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31 | Special to all you '31der CAM subscribers! Please remember that you, who read this column, are only a fraction of the 67 "good address" survivors, albeit
the most loyal, and by extension the most influential Cornellians among them. If you possibly can, set an example and plan to return for our 75th Reunion
this June—and urge the friends you would like to see there to join you! (If you need addresses, call the undersigned.) Let's set unbeatable records for the
number of stalwarts with canes, walkers, wheelchairs . . . and strong legs at Cornelliana Night!

A wonderful e-mail came from Sue Olstad, writing for her father Vic Hendricks of Houston, TX. At the time—it was dated a little before Katrina struck last summer—
Vic was living in a nice apartment in the assisted living section of a multi-level senior citizen residence and doing well. I regret to say that I heard from Sue
again, shortly after I had submitted this column, and she informed me that Vic died on January 23. Here, from my original text, is an excerpt from Sue's letter: "He
has four grandchildren and four and a half greats at this time. His career as an engineer with extensive overseas travel and living (Germany, Portugal, Greece, and
Brazil, to name a few) ended with retirement in the early 1980s, followed by a move to a small community in southeast Missouri, where the dream home was custom
built and very much enjoyed for the next 20 years. Retirement afforded him time to pursue his favorite hobby of building scale models from the original plans of
freight ships that sailed the Great Lakes in the early 1900s.With the move to Houston he decided to donate six of these models to the Maritime Museum of Houston,
where they are now proudly being exhibited.When questioned on the subject of his ‘best trip,' he had too many to choose from, but from my point of view
(because I was doing the driving) he really seemed to enjoy driving from Missouri to where he grew up in Indiana, reminiscing about the ‘good old days.'" Thanks,
Sue, from all of us '31ders, for this welcome remembrance of our half-miler track star.We send our sincere condolences.

Our class treasurer Jim Knipe (James R., 728 Norristown Rd. #D-203, Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002-2151), who usually writes me plaintive notes about nobody
giving him treasurer's duties to perform (the Alumni Office does all the work for us now!), tells us that shortly after his lovely wife of 63 years succumbed to Alzheimer's,
his doctors alleged that he had had a heart attack and clapped him in the hospital for a week. After he got out, he evidently denied the allegation and in punishment
they sent him back, claiming he had had another. Jim still believes it is the 15 pills a day that they prescribed, fighting each other, that caused his problem. Nevertheless,
and in spite of a total loss of sight in his left eye and macular degeneration in his right eye, he is looking forward to obeying the orders of his two sons (amazing
how the roles are reversed these days!) to return with them to our 75th. (Check with your own offspring; they are just waiting to order you around in retaliation for
all your well-intentioned parental "guidance.")

Toots Uetz Felton (Mrs.Myrtle Belle, 1024 Cushmore Rd., Southampton, PA 18966-4113) says she has no news of interest to classmates—besides hoping to return
for Reunion—but sends "greetings to all surviving '31ders and wishes for happiness and as much good health as possible."

I recently had occasion to quiz '31der members of the Senior Honorary Society Quill & Dagger on the after-induction activities of this group in our day. Jim
Knipe (above) and Bob Groben, LLB '34 (Robert C., 1000 Vicars Landing Way, #H-103, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082-3124) responded. Neither remembered any
activity worth reporting, which contrasts with current honorees, who are very much involved in worthwhile campus projects. Evidently the society is no longer just
a means of acquiring another tiepin or watch-chain charm. (Perhaps a beneficial side effect of changing campus dress style: no ties, no vests, no pocket watches, no
watch chains!)

Just as this note is being prepared for submission, your correspondent has received an e-mail from Deanna Quvus, the alumni officer in charge of the 50th through
75th reunions, inquiring if we would like to have a class visit from Hunter Rawlings, Frank Rhodes, or Peter Meinig '61 during our reunion. I am responding that we
would like to have all three—our current interim president and his immediate predecessor because of our high esteem and, indeed, affection for both, and the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees for the additional reason that he is the son of our late, very much respected classmate Carl Meinig. It may not be possible for all three
to accept our invitation, but certainly the oldest class will receive due attention, so add this to your reasons for returning. -- Bill Vanneman, 237 No.Main St., #250,
So. Yarmouth, MA 02664-2088; tel., (508) 760-4250; e-mail, ggrampi@yahoo.com.

32 | Walter Deming, for many years our class treasurer, has performed faithfully in that capacity and continues to handle the job as the need arises. He now
lives in La Jolla, CA, and was good enough to send me the obituary from the San Diego Union-Tribune of E. Stewart Williams. Following are a few
quotes I have filched from that excellent obit:

"Michael J. Stern, an artist who is writing a book on Mr.Williams's architecture, said the architect died September 10, 2005 at home in Palm Springs. Mr.Williams's
career as a Palm Springs architect got off to a lucky start one day in May 1947 when a skinny man in a sailor cap walked into his office licking an ice cream cone. The
man was Frank Sinatra and he wanted a new house . . . ‘by Christmas.' And he got it. Stew incorporated many elements into the Sinatra project which are now associated
with the Desert Modern Style. There is also mention of many significant projects which Stew designed including the Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, where
he transformed a hilly site into a flowing series of terraces."

In 1966 Stew sent me a letter expressing regret because prior commitments prevented his attending our 65th Reunion. He modestly wrote, "I'm just finishing a
major addition to our museum in Palm Springs, bringing it up to 100,000 square feet." Stew came to Cornell from Dayton, OH. I'm pleased that Walter Deming,
another Ohio native (he came from Salem) took the trouble to send me the newspaper cutting.

While we're on the subject of architects, a recollection comes to mind about the late Robert Tobin, who moved to the West Coast to practice his craft but regularly
attended reunions. In 1987 he and Kitty came east for our 55th and stayed with Betty and me in Buffalo for a few days before moving on to Ithaca. Buffalo has
a good deal of excellent architecture and Bob and I spent part of several days looking at it. One of our gems is an office building designed by Louis Sullivan. I took
Bob to an office on the top floor occupied by a law firm and mentioned to the receptionist that my guest was interested in architecture and might like to have a look
around. The receptionist limited our inspection to the reception room and seemed to think that there was something questionable about our snooping. At one point
the guardian looked at Bob and said, "If you are interested in architecture you may want to know that when Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Sullivan and Adler he
designed the doorknob on which your hand rests."No reaction from Tobin. "Do you know who he was?" "Sure," said Bob."He was my uncle."

Bob didn't seem to be particularly uplifted by Wright's work, and I didn't press the matter. After Bob died, Betty and I had lunch with Kitty in San Francisco and
she told us that the problem was that Bob's father had to help support the Great Man's wife and family while the much admired Wright pursued other interests . . .
and ladies. I later learned from reading Many Masks, a biography of Wright by Brendan Gill, that an earlier Mrs.Wright was also named Kitty Tobin, and was, of
course, Bob's aunt. Small world, ain't it? -- Jim Oppenheimer, 140 Chapin Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14209-1104.

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35 | We have just had our first snowfall of the season, with all of the local schools closing long before the first flake was sighted. As you read this column, you
are contemplating the approach of spring.My store of news items is limited and I am uncertain as to when it will be replenished. I greatly appreciate
hearing from you and I hope that our classmates who receive the magazine enjoy reading your news.

Jean Elizabeth Farnsworth Pinson (5480 Marengo Ave., Apt. S-70, La Mesa, CA 91942) has limited reading and writing skills following a stroke in September
2003, but has dictated a great amount of information to her daughter Joan, whose penmanship is a joy to read. Jean visited Nashville in April 2004 for memorial services
for her husband Ernest, a family reunion, and dedication of the Nashville Hospital Hospitality House Garden to her and her late husband. She is taking advantage
of a Braille Inst. books-on-tape program, as well as active mental and physical exercise toward stroke recovery. She also does crossword puzzles. Jean has four
children: Judith, a retired high school teacher; Joan, a research nurse; Ernest Jr., a United Airlines pilot; and Wright, a liver transplant surgeon and chief medical officer
at Vanderbilt U. Hospital. Jean also has four grown grandchildren who have been successful in their fields, and three very young great-grandchildren.

Ruth Gates Fisher (29 Brooklane Dr.,Williamsville, NY 14221) writes that she leads a quiet life for months . . . "and THEN, four at a time, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren come for a few days or a week. Rejuvenating! I just naturally shed a few years." Ellison Taylor (143 Orchard La., Oak Ridge, TN 37830) retired
from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and attends a continuing education course that requires lecturing occasionally. He has two sons, two grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.He has questioned the whereabouts of records from earlier reunions of the class.Much material has been turned over to the University Archives
and I do not know of its ultimate disposition.We question whether anyone other than a classmate would have an interest in it.

Ruth Tachna (5400 Eagles Point Cir., Sarasota, FL 33432) is on the board of directors of the Sarasota Association of Retired Attorneys. She recently celebrated
her 91st birthday with a family reunion and is now writing her memoirs. In addition to son Lionel Bauman and daughter Leslie Levy, she has four grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. Not long ago she entertained her cousin Helene Scheuer Rosenblatt '45.Wm. Carlisle Surrey (299 Kidd Castle Way, Apt. 245,Webster, NY
14850) celebrated his 94th birthday in June 2005. He retired from the National Park Service as a plant scientist and later from the US Soil Conservation Service as an
ecological agronomist. He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day 1944, as we recently reported, and is doing great as an "old soldier."

Charlotte Mangan Lattimer (215 Valencia Blvd, #106, Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770) is a retired home economist. She has a daughter and twin sons, four grandchildren,
and a great-granddaughter. She owns a collection of over 450 bells. Charlotte, you must get a big charge whenever you decide to ring them all. I wish all of you
my best. -- Albert G. Preston Jr, 252 Overlook Dr., Greenwich, CT 06830; tel., (203) 869-8387; e-mail, davada35@aol.com.

36 | We have the sad duty to report the death, on January 25, of your correspondent, Bill Hoyt. He had recently moved from Santa Rosa, CA, to Media, PA, to
be closer to members of his family (his daughter wrote that a full set of Cornell dishes was among the first things unwrapped and placed in the kitchen cabinet)
when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. It was our complete pleasure working with Bill, who volunteered to take over the column during his 65th
Reunion in 2001. He would turn out to be a more thoughtful, caring, and dedicated correspondent than we ever imagined.We send our sincere condolences
to his family.

Muriel Kinney Reisner writes, "Although I have passed 90-1/2 years of age, I am still actively traveling, dancing, and cruising, and participate in many local organizations."
She spends most of the year in West Palm Beach, FL, and the summer months in Chautauqua, NY. Harold S.Wright, MD '39, is hanging in there at 91—
just not as nimble. "I have great support from family, friends, and professional helpers."

Capt. Benjamin "Bing"Moore ofWaikoloa, HI, became the concierge for Laurance Rockefeller in 1965, "and continued throughout the years through many ownerships
of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Today it remains the standard of hospitality for the Hawaiian Islands."Maurice Tomlinson (Adams, NY) sent a short note:
"Passed 91! Struggling to make 92." Keep in touch,Maurice.

Jean SherwoodWilliams spends the winter months in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and the rest of the year at home in Fayetteville, NY. "I'm well and happy," she writes,
"though still missing my husband. I'm busy with family and church, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, Tai Chi, and occasional cooking." Jean is hoping to attend reunion.
Katrina Tanzer Chubbuck (Fairport, NY) writes, "I had a wonderful 90th birthday party on September 1—with the hurricane holding forth in my name. Sixty friends
came, and my dear Caroline and Jeanne planned and carried it out—all at my house. I managed the deviled eggs and little cakes. I may be moving into a retirement
community next summer. Don't want to wait till I am decrepit—which I am definitely not!"

Libby Raynes Adelman says she is very retired. "I am living in Sarasota, FL, which is a wonderful town, and have my first great-grandchild, now 2."Wendell
Wheeler writes that he and his wife Wilma took a couple of trips in 2005. "Eight days in the mountains of North Carolina, and just returned from a ten-day cruise
to the Eastern Caribbean and the Panama Canal.We are doing well and avoided any serious hurricanes last summer."

More news to come. Thanks to all who paid class dues for 2006. If you would like to submit news for the column, please write to: -- Class of 1936, c/o Cornell
Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850.

37 | I hope that all of you had a good winter and are ready for a beautiful spring. As always, please keep us informed of your many activities.We hope to
hear from more of you as time goes by.

Barbara Keeney Mandigo, a Cooperative Extension 4-H Agent in Oswego County, received an Award of Merit for her work in expanding the 4-H program to
meet the needs of a greater number of youth of the county. Under her leadership, the 4-H program has grown from 800 to 4,000. She is chairman of an advisory committee
working to establish a vocational school. Barbara owns a farm that has been in the family for four generations. Her granddaughter graduated from Cornell
with the Frank Rhodes Award for academic excellence in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Barbara, now retired, says she's so busy she can't find time to do all the
things she would like to do.

On October 20, 2005, in honor of her 90th birthday and her Cornell activities, the Raptor Facility at the university was dedicated to Esther Schiff Bondareff and
her late husband Dan. Congratulations, Esther! Louise McLean Dunn is still growing daffodils and has some 200 varieties in her backyard. She is also enrolled in a
Spanish conversation class at the senior center and participates in a monthly Cornell lunch at the local restaurant in town.

Elizabeth Eldridge Boylan claims, unfortunately, that her latest travel was to the hospital in August with a broken hip.We hope that she had a good recovery!
Margaret Kincaid Look writes that her two children, three grandchildren, and their spouses, plus her eight great-grandchildren and she get together for a family vacation
every year. The reunion this year will be in Mexico.Margaret keeps busy by writing for local newspapers and loves living in Montana.

Mary Schuster Jaffe plays the recorder in an ensemble. Her recent travel was a boat trip on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.Mary is a board member of Challenge
Industries, a workshop for the handicapped. She is proud to say that Cornell would like to have the papers about her mother,Mary M. Crawford 1904, MD 1907.
Mary Chaney Carson enjoys gardening, embroidery, and visiting with family and neighbors. She hopes to move during the year and is busy distributing things that
have been in her house for 63 years.Mary continues to work on Plymouth Embroideries and is now on her fourth one, "The Summer of the First Amendment." These
embroideries bring visitors from all over the world to Minneapolis. The group started in the 1960s and, she writes, "there are 45 of us needlers."

Please continue to let us know of your interesting activities.We enjoy hearing from you. -- Selma Block Green, 15 Weaver St., Scarsdale, NY 10583; tel., (914)
472-0535.

38 | We heard from George Schempp (Melbourne, FL) in our last column. He sends this addendum: "The Schempp family now has two Schempp members
in college. Jeffrey Adams Schempp, son of George C. Schempp Jr., is a junior at the U. of South Florida, with a state tuition scholarship. He hopes
to use his Spanish-speaking ability and his computer knowledge to be successful.Melissa Christine Day, granddaughter of Charlotte Schempp Day '60
and her husband William, PhD '65, is a freshman at the U. of Delaware with a full scholarship. She takes after her grandmother, with a 4.0 average.Her
goal is to be a chemical engineer, and I am sure she will make it."

Helen Reichert Chadwick, who moved to Middletown, RI, to be closer to her daughters, says, "I enjoy exploring the Newport area and environs. Am also making
braided rugs as a hobby." Preston S.Weadon, MD '41, of Kalamazoo, MI, long retired from the practice of medicine, remembers "the toboggan slide into Beebe
Lake in midwinter."He'd rather be "loafing in Capri" instead of his current after-hours activity: "zilch."

"When I stopped practicing law in 1984, I took up coal mining because it's easier," writes Robert Klausmeyer of Cincinnati, OH. Now he admits he does "as little
as possible."Harold A. Segall of Harrison, NY, still practices law with the firm of Holland & Knight. In his spare time he golfs, writes articles, travels, and visits
museums. He recalls "great friends and professors like Devane, Broughton, Lane Cooder, J.C. Adams, and Richard Sayles." -- Class of '38, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine,
401 East St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; e-mail, cornell_magazine@cornell.edu.

39 | 'Tis the week before Christmas as I write, and Ithaca is a-glitter with sunshine, eight inches of snow, and record-breaking cold. Quite a contrast from
last summer's disastrous drought. No definition of global warming prepared us for this. By the time you read this, spring should be on its way, but I'm
not taking any bets on it.

Ethel "Piney" Piness Abrams reports that her health is much improved since she moved into a retirement community near Rutgers, and she is looking forward
to resuming an active life very soon. She offers an interesting idea. She hopes that Cornell's Sociology department will study the "implications of the problems presented
by the increasing numbers of senior citizens, especially who is going to pay the bills as life scientists prolong and improve life." That's easy, Piney—we aren't,
and our kids will. Jean Linklater Payne has made contact with Eleanor Culver Young through our column, and now has an active correspondence going. Gradually,
our classmates are realizing that old friends are delighted to hear from them, and of course we are delighted to help. Do you want to reach out to someone? Eleanor
writes, "At our age, everything seems repetitive:Washington scandals, rising cost of fuel oil, smaller cars, more prescriptions. But the fall foliage returns, birds head
south, and I have an extra blanket if needed!"

A wonderful letter from Dr.WilliamWebster '42, husband of Elizabeth "Luxie" (Luxford), our longtime reunion chair. Those of you who have come to reunions
will remember gathering around the piano while Bill played favorite old songs and we sang our hearts out. Both Bill and my husband Bernie '41 are devoted to the
'39 women and think we're a remarkable bunch, which we are. These sing-alongs are Bill's contribution and much appreciated. Bill is a retired pediatrician, retired
Navy pilot, and indomitable traveler.He has established a program of sing-alongs about eight times a month for senior citizens at day care centers, retirement homes,
and a restaurant. "It is a good feeling to watch these folks come out of their shells and sing with more gusto, it seems, at each event." I know what it does for us at
reunion, and am delighted that other seniors are lucky enough to meet Bill, too. He's one of us, without doubt.

After 14 years of caring for her husband Herbert, DVM '40, who had suffered a massive stroke, Eleanor Colden Shear wrote that he passed away September 29,
2005. Herbert graduated from the Veterinary college and worked all his active life for the federal government. Those who would like to send condolences can reach
Eleanor at 609 Graisbury Ave.,Haddonfield, NJ 08033. And last, but not least, I finally tracked down Margaret "Peggy"Haswell. She wrote that her memories of Cornell,
Ithaca, and her classmates "are among my most treasured memories. How lucky we were to be there." Let's all drink to that! v Ruth Gold Goodman, 103 White
Park Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850; e-mail, bg11@cornell.edu.

Arnold A.Allison of Delray Beach, FL, says that after his graduation he got his MA at Columbia, then served in the Navy Air Corps for four years in WWII. He
and his wife have two daughters and four grandsons, with twin great-grandsons on the way. He taught special ed for 30 years—and ran a children's summer camp
for 25 of those years—and then ran a pre-school for a while in Florida. Three members of his family are graduate Cornellians.

Clarence F. Bent, DVM '39, has moved back to New Hampshire with his wife Ruth, who has Parkinson's disease, and they now live near their son's family so that
they can help. He says he is doing great and takes it one day at a time. Russell Hopping of Roswell, GA, and his daughter Linda took a spring break from her extensive
middle school work and again went to St. George Island, GA. They both are expecting to spend the Christmas holidays in Denver with his son Bill '69. He says
that it takes eight doctors to keep him on the golf course, even with a 36 handicap.

G.Whitney Irish now lives in Canton, NY, and attended his grandson's wedding in Rochester. He has a steel joint in one knee that is working well after 20 years,
but his other knee is not so good. John R.Macdonald of Phoenixville, PA, gets five days a week of exercise at the "Y" and at physical therapy. After spending 43 years
in a smoky steel mill, along with second-hand smoke in the office, he suffers from emphysema. His wife Peg keeps him on schedule and frequently drives him, as he
has given up his driver's license.

Glen F. Robinson of Brockport, NY, spent ten years after graduation with Farm Credit in Syracuse and another ten years with GLF in their credit department,
advancing to several management positions in the organization. After 62 years of marriage, his wife Terry, who was a secretary in the Cornell Department of Chemical
Engineering, died in 2002. Robert J. Crew sent in a News Form, but with no news. -- Phil Twitchell, 1963 Indian Valley Rd., Novato, CA 94947; e-mail,
philtwitchell@comcast.net.