nearly 50 barbecues at which Falls, N Y His home address is 2102 N. 85th St, some 15,000 people were fed. This year Dr Ava H Chadbourne was honored Wauwatosa, Wis Mr. Jones estimates that his organization recently at a tea by the chapter of Delta How wonderful it has been to have will double the 1952 total. Delta Delta at the University Dr Chad- news directly from so many of our class­ j Q j □ Luther Rogers reports that al- bourne was one of the founding members mates this year. I have so much enjoyed I 7 I J though retired from the Gen­ of this chapter doing the column, and trust that maybe eral Electric Co. he is currently in San Ralph Easson is an agricultural adviser it has added a little something to our Juan, Puerto Rico, on a special assign­ for the State of California Department of class spirit. Looking toward another year, ment utilizing his knowledge on electric Finance Home is 3074 Riverside Blvd , whv don't some of you drop me a line diesel locomotives He is reputed to be Sacramento, Calif during the summer months so that we’ll an expert m this field. Justin Graves, architect, is located at have some news for the first issue in the Quoting from a letter received by Cliff 725 South Pitt St, Alexandria, Va fall9 Chandler, “The Museum of Science in Harvey P Sleeper, operating engineer 1917 According to information re- Boston, Mass, has had on exhibition for for the electric distribution department of 7 * cently received George McCabe many months a large display of Di Lok the Public Service Electric and Gas Co is located in Kennebunkport, Maine chain as used by the U S. Navy. This of Newark, N. J , has had an article pub­ Simon Wardwell is living at Brookhill lished in the April 1953 Elect/ic Light Park Libertyville, Illinois and Power magazine The article is en­ Alexander Skillin and Son titled “Fire Curtain Increases Effective­ 1 Q 1 Q I here are two interesting items FLORISTS ness of CO System ” 17,0 about John O’Connell, man­ aging Editor of the Bangor Daily New $ Falmouth Foreside, Maine 1 Q 1 A Mrs Eve,yn W Harmon (Evelvn Winship) this month In March he served with a Cut flowers—Corsages— 17 I U group of newspapermen from all over Funeral Designs— 9612 Merwood Lane, the countrv who acted as jurors for the Wedding Designs Silver Spring. Md Pulitzer Prizes awarded annuallv by Co­ John Skillin ’52 I think this Washington, D C , area must be one of the most beautiful places lumbia Umversitv Then in April he at­ in the world in the spring I recentlv vis­ tended the annual meeting of the Ameri­ ited the Ft Lincoln Cemetery and the can Societv of Newspaper Editors in , Arboretum to see the azaleas and the Washington President Dwight D Eisen- JOHNSON’S HUMMOCKS dogwood It was simply gorgeous And hower was the principal speaker at one of course earlier the Japanese cherry of the luncheons for this group Sea Food Grill blossoms, for which Washington is fa­ 1919 StdCy E Bragdon was elected mous. were out in all their glory 7 ’ 7 third vice president of the This is the last issue for the 1952-53 Massachusetts Teachers Federation at the year, and I am happy to have two fine Allens Avenue annual meeting in late April He is Di- letters on which to report The first is rectoi of Audio-Visual Education and Providence, Rhode Island from Elwood S Fraser of Northbor­ Public Relations for the Welleslev Public ough, Mass He has been the very busy Schools principal of the high school there for Errold W Hilliker resides in Bradley, HENRY JOHNSON seventeen years His greatest interest in Maine life is his work with the boys and girls Hilltop Rd , Mendham. N J , is the Owner and Manager in his community His family includes residence address of Lester Swicker, who his wife and a son, Capt Elwood S Fra­ is a member of the technical staff of Bell ser, Jr, of the U S A.F who is now at Telephone Lab, Inc, Kearny, N J Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, Calif He is married and has a two year Dr Kenneth T. Young is an ortho­ old son Both he and his wife graduated pedic surgeon in Rockville Center, N Y from the University of New Hampshire His home address is 37 DeMott Ave., Known throughout the state For a hobby Elwood, Sr. returns each Rockville Centre summer to vacation at his old home on 1070 latest known address for Bry- for quality and service Peaks Island, Maine, where he enjoys * 7Zv ant g Jones is 25 School St, working about the place, boating, and salt Augusta, Maine. water fishing A very welcome letter from Everett G. Dorothy Holbrook, whose stateside ad­ Ham of Troy, N Y , arrived just after dress is 208 Columbia Ave , Palmerton, he had returned from a trip to Bermuda. Pa., is currently serving as dietitian for Except for the first year after graduation the Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, S KOWH EGAN he has been in the paper manufacturing Australia business. Since 1923 he has been techni­ The University of Southern California John Sealey, Jr. ’36 cal director with the John A. Manning in Los Angeles claims Philip A Libby as Paper Co This has been very interesting head of the department of Business Ad­ since the paper is manufactured from ministration His home is at 438 W. rope manila and fibre in a great variety Norman Ave , Arcadia, Calif.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 22 JUNE, 1953 1921 Mrs. Harold P. Wood Co. of Philadelphia, lives at Conestoga Francis Burrill, who is an Episcopalian (Leta Weymouth) Rd , Devon, Pa bishop in Texas, will give the baccalaure­ North Berwick Vena Field, head of the English De­ ate address at Commencement this year. With your cooperation, I shall en­ partment at Murdock High School, is Your secretary has just been named a deavor to have this column in a healthier living at 157 School St., Winchendon, member of the Executive Board of the condition next year. As Emilie Josselyn Mass. Francis Dole, a teacher at Manter Hall New England Association of Teachers of once said of her column, it has had, at English and is currently president of the times, a “lean and hungry look.” School in Cambridge, Mass, resides at 93 Pinckney St, Boston 14, Mass. Portland Lip Reading Teachers Associa­ I cannot let the year end without tion thanking the Clash of ’21 for the beauti­ Chester Cambell of Staten Island, ful floral tribute which it gave for our N. Y , flew on April 20 to Greece where 1 910 Mrs. Pauline H. Leech son when his Military Funeral was held he is instrumental in putting in the largest (Pauline Hall) in Howland, last September. George electrical power plant in Southern Eu­ Homer Folks Hospital, Ginsberg, the President of our Class, rope. This plant has been two years in Oneonta, N. Y the building. brought the flowers to us in person, and Kathleen D. Andrews is Chief of Medi­ this touched our hearts deeply. Thank 1 976 Mrs. A D Nutting cal Social Service at Veterans’ Hospital you. And forgive me that I could not (Leone Dakin) in Albany, New York. She lives at 115 find the words to say this before. 17 College Hgts., Orono Lincoln Ave., Albany 1922 Stanley W Perkins is a switch- Sidney B. Coleman, who is an engineer, Charles Cutting is employed in the man for the New England Tel. resides at Lake Rd., Basking Ridge, N J. Patent Office, Washington, D. C., and and Tel Co. in the Biddeford office. His Rt 277, Orchard Park, N Y , is the lives at 4306 Colesville Road, University home is 52 Nott St., Saco address of Mrs. Earl D Crawford (Mar­ Park, Hyattsville, Maryland. jorie Myers). Cape Porpoise. Maine, is the home of Gordon M. Dow (ex ’30) is with Uni­ Seth Pinkham Harold Crozier is an educational con­ sultant for the D C Heath Co and lives versal International Studio, Transporta­ Ernest H Ring is a partner in the firm tion Department, Universal City, Cali­ of certified public accountants known as at 110 Russell St, Manchester, Conn Lester V Goff is engaged in the busi­ fornia His residence is in North Holly­ Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co and makes wood, 108621/2 Bluffside Drive. his home at 114 Middlebury Rd , Water­ ness of breeding Holstein cattle and is town, Conn. also a technician for the Maine Breeding Lillian Loveitt is employed by the Carl A Sargent is in the insurance Cooperative. U. S Government and lives at 3665-38th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. business—Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc of Mrs. Robert P. Thaxter 108 Water St., Boston, Mass His resi­ 1927 Charles B. Martin is Valuation En­ (Edith O’Connor) gineer with the New York Central Rail­ dence address is 10 Woodcliff Ave., Hud­ 159 Fountain St, Bangor son Hgts., N. J. road. His home is at 4 Brook Place, Sung Hyun Cha. a chemical engineer Ossining, New York. 1923 Mrs Norman Torrey for the Flintkote Co. in Hilo, Hawaii, has Eustis F. Sullivan has an interesting (Tom Gould) a mailing address of P. O. Box 1201, address: Casa Postale 879, Casablanca. 9 Poplar St., Bangor Hilo, Hawaii. French Morocco. He is employed by Claude L. Ryder is president of well- Cyril Cogswell is a customer broker Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike of Clifton, known Insurance firm of Henry Lord & for Bendix & Co. in New York City. New Jersey. Co. at 61 Main St here in Bangor He His residence address is 363 Howard Ave , Staten Island 1, N. Y John K. Tibbetts is a farmer in Pal­ and Mrs. Ryder reside in South Orring- myra, Maine ton where they are active in town affairs Harry Hartley is a manufacturer’s rep­ Blanche McLaughlin Gorman Wilder Claude is a prominent Kiwanis Club resentative and lives at 360 E. Lewiston member Ave., Ferndale, Mich. Robert M. Bailey has long been as­ 1928 Miss Mary A. McGuire sociated with the Bangor Hydro-Electric Stonington Bangor Furniture Co. Co although he and his family reside in East Hampden. Their mail is received By the time this issue of The Alumnus Complete House Furnishers at Bangor, Mounted Route A comes off the press, Commencement James E. Buckley, Jr., is residing at 55 will have come and gone and our twenty­ 84-88 Hammond Street Summer Street in Bangor. fifth reunion will be history. As our Bangor, Maine Newell G. Horr is office manager for second quarter gets underway, it is time­ the American Homes Club Plan and ly to remind ourselves that our entity as resides at 253 Maple Street here in Ban­ an alumnus column will be much gor. strengthened by renewed support from Member Faderal Reserve Bank Another prominent Insurance man is class members Notes, post cards, clip­ Robert B. Matthews. Although Bob and pings—our new secretary will certainly his family reside at 17 Grove Street in appreciate them' Let’s try to arrange a Brewer he is adjuster for the American minor deluge of news items for the first Mutual Liability Insurance Co. with of­ fall issue. fices at 50 Columbia St., Bangor. Many thanks to all who have been kind to our column by being contributors 1924 Mrs. C C. Little through the past three years. And best • * (Bea Johnson) wishes to our retiring Assistant Alumni Box 558, Bar Harbor Secretary, Bette Kilpatrick, as she leaves Young men and women will There is a real dearth of news this the Alumni Office and goes into the job always find this banking in­ month, even from the Alumni Office of being a Methodist minister’s wife! (which usually comes through with stitution interested and help­ something'). It seems an excellent time 1929 Miss Barbara Johnson to express the class’s good wishes to 32 Orland St., Portland ful in their business progress. Mrs. Bette Kilpatrick, who has so faith­ Mrs. Helen Moore Dyer resides at 132 Responsibility is reflected by fully implemented the Alumni Associ­ Elmfield Street. West Hartford. Conn , ation’s functions in The Alumnus We and is a teacher in the William Hall High a checking account, which is all hope she will have a long and happy School. also a factor in establishing life with her new husband. The Reverend George E Charles resides at 216 Main Gilbert Taverner Street, Norway. His business address is credit and standing. 1925 Mrs. Merrill Henderson Wilner Wood Products, Norway. Maine (Anne Thurston) Major Horace L. Dow is an Air Force Quechee, Vermont instructor, located at Fort Lee, Va. The Rachel Gorden may be addressed at Philip McSorley is plant engineer for Box 724, Augusta, Maine, and would be the Homelite Corporation, 67 Riverdale Merrill very happy to hear from any of you Ave Portchester, N Y. His residence At the annual meeting of the Maine address is 16 Breezemont Avenue, River­ Milking Shorthorn Society, Hervey Bean side, Conn Trust Company of Vienna was elected a director. Of Mrs Walter O. Hodsdon (Meredyth With thirteen offices in course, they are not as good as Jerseys, Wellman) is a housewife at 213 Chest­ Eastern Maine Hervey' nut Hill Drive, Rochester 17, New York. Albert Repscha, a professor at Drexel They have two children, Walter, Jr., and Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Institute, and consultant for H L. Yoh Valerie.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 23 JUNE, 1953 is teaching in the high school in Alfreda, Arnold. According to the Alumni Direc­ ment—but I hope that you all had a Arizona. tory, Cedric’s practice is in Lynn and his wonderful time' home address is. 58 Sherwood Road, 193I Mrs. Samuel Sezak Well—I knew it had to come sooner or (Ethel Thomas) Swampscott, Mass Jeanne is still teach­ later but when I have to report on class­ ing at Swampscott High School and Kay mates’ children’s engagements—it really 4 Gilbert St, Orono is the librarian there. Jeanne also tells makes you stop and think that time moves Phil Brockway was winner in the art of her plans to go to Europe this sum­ on at a terrific pace, doesn’t it? Vir­ division of the Brewer Kiwanis Club’s mer She will be accompanied by a teach­ ginia (Berry) and Bud Humphrey are Talent and Hobby Show held recently. er friend. They will visit France, Italy, announcing the engagement of their Phil exhibited watercolors and oil paint­ and Spain, flying from New York to daughter, Claudia, to Mr. J. Parker ings Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jessie Fraser was made an honorary Paris on June 26th They will return August 28th. Bon voyage, Jeanne, and Scott of Providence, R I. Claudia is member of All Maine Women at the many thanks for writing. attending Briarcliff Manor in New York recent banquet of that organization. and the young man is attending Bowdoin A new arrival at the home of Mr. and Abbie Sargent Neese (Mrs. Paul H. Neese) of 17 Derwen Road, Bala- College. Mrs Francis (Micky) McGuire is Cynwyd, Pa, has written a very interest­ George Peterson has been located at Stephen Francis born on March 29. ing letter with an account of herself 4821 Alturas Way, Sacramento, Calif. Other members of the McGuires’ full since 1932. For one year, she was a Warren Hendrickson is an executive house are Pat 14, Jerry 12, Paul 7, and graduate fellow in Spanish at the U. of with the Charles M. Cox Co. of Boston. John 3. Micky is Director of Plant and M. The next year she lived in Scarsdale, He makes his home at 9 Crown Ridge Facilities at the University and they live Rd, Wellesley 81, Mass. at 59 College Ave. N. Y, and did substitute teaching. For Carlton I. Noyes is a radio engineer Bernard L. Snyder is located at the two years, Abbie was in Wilmington, with Johns Hopkins University in the Communication and Navigation Labora­ Del., as a dietitian at Brandywine (T B.) Applied Physics Laboratory. His home tory of the U S.A.F Wright Field, Day­ Sanatorium In the fall of 1936, she is at 308 Schuyler Rd., Silver Spring, Md. ton, Ohio. He writes that he has been returned to her field of teaching lan­ Walter Brown is a Master Sergeant in at Wright Field for 13 years as Radio guages. She taught at East Corinth the U S. Air Force and is serving as an Engineer in connection with aircraft (Maine) Academy, Princeton High instructor in the Air Science Dept, of navigation equipment. Bernard lives at School, North Haven, and from 1940 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ 236 Archer Drive, Fairborn, Ohio. 1942, taught English at Ellsworth High ogy. Bill Walker is State Dairy Inspector School In September 1942, Abbie left Whiteley Ackroyd is a construction su­ and is located at the Division of Inspec­ Maine for Ardmore, Pa, where she pervisor and engineer with the Baltimore tions (Dairy Division), State House, taught English at Lower Merion Senior Contractors. He makes his home at 409 Augusta, Maine Bill’s home address is High School for 6 years until her mar­ Range Rd , Towson 14, Maryland. riage in May, 1948, to Dr. Paul H. 29 Willard St., South Portland, Me 1934 Mrs R°bert C Russ Paul Findlen is currently doing re­ Neese. By this marriage, Abbie acquired ' (Maddy Bunker) a family of three children, a son now 22 search work for the State of New York 17 Westview Rd , Joint Legislative Committee on Imitation who is in the Marines in Miami after a safe return from Korea, a daughter now Cape Elizabeth Milk Products and Problems. He is Di­ Delmont L Ballard is a supervisor for rector of Research on this project Previ­ 20 who is a junior at Roanoke College Hamilton Standard in Windsor Locks, ously he was with the Extension Service in Salem, Va, and a son now 17 Dr Conn He resides at 79 Lakewood Circle of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Neese is an obstetrician, a surgeon, and a S, Manchester, Conn for 10 years, and more recently was con­ general practitioner with his office in Dr Samuel Cope practices dentistry nected with the Point Four Program of Philadelphia He is now on the operat­ at 763 Congress St, Portland, Maine. the U S State Department under which ing staff at the Univ of Penna Graduate Stanley R. Doane is serving as a Mas­ he completed an assignment in Trans­ Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, and the ter-Sergeant in the Air Force and at last jordan as Acting Country Director for American Stomach Hospital. From her report was at 1221 Washington St, Den­ the Technical Cooperation Administra­ letter and from other sources, I under­ ver, Colorado tion. Paul’s current address is 111A Cobb stand that Abbie leads a very active life Elizabeth Blethen (Mrs Arthur E St Ithaca, N. Y. and has taken a great deal of responsibili­ Francis) is to be found at 4508 Fordham ty for several groups Two years ago she Lane, College Park, Md 1932 Miss Angela Miniutti organized a service group for the Ameri­ John 1 Gilman is president of Jud­ 7 Catell St, Bangor can Stomach Hospital and has been kins & Gilman Co in Newport, Maine Jeanne Lepine of 105 Rockland Street, president of this group, her “pet" project Swampscott, Mass., writes that a new This group has increased from 5 to 12 1935 Mrs Thomas McGuire chapter of the U of M Alumni Associa- members and in only two years they have (Agnes Crowley ) tion is being organized in her vicinity raised over $6,000 00 Wonderful work, 209 W 107th St, The first meeting was held in April at Abbie. I am sure that you must have all New York, N Y. ; the Hotel Hawthorne in Salem, Mass kinds of pointers on fund raising Every Another year added to our score as Present from our class besides Jeanne summer the Neeses spend a month and alumni How quickly the years fly by' were Kay Trickey and Attorney Cedric a halt in Maine at Abbie’s family home­ Have a note that Vernon Packard is stead in Sargentville where they have a president of the Executive Committee of glorious time Thank you, Abbie, for the Camden Hills Theatre, which is a HAYNES & CHALMERS CO. your letter summer theatre directed by Maine’s Her­ Here is the first item in the romance schel Bricker. The Executive Commit­ A. S Chalmers ’05, Treas. department to be reported by me in my tee has the job of handling the finances present job as class secretary On April of the Theatre If any of you are in the HARDWARE 4, 1953, Mrs. Una Wass Crowley (my vicinity of Camden during the summer, BANGOR MAINE roommate for three years at the U of M) why not try to see one of the productions9 was married in the First Parish Church Have quite a bit of news this month— all from the Alumni Office—none of it in Portland to Mr. William E Lawler, directly from any of you' Would so much the son of Mr and Mrs James E. Lawler rather have direct news' of Roxbury, Mass Thomas Richards is with Air Associ­ BANGOR BOX CO. Even though this is the last news letter ates Inc as a section engineer of the PAPER BOXES, FOLDING CARTONS until fall, I hope that you will send news Electrical-Mechanical Group Milton COMMERCIAL PRINTING items during the summer so that we will Rd., Oak Ridge, N J., is his residence 75 So. Main St., Brewer, Me have a long column in the first fall address H. F. Drummond, 1900 issue of the Alumnus. Any news items Margaret Strout Redman (Mrs GJ) Pres. and Treat. received after the deadline of May 7th is now living at 138 South St, Bogota, will appear in the first fall issue. Have N J. a pleasant summer, everyone' Robert Bucknam is now regional for­ ester, Region 5, Bureau of Land Man­ DAKIN’S 1933 Mrs. John Carnochan agement, Albuquerque, N M. His home Sporting Goods (Dorothy Findlay) address is 809 Floretta Dr. N W, Al­ Camera Supplies 36 Goudy St., buquerque So. Portland Frederick M. Hall is chief of the Shep Hurd ’17 M. A. Hurd ’26 Can’t remind you to be sure to come to Plastics and Rubber Laboratories of the Bangor Waterville reunion this month, can I, as this column Baker Castor Oil Co, Technical Divi­ will not appear until after Commence­ sion, located in Bayonne, N. J Frederick

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 24 JUNE, 1953 is living at 628 Norwood Dr., Westfield, items for this month—Mary was keeping dress is 10209 Montgomery Ave., Kens­ N. J. those for her column! ington, Md Walter Downs is now at 5 Anita Court, During the same week while out for a Natalie Nason, who is teaching at the Rockville, Maryland. walk to the beach at Cape Cottage I en­ Armed Forces Institute in Tokyo, Japan, Capt. John Stevens, who has been in countered Kay (Bunker) Berry busily represented the University of Maine at the army almost eighteen years, is now gardening outside her house. It is a the Septogenarian Convocation at Wase- located at Camp Gordon, Ga. lovely spot overlooking Casco Bay where da University in Tokyo last fall. She Woody Marcille is employed by Elec­ Kay and Dick live. Their three boys writes that it was a most interesting ex­ tric Bond and Share Co. as project man­ were off playing at the beach so I did perience. ager in charge of the construction of a not see them. steam power plant now nearing comple­ A short while ago Jane (Goldsmith) 1 03Q ^rs- Donald Huff tion at Waco, Texas. His address is 3910 Cooper called to say she and Naida • (Ethelyn Parkman) Fort Ave , Waco, Texas. (Sanders) McNaughton were coming 8 Penley St, Augusta Lt. Col Harry Day, whose residence over for the afternoon. However, Naida’s Audrey White Beyer’s address is 25 address has been 624 State St, Water­ little boy developed a cold and we post­ Sias Lane, Milton, Mass. town, N. Y, has been assigned to Japan, poned our visit until Naida comes to The Reverend John Norton sailed for as of this month Portland again. the Philippines last October. He will do Col. Clayton Totman, U.S.M.C, vis­ Recently 1 stopped in to see Helen missionary work there for four years. ited the campus in May with his wife. He (Wooster) Blake but again her boys were Mail will reach him at Manila—Box is currently assigned to Camp Pendleton, out so I did not get a glimpse of them. 1831. Calif. Bill was at home for a forced vacation It’s good to have so many names this due to flood conditions in the areas Frederick Waterhouse is a production month that we haven’t heard from in a where he was supposed to travel. After supervisor for the E. I du Pont Co in long time. I do hope that by fall, many being in Portland so long and not get­ Augusta, Ga. At present he is working more of you will have found a minute ting together it was good to see them. on the Savannah River Project. Mail to send a few lines about yourself and goes to 1703 Dexter St., Aiken, South the ’35ers you’ve seen or heard about 1 Q 0 0 Mrs. Roland M Wirths Carolina. recently. I ^**0 (Mary Deering) The new address of Louis Bourgoin is Blackstrap Rd., RD # 1, 58 Starrett Rd., Lynn, Mass. 1 Q3A ^rs Edwin P. Webster Cumberland Center Russell Gamage is a consulting engi­ I (Phyllis Hamilton) Bob Toms is an engineer with Saco neer on the Tennessee Project. His pres­ 258 Norway Rd , Bangor Lowell Shops, Biddeford, and his home ent address is 401 Linum Lane, Webster Once again we come to the final col­ address is 7 Hutchins St., Saco, Maine. Grove, Mo. umn of the year and once again we have Vincent Strout is teaching in South­ Art and Polly (Jellison ’40) Weather­ only a handful of items of news Do you port, Conn. His address is 125 Pequot bee represented the University of Maine suppose that during the summer months Ave, Southport. at the inauguration ceremonies of a new you could find time to drop us a line so Joseph Lewis is doing work for the president at the College of William and that next fall we can start off with a Navy Department in Washington His Mary in May. This was a particularly bang? It sure would help me' address is 1625 34th St., N. W., Wash­ interesting inauguration ceremony since Chester Smith, former director of the ington, D C. Cooperative Dairy Economics Service, President Eisenhower was a speaker and Mrs Frederick L. Dean (Carolyn the recipient of an honorary degree. in which he served a group of coopera­ Long) is living in Mansfield, Mass. tives in the New England milkshed, has Norma Lueders (Mrs Richard Baker) been named economist for the Metro­ politan Milk Producers Bargaining Agen­ is at present in Blue Ash, Ohio—Box 669 cy. For the past year Chet has been being her mail address She expects to OLD SOUTH acting chief of the OPS. Dairy Branch. move again soon. Her husband is an PUU E nc/ravino Corp. He was on leave from Cooperative Dairy Army man and their stays are short' Economics from which he resigned to ac­ Kermit Cates is in Yarmouth, Maine, cept the new appointment. at 23 Elm St. 99 BEDFORD STREET Actor Abbott is plant engineering su­ Persis Ormsby was married on March 1 BOSTON, MASS • LI R 1042 pervisor for the State of New Hampshire 28, 1953, to Mr Arnold I. Redgrave of if for the New England Tel and Tel. Co. Norwich, Conn Persis’ husband is a Bentley S. Hutchins ’24 His address is 930 Union St., Manchester, graduate of the University of Massa­ James H. Dana ’48 N. H. chusetts and teaches at Norwich Free Academy. Persis has been teaching at 1937 Mrs. Goidon B Raymond Milton Academy. SERVING (Barb Lancaster) Mary E. Leighton is stationed on MAINE STUDENTS 37 Glenwood Avenue, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif. Since 1802 Portland Her residence address is 1065 Bush St., From a few cards which have been HARDWARE returned to the Alumni Office we have San Francisco She holds the rank of Lt. PARK’S A VARIETY Commander in the Waves and is Person­ found a couple of classmates whose 31-37 MILL ST.. ORONO,MF names hitherto have been on the “lost” nel Officer in the U. S. Reciuiting Station list John Clisham is employed at the there. Eastern Corporation, So Brewer, Maine, Arthur Miller is with Republic Avia­ while his home address is RFD 2, Hamp­ tion Co as design engineer in New York den Highlands, Maine. City His address is 3422 72nd St, Alumni, We have also located George McLellan Jackson Hgts., L. I . N. Y. who lives at 65 East Fourth Street, Corn­ Hiram Smith is with Stone and Web­ Students, ing, New York. George is supervisor ster Engineering Corp of Boston. He is a project engineer. His home is 161 of the Works Control Laboratory for the Teams Corning Glass Works How about a Highland Ave., Winchester, Mass. letter, Mac, giving us some information Virginia Hall Benton wutes that she about your family' attended the National Conference of The Renovated It is a change of address for Mrs. Mary Tuberculosis Workers in Los Angeles in D McAndrew (Mary Dunton) who gives May. She spoke on the program on CROWN HOTEL her address at RD 1, Lakeview, New “Christmas Seal Sale Reminders and York I should appreciate a letter, Mary, Follow-Ups ” She is now public relations is your telling us more about yourself. Christmas Seal Sale Director of the headquarters During the school vacation last week Columbus (Ohio) T.B Society. Her ad­ the boys and I spent the day with Mary dress is 141 South Burgess Ave, Colum­ in Providence, R. I. (Deering) Wirths ’38 and her children, bus 4, Ohio. Anne 5, and Mackie 3. Mary and Roland Helene Diehl Cain and Charles Cain Will look forward have a fine new home outside Portland have a home at 4369 Woodland Ave^ to seeing you soon and often. (Blackstrap) with a wonderful view and Western Springs, Ill. loads of space around it. Solveig (Heis- Miriam Hilton Coffin and her husband, Norm Boucher tad) Hennings ’38 and daughter Nancy John, have a new home a little nearer Manager joined us for an outdoor picnic at lunch to John’s work—a lovely brick ranch time. We had a wonderful day together, style. Their children are growing up with Crown Hotel but sad to relate I gathered no news Allen the oldest at 11. Their new ad­

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 25 JUNE, 1953 1940 Mrs. George C. Grant However, he expects to be moving in the about a month ago She looked just fine, (Elnora Savage) fall to Shoreham, Vermont, where he is and we had a good chat She is assistant 10 Congress St., Augusta erecting vacation cabins on Lake Cham­ librarian at the Lithgrow Library in This column was saved from oblivion plain. Augusta and lives at 20 Melville St, this month when on the eve of the dead­ And that, my friends, is all ’til October Augusta. line we had a wonderful visit with Wally For goodness sakes, take pity on your 1 hope you all have a perfectly won­ and Maddie (Smart ’41) Beardsell. So poor correspondent and dig up lots of derful summer and gather lots of news to at last we have some news to pass on to news during the summer months and make our column a good long one when you' send it along to me' I’ll be looking for fall rolls around! it"" We are most happy to welcome the 1942 Mrs J°se Cuetara Beardsells as our neighbors in the Augusta 1941 Mrs. Vale Marvin (Barbara Savage) area Having decided to try the “simple (Hilda Rowe) 76 Prospect St., life’’ for a change, Maddie and Wally Kennebec Rd., Wellesley Hills, Mass disposed of their former business and Hampden Highlands Bill Irvine has recently received a fine home in Littleton, Mass, and returned to Frank W. DeWitt is now working with honor in his appointment as assistant Maine They have purchased the Pine­ the New York Life Insurance Co in superintendent of schools in Ithaca, N. Y. rest Camps, a set of fifteen cottages on Portland, Maine, and makes his home in He assumes his new duties on July 1st, Lake Maranacook, which they will oper­ Windham. and we do wish him good luck and suc­ ate this summer. They came up here the Paul Dumas is a first lieutenant in the cess in his new position After gradua­ last week in April, and are now busy U S. Army and is stationed at Ft Bliss, tion from the University of Maine and getting their newly acquired property in Texas He would like his mail sent c/o service in the U. S Army, Bill returned readiness for summer visitors. At present A. Maranda, 208 Waldo St., Rumford, to Maine to receive his master’s in edu­ their address is simply Readfield Depot, Maine. cation there in 1947, and m 1952 received Maine. Not having seen the Beardsells Raymond Buck is doing research work the Ph D degree in educational adminis­ for a good many years, it certainly is a at the U.S.D A. Experiment Station in tration from Cornell. Now Dr. Irvine pleasure to report that they “haven’t Beltsville, Maryland He received his and Martha (Allen) make their home at changed a bit!” Ph D from the U of Maryland in June 410 East Yates St, Ithaca, with their three They informed me that Atwood Smart 1952 His residence address is 4605 children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Vir­ has made a change recently also. He Beechwood Rd , College Park, Md. ginia has moved from Boston to Bath, Maine, In Monroe, Maine, Ralph Elwell is a The resignation of George B Cunning­ where he is the new manager of the farmer and is serving on the Board of ham as state representative of the Na­ Sears Roebuck Store. The Smarts, who Selectmen there tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis are living on Fitt St., Bath, have a little James Marshall is one of two men who for Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont girl named Elizabeth. run the Maine end of the Dielectric was announced recently. While with the Wally had good news of Dr. Bob Products Co. He lives in Raymond NFIP, George served as liaison officer Robertson whom they have seen fre­ The engagement of Robert Larsson to among the more than 30 chapters in the quently Bob is really making a name Miss Carolyn Marie O’Brien has been three states and the organization’s head­ for himself in his specialty—ear, throat, announced Miss O’Brien is a graduate quarters in New York City and assisted and nose—in Redbank, N. J , where he of the State University of New York at in the coordination of campaign activi­ and another doctor have opened a clinic. Potsdam with a degree in music, and ties of the March of Dimes as well as in Bob is married and has four children she has been a member of the faculty of other phases of NFIP work George and having become the proud poppa of twins Pitcher Hill Elementary School in North his family now reside in Rumford, Maine. last summer—a boy and a girl The two Syracuse, N. Y. Bob is assistant profes­ We received a birth announcement of older children are little girls. He and sor of mathematics at Clarkson College Patricia Ann Locke from Clayton and his family live in Rumson, N. J. of Technology in Potsdam They planned Dorothy Gilman Locke. Patricia was Our deep sympathy goes to Arnold a June wedding, so probably they are born on April 9th at Porter, Maine. “Red” Lane, whose wife passed away a Mr and Mrs as you all read this. Their son Paul is now four years old. short time ago. “Red” is in the cran­ Charlie Arbor, successful and popular Our congratulations' berry business in Centreville, Mass. basketball coach at Hallowell High for Ralph Haney is at present an elec­ From the Alumni Office comes the fol­ six years, has resigned to accept a Cony tronics engineer and living at 224 Chester lowing news: High (Augusta) teaching and coaching Hall, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Edward Davis has moved from Lewis­ position. He will be Cony’s backfield ton to 254 Stevens Ave., Portland. coach in football and assist in basketball Mr and Mrs Harry L Boyle, Jr, are Ralph Pipes is a medical doctor, whose He will also teach social science. While now living in Dallas, Texas, at 8519' address is Box 536, Belle Glade, Fla at Hallowell he piloted two of his basket­ Turtle Creek Blvd and Lou is an in­ Eldon Clark is manager of the Monte­ ball teams to the eastern tournament and surance adjustor c/o C. F Dewitt In­ zuma National Wildlife Refuge at Seneca missed a third by a play-off loss Four surance Claims Service, Kirby Bldg, Falls, N. Y. of his teams won Kennebec Valley titles, Dallas 1, Texas Good luck to the Richard Hebei lives at 115 St Stephens another tied for a title and a sixth came Boyles in Texas' St., Boston, Mass. second. He and his wife, Peg, live at John E Chandler’s address is Route Frederick Turner works for the Snow­ 329 Water St, Hallowell Elnora Savage #1, Winthrop, Maine, where John is flake Canning Co. in Corinna, Maine. Grant sent me the news and says she established as a farmer. William Rader now lives on New hopes Charlie is still at Cony when their John M Dillon’s mailing address is Providence Rd , Mountainside, N. J , and son gets to high school a few years hence' Lt Col Dillon, 3755-A, 1999th Prov. is connected with the Birch Hill Corp. I ran into Ruth Briggs in Augusta Sq , APO #959, c/o PM, San Francisco, California John is serving in Korea and Japan Donald E. Dorr is now an insurance As You Remember It - - adjustor for the National Grange Mutual Liability Co, 21816 Water St, Augusta, Maine, and he is living in Ridlonville, Maine THE BOOKSTORE Paul Ehrenfried is the Service Super­ intendent of the Emporium, 835 Market A Friendly Place! St, San Francisco, California, and the Ehrenfrieds’ residence address is 128 Gonzalez Drive, San Francisco, Cali­ Serving - Alumni, Faculty, and Students fornia Capt. Malcolm G. Nichols is with the U S Army Air Forces at Kirkland Air UNIVERSITY STORE CO. Force Base, Box 227, New Mexico. That is the news for this month, THE BOOKSTORE THE BARBER SHOP friends, and do have a good summer ON THE CAMPUS wherever you are. Drop us a post card before fall, as it would be great to have news of any of you.

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 26 JUNE, 1953 1943 Mrs. R. C. Lycette teacher in Mexico High School and his of June, so all six of the Graves family (Freda Flanders) mailing address is Hanover, Maine. will be headed back to the States by the 617 Taylor Avenue Mrs. Alexander G. Law (Augusta middle of June. Oradell, New Jersey Foster) is a physician employed by the Charlie Brown sent a card saying that It’s been all quiet on the 1943 front Masachusetts Public Health Service. Her he has been transferred to San Bernadino the past month. Were you saving your­ residence address is 107 Highland Rd., National Forest (address: c/o U. S. selves for the BIG REUNION9 The fol­ Andover, Mass. Forest Service, Mentone, Calif.) as gen­ lowing items are all from the Alumni Frances Girard (Mrs. G. Clinton Slo­ eral district assistant in timber and Office: cum) is now living at 7 Vocational Drive recreation work. At the time he wrote, The engagement of Miss Shirley Hope in So. Portland. Her husband teaches at he was a foreman in a convict tree Allen of East Weymouth, Mass., to the Veteran’s School. The Slocums have planting camp. George Franklin Adams of Hartford, two daughters, Helen and Carol. Elsie Pierce is now the operating room Conn., has been announced George is Warren Clement is associated with supervisor at the Central Maine General district manager of the Westmoreland Remington Rand, Inc. in So. Norwalk, Hospital in Lewiston. Her mailing ad­ Silver Company of Hartford. Conn. His mail goes to Drumlin Rd., dress is Damariscotta, Maine. Francis L. Murphy is a reporter for Westport, Conn. Alvin Littlefield, Jr, is a dentist in the Hartford (Conn.) Times. He lives The George Lyons are located at 1218 Portland and lives at 15 Deerfield Rd., at 58 Price Blvd., West Hartford, Conn. E. St. Andrews Rd., Midland, Mich. Portland, Maine. Wentworth H. Schofield, Jr., lives at George is with Dow Chemical Co. Peggy Graves is now Mrs. Matthew Roosevelt Blvd., Hatfield, Pa. Burke Bradbury is working for Jackson Lyndall and lives at 240 Mount Vernon William B. Clark works for Frigidaire & Moreland in Boston. His residence Place, Apt. 7L, Newark, N. J. doing refrigerator research. He makes address is 13 Breakheart Rd., Saugus, Eugene A. Long, 2328 Henry St., No. his home at 1001 Ridge View Road, Mass. Bellmore, L. I., New York; employed Dayton 9, Ohio. James E. Mahar is a designer for the by Burno and Rue, Inc. Mrs John R. Chaisson (Marguerite Chance Vought Aircraft Co. of Dallas, Vincent M. Perry, 522 Fellsway West, Martin) lives at 948 N. Livingston St., Texas. His address is 11 Lincoln St., Medford, Mass., salesman for Bourjois, Arlington, Va. Norwood, Mass. Inc. In January, 1953, the Fred Herbolz- Charlie Kloss is associated with the heimers moved to Marinette, Wisconsin Mrs. Adnan S. Ghazaleh (Pauline Shell Oil Co. in Newark, N. J., with a Stuart), 540A San Pablo Ave., Rich­ (Hall Avenue Road, Box 75, R.D. 2) mailing address of 157 North Mountain where Fred is technical director of the mond 9, Calif. Ave., Montclair, N. J. Roland J. Weatherbee, 54 Fifth St., Marinette Paper Company there. John P. Wescott, soil conservationist, Al Fenderson is now living at 247 has recently been put in charge of the Old Town, Maine; at present in the Ban­ Mam Street, Springvale, Maine. Pepperell Office of the U.S.D A. Soil gor Sanatorium, R.F.D. 4, Kenduskeag Edward G. Hamblen has been a district Conservation Department, having the Ave, Bangor. forester with the Crossett Lumber Com­ towns of Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Many thanks to all of you who were pany in Crossett, Ark., since graduating Groton, Ayer, and Shirley (Mass.) under kind enough to send on news. I hope to from Yale Forestry School in 1947. Mail his supervision. John did research work receive a lot more mail over the summer. goes to Box 206, Crossett, Ark. at the University for a period of time 1946 Mrs. A. D. Gamber The latest address for Elinor Langdon following a 3 1/2 year stint in the Army (Mrs. Victor Kulichkoff) is 747 Leaven­ (Terry Dumais) in World War II. 6 West Court worth Street, San Francisco, Calif. Kate (McCurdy) Warren has recently Appleton, Wisconsin Francis C. Mooney, Jr., lives at 17 returned from Miami, Florida, where she Have been rereading a note I received Pleasant Street, Topsham, Maine, and he spent several weeks while her husband from Betty (Perkins) Stebbins, I know is a dealer for the Cushman Baking Co. (Jim) was on a business tour of Louisi­ I had told you that “Perk,” Don and the of Portland. ana and Texas. children were living at 17 Danbury Road Mrs Peter J. Swaluk (Mary E. Grady) Do let us hear from you this summer lives at 57 LeMoyne Place, Mobile, Ala. in South Weymouth, Mass. Betty spoke George Pease is a unit engineer with so we can start off with a “bang-up” col­ of having lunch with Joan (Potter) New England Tel and Tel. in Calais, umn in the October issue in the fall' Robart, Joannie told of seeing Barbara Maine. His address is River Road, Calais. 1945 Mrs. Robert A. Pancoast Hyde at one of the recent Alumnae meet­ Dr Richard A Bragdon is an ortho­ • (Babs Haines) ings. One thing that we’ve missed seeing pedic surgeon practicing in Boston. His 901 Mansion Ave while traveling in the midwest have been home address is 86 Warren Street, Need­ Collingswood 7, N. J Howard Johnson Restaurants; Perk’s note ham, Mass Just to prove that we’re really not so brought that to mind for she mentioned Virginia Conant is a service represen­ old, comes news of a wedding Con­ chatting (while in one of the famous tative with the New England Tel. and gratulations go to Bill Thurlow and the restaurants) with “Oakie” (O’Conner) Tel Co in Bangor. She lives at 53 N. former Virginia Bentley, of Brighton, Wood; Mary and her husband, Dick, Mam Street, Orono. have two children, a boy and girl, and who were married on March 21 The are living in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Charles A Markee works for the wedding took place at the Leslie Lindsey Ohio Boxboard Company of Rittman, Memorial Chapel in Boston. Among the Ohio, as a development chemist in charge ushers was Ralph Gould The bride was Edward E. Chase, President of the research and development section graduated from Hoosick Falls high of Quality Control Department. He is living at 352 N Lyman Street, Wads­ school, Hoosick Falls, N Y., attended MAINE SECURITIES COMPANY worth, Ohio Green Mountain Junior College, and graduated from Katharine Gibbs School, 465 Congress Street Janice Thomas’s address is 149 Ash- Providence. Bill is now a sales represen­ mont Street, Portland, Maine. Portland, Me. Carleton and Mary (Springer) Cross­ tative for the Toledo Scale Co. in Boston. land have gone West to make their home The present address for the couple is at 1915 Milan St., South Pasadena, Calif. 2013 Commonwealth Ave, Brighton, Carleton is in the Trust Department of Mass the Sailors and Merchants National Bank A nice note from Peg Stackpole Wall­ in Los Angeles. They have one son, ingford (Mrs. Otto) tells of the birth of GOOD Stephen Philip, on March 30, 1952. Sister Ruthie is now almost three. Glad to hear the and Keith and Ellie Young, who live at 20 news. State St, Cumberland Mills, have a new And from Tokyo comes the announce­ daughter whose birthday is April 20. ment of the arrival of ’45’s second known GOOD Her name is Pamela Jean set of twins Susan Marjorie (6 lbs. 1944 Mrs’ Charles Cook 5 ozs ) and Stephen Keith ( 6 lbs.) were for you. (Margaret McCurdy) delivered to Jo Otto Graves and “Dr. 48 Penobscot St., Bangor Bob” on March 16 at the Tokyo Army “Swish” Leonard Brooks writes that Hospital. Jo writes that both children they have a new baby in their family. are gaining fast and are regarded as a it’s HOOD’S Franklin Luce Brooks, Jr, was born on new wonder of the world, as they are March 17 and joins the family of two the only twins in the area. Each day other children, Lennie and Joan. more people come and ask to see “the ICE CREAM Lots of changes of address have turned two babies.” Bob has been promoted to up in recent weeks: Horace Morse is a Captain and is to be discharged the 30th

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 27 JUNE, 1953 Have a change of address for the Wisconsin, certainly we have felt so “at Jane who is 2 and Derek (Deke) who is Massachusetts area—Ernest and Betty home” at the Institute. . and the things 11 months. Larson have moved from Melrose, to 48 we could tell about living in a quonset Here’s a busy gal—Dorothy L Davis— Glenmere Circle in Reading, Mass Also hut, incidentally all of them would be whose address is 224 So. Burrowes Street, James G Schaadt has moved from nice' The next column will probably State College, Penn Dot writes that she Wellesley Hills to 511 Prince George be coming from Everett, Washington ... is affiliated with Penn State as a part- Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. news with a “west coast” slant! time instructor in H E. Education and full time as Homemaking teacher at One classmate that I’d long wondered 1947 Mrs Philip Shaw about was Natalie Jones, Natalie, Mrs. (Joan Ambrose) State College High School Here she is Donald W Noseworthy, is now living at 19 Russell St, Bangor chairman of the department She has 39 Pleasant Street in Saugus, Mass. Per­ Mrs. Walter Brooks been doing Guidance work with 7th haps some of you have more news of (Peg Spaulding) Grade youngsters, and also teaches adult Natalie that you could send along since 212 French St, Bangor classes She belongs to the Penna State Education Assoc , N E A , Pi Lambda so many of you live in that area and It doesn’t seem possible that the June must visit so often Theta (ED Honorary) PHEA, and issue is due' News for our column was A H F A She is president of the Centre Also a note from Howland, Maine, sketchy in the beginning of the year, but tells of Robert C Buckley, who is now a County Homemaking Teachers Assoc your cooperation in answering our letter and Secretary of the Jr-Sr High P T.A. Captain in the U S. Army and is sta­ the middle of the year has certainly tioned in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Also (500 members) and an active Pi Beta helped to make a more newsy, personal, Phi Alum In her leisture time, Dot is have located another “lost” member, and (we hope) more interesting column. George C Everest is now residing in working toward the publication of a port­ Doyle, California And Theordore Pope The engagement of Barbara Weick of folio of her “Sillie Susie” (cartoons and of Hingham, Mass, is now living in Presque Isle to William Flora ’48 of rhymes for homemaking classes) and Spencer, N. Y Caribou was announced in the early building furniture for her five room Another family to catch up on. Shirley spring and the wedding was scheduled apartment I hanks, Dot, for that won­ (Armstrong) Beal is also situated in the for May, so by the time you read this the derful letter Massachusetts area at Tower Road in big event will have taken place, we ex­ Here is another gal who says that she South Lincoln. Shirley’s son, Bruce Cur­ pect Barby has been employed at the has lost touch with us all She is Mrs tis, was born on Christmas Day of 1950. Maine Public Service Co in Presque Isle Robert B Beal (Carol Davis) who is In March announcement was made by for the past several years and Bill is a living at 98 Court Street, Machais, Me. the Maine Commissioner of Education, lawyer Robert is manager of the H Blaine Davis Herbert G Espy, that Eloise Law had Another engagement of interest is that Estate (Retail Lumber and Building Sup­ been named itinerant teacher trainer for of Virginia Littlefield ’50 of Brewer to plies) and Carol did private nursing until the division of home economics of the Peter Bradshaw of Bangor Virginia has Barbara (2 yrs ) and Robert (3 mo.) State Department of Education Eloise been working for Dr Andrew Fergus arrived. has taught home economics at Washburn, of Bangor and Peter is with Knight Auto Mr and Mrs Holyoke P Adams (Jean Rockland, and Old Town high schools Sales in Bangor Ritchie) are living on RFD #2, Rock­ While at Old Town she was in charge of A note from Ray and Barbara Clark ville, Conn (Pinnacle Rd, Ellington) a supervisory center where college seniors announced the birth of a daughter, Diane and have two children—Peggy 4 and majoring in home economics have done Barbara, on April 9, 1953 She joins a Douglas 2 Hokie is an Assistant in their practicing teaching Our congratu­ brother, Peter, who is two and a half Feed Research for Eastern States Farm­ lations, Eloise, hope perhaps you’ll find The Clarks live at 25 Wanamassa Point ers Exchange He received his Ph D time to let us all know how your new Rd . Wanamassa, N J in August of 1952 from University of work is progressing Florence Sawyer Roberts writes that Wisconsin To use that well-known phrase, ‘ it it is almost too hot to live in La Lima, Arlene F Millett is a nurse in Lewis­ scarcely seems possible that another year Honduras. She and “Bob” and their ton and resides at 284 Main Street The has passed” .. at least as many months daughter, Stephanie, are looking forward Benjamin F Hodges. Jr (Lib White) of it as I spend “composing” for the to a visit in Maine in the late summer are living in Berlin, New Hampshire, at class of ’46. Of course summer would Their address is United Fruit Co, Di­ 171 High Street Benjie is an engineer be a fine time for all of you to write and vision of tropical research, La Lima, for Brown Co tell me of your work, families, homes, Honduras, C A Mr and Mrs James P Harmon (Bev­ etc . or interesting vacations. Mr and Mrs Alan Hotchkiss are erly Kemp) bought a new house in De­ As to the Gambers, in June we move living at 17 Nova Scotia Hill, Watertown. cember at 2863 Ninth St Cuyahoga again after a wonderful year here in Conn They have two children, Sara Falls, Ohio They have two girls, Chery! 3 1/2 and Cynthia 4 months Bev writes that they are in the process of getting settled and putting in a lawn this spring I hey like Ohio but still prefer Maine HOTEL KENMORE . We hope you all have a really wonder­ ful summer' 490 Commonwealth Avenue at Kenmore Square 1948 Mrs Willard Moulton (Pauline True) Boston, Massachusetts 44 Water St, Gorham % Paulie (Marcous) and John Kelley have another girl, Susan Morrill, born 400 Large Comfortable Modern Rooms April 6, 1953 Marguerite Sullivan and Robert Powers All With Private Bath and Radio of Lewiston became engaged in April Bob attended Lewiston High School and NOTED FOR ITS EXCELLENT CUISINE was graduated from Boston University Law School in 1952 He is practicing All Function and Public Rooms Air-Conditioned law with his father in the firm of Powers and Powers of Lewiston Sully is em­ Also, Air-Conditioned Suites and Guest Rooms Available ployed by the Glendale Corporation of Ample Parking Space Boston. The James MacKenzies (Judith Den­ nison) have a new address 8 Alba Home of the Famous Mural Lounge Street Rear, Portland, Maine Mac is the medical photographer for the Maine and Medical Center in Portland. Judy spent the day with me not too long ago—she Popular Sportsmen’s Bar and sons Dougie and Brucie Saw Tommy Talbot at a square dance William T. Bigler in Portland the first of May He’s with General Manager Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and is living at Redbank Village in South Portland

THE MAINE ALUMNUS JUNE, 1953 Mmam and Bud Mosley ’49 are in living at 4 Bearse Rd , Hyannis, Mass Indiana again—Box 77, Brookston, being He is working for W. T. Grant Co., in their mailing address. They were previ­ the Hyannis store, as retailing assistant ously in Medina, N. Y , where Bud was manager. working for H. J. Heinz Co. Stuart Smythe is assistant field direc­ Sheldon Smith is a field engineer with tor of military installations for the Ebasco Services, Inc, Box 1537, Texas American National Red Cross. He lives City, Texas. with his wife and two children at 927 Doris Stanley is an architect’s assistant 11th Ave, Honolulu, Kaimuki, Hawaii. and is living at 1511 Page Street, Dur­ Orman Tozier works for K E. Tozier ham, North Carolina. Paper Company in Boston, Mass. He June Dyson of Salem, New Hampshire, and his wife and three year old daugnier. and Thomas Trust were married in Diane, live at 499 ’Washington St., Methuen, Massachusetts, last September. Brighton, Mass. June is a graduate of Woodbuiy High The Phil Downies’ address is 12 Gould School in Salem, New Hampshire, and St, Wakefield, R I has worked for the New England Tele­ Clif Whitten is an electronic engineer phone and Telegraph Co. Tom attended with the Signal Corp Engineering Lab­ Wentworth Institute after he was at the Bobby and Susan Davis, children oratories at Fort Monmouth, N. J. He University of Maine and is now employed of ’49 I’rexy Davis. (See class col­ is technical assistant to the chief in the by the Jenny Manufacturing Company of umn for further information.) maintenance Engineering Branch. Clifs Newton, Mass., where he and June are mail goes to Box 167, RFD #1, Red planning to live. issue to find out what the young Davises Bank, N. J. Francis Linehan, Jr., is a heating and look like') George White is a radar instructor in ventilating specialist with R. D Kimball Lois (Nicholson) and Al Healey are theory, maintenance, and radar sets at Co., 6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. His announcing the birth of Mark Dennis on Keesler A.F.B. He lives at 6 East Porter mailing address is 292 Summer Avenue, April 21. The Healeys live at 119 Union Ave , Ocean Springs, Miss. Reading, Mass. St, East Walpole, Mass. Jean (Webb) and William Dowling 1 QSA ^rs R°bert H. McIlwain Owen Southard is selling life insur­ (Ruth Holland) are living at 101 Eastern Avenue, Augus­ ance in Santa Monica, Calif. His present I 7 JU ta, Maine. They have a son, William 4456 Que Street, N.W. address is 2615-28th St. in Santa Monica. Washington 7, D C. Edward, Jr, who is almost two. Carl Wheaton is now residing at 5698 James Claffie is a mechanical engineer Access Rd , Dayton, Ohio. There isn’t too much news this month. with Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co., Hyde Ed Woodbrey is a graduate student at Please drop me a card this summer tell­ Park, Mass His address is 5A Holmfield Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. ing me how you are, what you are doing Avenue, Hyde Park His mail goes to Box #1 there . . anything you think would be of William Deering is state psychologist Francis Gross is a reporter and ad­ interest to the ’50ers Remember, for our and assistant superintendent at the State vertising man for the Eastern Gazette column to be full and interesting, I need Hospital in Bangor He is living at 160 and is editoi of the Moosehead Gazette. to know about YOU. Warren St, Bangor, and lives in South He lives at 20 Park St. in Dexter Everett T Keach was recently awarded Orrmgton, Maine, in the summer. Joe Hamblen is a machinist at South­ an M A. degree at Harvard University. Bertram Thorne is sales representative worth Machine Co. in Portland The Miss Marjorie A Higbee of Boston for American Agricultural Chemical Hamblens have a daughter, Susan Melis­ was married in March to Henry Saunders. Company of 2272 S. Clinton St., Balti­ sa, who was born Oct. 11, 1952 Their more, Maryland, with territory in Penn­ mail goes to RFD 2, Gorham. sylvania. Bert is living at 728 S Juliana Joseph Ouelette is an electrical tester. You’ll li St, Bedford, Pa. He is living at the Wisconsin Hotel, 1700 mm?* Catherine McCann is engaged to Peter Portland Ave., So., Minneapolis, Minn 7Ae Foley ’50 They became engaged at Lt (jg) Joseph Spring is a naval Easter time Katie is teaching in River­ aviator located at Zx-U NAS, Key West, Bangor House i head, Long Island, New York, and Peter Fla. is working in the research and develop­ John Talbot is a mechanical engineer for its§True Maine Hospitality ment department of the Springfield Ar­ with the Boston and Maine RR. He Attracthe Rooms from $3.25 mory in Springfield, Mass. A late sum­ lives at 33 Forest Ave., in Bangor. mer wedding is planned. Exceptionally good food. John DesRoches’ present address is Cocktail Lounge. Army PFC Roger Beaulieu was in 244 East 94th St., New York City. Camp Desert Rock, Nev., in March for Convenient Location. Joseph Flaherty is a speech and hear­ Horace W Chapman, President the second in the current series of atomic ing therapist with the Lorain, Ohio, Board tests. The maneuver, “Desert Rock V,” of Education. He lives at 711 West 22nd F was designed to demonstrate the effective­ St. in Lorain. ness of atomic weapons in support of Charles Read is an engineer with the ground action. Roger worked for the Montgomery County Planning Commis­ Federal-State Inspection Service, in sion and is in charge of subdivision im­ Distributors of Building Washington, D. C., before he entered provements. He lives at 1520 San Rae Materials the service. Drive, Dayton 9, Ohio. Last issue of The Alumnus—thank you ACME SUPPLY CO., INC. Miss Gene Cranch is a GYN Super­ 60 Summer St. all who have written to me. You who visor at Jackson Memorial Hopital. She haven’t—make resolutions and amends. Bangor, Me. is living at 28 Majorca Ave., Coral T. M. Hersey '34, Pres-Treas This column is for you, but needs be Gables, Fla. Philip Johnson ’43, Vice Pres. must be by you also. Donald Manter is a mechanical en­ 1 Q4Q Mrs. Frederick Robie, Jr. gineer for Public Service of New Hamp­ ' (Thelma Crossland) shire. He lives at 756 So. Main St., 118 Main St., Madison Manchester, N. H. Along with many others the Robies are We hope that all ’49ers are making on the move as you will see by the above plans now to attend our next reunion in address. Fred received his degree from June 1954 when we will celebrate our Maine this month and is serving as pastor fifth' Can it be possible that we have of Boston. Massachusetts of the Congregational Church in Madi­ been out of college that long? son. Daniel Hatch is an electrical engineer Life Insurance, Annuities Arnie Davis was on campus during working on motor design for Raytheon Group Insurance, Pensions Farm and Home Week in early April and Mfg. Co. in Waltham, Mass. He lives at 15 Bigelow St. in Cambridge. brought us up-to-date on his activities Dwight Sayward and the size of his family. Arnie is Robert Goodwin is an optometiist running a turkey hatchery at R.F.D. #2, with his office at Broadway Block in General Agent for State of Maine Presque Isle. Susan who is 3 and Bobby Houlton. His residence is at 3 Winter St. 415 Congress Street, Portland who is 1 comprise the family along with there. momma and poppa. (See picture in this Mr. and Mrs. Aelfred Flagg are now

THE MAINE ALUMNUS JUNE, 1953 29 w Mrs. Saunders is a graduate of Boston 42nd F A Bn. in Germany as a medic planning on going to Europe with a study University and the New England Baptist He plans to get out in July, 1954 Rus­ group. Hospital School of Nursing. They are sell Wass is also with the Army in Ger­ Wait Hohmann was married last June making their home in Portland. many and is now the father of a son. Walt is Don Waring, who was town manager Jackie Baker is now Mrs. Frere Her employed by the Factory Insurance As­ of Mars Hill, became town manager of address is 2910 Boston Blvd, Detroit 6, sociation as a supervisor of inspection. Dexter on 1 April Mich He lives at 73 Legion Dr, E. Hartford, Jerry Haynes was recently elected Norman Levesque is now employed as Conn vice president of the Machias Rotary Assistant City Engineer for the city of John Banton has just had the fourth Club Lewiston. addition to his family—a girl by the Virginia Littlefield is engaged to Peter Bob Boston is in Korea with the name of Susan May The family is Bradshaw ('47) She is secretary to Dr. A.A C S Mob Ground Radar Sp His living at 1235 Allen St, Springfield 8, Fergus in Bangor, Peter is at Knight address is A/2c Robert Boston, 1993rd Mass Auto Sales. A A C S Mob Comm Sp , A P.O. 970, Bill Melcher and Alice Adams are Roger Penney and Dora Ouellette of c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif married She was formerly employed as Great Works were married on the 26th Dick Merrill is now a Lieutenant (jg) a teacher at the Cheyenne River Indian or March in the Navy He is serving as communi­ Reservation in South Dakota. Bill is John and Punky (Perkins ’48) Fogler cations officer on a ship in the Mediter­ employed as a forester in Bingham by the are the proud parents of their second ranean area S D. Warren Co child, Robert John, born on March 27th Eugene Tussing is a work unit con­ Gus Gosse is in the service and in Ginny (Kennedy) and Bob Nickless servationist for Washington County His February was sent to Alaska. His wife, are living at 3300 Brandon Street, East address is Box 121, Machias, Maine Pauline “Boo” Robbins, was slated to Pasadena, California. Allegra Anderson McLean’s address is join him during the past month Ken Savoy’s present address is 6665 1/2 Box 73, Mercer, Wisconsin John Smiley is an assistant livestock Franklin Ave , Hollywood 28, California Phil Ames and Mary Skelton are en­ specialist in Animal Husbandry (Agri­ Martin and Yngurd M. Fehlau have a gaged. Phil is now in Korea with the culture Department) at the State Houe, hardware and paint store in South Port­ Signal Corps, 3rd Infantry Division Augusta land Their address is 41 Thirlmere They are planning to be married in the Jim Barrows, who has been in Korea Ave , South Portland, Me. fall. since October 1951, was one of the four Joyce Henderson is a Dietetic Intern Jack Berman was recently promoted American soldiers who made a reckless at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in to first lieutenant while serving with the daylight rescue of four Colombian in­ Boston. Korean Communications Zone, Long fantrymen trapped near Chinese trenches Lines Signal Group. on Old Baldy David Eddy is a sales engineer with Dick Blaisdell is a naval architect at the Frick Company in Waynesboro, Claire and Wendy Hodgkins are in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Dick’s Pennsylvania. Trieste, Italy Their address is Lt and address is 33 Kent St, Portsmouth, N H. Charlie and Jeanne Ellis have a son, Mrs H Wendell Hodgkins, “K” Co, Howard Slaney is employed as a drafts­ Stephen Frederick, who was born on 351st Infantry, APO. #209, c/o Post­ man for the du Pont Co and is living at April 12. The Ellises live at 2527 South­ master, N Y, N Y 46 Chaucer Dr, Brookside Park, Dela­ ern Ave. S. E , Washington, D. C. Virginia (Stickney) and Doug Cooper ware Our heartiest congralutations and best have moved from Rockland to 6-F Beech Milton Stone is back in the States wishes go to Maggie Mollison, new as­ Spring Dr, Summit, N. J. Doug was after being in Korea His address is sistant secretary of the Alumni Associa­ transferred from the Dragon Cement Co Sgt Milton Stone, Hedron 14—Mag 14, tion. 1 know she’ll do a superior job. —Rockland branch to their New York M C A S , Cherry Point, N Carolina 1951 Mrs. Paul McNabb offices. There is now an addition to the Keith Tozier is a test engineer on ex­ family, a young lady by the name of Ida' perimental aircraft engines and com­ (Mary Belle Tufts) Harold Gillis is with the Graduate 23 Bennoch Rd , Orono ponent parts for Pratt & Whitney in East Training Program for the Allis-Chalmers Hartford Keith’s address is 38 Colla- Bernie Stem Dillard is now the Mfg Co in West Allis, Wisconsin His proud mother of a baby girl, Martha more Rd , E Hartford, Conn mail should be sent to 18 Downer St, Bob Harradon is a claims adjuster for Louise The Dillards live at 138 Burma Calais, Maine Rd , Athol, Mass. the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co in Cora Laverty was married in February Detroit Bob is living at 11001 Long­ Here’s the address of Lt Donald O to John Duchaineau They are living in Hawes—K.M A G , Rear (Sig), APO view, Detroit 13, Mich Gorham Tilly is working for the princi­ Leslie Decker is teaching and working #59. c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. pal of Westbrook High School and her Calif on his Ph D. at Cornell His address is husband is employed by the L C Andrew Cayuga Lake Trailer Park, Ithaca, N Y. Liza Zaitlin Levinsky was expecting Co in South Windham. an addition to the family at about the Shirley and Gene Gammon are the 1952 Miss Dorothy McCann same time as our reunion was scheduled parents of a baby girl, Linda Jean. Gene 6 Gothic St , South Pans We’ll be looking for the news in the fall. is serving with the Army in Germany Dear ’52’ers, Bob McLellan is stationed with the ard was recently promoted to a First Another year has passed by, and as Lieutenancy we’re one year wiser (we hope), we're Bob Boothby is a development en­ also “one year old” as alumni. I sin­ HANCOCK HOUSE gineer for General Electric Co. in Sche­ cerely hope that your first year has nectady Bob’s mail should be sent to been a prosperous one, and if not so Wendell T. Smart ’35, 248 Duanesburg Rd , Schenectady. “Fortune-happy” that it has opened Owner Tudy (Stinson) and Carl Wight have a up a field of interest for sour future Ellsworth, Maine new daughter, Jean Elaine, who was born success. To all of you with growing on March 10th. families—congratulations ! Mahlon Johnson was recently married Throughout the past year I've seen to Norma Lee They are living in Dover, many ’52’ers and heard many yarns N H about this and that. If I started to list Mary Dean Yates was married last the wonderful experiences which some June (better late than never in getting the members of the class have had, I'd be news to you") to Richard Floyd They writing a column of my own! The Class LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY are both working in Washington, D C , Officers met a few weeks ago at Orono SPRINGFIELD • MASSACHUSETTS and at present are living at 110 Green­ to start planning for our first reunion ORGANIZED 1851 wood Dr., Falls Church, Va in June 1954. Believe me when I say Life Insurance Annuities Bill Leader is the assistant Route we have some wonderful ideas; we Personal Business Supervisor for the Pepsi Cola Bottling need you to give us every ounce of Pension Trust Co in Fairfield, Conn. Bill is living at 5 support you are able to muster to make All Forms of Group that first reunion a real “52 reunion.” CECIL S. WOODBREY ’41 Bethpage Dr, Bethel, Conn GENERAL AGENT Gerald Robbins is an engineer for But you’ll be hearing from us in the 415 Congress Street, Portland, Me Ingersoll Rand Co in New York He is early fall. Revolutionary Advantages recently making his home at 212 Netherwood I mustn't let you get away without announced for Career Life Ave , Plainfield, N J extending my personal thanks to Dotty Underwriters Ginny Nickerson is teaching school in McCann for her wonderful and out­ Riverhead, N Y. This summer she is standing job as Class Secretary during

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 30 JUNE, 1953 the year. They tell me in The Alum­ seen him a few times and he likes it engaged to Miss Gloria Theresa Michaud nus office that she has done a great “muchly.” of Springvale. Pat is serving with the job. (She would be the last person to Margie Wylde has left the fair city of U.S A. at Fort Dix, N. J. want me to put this in The Alumnus, Boston to head North—North Carolina Lt. Merrill Day of Belgrade Lakes was but where recognition is due, we cer­ to live with Jan Pratt and Jo San Antonio. married in early May to Katharine Haw- tainly want to extend it!) Margie has a job down there doing lay of Stillwater. Merrill is stationed at Good luck in the coming year, watch Publicity and Public Relations work for Fort Tilden, N. J. your Class Executive Committee an­ The Chapel Hill Players. All three are Speaking of weddings— nouncements regarding reunion, and having a wonderful time. Judy Ripley of Honedale, Mass., be­ continue to let us know what you’re Marti Pratt is at Westbrook Junior came Mrs Robert Brown on April 25 doing and where you’re going. College in Portland, Maine, instructing in Hopedale. s/ Greg Macfarlan physical education and really enjoying it. Carl Brenner married Jean E. Jensen Here it is June and I am again taking Patrick D. Davis is an elementary on Sunday, April 25, in Washington, exams—taking them home to correct. school teacher at the Cranberry Horn N. J. In college at least when we finished, that School in East Harpswell. Miss Barbara S Head married Robert was that, but now I know why we used Patty Coyne has been doing substitute W. Murdock in Bangor on Friday eve­ to have to wait a while sometimes to get work in English in Portland and every ning, March 27, in the Unitarian Church them back. Boy, what a job I can day brings a surprise—from clauses to in Bangor. Bob is serving with the United hardly believe it’s the last issue of The Caesar in one day, right, Patty9 States Army Signal Corps. Alumnus I want to thank all you who Donald E. Smith is Assistant Superin­ Malcolm Jones, U.S.A., married Bar­ have helped keep me writing this year, tendent of Dumbarton Oaks Research bara E Porter, Tuesday, March 17, at and hope I will hear from the rest of Library and Collection in Washington, 7.30 at the bride’s home. you in the future Summer seems to be D. C. Two more little ones have been the season of more spare time (for school Thomas Harmon is soil Scientist and brought into the world and into the teachers, that is) so drop me a line when Farm Planner for the Soil Conservation homes of the class of 1952. you do have time. Now, on for the last Service, U.S.D.A., in Carlisle, Penn. One Edgar Merle Bailey, 3rd, was born stretch news. From science to service— to Ruth and Edgar Bailey of Gorham on Pvt. Theodore Gross, of Brooklin, re­ April 20. This month I got quite a few letters cently graduated from a four week course from a lot of you and one among these Greg and Marti and I met with Mr. was a very nice one from Mike Conley. in medical aidman training at the Eta Keyo early in May to make a few plans Mike is out in Los Angeles, California, Jima Specialist School in Japan. The for the future. We plan to get the class where he’s working for Television Pro­ course, directed by the Medical Corps, together at homecoming next year, Nov. grams Inc which produces both radio taught the students methods of emer­ 7, and we’ll tell you all about it in a and television shows on tape. Gee, Mike, gency treatment of the sick and wounded. special letter we’ll send you in September. when I got the letter at school and saw Because of Ted’s excellent record at the Your main contact with future plans the heading, I thought “I had been dis­ school he is being retained for probable will be The Alumnus and we are all covered'” However, I discovered differ­ assignment as an instructor. hoping you will renew your subscription ently Second Lt. and Mrs. Alan Pease (that’s for next year. Al and Mamie) are at Fort Benning, Mike told me Ed Hanley and Betty 1953 Bob Dinsmore is an aviation are the parents of a son and the whole Georgia, enjoying the wonderful base there. It really is a beautiful spot, at least cadet in the U. S Navy. We happy family is living in Long Beach, don’t know just where he is in training, where Ed is working for the Southern for a civilian. Second Lt Sterling D Crowe is with but mail goes to his home—Lisbon Falls, California Gas Company. Maine. George McKenny is in Fresno working Infantry Co. B, Camp Roberts, Calif. Andy Hemond, U. S. Navy, is with General Electric Co. in Lynn, Mass., for a wholesale house is where Irvin Haynes is training as an Vernon Napolitano is with North Naval Intelligence, stationed at the Penta­ gon Building in Washington, D. C., and accountant in the business training course. American Aircraft. They all get together He is living at 101 Maple St., Lynn. out there once in a while and sit on the enjoys his work very much. Some people have all the luck. Don McCusker is a test pilot with the beach and read about the snow storms in Glenn L. Martin Co. of Baltimore, Md. Maine From service to sentence (only kid­ ding) the following are engaged: He is living at 5545 Lothian Rd., Balti­ Chester A Worthylake was promoted more 12, Md. to technical operating assistant over the Richard C. Wood is engaged to Bar­ bara J. Burns. They are both from West That’s all the news of ’53 to date. Butyrals and Colored Saflex Departments There are many more of the January of the Monsanto Chemical Co. Hartford where Dick is associated with the Phoenix Insurance Co. graduation class whose story is not Clayton Veno from Bangor is a Me­ known. Let’s hope they write in during chanical Goods Field Representative for Harry Easton and his wife, Jane, are at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Second Lt. the summer so that we can catch up on Good Year Tire and Rubber Co. and is their doings in the first fall issue' located in the Bank of Commerce Build­ Harry is an instructor on the Tactics ing. Portland, Maine. Committee of the 11th Airborne Divi­ Russell Taylor is working with General sion Replacement Training Faculty at Electric Co in Pittsfield, Mass. Fort Campbell. Richard A. Webber is a Junior Project A letter from Second Lt. Paul Judkins NORTHEASTERN Engineer in the Inspection Department told me that he is recently stationed at in the New Departure Division of Gen­ Fort Lewis, Washington, and Fred Little­ UNIVERSITY eral Motors in Meriden, Conn. field is also there. They said they eagerly David Williams Jr is a Chemical En­ await the issue of The Alumnus, as, I gineer and Process Investigator for the guess, we all do. School of Law Monsanto Chemical Co in Springfield. Don McKeen is now Pvt. Herr McKeen Dave Remick and “Micky” are living of Germany, working for Uncle Sam as Day and Evening in Erie, Penn , where Dave is an engi­ chief interpreter. He is having a wonder- neer in the Refrigerator Cabinet Devel­ fu time and is very fascinated by German Programs opment Test Dept, of General Electric food—bread and wine. Leading to the Second Lt. Richard A Knight, U.S. Harold Footman is a Naval Architect Degree of Bachelor of Laws at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Ports­ M C., is a student at Basic School, Marine mouth, N. H. Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. Second Lt. Roy P. Webber is at the GRADUATE CURRICULUM Robert P. Gregoire is a development Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. engineer for the Hamilton Standard Di­ vision of United Aircraft, Windsor Locks, Eleanor Thomas (’54) is engaged to CO-EDUCATIONAL Conn. Dallas Knight of North Weymouth, Mass. Dallas served with the Army in Robert E. Steele is a Design Engineer Japan, and is now employed as a me­ For catalog write. with the Brown Instrument Division, chanical engineer in the research division Dean Lowell S. Nicholson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. of the United Shoe Machinery Company Gee, we’ve heard from a lot of engi­ in Beverly. neers and designers this month, now let’s Ellie Byron is engaged to Second Lt. 47 Mt. Vernon Street hear of a couple designers and engineers Roy Gove who is stationed at Fort Mac- of the future youth of this country. Arthur, Calif They plan a summer wed­ Boston 8, Massachusetts Phil Dennis has been at Portland High ding, unless the Army says otherwise. School this year teaching English. I’ve Lt. R. Patrick Morneault of Lille is

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