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The most recent census record of living<br />
'41ers by college shows Ag and Life<br />
Sciences, 279; Arts and Sciences, 389; Hotel,<br />
60; Architecture, Art, and Planning, 17;<br />
Engineering, 171, and Human Ecology,<br />
121. • Ralph Antell, 9924 Maplestead<br />
Lane, Richmond, VA 23235.<br />
Martha Lawson Morse and husband Norman<br />
have, I assume, made a planned trip to<br />
eastern Siberia last July to meet a friend<br />
there and see Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater<br />
lake in Asia. Another lake, Seneca,<br />
was their home for the rest of the summer<br />
before their return to Houston, TX, where<br />
Martha received life membership in Contemporary<br />
Handweavers, of Texas and an<br />
award from the volunteer services committee<br />
of the Inst. for International Education.<br />
Martha still teaches weaving, and they still<br />
host foreign students.<br />
Eileen McQuillan Bertalott is still<br />
looking for bridge partners on Cape Cod (in<br />
Orleans) where she and husband Albert<br />
moved last year. Otherwise life is enjoyable.<br />
They both love the area—especially because<br />
two of their four daughters live nearby.<br />
Eddie (Burgess) and R. L. "Bart"<br />
Bartholomew continue their exciting<br />
lives—Bart is in his 12th year of teaching<br />
at Palm Beach Community College and Eddie,<br />
although officially "retired," still heads<br />
the public relations committee for the Palm<br />
Beach chapter of the Public Relations Society<br />
of America (PRSA). She also had major<br />
responsibilities in arranging for Governor<br />
and Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis<br />
to speak at a fundraiser for Florida Atlantic<br />
U.—he waived his fee and was most charming<br />
and generous with his time, Eddie reports.<br />
From her letter we gather Florida is<br />
awash in <strong>Cornell</strong> happenings. Among those<br />
she and Bart enjoyed were a party at the<br />
Palm Beach Governor's Club hosted by Esther<br />
Schiff Bondareff '37, where they saw<br />
Walt Scholl and Eleanor (Bloomfield) '44.<br />
Also a party with Bob Kester and wife Marcia,<br />
Ruth Myers Stauffer and husband Neil,<br />
and Ata Berker and wife Margareta. Many<br />
thanks for your letter and pics, Eddie.<br />
• Shirley Richards Sargent, 15 Crannell<br />
Ave., Delmar, NY 12054.<br />
A ^% Mateo Go (Honolulu, HI) at-<br />
Λ I tended his daughter's swearing-<br />
/l m in ceremony as federal magis-<br />
ImMέ # trate judge for the eastern NY<br />
1 ^i division. Judge Marilyn Go is the<br />
^^ first Chinese-American east of<br />
the Rockies to be installed in such an important<br />
position. Ed Markham (Seattle,<br />
WA) was honored by the Bedding Plants<br />
Foundation Inc., who established a scholarship<br />
fund on his 75th birthday to bring international<br />
students of horticulture to the<br />
US. Ed worked for Vaughan and other seed<br />
companies and is a leader of national and<br />
international tours for the Professional Plant<br />
Growers Assn.<br />
Our class is struggling to get over the<br />
loss of President Betty McCabe. A memorial<br />
service is planned for 5 p.m., June 9, '94<br />
at Sage Chapel. All attendees should make<br />
arrangements to stay at the CRC headquarters<br />
in the Jerome Holland '39 International<br />
Living Center (ILC, Lowrise 8). Write<br />
E. A. "Buck" Buxton, Talmadge Rd.,<br />
Mendham, NJ 07945 for information.<br />
Barbara (Crohurst) and George<br />
Howell (Oak Brook, IL) and Pete Wolff are<br />
serving on <strong>Cornell</strong>'s planned giving committee.<br />
Bill Webster (Little Rock, AR) says<br />
he continues to rue the election of his governor<br />
to "The Big Show" in Washington, DC<br />
and gets out of the country whenever possible.<br />
This year he'll visit Sicily, Malta, Scotland,<br />
and Costa Rica.<br />
George Barthel (Ellenville, NY) is one<br />
of the rare people. He has been honored by<br />
having a newly renovated bridge named after<br />
him for a lifetime of service to Ulster<br />
County's citizens. George served 20 years<br />
on the county legislature and six years on<br />
the board of supervisors during his tenure<br />
as Wawarsing supervisor. His 1,200-acre<br />
farm produces sweet corn, wheat, and potatoes.<br />
He served as an advisor to Secretary<br />
of Agriculture Orville Freeman (a USMC<br />
friend of mine during World War II).<br />
Sam Baron (Chapel Hill, NC) participated<br />
in conferences on Russian history in<br />
Berlin with visits to Amsterdam and Prague<br />
in 1992 and in St. Petersburg with visits to<br />
Moscow and Rosstov-on-Dow in 1993. Henry<br />
and Ruth Goodyer Jones (N. Haven,<br />
CT) celebrated 51 years of married life. They<br />
were to visit their daughter in Japan. Henry<br />
is semi-retired and chairs his church investment<br />
committee. Although legally blind, he<br />
can read with the help of a CCTV magnifying<br />
system and enjoys duckpin bowling with<br />
help of teammates who tell him what to<br />
shoot at!<br />
The first new department store since<br />
1940 to be erected in New York City is Barney's<br />
on 61st and Madison. With more than<br />
250,000 square feet of space, it was designed<br />
by a <strong>Cornell</strong>ian architect, Class of '71. See<br />
what you can learn by reading this<br />
column? • Carolyn Evans Finneran, 2933<br />
76th SE, #13D, Mercer Island, WA 98040.<br />
A ^\ In the December 1993 column<br />
Λ m we reported the death of Rob-<br />
/1 ^ ert Mitchell, but I came across<br />
ίm4 \ his final note to us, and, because<br />
I I I I found it interesting and hope<br />
^ ^^ you will too, here it is:"Went for<br />
family reunion to Wisconsin. On my mother's<br />
side I am only a fourth-generation<br />
American. Believe my father's line goes back<br />
before the Revolutionary War. This will be<br />
my next project. The last one found me in<br />
Virginia for two months working on a history<br />
of Augusta Military Academy, which was<br />
attended by three members of the Class of<br />
'43: my brother Walt Mitchell and Clinton<br />
Thomas, both deceased, and me. I<br />
played football there against John Vonetes,<br />
who attended Fork Union Military Academy."<br />
I'm sure classmates haven't forgotten that Bob<br />
was once captain of Company E, Pershing Rifles<br />
and its championship drill team.<br />
Came across this note from the late<br />
great Wally Rogers. It would have been<br />
nice if I had included it, not that anyone<br />
could have heard it, in my remarks at Corson-Mudd<br />
last June: "Dear Miller: I was delighted<br />
to read of your selection for the Pullitzer.<br />
It was an honor long overdue! Entrenous<br />
(that's French for between us), I knew<br />
it had to come. It was obvious that during<br />
CORNELL MAGAZINE<br />
50<br />
your hiatus as class columnist you were an<br />
avid student of the Wally Rogers writing<br />
style. When you finally returned to your<br />
typewriter, your columns contained a<br />
warmth and mellowness absent from your<br />
earlier efforts. In the words of George Bush,<br />
they were kinder and gentler. If there are<br />
any higher awards than Joe Pullitzer's, I'm<br />
sure you will garner them, if not in the next<br />
issue, then certainly in the one after that."<br />
Bob Schuyler '40 writes on McGraw<br />
Hill stationery: "First, an apology for using<br />
the three-carbon memo of my former (and<br />
also Jack Slater's and Mead Stone's current)<br />
employer—the major perk that kept<br />
us at McGraw for so many years. I regret to<br />
report that John Hudson passed away<br />
March 4 at his home in Cedar Grove, NJ after<br />
a brief illness. After graduating and completing<br />
his army duties, he joined New Jersey<br />
Bell's engineering department and remained<br />
until his recent retirement." We join Bob in<br />
condoling with Louise and her family.<br />
In March I wrote about my inability to<br />
find evidence of Scott Brown's jazz leanings<br />
while on the Hill. Charlie Shaw didn't<br />
waste time in enlightening us: "Scotty was<br />
the pianist—and a damned good one—with<br />
the quintet I formed in our senior year. We<br />
were among the few musicians in the Ithaca<br />
area who were temporarily draft-exempt,<br />
so we played jazz and kept busy doing it. I<br />
remember one time during Junior Week<br />
when we played 16 hours straight. Five days<br />
after graduation I was in the Navy at the<br />
training school at Notre Dame where I, along<br />
with Strabo Claggett, played in the big<br />
band and competed on the track team. (Columnist's<br />
note: Strabo threw heavy objects;<br />
Charlie ran like the wind.) I was indeed sorry<br />
to hear of his passing; he was wonderful<br />
company. Patty (Homer) and I continue to<br />
travel and spent last October in Portugal. I<br />
understand that my grandson Marten in Seattle<br />
still keeps in touch with his former neighbor<br />
Miller Harris III back East, and I am glad<br />
for that." Me too, Charlie.<br />
Phil Weisman threatens to take out<br />
an ad in The New York Times berating me<br />
for omitting his name from the list of erstwhile<br />
Big Red rowing greats who managed<br />
to coax their creaking limbs into a shell and<br />
race during our glorious 50th Reunion. The<br />
guy was crotchety as far back as frosh camp.<br />
Wonder if he knows what space costs in The<br />
Times. • S. Miller Harris, PO Box 164,<br />
Spinnerstown, PA 18968.<br />
more plug<br />
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^Jd^Jd the time you read this, chanc-<br />
W W es are we'll all be back home<br />
^ ~ basking in reminiscences and<br />
fond memories. But you won't get details<br />
until September. J. Warren Finch was<br />
thinking <strong>Cornell</strong> all year. He joined the Suncoast<br />
<strong>Cornell</strong> Club in Florida and has enjoyed<br />
their lobster cook-outs on Tampa Bay,<br />
reuned at the <strong>Cornell</strong>-Penn game in Philadelphia<br />
last November, and wouldn't miss<br />
our 50th. He's eager to find some ROTC<br />
buddies, veterans of Ft. Niagara and Ft.<br />
Bragg. Robert Greenburg and Edwina<br />
welcomed a first grandchild in San Francisco<br />
last fall and look forward to sharing a town-