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Maine Alumnus, Volume 30, Number 3, December 1948 Maine Alumnus, Volume 30, Number 3, December 1948

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Four Score Years . . .The University of Maine is now embarking on

its 81st academic year.

Within the lifetime of men now living the University of Maine—once the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—held classes for the first time. The institution opened September 21, 1868, with 12 students and two faculty mem­bers.

Men of vision realized the need for a well- rounded undergraduate program for “ the many instead of the few” and the Colleges of Agricul­ture, Arts and Sciences, Technology, and theSchool of Education were established. The pro­gram of Graduate Study and the Summer Sessionwere also added to meet a definite need.

In like manner, the Maine Agricultural Ex­periment Station, Maine Technolgy Experiment Station, Department of Industrial Cooperation, and the Agricultural Extension Service were also created to meet specific needs.

Pattern FOR THE FUTURENow, as the University goes forward

in this 81st year with 4,700 students, the pattern for the future has been set to a great extent by those who haveguided its destinies in the past.

These are its general goals:

1. To train undergraduates and gradu- ate students “ in the several pur­suits and professions in life.”

2. To provide educational opportuni­ties primarily for all qualified Maine students.

3. To make possible well-rounded programs of study with qualified teachers.

4. To carry on research for the better­ment of mankind.

5. To give service to the state and nation.

(This is the second in a series of statements giving background information on your State University.)

T h e MA INEA l UMNUS

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Officers

Hazen H. Ayer ’24, President Harold J. Shaw ’ 14, Vice President Richard S. Bradford ’30, Treasurer George F. Dow ’27, Clerk John Sealey, Jr. ’36, Executive Sec. Mrs. Bette Kilpatrick ’42, Assistant Sec.

Alumni Council Members

Hazen H. Ayer ’24 Clifton E. Chandler ’ 13 Samuel W. Collins ’ 19 Charles E. Crossland ’ 17 Raymond H. Fogler ’15 Miss Jessie Fraser ’31 Miss M. June Kelley ’ 12 Fred D. Knight ’09 Alfred B. Lingley ’20 Alton T. Littlefield ’21 George E. Lord ’24 John H. Mahoney ’27 Thomas G. Mangan ’ 16 Miss Marion E. Martin ’34 Mrs. Marjorie M. Murphy ’33

Mrs. Elizabeth Parkman ’40 Miss Emily Pendleton ’26 Myron C. Peabody ’16Harold M. Pierce ’ 19Conan A. Priest ’22 James M. Sims ’32 Robert F. Thurrell ’ 15 Thomas N. Weeks ’16

FRON T COVER

Norman W. Curtis ’44 (L, Everett ’23, Marie Hodgdon ’23), of Phi Gam, was the photographer of this fine shot of the walk leading from Coburn Hall to the "waiting room.” Taken with a Kodak Medalist, a five minute exposure with a f 16 setting and Eastman Super X X film, resulted in this prize winning photo which was taken last winter.

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* The Carnegie Art Gallery is open daily and on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.

Vol. 30 DECEMBER, 1948 No. 3Published monthly from October to June inclusive, by the University of Maine General Alumni Association, Business office, The Maine Alumnus,

University of Maine, Orono. Maine. Subscription price, $2.00 per year, included in annual alumni dues of $3.00. Member: American Alumni Council. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Orono, Maine, under act of March 3, 1870.

T HE M A I N E A L U M N U S 3 DECEMBER, 1 9 4 8

A textile factory where the employees Joseph H. Axelrod ’37, President of are “students,” the women “co-eds,” the Crown Manufacturing Co., and

one of his “ Directors,” Jeffery, age 4the supervisors professors and the man- agement the “administrative faculty” wasscoffed at by experienced mill men. Yet, And so the “college” idea, unheard of when the Crown Manufacturing Company in dignified textile circles, was adopted,of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was faced Local newspaper ads and radio broadcastswith a labor-shortage and employee- brought immediate response. Every jobmorale problems, they adopted the college was promptly filled and a long waitingidea. Joseph H. Axelrod ’38, is president list was compiled. Female workers en-of this company which has successfully joyed being called “co-eds” instead of met a vexing problem. factory girls. A new spirit prevailed.

Long known for its fine cotton yarns Improved employee relations, reducedand well-kept buildings and grounds, the turnover, improved quality and produc-Crown Manufacturing Company found tion—important factors in any business,itself confronted with the problem of but especially in the New England textilelosing mill hands to other industries. The industry— resulted.plant was not close to public transporta- Semesters, classes, studies, exams, alltion and isolated from densely populated part of the college scene, were also added,towns. The management believed that if the

“ The Students”

NEWworker knew why he did certain things at certain times then he would be a better worker. If he were told why instead of just told to “do it” ; if he were taught that to turn out second-rate products in­stead of first grade takes longer; if he knew that poor work on his part affected every other step in the operation, then he would attempt to improve his own work.

A series of eleven courses comprised the curriculum. Classes were held from 4 to 6 p.m. each Monday from November to April. Veteran mill workers and be­ginners enrolled for various courses. “Laboratory” periods in the form of mill tours to see the practices discussed in lecture periods followed the classes. The courses gave the students a broad knowl­edge of the economic factors of the textile business as well as to give them an idea of the other fellow’s job.

The first semester, November to Feb­ruary, included these courses:

Course No. 1— Opening, picking, carding.

Course No. 2— Combing, drawing, roving.

Course No. 3— Spinning.Course No. 4— Winding, twisting, and

warping.Course No. 5— Slashing, drawing-in,

and weaving.Course No. 6— Textile designing and

cloth construction.In the second semester, February to

b April, the following courses were offered Course No. 7—Textile testing,

b Course No. 8— Plant maintenance.g Course No. 9—Elements that enter costs.

Course No. 10—Time-and-motion b studies and setting of rates,d Course No. 11— Personnel.

Cooperation instead of competition s, among employees was brought about.e Gone were the jealousies, the insinuations

against the ambitious worker. These were 11 replaced by a spirit of coordination. Goned. were the employee gripes and in theire place are constructive suggestions.

“ The College”

ing is allowed; mobile canteens and acompany bus line connecting with public

transporation are among the “extra-cur­ricula” privileges for the “ students” of Crown College.

“ Morale,” says Mr. Allen, the superin- fare of our people has resulted in less The Crown Manufacturing Company is, “ is what keeps an organization absenteeism and a very low turnover of one of the Axelrod interests. Joseph

organized. It filters downward through help.” H. Axelrod ’37 is president of this com-the rank and file from the top. An organi- “ The Dean,” or personnel counselor, is pany as well as the Airedale Worstedzation is no better than its leaders. ready to talk with any employee. Highly Mills of Woonsocket, R. I., the Lippitt

“All personnel men know that people trained in human and social problems he Worsted Mills and the Dorlexa Dyeingrespond enthusiastically to an assign- gives the employee sympathetic under- and Finishing Company all of that cityment or task in which they feel that they standing. His advice is sought often. It and the Wamsutta Mills of New Bedford,are a necessary part. We believe that all may be for legal advice, it may be psy- Mass.our employees are interested in furnishing chological or medical treatment that is M r . Axelrod prepared for Maine atan honest day’s work. So we follow needed or just cheerful counsel or en- Boston Latin. He received his degreethrough on that premise and take a genu- couragement. But the worker knows that from the Wharton School of Financeine interest in their work, their play, and whatever it is, it will be treated in con- having transferred there from Maine,their personal problems. W e employ a fidence. He and Mrs. Axelrod live in Newtonfull-time personnel counselor to visit those Union relations (C IO ) have always Center, Mass., with their three children,who are troubled with home problems; we been harmonious at Crown College. Not Penny 6, Jeffery 4, and Kathy 1. Whileoperate our own bus to carry employees a major interruption nor a serious dis- business interests require much travel-to and from the nearest public trolley agreement has been experienced since the nig, he finds time to list yachting aslines. In each department a corner of the labor contract was signed. a hobby.room is set apart for a glassed-in, fire- Six paid holidays a year, health and At the age of 32, Mr. Axelrod is execu-proof smoking room where employees, at surgery benefits and life insurance arc tive of a not so small textile empire thatspecified times, may relax and enjoy a part of the contract. has proven that Yankee ingenuity, modernsmoke. A mobile canteen tours the entire A “college” paper, Crown College Co- employee relations programs and soundplant carrying hot soup, coffee, pastry pers; an athletic field; smoking rooms, management principles are the best waysand candy. All this attention to the wel- the only places in the plant where smok- of meeting competition.

This late afternoon view shows the south facade of the Library. The center section of the building with numer­ous small windows represents the stack area. Student carrels arc located along the windows of the upper floors and are assigned to students doing research work. On the ground floor in this area are the seminar rooms.

The new Plant Science Building will face the Library as soon as the Horticulture Building is moved, and will form the south mall, thus adding considerably to the beauty of the south campus.

Visitor/* to the campus have been enthusiastic in their praise of the Library for it gives the University the best in library equipment in a building of attractive design.

For the first time in many years, facilities are available for the display of the increasingly valuable University of Maine Collection; a factor which is encouraging many alumni to give items of historical interest to the University.

T H E M A I N E A L U M N U S 5 DECEMBER, 19 4 8

A lu m n i N A M E s in the N E w s

Promotion— Coveted Award—Edward A. Merrill, Jr. ’31 has recently Richard F. Talbot ’07 has been awarded

been appointed manager of the San Fran- a certificate of recognition for outstand-cisco office of Young and Rubicam. His ing achievements with the extension ser-promotion as manager of this important vice by Epsilon Sigma Phi.office in his company reflects the steady The award comes as a result of 28advancement which Merrill has enjoyed years service to Maine agriculture in thesince joining the firm after graduation. extension service. He was instrumental

He has served successively in the agen- in establishing the selective cattle breed-cy’s research, merchandising and copy de- ing program in Maine and introducedpartments. Prior to going to San Fran- Ladino Clover as a forage and pasturecisco, he had been an executive in their crop. This has been termed as “ probablyHollywood radio department. Before go- the most important introduction of newing to Hollywood in 1947, he was an forage crop in at least 50 years.”account executive in New York. Talbot, a member of SAE, was a var-

With the exception of three years in sity football player for three years wherethe Army with the Armed Forces Radio he earned the reputation of being one ofService, Merrill has been with Young and Maine’s great linemen. He also playedRubicam since 1931. baseball and basketball. His two daugh-

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, ters, Mrs. John Ness (Edith ’32) andSigma Chi and is the son of Dr. Edward Mrs. James Bean (Mary ’36) are alum-A. Merrill ’97. nae of Maine.

Against the Tide— Utilities Commissioner—Withstanding the Democratic landslide Edgar Corliss ’13, of Bridgton, has

in the November elections in Massa- been confirmed as a member of the Publicchusetts was John D. Mackay ’00. He Utilities Commission,was reelected for his 11th term to Senate A native of Charleston, Commissionerof that state. Corliss received his LL.B. in 1913. A

Representing the first Norfolk District member of the Maine and Cumberlandof Quincy and Braintree he has always County Bar, he has been judge of thereceived a very complimentary vote. He Northern Cumberland Municipal Court,has served on several committees and is Mr. Corliss is considered the minoritynow chairman of the Committee on the party member of the Commission. WhileJudiciary, a post formerly held by J. the law does not specify that one of theBradford Davis T3. Senator Mackay’s three commissioners be a member of thereelection makes, him one of the oldest minority party, it has been the practice ofmembers of the Massachusetts Court in several years to have this representationyears of service. on the Commission.

Honorary Degree—Mary Ellen Chase ’09, whose latest

book, JONATHAN FISHER, was re­viewed in the November Alumnus, was awarded an honorary degree by North­eastern University at a recent 50th an­niversary convocation. The only woman among the thirteen distinguished recipi­ents, Dr. Chase is the first woman to be so honored by Northeastern.

The citation accompanying the degree said, in part, “versatile and accomplished writer, effective and beloved teacher, you have brought to your readers and to your students the warmth of a gracious per­sonality, the integrity of the artist and the stimulation of a creative mind. Although your interests and achievements range beyond regional borders, you have stamped your work with the practical idealism which is part and parcel of your goodly heritage as a New Englander.”

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an engaging article by Miss Chase titled “The Country Doc­tor on the Maine Coast.” Earlier this year she addressed the Massachusetts Medical Society’s annual meeting in Bos­ton on the same subject.

The Newcomen Society in North America had as guest of honor at its Maine Dinner, Frank C. Bowler ’94. The cut at the left pictures the inside spread of the announcement of the dinner. William S. Newell, H’43, pre­sided at the dinner attended by the outstanding business and civic per­sons of Maine. This high honor comes in recognition of years of distinguished service to the engineer­ing profession.

Chief engineer of the Great North­ern Paper Company since 1911, Mr. Bowler is vice-chairman, Maine Com­mittee, in the Newcomen Society. He is a director of the Millinocket Trust Co., a life member of the Society of Civil Engineers and a past president of the Maine Association of Engi­neers.

DECEMBER, 1 9 4 8T H E M A IN E A L U M N U S 6

CAMPAIGN PLANSTHE new year will see new activity

in the Union Building campaign when a series of meetings with fund workers will be held in areas from Maine to Florida. Chairman Raymond H. Fog- ler ’ 15 and Associate Director William C. Darroch ’39 have planned a schedule of meetings with area chairmen and workers which will be the opening gun in the final phase of the campaign.

The preliminary meetings with area chairmen are designed for the discussion of methods to be used and the reorgani­zation where needed of the area com­mittees.

These meetings will be followed, a few weeks later, by meetings of the area and local committees and workers, just prior to the reopening of the campaign in each area. It is hoped that each area commit­tee will then attain its quota within the next few weeks.

Five areas are already over the top. To them goes much credit for the fine job already completed. Their accom­plishments are an inspiration to others, several of which have approached the 100 per cent mark.

Chairman Fogler, recently on campus :or the initiation of his son, William ’51, into Sigma Chi, said : “ Each time I visit the campus, I am more impressed with the acute need for the Union Building. i am distressed at the lack of recreational facilities on the campus, but found at every other college. The facilities are designed not just for pleasure but also as an important tool in the broad edu­cation of our students.

“ If construction is to begin in the early summer, it is necessary that our $900,000 be subscribed now. This can be done

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only by the generous pledge of every alumnus to the fund,” said Chairman Fogler.

Mark Pendleton ’14, Iowa, chair­man of the Union Building fund, is vice president and treasurer of the Sioux City Gas and Electric Com­pany and the Iowa Public Service Company. Active in civic and busi­ness affairs in Sioux City, he is a na­tive of Islesboro. He has taken on the responsibilities of the Union Building campaign in his state be­cause he “ appreciates that all alum­ni must do their share in making possible the Union Building.”

Warren Kane ’33 is assisting Mr. Pendleton.

Many alumni made only modest pledges to the fund believing that there would be a “second” solicitation. Now is the time for these alumni to complete their share in this fine memorial. Some alumni have already done this. Recently an additional pledge of $500 came from an alumnus whose original pledge was down to but two more payments. He wrote: “ The

success of this campaign must never be in doubt. I subscribe another five hun­dred dollars to be paid in the usual in­stallments when my present pledge has been paid.” Several alumni have added to their subscriptions by extending their quarterly payments for another year or two.

More than $660,000 of the goal has al­ready been subscribed. It is the hope of the Union Building Committee that the quota can be attained by Commencement time. Working drawings of the building will be prepared during the winter in anticipation of the success of the cam­paign.

The student senate has appointed a committee to make a final review of the building requirements. It is expected that their report will be submitted in early January to the Alumni Building Committee which will then proceed to have the plans prepared so that every­thing will be in readiness for actual con­struction.

The family and business associates of William McC. Sawyer ’01 have sub­scribed a fund for a grand piano in his memory. This fine instrument will be used for the concerts and recitals to be held in the Union Building. The subscribers were: Mrs. William McC. Sawyer, E. B. Nealley & Family, Snow & Nealley Co., Theo Pozzy & Family, The Dole Com­pany, and The Hincks Coal Co., all of Bangor, and Mr. George H. Wahn, The George H. Wahn Co., Congress & High, Inc., both of Boston.

Mr. Sawyer’s sudden death last spring was mourned by a host of alumni friends for he had long been a devoted alumnus. He was awarded the Alumni Service Emblem in 1935 in recognition of his outstanding services to the University. One of the underwriters of the Alumni Association budget at the time of its re­organization in 1919, he had also served on the Athletic Board and the Alumni Council and in 1926 was appointed to the Board of Trustees.

It is particularly fitting that Mr. Saw­yer be memorialized in the Union Build­ing for he was chairman of the first Memorial Fund Committee which raised over $500,000 for the Field House, a memorial to the men of World War I. He served, too, on the second Memorial Fund Committee and was president of the Corporation.

A prominent business and civic leader of Bangor and the state, he was, at the time of his death, treasurer of The Dole Company of Bangor.

With Hi

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Leading Ten Areas ghest Per Cent of Quota Subscribed

A rea C h a i r m a n A m t . % of Q uota

Rhode Island Alfred B. Lingley $14,825 104%Canada Manley W . Davis 3,585 102%Western Penn. R. Warren Graff am 6,455 102%Penobscot Alumnae Rena C. Bowles 16,423 100%Lehigh Valley, Pa. A. C. Wescott 2,505 100%Maryland William Doane 8,128 87%Piscataquis Lewis P. Roberts 9,013 86%N. H.— North Myles Standish 2,100 78%N. H.— South Everett E. F. Libby 9,943 72%

Rochester, N. Y.A. Russell Coggins George D. Hill 3,275 67%

TH E M A I N E A L U M N U S 7 DECEMBER, 1 9 4 8

Maine 60—Bates 59A one point margin gave Maine a vic­

tory over Bates in the first game of the season, with 60-59 the final score.

Leading 28-23 at the end of the first half, the high-powered and favored Bates team had taken the lead against a cautious Maine team. As the second half opened, the Bobcats increased their margin to eight points before the Black Bears pulled themselves off the floor and with aggres­siveness and determination evened the score. With five minutes to play, Maine led 50-43. A desperate Bates quintet nar­rowed the lead and just before the final gun veteran Simpson slipped through the Maine defense to tie the game at 56-56.

In the overtime, Norwood and Gordon scored quickly and then Bates completed a foul and a goal. Time ran out and Maine gained victory by one slim but important point.

The team was not impressive in their opening encounter. Lacking speed and deception the Maine squad will have to show considerable improvement if it is to retain the state series title won last year.

Colby, which defeated Bowdoin by a one point edge, is regarded as the strong­est team. Fortified by one of New Eng­land’s best hoopsters plus several very capable players, the White Mules are strong contenders for the state series

Colby 60—Maine 45Maine’s varsity quintet played its sec­

ond rough and ragged game of the season, but did not fare so well in the latest bout, losing to Colby, 60-45, at Waterville.

Paced by Teddy Shiro and Tubby Washburn, who scored 31 points between them, the Mules jumped to an early lead, and were never headed in a game marked by 46 personal fouls, 24 by Maine.

Bowdoin 55—Maine 39Eight of the twelve men playing in the

Bowdoin game, the last before the holi­days, found their way into the scoring column, but not with enough consistency to win.

Forcing the issue from the start, the Polar Bears controlled the ball most of the time with tight defensive work hur- ring the Maine shots and won 55-39. Mc­Cormack led the scoring with 11 points followed by Wing with 8.

On the same night Bates defeated Col­by, 66-60, in an overtime game. Thus Colby and Bates finish the first round of state series play with two victories and one loss each, while Maine and Bowdoin have one win and two defeats.

T H E M A IN E A L U M N U S

TENNISThe fall tennis tournament brightened

the outlook of Col. Small, coach, for next spring. The tournament uncovered a num­ber of talented players most of whom came up from the Brunswick Annex team of last year.

Larry Van Peursem ’50 had little trouble disposing of Fred Herman, last year’s champion, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.

The dark horse of the tournament was Dick Preble ’50 (Warren H. ’21) who reached the quarter finals. A varsity pitcher on the baseball squad, Preble will have to choose between a baseball bat and a tennis racquet come spring.

TOP KICKERRussell “ Butch” Noyes, Kittery, sopho­

more punting specialist of the football team during the past season, was the top kicker among the New England small colleges this fall according to the final statistics released by the National Col­legiate Athletic Bureau.

Noyes, in his first year of varsity com­petition, finished the season with an average of 39.2 yards per try on a total of 47 punts. This average was the highest among those of the small college punters of New England and was 14th highest in the country.

He saw service for the Black Bears exclusively as a punter with the excep­tion of one play during the seven-game season. On that play Noyes completed a 10-yard pass against Colby.

Because of Noyes’ exceptional kicking the Maine team ranked first in New England and 13th in the nation with a team average of 39 yards per kick. All but two of the Maine punts over the sea­son were kicked by Noyes.

Russell “ Butch” Noyes ’51

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Class Elections—Almost fifty per cent of the student

body went to the polls on December 7 to choose their class officers from among the names chosen at primary elections two weeks earlier.

Chosen as officers of the senior class were Ralph Barnett, Augusta, president; Jack Zollo, Danvers, Mass., vice presi­dent ; Cynthia Hayden, Raymond, secre­tary ; and Arnold Davis, East Corinth, treasurer. All but Davis held the same offices as juniors.

In the junior class, James A. Mc- Brady, Portland, was elected president with Edward J. McDermott, Fairhaven, Mass., vice president; Ruth Holland, Washington, D. C., secretary; and Alton M. Hopkins, Augusta, treasurer.

The sophomores named the following officers: Russell E. Meade, Auburn, President; Patricia M. Simmons, Bucks- port, vice president; Mary E. Marsden, Auburn, secretary; and James E. Elliott, Westboro, Mass., treasurer.

Edgar M. Bailey, Bangor, president of the freshman class, will be supported by Edgar F. Lord (George E. ’24, Sarah Quincy ’25), Orono, vice president; Jeanne Frye, Harrington, secretary; and Mary L. Snyder, Orono, treasurer.

Pulp and Paper—Officials of various paper making con­

cerns in Maine and from out-of-state points are scheduled to give a series of 15 weekly lectures at the University on Pulp Technology, which is a requirement of the pulp and paper division.

About 25 students are enrolled in the semester course which includes the lec­tures. These students will receive aca­demic credit for their work. The lectures are approximately two hours in length and a third hour is devoted to recitation and examinations.

Professor Lyle C. Jenness, head of the department of chemical engineering, who has arranged the series of lectures, re­ports that executives of various paper making concerns have been “extremely cooperative” in making the series pos­sible.

John Lewis ’43 has been named instruc­tor for the course. He will work under the direct supervision of Professor Jen­ness in carrying on the recitation and examination work in connection with the program.

In addition to the speakers, representa­tives of various paper manufacturing con­cerns have been invited to attend the series of lectures and take part in the dis­cussions.

Among those listed as visiting lecturers are: E. R. Barker ’31, Supt. of Sulphite Mill, Hollingsworth & Whitney; Robert Nivison, Jr. ’37, Asst. Vice Pres., Hol­lingsworth & Whitney; J. G. L. Caulfield ’24, Eastern Corporation and T. J. Carlin ’24, Gilman Paper Co., Howland, Me.

DECEMBER, 19 4 8

NECROLOGY

1889JOHN ELMER LITTLEFIELD.

John Elmer Littlefield died May 22, 1948, in Brewer, Maine, where he had lived for 78 years. He was engaged in the ship’s timber business for more than 30 years, and was one of the founders and the treas­urer of the Brooks Brick Company, Brew­er. A former alderman he participated in many activities for the betterment of his city. He attended the First Congregation­al Church, St. Andrews lodge, F. and A.M. in Bangor, and he belonged to all Masonic bodies including the Anah Tem­ple, order of the Mystic Shrine. He at­tended the University of Maine with the class of 1889.

1893GEORGE FREEM AN ROW E. Word

has reached the Alumni Office of the death of George Freeman Rowe in Bangor on October 17, 1948. He was stricken and collapsed in a downtown drugstore two days before his death. Mr. Rowe was graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in engineering after which he built several mills in New York State, was Superintendent of the pulp and paper mill in Lincoln for 20 years, Superinten­dent of a mill in St. John, N. B., for four years, and since 1919 has been treasurer and manager of the Wood Products Com­pany of Brewer, which he and the late Vernon Littlefield of Bangor founded to­gether. This past year he was awarded the Grand Lodge of Maine’s 50-year ser­vice medal by Holeb Lodge, No. 93, of Lincoln in a special ceremony. He was also a member of Anah Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, St. John’s Com- mandery, the Executives’ Club, and St. John’s Episcopal Church. The Universi­ty of Maine has lost one of its most de­voted and interested alumni in the passing of George Rowe. Its advancement and interests were ever close to his heart.

1902RODERICK J. MacGREGOR. W ord

has reached the Alumni Office of the death of Roderick J. MacGregor of Lincoln who attended the University of Maine for a year with the class of 1902. He gradu­ated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1903. H e was for many years active head of the John MacGregor company of South Lincoln, spool manufac­turers, carrying on a business started by his father. Mr. MacGregor was a direc­tor of the Merchants National Bank of Bangor and the Lincoln Theatre, Inc. He had taken an active part in numerous fi­nancial drives, notably the National War Fund, the Red Cross, and the Savings Bonds campaigns. He was a member of the University Club of Boston and the Penobscot Valley Country Club.

1906PERCY ALBERT H ASTY. On Oc­

tober 31, 1948 Percy Albert Hasty, Judge of the Dexter Municipal Court passed away in a Bangor hospital. H e had served on the municipal bench for 10 years in Dexter, and had been practicing law in that town for the past 40 years. Fie re­ceived a degree in Law from the Uni­versity of Maine in 1906. Widely known among World War I veterans, he orga­nized and commanded Company A, Sec­ond Maine Infantry, which participated in service on the Mexican border in 1916. He continued to lead the unit when it became a part of the 103rd Infantry until he sustained wounds at Belleau Wood, France, in July, 1918. H e was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Brooks, a former member of the Dexter Club and Knights of Pythias, a charter member and past

commander of the Pouillot-Seavey post, American Legion, and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

W ILLIAM M ORTIM ER CULLEN. Word has been received of the death of William Mortimer Cullen of Lewiston on November 3, 1948. He was principal of the Jordan Grammar School in that citv from 1910 to 1947 when he reached the age of retirement. He did much dur­ing those years to benefit the school and its advancement. He was president of the Lewiston Teachers’ Association from 1916-1920, president of the Androscoggin County Teacher’s Association in 1925, and a past president of the Rotary Club. He attended the University of Maine with the class of 1906 during 1902-1903.

1908W ILLIAM F. SCAM M AN. Professor

“ Bill” Scamman died suddenly on Octo­ber 18 at his home on College Road. A l­though in poor health for some time, he had been sufficiently well to carry on his teaching duties until a few days before his death.

A native of Yarmouth, Professor Scamman graduated in 1908 and received his M.A. in 1930. Following his gradua­tion he was scientific aid in the U. S. Bureau of Entomology until 1914. He was supervising inspector of the National Canners Association from 1914-19.

He taught in various high schools in Maine and New Hampshire from 1919 to 1926 when he joined the Maine faculty as an instructor in English in that year. In 1929 he was named an assistant professor and promoted to associate professor in 1940.

Professor Scamman was instrumental in the development of an outstanding course in technical composition at the University of Maine which has attracted widespread attention among other colleges and universities.

He was also editor of publications for the Maine Technology Experiment Sta­tion, and had edited various Maine Studies. During the past year he had published a booklet called Review of Technical Periodical— A Project in Re­port Writing, and he recently assisted in editing a Bibliography of Technical Lit­erature.

A member of the American Society for Engineering Education, he was also a member of' the Masons. During World War I he was associated with the Food Administration.

He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.1937

FREDERICK H A LE BRUSH. On December 3, 1948, Frederick Hale Brush died very suddenly in Burlington, Ver­mont, where he made his home. H e was an attorney-at-law and had been with the office of the Vermont State Unemploy­ment Compensation Commission in Bur­lington for some time. He attended the University of Maine in 1934-1935 with the class of 1937. He was elected to the Vermont General Assembly in 1938 where he made a fine record and was returned to the Assembly the following session. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1940. He served in the army for about four years, being on overseas duty for two years of that time. Before going overseas, the sergeant was with the judge advocate’s

office at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Held in very high regard by all who knew him, Frederick Brush will be greatly missed in his community. He was a brother of Dr. Edward N. Brush of the University of Maine faculty.

1946CHARLES JULIAN BAGLEY, JR.

On October 22, 1948, Charles Julian Bag- ley, Jr., died almost instantly when a “gas bag,” attached to a device used in administering anaesthetics, exploded as he was about to submit to an operation. The accident occurred at the Fairfield Sana­torium where Mr. Bagley was a patient. He was a native of Centerville, Massa­chusetts. Graduating from the University of Maine in 1946, with a B.S. degree in Education, he had been active as an un­dergraduate, having been a member of the Glee Club, the Maine Masque, the Christian Association, the International Relations Club, Political Breakfast Club, and Mu Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

BY CLASSES

1 8 8 2 W ill Russell Howard retired from the teaching profession in

1939, but went back to his work in 1943 as a mathematics teacher at Crosby High School in Belfast. W ord has come this fall that he has again retired and is living at 3 Northport Ave., Belfast. John Edward Hill is a civil en-1 8 8 4 gineer with offices at 324 4th Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. His home address is Box 54, Clearwater, Minn.1 8 8 5 James Norris Hart, Dean Emer-

itus of the University, is fre­quently seen at University functions. His continuing activity is enjoyable to those who have known him through the many years he has been associated with Maine.18 8 6 Bert J’ Allan a lawyer and

fives in Middleboro, Mass.1 8 8 7 M rs George F. Black (Alice A.

Hicks), who has shown an ac­tive interest in the Alumni Association during the years, lives at 68 Deering St., Portland.

James S. Kennedy has retired recently as Sales Manager of the Electrical Di­vision with Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, Conn. He is living at 23 Madison St., Plainville, Conn.1890 George H. Babb is an Inspec-

tor and Lecturer for the Maine Department of Agriculture. His residence address is 108 Bridge St., Augusta.

William F. Scamman ’08

1891 Ralph J. Arey is a Consulting Engineer in private practice

with offices at 206 S. Spring St., Los Angeles 12, Calif. His residence address is 541 South Cummings St., Los Angeles 33, Calif.

William N. Patten, Vice President and Director of Stone & Webster Engineer­ing Corporation of Boston, lives in Salem, Mass., at 52 Buffum Street.1 8 9 2 John C. Gibbs has retired from active work and is living at 5

Pinkham St., East Lynn, Mass. 18 9 3 Harry M. Smith is President of

Blake, Barrows, and Brown, Insurance Co. in Bangor. His residence address is 239 Cedar St., Bangor.

1894 Frank C. Bowler, Chief Engi­neer with the Great Northern

Paper Co. in Millinocket, is also a direc­tor of the Millinocket Trust Co.1 8 9 8 Dr. Elmer D. Merrill, Arnold1 8 9 8 Professor of Botany, Emeritus and Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 1935-1946, has been made an officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, in recognition of his meri­torious services in the study of Malesian

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Young men and women will always find this banking in­stitution interested and help­ful in their business progress. Responsibility is reflected by a checking account, which is also a factor in establishing credit and standing.

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Flora and his extensive contributions to the plant-geography of the Netherlands Indies.

The decoration was presented to Dr. Merrill by T. K. Hebert, Consul of the Netherlands, in a ceremony at the Nether­lands Consulate in Boston. This is the eighth honor conferred on Dr. Merrill by the Netherlands Government.1899 A letter from Arthur Wescott

brings the following two new items about members of the class of ’99.

Charles E. Blackwell now lives at 401 Santa Ana Ave., Newport Beach, Calif. He is a citrus rancher.

Annie Snow (Mrs. Ernest May) is living with her sister, Maud Snow (Mrs. John Hinchliffe), at Apt. 10, 360 River­way, Boston, Mass.1 9 0 0 Harry W. Beedle has retired as

Manager of the Boston Branch of the Electric Storage Battery Co. He resides at 35 Ashford St., Allston 34, Mass.

According to latest reports Howard A. Hatch is retired and living in Andover, Ohio.

William G. Jones is with the United States Branch of London & Lancashire Insurance Co. with offices at 20 Trinity St., Hartford, Conn. His residence ad­dress is 283 Wolcoot Hill Rd., Wethers­field, Conn.

1902 A new address for Roy E. Rus­sell has been received in the

Alumni Office. It is P.O. Box 808, Flint, Michigan.

Allen F. Wheeler is Plant Engineer with the W. S. Libby Co. in Lewiston. His residence address is 243 Main St., Auburn.1903 George L. Freeman is a consult-

ing engineer, a member of the firm of Moran, Proctor, Freeman, and

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1905 Florence Balentine Hanaburgh (Mrs. Emory F .), who retired

from teaching several years ago is living in Buchanan, New York. She was for­merly Guidance Counselor and teacher of science at Hendrick Hudson High School, Montrose, New York.

Edward K. Hilliard is Special Agent for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn. His home address is 413 Main St., Oneida, N. Y.

George K. Huntington retired from active work several years ago. He was formerly Treasurer, Western Union Tele­graph Co. in New York City. His resi­dence is Hillcrest Ave., Montvale, New Jersey.

William J. Ricker lives in Turner where he is engaged in farming. He is also President of Maine Fruit Producers, Inc.1906 Arthur W. Prescott is Assistant

Naval Architect, Design Drafts­man, at the United States Navy Yard in Portsmouth. His home is in Kittery Point.

Roy S. Bacon is with the State De­partment of Agriculture and is living on Route #1, Oakland.

Gerry L. Brooks is an Attorney at Law residing in Bethel, Maine. His for­mer address was Sudbury, Mass.

John M. Brockie is a newspaper pub­lisher and editor in Mount Sterling, Ohio. His residence address is 139 W. Colum­bus St., Mount Sterling.1907 Benjamin E. Brann has moved f rom Metuchen, N. J., to 750 Church St.. Roaring Spring, Pa.

Robert W. DeWolfe was recently elected chairman of the Board of Gover­nors of the Portland Club in Portland, Maine.1908 Anna Bean Brown (Mrs. Elmer

F.) is a teacher at the Plymouth Teachers College in Plymouth, N. H. During the school year her address is at the school, while her permanent address is Box 8, Wentworth, N. H .19 0 9 Cecil C. Farrar, whose home ad-

dress is 75 Wolcott St., Port­land. is an Instructor in Printing at Port­land High School.1 9 1 0 Former Executive Councilor,

George J. Wentworth, of Ken- nebunk was nominated early in Novem- ber for membership on the Maine De- velopment Commission by Governor Hor- ice Hildreth. He would succeed Carl R. smith of Bangor, whose term expired October 24th.1 9 1 1 Alfred M. Blanchard is Chief

Accounting Officer for the D e- troit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company. He resides at 628 Stratford P1ace Toledo 10. Ohio.

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Mueser, 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. His home is at 335 Rich Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

Silas G. Small has retired from active work in recent years and is living at 231 LaGrange St., West Roxbury 32, Mass.1 9 0 4 Albert D. Case is a Designer

with the United Engineers and Constructors Inc., Philadelphia. His resi­dence address is 105 Grayling Ave., Nar- berth, Pa.

Clifford G. Chase is Purchasing Agent for the St. Croix Paper Co. in Wood­land, as well as being Safety Director. His home is in Baring.

Arthur W. Gage is Chief Engineer with Hetherington & Berner Inc., Struc­tural Steel Co., 701 Kentucky Ave., In­dianapolis, Indiana. His home address is 1141 W. 33rd St. in the same city.

1 9 1 2 Oscar E. Blackington is a Real Estate Broker and Manager

of the Folger Estate in Redwood City, California. Mail reaches him at R.F.D. #1, Box 957, Redwood City.

Ernest C. Drew is with the Bell Tele­phone Company of Pennsylvania as Sen­ior Staff Engineer—Engineer for Trans­mission and Protection, with offices in Philadelphia. His mail goes to Box 331, Narberth, Pa.

Lewis J. Catheron, whose home ad­dress is 53 Coulton Park, Needham 92, Mass., is Treasurer-Secretary of the In­ternational Hydro-Electric Corporation and also Treasurer of the Eastern New York Power Corporation.

Margaret Flint Jacobs, who gained fame with her novel, The Old Ashburn Place,” when it won a Dodd, Mead and Co. $10,000 prize in 1935, has a new book on the way. Its title is “Hard Cider” and it is based on the 1940 elections in Maine. Mail reaches her at West Bald­win, Maine.1 9 1 3 Bernard A. Bove is an Attorney

at law in Portland. His mail goes to 120 Exchange St., in that city.

Edward P. Ackley is an optometrist with offices in the Libby Bldg., 10 Con­gress Square, Portland. His home ad­dress is 16 Bowdoin Ave., So. Portland 7.

Winfield P. Dillingham is a Public Utility Accountant with the New Eng­land Power Service Company, 441 Stuart St., Boston, Mass. His residence address is 133 Woodcliff Road, Newton High­lands 61, Mass.

Edgar Corliss, a lawyer in Bridgton, was nominated by Governor Horace Hil­dreth in October to succeed James L. Boyle of Waterville on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.1 9 1 4 Benjamin B. Anthony is now

living at 410 1/2 8th Ave., S. E., Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Ernest L. Goodspeed of Augusta was awarded the 33rd degree, Scottish Rite, Free Masonry’s highest degree in full ceremonial form at the closing session of the Triennial convocation of the Su­preme Council, 33rd degree, Ancient and Accepted order of the Scottish Rite, during late September.

Harold L. Dinsmore is Vice President and General Manager of G. L. Industries in Newark, N. J. Mail goes to P. O. Box 392, Newark 1, N. J.1 9 1 5 Ralph B. Easson is Agricultural

Adviser in the Department of Finance for the State of California His residence address is 3074 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, California.1 9 1 6 Franz U. Burkett was recently

re-elected secretary of the Port­land Club.

Professor Fred P. Loring has been named as a member of the Methodist General Board of Education. H e shares with a select group of ministers and lay­men from all sections of the nation in administering the total educational pro­gram of the Methodist church for the next quadrennium through its 40,000 churches and its 130 colleges and uni­versities.i1917 Samuel F. Dorfman is genera

manager of a used car and parts business located at 173 Kennebec St. Portland. His home address is 129 Wil liam St., Portland.1 9 1 8 Harvard W . Blaisdell write:

that his son is about to join the firm of Blaisdell & Blaisdell, lawyers, in Ellsworth, making a three generation group practicing together.

1 9 1 9 Clifford D. Denison writes that he is a farmer and also Chief

of the Harrison (Maine) Fire Depart­ment.1 9 2 0 Lawrence E. Deering is Plant

Maintenance Engineer at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. He was formerly Vice President of the W. B. Deering Lumber Company in E. Waterboro, Maine. His address is 412 Maitland St., Bel Air, Maryland.1 9 2 3 Mrs. Norman Torrey

9 Poplar St., BangorI’ll be looking for a lot of news items

from Cecil McNally in Ellsworth. He has bought and is running the corner store where the buses stop. A perfect location to observe 1923ers enroute Down East. This new project is just a side-line with him, however, construction and building supplies are his main interests.

Edward C. Fossett is employed in the maintenance department of the Belfast- Moosehead Railroad. Mail goes to 41 Miller St., Belfast.

Henry C. Fenderson is in the research department of Lever Brothers Soap Manufacturers in Cambridge, Mass. I suspect he may have a finger in every­thing from flaky piecrust to fluffy bubble baths.

I’m hoping all of you will have a happy, inspiring holiday season, and that you will send greetings brimming with news items to your class secretary.1927 M rs. Robert P. Thaxter

106 Fountain St., Bangor, Me.Items are very scarce this month, but

here is what I have.Helen A. Lengyel. Professor of Physi­

cal Education and head of the Women’s Division of Physical Education and Ath­letics at the University of Maine for the past twenty-five years, was one of two women honored recently at the annual luncheon meeting of the Maine Associa­tion of Health, Physical Education and Recreation in Portland. She received an honor certificate for faithful service and outstanding work in the field.

Mrs. Thomas T. Taylor (Florence Gushee) has moved to 4 Sunset Road, Stoneham, Mass.

Lucy Farrington Shieve lives at 38 Elm St., Fort Fairfield.

Sam and Hilda (Friedman) Goodman have a new address, too—81 Howard St., Bangor.

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Hilton Humphrey was one of several candidates for city councilman in the Ban­gor municipal elections this fall. Hilton resides at 440 Ohio St., and he is district representative of Commercial Credit Cor­poration.

And that is all for this time!1 9 2 8 Mrs. George F. Dudley

34 Cottage Farms Road Cape Elizabeth, Me.

Mrs. Caroline Yerxa of Orono became the bride of Kenneth Lovejoy on October 24th. Mrs. Lovejoy attended the Uni­versity of Maine in the class of 1942. They are residing on outer State St., Veazie. Mrs. Lovejoy is the daughter of Mr. and M rs. Samuel J. Wright of Clin­ton. She has worked for the University in the capacity of a dietician and more recently has been a Home Economist for the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company in Bangor. Kenneth, as most of you know, is the State 4-H leader.

Philip H. Trickey has accepted a posi­tion with the newly created Vickers Elec­tric Division of St. Louis, M o. Vickers, Inc., the parent company of the new con­cern, is a subsidiary of the Sperry Cor­poration. Phil will be in charge of the engineering on electro-magnetic machin­ery. He has been chief engineer of the Diehl M anufacturing Co., the electrical division of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He and his family have been living in the Meadowbrook section of North Plainfield, Mass. A Missouri ad­dress has not shown up in the Alumni Office as yet.

The remains of Captain Frederick C. Murphy, killed at Palazzolo, Italy, in May 1945, arrived in Bangor last month for buriel. Fred’s wife and two children reside in Berlin, New Hampshire.

Carroll Osgood and his family spent their vacation last August at Popham Beach. Carroll is secretary of the Trav­elers Insurance Company and resides in West Hartford, Conn., at 8 Sunnyslope Drive. The Dudleys spent a very pleasant afternoon with them.

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The engagement of Miss Belle Levitsky of Salem, N. J., to Archie Kaman was announced in the summer. Archie is now employed as a buyer at Freese’s Depart­ment Store in Bangor.

Clarence M. Flint is research director with the American Newspaper Publishers Association, 370 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. He resides on Bedford Road, Chappaqua, New York.1 9 3 0 Mrs. Pauline H. Leech Homer Folks Hospital

Oneonta, N. Y.Edward A. Herrick is a salesman for

John F. Chick & Son, contracting and builders’ supply concern, Silver Lake, N. H. His residence is in Chocorua, N. H.

Rufus G. Jasper, for the past five years assigned to the Secretary of Navy’s Office in charge of the motor vehicle safety sec­tion, recently assumed his duties as Safety Superintendent at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. With his family (Viola Wins­low Jasper, Richard-13, and Mary Con­stance-7) he resides on River Road, Eliot, Maine.

Irving C. Mason of South Penobscot has been appointed Superintendent of Blueberry Hill Experimental Farm, Jonesboro, which is operated by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. He has been employed in blueberry re­search since receiving his Masters degree from the University of Maine in 1932.

John W. ( “Jack” ) Moran, sports editor of the Bangor News and former executive secretary to Governor Horace Hildreth, was recently renominated by the Chief Executive to the post of Penobscot Coun­ty Commissioner. Jack returned to the News in his former position as Sports Editor last August.

Delyte W. Morris, Ph.D., a former in­structor at Maine and husband of Dorothy Mayo ’30, was appointed this past sum­mer to the presidency of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois. They have two sons.

Oscar Webb is associated with Con­tinental Casualty Company and lives at 69 Military St., Houlton, Maine.

1932Linwood S. Elliott came out on top,

winning the grand prize in a Portland Press Herald Reader Opinion Contest, which was sponsored earlier in the year over a period of several months. In May he was the monthly winner and thus be­came eligible for the grand prize awarded the first of October. The monthly prize amounted to $25 and the grand prize was $50. According to the winner he had forgotten that he was eligible for the Grand Prize and the receipt of it really came as a surprise. What a wonderful surprise! Linwood is a teacher at Deer- ing High School and lives in West Fal­mouth. He is married and has three children.

Dr. Merton N. Flanders moved to Lewiston earlier in the fall where he will practice. His residence and office will be at 344 Main St. He was married last June to Miss Dorothea K. Sutherland of Winslow: She is a graduate nurse and has been connected with the Sisters’ Hos­pital in Waterville. Dr. Flanders re­ceived his M.D. degree at the University, of Vermont after graduating from the University of Maine. He has done post­graduate work at Philadelphia. He served in World War II for five years and was overseas for part of that time.

John T. Barry was nominated as presi­dent of the Bangor Board of Realtors in late October.

Cornelius J. Sullivan is manager of the

Walker Lumber Co., Columbia St., Ban­gor.

The Reverend Frank Ricker has left a pastorate in Columbus, Ohio, to go to the West Coast where he is Regional Director for the Unitarian Church. He is living in Berkley, California, and mail reaches him at 2441 LeConte Ave. in that city. The territory which he covers in his work comprises British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Arizona, “plus some sage brush and a couple of islands.”1 9 3 3 Mrs. John R. Carnochan 36 Goudy St., So. Portland, Me.

Captain Howard C. Holman took as his bride on October 28th, Miss BeverlyL. Roakes of Cumberland Center Road, West Falmouth. The bride was graduated from Edward Little High School and has been employed as passenger service representative by Northeast Airlines. Capt. Holman is now airline Flight Cap­tain for Northeast Airlines. The couple will make their home at Sky Ranch, Wayne.

Donald I. Coggins is with the Sylvania Electric Company, Electronics Division, in Boston. His home address is 14 Philips Rd., Melrose, Mass.

Lucia Umphrey Churchill is living in Craryville, N. Y. She has four children.

Clarence F. Berry is manager of the Katahdin Trust Company in Island Falls, Maine.

Donald Boyle is owner and manager of the Frances Jane Shop (Ladies Cloth­ing Store) in Dexter, Maine.

Warren Frohock is with Sylvania Elec­tric Products, Inc. in Salem, Mass. He is connected with the Research and De­velopment Laboratory, Lamp Division, Senior Engineer. His home address is 14 East St., Danvers.

Marian Carter is a teacher in the Au­burn School of Commerce. Her home address is 29 Whitney St., Auburn.

John M. Chandler is with the Calco Chemical Division of American Cyanamid in Bound Brook, N. J. He is Assistant Department Manager of the Chemical Production.

Betty (Try on) Libby was recently elected Secretary of the parents group at the Webster School in Orono. Betty and Win have two children, a boy and a girl. Mrs. Edwin P. Webster, Jr. Box 215, Hampden Highlands

Many thanks to Professor J. H. W ar­ing, of the Department of Horticulture, for taking time out to send the following news items:

Margaretta Warren has for several years been with the W . Atlee Burpee Company of Philadelphia. Her chief work in the growing season is the super­vision of a crew of girls in the work of crossing tomato flowers to produce a hybrid seed. This and other duties take her principally to Doylestown. Pa., Clin­ton, Iowa, and Lompoc, California. Her permanent address is 19 East Benedicta Ave.. Havertown, Pa. In the winter months Margaretta is technical advisor to the office staff.

William Hinckley is with the Sanitarv Water Board in Augusta. He is a field representative, and his home address is R.F.D. #3, So. Brewer, Maine.

Captain Maxim Dowd is fiscal officer in the San Antonio General Depot. Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. Max and Janet ( Campbell) live at 1525 W . Lullwood, San Antonio.

Myron Collette has moved to So. Deer­field, Mass.

George E. Hardy, Jr. is employed by the Simonds Saw and Steel Company in their advertising department. He has

a son 12 years old and a daughter 4 1/2 George and family live at 405 Blossom St., Fitchburg, Mass.1 9 3 7 Miss Nancy C. Woods

b ox 1494, Norfolk, VirginiaHi Yo’ A ll! Don’t look now—but it’s

your ’37 correspondent writing from the “ Crossroads of the World,” Norfolk, Virginia. Yes, I have left the land of the Pine Tree and lobster to become a South­ern Yankee in the land of roses and pea­nuts. I am teaching English in Norfolk’s most beautiful school, Grandy High, and enjoying every moment of it. Now let’s delve into the mailbag and see what the good news is—and there is plenty of it after nearly six months’ silence! I was thinking of yo’ all, but you know us Southerners—we take a long time to get around to anything.

At the top of the list is a card and a newspaper clipping announcing the ar­rival of Dale Howard Raymond, born April 6th at the Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor and weighing eight pounds, four and three fourths ounces. Congratulations, Gordon and Barb.

Wedding bells chimed for Dr. Winford Adams when Joyce Adams Kibler became his bride in St. Paul’s church in lovely Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 15, 1948. Dr. Adams is in private practice in Brewer, Maine.

William L. Jackman’s address is c /o USCAA, US Embassy, Manila, Philip­pines. As part of the Philippines Rehabili­tation Program, he is Senior Overseas Foreign Airport Traffic Controller en­gaged in training Filipino personnel in Airport Traffic Control in the Control Tower, Manila and Cebu. We ’37ers do get around, eh?

Back home, John A. Brimmer is a buyer for the Thurston and Kingsbury Co. of Bangor. He lives at R.D. #7, State St., Bangor, Maine.

Edwin Childs is a poultry farmer in Cornish, Maine.

W. Robert Dinneen reports his address to be 93 South High Street, Bridgton, Maine.

On the Cradle Roll side we find more junior ’37ers.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ohler announce the birth of a son, born May 15, 1948. Dr. Ohler is assistant Chief of Medical Service with 'the Veterans Administra­tion Hospital in West Roxbury, Mass.

Reverend and Mrs. Edward Redman (the former Annette Youngs ’38) an­nounce the birth of a son, Peter Waldo, on January 4, 1948, in Ann Arbor, Michi­gan.

Professor and Mrs. John Murray an­nounce the birth of a son. He is assistant professor of history at Indiana Universi­ty, Bloomington, Indiana.

From a Mainiac turned tar heel comes the news of a daughter, Susan Matilda, born May 18, 1948. Her dad is Harold E. Young and the Youngs’ address is 1513 First Ave., Durham. N. Carolina. Her father received his Ph.D. in June from Duke University where he has continued his training in forestry.

Strictly For Men Only:Gerald E. Stoughton is chief industrial

engineer for Esquire, Inc., publishers of Esquire and Coronet magazines. His mail goes to 615 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, 1 1 1 .

Joseph Galbraith is vice president of the American Tuffy Co., 115 Broadway, New York City. Joe is receiving mail at 32 Derby Rd., Port Washington, Long Island, New York.

So, chilluns, it’s time to close de mail- bag, ’cause de sandman am a callin’ and ah must be shufflin’ along. Ah hopes yo’

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all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ’Bye now!1938 Mrs. Roland M. Wirths

47 Falmouth St., Portland, Me.Mary Leighton wrote a nice note re­

garding her new appointment with the Navy. She said, “ It is a relief to have one’s future secure, at least to a certain extent. It took over three years to get the bill through Congress; then, of course, we had the uncertainty as to whether or not we would be selected. Now we know.

“Remember me to any of my old friends whom you may see. It is a long time since I have seen anyone from Maine; and now it will be much, much longer. I am being transferred to NAS Moffett Field and will be there for quite some time. Moffett is about 35 miles south of San Francisco, in the San Jose Valley. I am really looking forward to a tour of duty on the West Coast even though it will be far from home.’’

Mary was recently made a Lieutenant under the new law regarding women in the Armed Services. She was one of the first so named in the country.

Norma Lueders Baker (Mrs. Richard C.) wrote of several classmates and of herself and family. “ Dick is a Major in the Air Force working on, and for, a number of different unmentionable mili­tary projects. We are now stationed at China Lake Naval Air Station with Muroc Air Base as Headquarters, which is on the Mohave Desert in California. We are eager to move into the middle west or the northeast. Alan was born right after Christmas last year—Decem­ber 29th. W e move so much that I just can’t keep straight and consequently miss the Alumnus .”

“Ruth and Raymond McGinley had another child about May,” Norma writes, “making their third. They now have a large house in Fair Haven, N. Y., which they are completely renovating them­selves, even to plumbing.” (The street address is Lake St.)

“ Lucille and John Venskus have three lovely children. They have recently moved from West Barrington, R. I.”

Norma says that she and Dick have recently had occasion to stay with Mini and John Coffin in Kensington, Maryland. “They have a lovely home there. John has quite a workshop and has built a porch, toys for the youngsters, and things for Mini.”

Norton B. Benton, husband of Ginny Hall Benton, passed away on September 29th at their home in West Lynn, Mass., following an illness of only several hours. Death was due to an acute throat infec­tion. Mr. Benton, director of the greater Lynn Community Fund, was a graduate of Capital University in Bexley, Ohio, and received his M.A. degree in Com­munity Organization at Ohio State Uni­versity School of Administration in 1938. He was 33 years old at the time of his death. Although he had been in Lynn only two and one-half years, tributes poured in from leading business and pro­fessional men, lauding his work which had boosted the Fund to the highest suc­cess ever attained. Before coming to Lynn, he served as junior executive of the Community Chest and Council in Hartford, Conn., and Director of the Council of Social Agencies in Miami, Florida. He served as paymaster and supply officer in the Navy and was dis­charged in 1946 with the rank of Lieuten­ant, J.G. Most of his military career was spent at the port of Antwerp, Belgium. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Bruce, who was six years old on November 28th. Ginny expects to remain in Lynn until

December 31st to serve as acting execu­tive secretary of the Greater Lynn Com­munity Fund for the balance of the fiscal year.

Dick Gerry has recently been appointed Associate Professor of Poultry Husband­ry in the College of Agriculture at the University of Maine. He will also work with those in the Agricultural Experi­ment Station. Following graduation he was an instructor in vocational agricul­ture at Waldoboro High School and at Corinna Union Academy. In more recent years he has been an assistant in Poultry Husbandry research at Purdue Universi­ty while getting an M.S. and a Ph.D. from that institution. He is married and has two sons, Richard and Brian. The Gerry family is living at 15 Fernald Road, Orono.

Fred Sturgis was elected President of the U. of M. Men’s Alumni Association of Portland here this fall. His wife, Gin­ny Nelson Sturgis, was last year’s presi­dent of the Women’s Association here.1940 Mrs. Edward R. Ladd

108 Talbot Ave., RocklandRoger S. Andrews is back at the Uni­

versity of Maine after eight years in the army. He had been stationed in Korea. En route home last June, Roger visited Bob Atwood in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bob is married and has two sons, Bobby and Tommy. Bob has his own insurance agency in Salt Lake City. Roger is living at 5 Grove St., Orono.

William Henry Hatch and Miss Mar­garet Elizabeth Todd of Appleton, W is­consin, were married recently in the Chapel of the Bangor Theological Semi­nary. Mrs. Hatch is a graduate of the University of Colorado, and received herM.A. from the University of Minnesota. She has been at Purdue University in La­fayette, Indiana, for the past three years. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch are living in Dark Harbor, Maine.

Roger ( ’41) and Elizabeth (Jones ’40) Benjamin have moved from Tyrone. Pa., to 2348 Cherry St., Denver, Colorado.

Stephen K. Gross has moved from Six­teenth St. in Bangor to 56 Brewer St., So. Brewer.1941 Mrs. Vale G. Marvin

Kennebec RoadHampden Highlands, Me.

Francis A. Wheeler is employed by the Oxford Paper Company in Rumford. He resides in Rumford Point.

Dottie and George Nystrom and son Harry have bought a house not far from us here in Hampden Highlands. W e are so pleased to have them for neighbors. Their address is just Hampden High­lands.

I heard a little while ago that Maynard Files has gone back into the army and that he and Lib and young Bill have moved to Portland—more on this when I get details.

Vale and I have a new son, George Rowe, born on December 6. He is fine, thank you, and quite grown up for his 10 days!

Please may I have more news. This is a shockingly short column this month.

1942 Mrs J°se Cuetara 1127 Commonwealth Ave.

Boston 34, Mass.From Virginia Stevens de Rojo D.

comes the following very interesting news, “ In June I left Mixcoac, Distrito Federal, and spent a wonderful summer in Cuerna­vaca, Morelos. In August I came back to Mexico City and am now living at Ave- nida 10 de Mayo 204-9, San Pedro de los Pinos, D.F., Mexico, with “ Eric” (A r ­mando, Jr.) who is now three. He has

made one trip to the states including Maine and the U. of M. Also with us was Diana, my very busy 17-months-old daughter. My husband, Armando, has been working since May of 1947 for the Campania Con­structor General Cubanacan of Havana, Cuba, which takes him to all parts of Cuba and fortunately back to Mexico City frequently. His last trip took him back to Guantanamo, Cuba, in September and now we are waiting for him to return for Christmas.”

A baby boy, John Michael, was born on Sept. 7 to Frances and John Fink at the Mercy Hospital in Portland. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 12 oz. Our congratu­lations !!

Miss Gloria Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Fowler, Louisville, Ky., became the bride of Paul Ehrenfried on September 26 in a 4 o’clock ceremony at the Navy Chapel, Treasure Island, San Francisco. Mrs. Ehrenfried attended the University of Louisville and has been in the W A V E S for four years. She is cur­rently employed in the Communications Department on the staff of the Com­mandant, 12th Naval District, in Califor­nia. The Ehrenfrieds’ present address is 116 York Drive, Piedmont, California. Paul served in the U. S. Navy for four years as a Lieutenant Senior Grade, and last June received a Master’s degree in

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And so we close for this month, friends, with a big wish for a Happy New Year!1943 Mrs. James Grisham

Gerry RoadChestnut Hill 67, Mass.

How many of you were able to partici­pate in the Homecoming day at the U. ofM. this year? I saw where Bob Worrick was on the Homecoming Day Committee. Know the week end must have been a glorious one for those of you who attend­ed.

Have for you now the details on the Lois White-Joseph Saunders nuptials. The wedding was at the home of Lois’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White, in East Winthrop, Maine. The Rev Cym- brid Hughes of Portland and the Rev. Mildred Huffman, pastor of the East Winthrop Baptist Church, performed the double ring service in the presence of the immediate family and intimate friends. Mrs. Howard Bartlett Lois’ sister, was matron of honor, and Frank Harding of Canton was best man. Immediately fol­lowing the ceremony a reception was held at the home to which friends and neigh­bors were invited. Helena Jensen was among those who served while Bernice Thompson was in charge of the gift table. Following their wedding trip to Ocean Park, the bride and groom will be at home in Readfield. Lois, formerly a home demonstration agent in Washington County, is now dietitian in Cony High School cafeteria. Joe hails from the West (Creston, Montana), but apparently is well acclimated to the East, for he attend­ed eastern schools and is now associated in business with his father. He was in the U. S. Army for two years, spending 13 months in Manila. May the best of all good things come your way, Lois and Joe!

Claire Twomey, daughter of Jeremiah Twomey of Franconia, N. H., is now Mrs. Willard Varney. Following a wed­ding ceremony at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bangor, a wedding breakfast was served at the Pilot’s Grill. Claire and Willard are living at 402 Hammond St., Bangor. Claire is employed by the West­ern Union Telegraph Company while Willard is associated with the New Eng­land Telephne and Telegraph Company. You have our best wishes and congratula­tions !

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Justin Johnson, South Apartments, Orono—on the birth of a son, Roland Irving, Aug­ust 26th at the Eastern Maine General Hospital.

A personal from the Alumni Office reads that Clayton Bartley is a teacher of Vocational Agriculture in the Clinton,N. J., High School. Mail goes to Box 282, West St., Annandale, N. J. W e’d like a letter, Clayton!1944 Miss Esther Randall

1 9 Sabattus St., LewistonHelen Millay writes that since gradua­

tion George, she, and the three children have moved to Millay Homestead in Richmond. George has taken over the farm which has been in the family for 167 years. Thanks to Davy. Nancy, Linda, and a new collie pup life buzzes along at a merry pace; but at least “ Claf” and George did find enough time to be­come 7th degree Grangers.

Bob Brundage is a research instructor

at the Massachusetts State Experiment Station in Amherst, Mass. Mail goes to 541 Amherst Rd., South Hadley, Mass.

“Tobey” Hayes passed along the news of the birth of Edward Richard Hayes, Jr. on October 11th. Strange, but un­fortunately true, Ed has never seen his son because this fall he started work as a chemical engineer for the Standard Oil Company in Indiana. If things break right, the Hayes soon will have a new home ready for them in Whiting, Indiana; but until then mail reaches Ed at Re­search Laboratory, Standard Oil Co., Box 431, Whiting, Ind.

On September 3rd Doris Gooch was married to William R. White, Jr. at the South Durham, Maine, Friends Meeting House in a traditional Quaker wedding ceremony. They are now living at 208 Center St., Brewer, while Bill is study­ing at the University and she is working in the Library. After graduating from the University, Doris worked as a re­porter and photographer for the Bruns­wick Record before joining the editorial staff of Broadcasting Magazine in New York City. For the last two years she was a member of the staff of the Alumni Office at Bowdoin College. Bill, as army veteran, was employed in Washington, D. C. for three years following his re­lease from service.

That does it for another session except to let you know that I am off for the sunny south. As of the first of the year mail will reach me at the National Foun­dation for Infantile Paralysis, Warm Springs, Georgia. (Editor’s note: Esther has been awarded a three months’ schol­arship at the Foundation.)1945 Mrs. Fred Haggett Bennoch Road, Stillwater

Early in October Dick Danforth was married to Miss Beverly Joan Hersom of Gardiner, Maine, in the Gardiner Christ Episcopal Church. The Ben Warners were among the attendants, and the Bill Lamprells were among the on-lookers. Mrs. Danforth is a graduate of Gardiner High School and attended the Kennebec School of Commerce. Dick is now work­ing as an engineer with the Maine State Highway Department. The Danforths’ address is North Pittston.

Late in October in the Universalist Church in Oakland, Maine, Miss Ruth Schasepen of Rochester, N. Y., was mar­ried to Tom Plaisted. The new Mrs. Plaisted was graduated from Rochester Business Institute and attended the Uni­versity of Rochester. Until recently she was a private secretary at the Eastman Kodak Company. Since his graduation Tom has worked for the du Pont Com­pany in Indiana; and for two and a half years was with the Eastman Kodak and Stromberg Carlson Company of Roches­ter. At present he is employed with the North American Phillips Company in Lewiston. The Plaisteds will make their home at 15 Willow St.. Auburn.

On October 30th Miss Mary Agnes Lyons was married to Robert Bearor in Dorchester, Mass. Bob is now an official M.D. and is associated with the Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston.

Two new engagements have come to my attention. On November 6th the parents of Ruth Hansen announced her engagement to Mr. Charles H. Broom- hall of Rumford. Ruth is working at the Central Maine General Hospital as a Medical Technologist. Mr. Broomhall, a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, is now a Junior at Maine. During the Italian campaign of the war he served with the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops.

On November 13th the engagement of Dorothy M. Bruns ’47 to Arthur Moody

was announced. Dorothy, who was both a Phi Kappa Phi and a Phi Beta Kappa at Maine, is employed in Bangor as a social worker with the State Department of Health and Welfare. Arthur is working for the New England Public Service. The wedding is to take place in the spring.

Also from Bette came the news that Doris (Dexter) and Keith Thompson ’42 are proud parents for the second time. Their little girl, Susan, was joined on November 12th of this year by a broth­er, Stephen Dexter.

Report of the marriage last June 19th of Eileen Greenwood to Mr. Earl G. Popp in Farmington has also come to my ever-listening ears.1 9 4 7 Mrs. Paul Dowe

85 Myrtle St., Westbrook, Me.Dorothy Bruns and Dewey Moody are

• engaged, the event being announced in the Bangor News on November 6th. Dotty is employed in Bangor as a social worker with the State Department of Health and Welfare. Dewey is working with New England Public Service.

Also among the engagements is that of Jackie Dole to Dr. Richard Errington Turk, Jr. of Staten Island, New York. Jackie received her B.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University and her diplo­ma of nursing from the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing. Dr. Turk received his A.B. degree from Dart­mouth College and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. At present he is interning at Alameda County General Hospital, Alameda, California.

Barbara Mills and Bob Browne have also become engaged. Barbara is head of the speech and theatre department of House-in-the-Pines Junior College and Cornish School in Norton, Mass. Bob is now studying at Boston University School of Law. No date has been set for the wedding.

Arnold Hedlund is a forester with the U. S. Forest Service out of New Orleans. His present work requires constant trav­eling throughout the southeast. His mail­ing address is Southern Forest Experi­ment Station, 1008 Federal Bldg., New Orleans, La.1 Mrs. Willard Moulton1 9 4 8 33 Grove St., Orono

Just to swell that list of summer mar­riages that started with the first issue, here are more— loads of them!

Sona Averill and Henry Wyman ’49— she’s working at the Bangor Library: Mary Bachelder and Alton “ Bus” Sproul ’49; Ruth Connors and Joseph Young ’47 —he’s working for the James W. Sewall Company in Old Town; Carol Davis and Robert Beal—besides being a housewife she is doing private duty nursing at the Eastern Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth; Betty Flint and Gerry Hilton ’49: Eunice Brewster of Winthrop and Kenneth Foss; Libby Tufts ’49 and Barkley Good­rich—he’s teaching and studying at the University of Maine: Hazel Hayman and Ralph Gould—he’s in sales engineering training under the G.I. Bill at Gould and Scammon Inc., shoe counter manufactur­ers in Auburn; Margo Gowdey and Leon Van A ken—I’ve heard that she’s working in Betts Bookstore in Bangor, but no confirmation on that; Connie Howe and Frank Moors—he’s training as consultant in dairy farm and cattle sales and pur­chase with the consulting firm Burling- ume, Field, Pierce, and Browne in Provi­dence, R. I . ; Serita Lane and Gene Dow —she’s an army wife and is working at BelkOHensdale Company in Fayetteville, N. Caroline; Jo Look and George Loe- ber, Jr. ’49.

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This mansion, associated w ith Commodore Edward Preble of Tripoli fame, united efforts of Col. Shepley and H. N. Jose, and became the Preblewas designed by an Italian architect. Its construction was started in 1806 House Hotel. A small part of the original Commodore Preble house is stillunder the direction of Commodore Preble. I t was situated at the corner preserved in the one-story brick section of the present building, next theof Preble and Congress Streets, facing Preble. There was a large garden Longfellow house.

between i t and the Wadsworth-longfellow house on Congress Street. Edward Preble was born in Portland in 1761. the ninth child of General

Commodore Preble, however, never lived in the house he planned as a Jedediah Preble. He enlisted in the service of his country in 1796 andresidence for himself and his family. He died in August, 1807, before it shortly thereafter became a national hero for his deeds when commandingwas completed. His widow and grandchildren lived there many years. a U. S. Naval expedition in 1803 to defeat the Barbary coast pirates whoAfter their tenancy the house was remodeled into a hotel in 1864 by the were harassing the commerce of the world.

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