Class Notes DI S PAT C H E S N EWS F ROM A LUM N I
1943
Joseph D. Hayes (603) 964-6503 • jhayes697@yahoo.com
1948
Don Spear (207) 518-9093 • ponderingpundit@gmail.com
1952
Karl A. Brautigam (203) 866-5812 • karllas@webtv.net
1953
Stanford B. Vincent (508) 457-6473 • stan@vincentcurtis.com
The good news is that one third of our graduating class of ’56 is, as someone used to say, “still able to take nourishment.” A tribute, no doubt, to our daily routine in the early 1950s of good food, required sports, and early lights out. Of course, being at an all-boys school in the woods of New Hampshire with fewer distractions helped, despite unsubstantiated stories of beer runs to Lebanon. Being cooped up at home on Cape Cod during the past year finally got to Carol and me, and we decided to take our first mid-winter vacation, driving to Longboat Key on Florida’s west coast for a couple of months of sun and sand. Though we stayed clear of the major cities and were super cautious, we were delighted to share a meal and catch up with two classmates, first Tony and Ann Brockleman in Fort Myers and later with Pete and Jeri Whiteside in Naples. Both couples are well and staying active and send greetings to all. Others in our class who have recently been in touch include the following. Pete Bowser out in Marin County, CA, recently celebrated his 86th. He 44
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and Sue are staying safe and in good health. They have no trips planned in the foreseeable future, but are “enjoying life, as dull and as boring as that is right now. It’s better than the alternative.” Sam Cummings in Vermont, married 62 years and retired after 29 years with IBM, recalled sharing the drum duties in the KUA pep band with Bob “Hammy” Hamilton. He also reminded me that the school provided a “butt room” outdoors behind the old gym for those who had parental permission to smoke. Sam’s family for several generations operated a successful tannery in Lebanon. Tom Fay spoke of his 30 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, finding his calling as counselor to juvenile delinquents, first within the courts and later at a camp in the San Bernardino hills. He described himself as “a natural, a perfect fit” for the job, working with “great kids” at the camp. Paul Haczela is now living fulltime in his home in LaBelle, FL. His property, former farmland, includes a lake plus a couple of barns and a house. He calls Florida “the lightening capital of the world.” Despite this, his house and barns are all topped with steel roofs. Paul’s ham radio call letters are still K2BQ. Charlie Harriman, retired as a partner of a financial management team, seems to have the best of two worlds: winters fishing the waters in Naples Bay, FL; summers on his Falmouth lobster boat off the coast of Maine. If you need a good fishing guide, he’s more than willing to accommodate. Pete Meleney will be especially glad to see the easing of restrictions brought on by the COVID epidemic. Isolated as he and Ann normally are on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, getting to and from the mainland
and connecting with bus and airport connections during the lockdown has been a real challenge. Peter Morse enjoys the four different seasons of South Dakota. He says moving to the home state of his wife, Rhonda, more than 10 years ago to continue his practice as an ophthalmologist was the right decision. Chief among Peter’s hobbies continues to be horticulture—his gardens outside and his plants inside their home. He and Rhonda are seriously considering coming east in 2023 to celebrate our 70th class reunion. Ralph Rose, recuperating from a fractured hip, enjoys visiting his office in Bradford, PA, once a week and continues to do the designing of many of the prize-winning monuments produced by the 106-year-old company. Ralph and his late wife, Judy, were married immediately after he graduated from KUA. Admitted to Syracuse, he was drafted into the Army and returned from the service to take over the family business. Ralph has 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Sadly, I must report that two classmates, both from Massachusetts, recently passed. Henry J. Zukowski was born in 1933 at the family farm in South Deerfield. He served in the U.S. Army and then earned a bachelor’s in business administration from American International College (AIC) and a master’s in education from Westfield State College. At AIC he played basketball for the Yellow Jackets. Hank taught business education and served as department head during his more than 30 years at Frontier Regional High School. He loved youth sports, served as a basketball, baseball and football coach for Frontier teams and for many years refereed high school basketball games across the region. Hank was
also a golfer and an avid hunter and fisherman. A summer entrepreneur, he founded Zuke’s Cukes to grow and harvest pickling cucumbers on the family farm. Hank is survived by his wife, Joyce, four children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Joseph G. Tellier was born in Cambridge, raised in Belmont, and attended Belmont Hill School before KUA. He earned a bachelor’s from Boston University, where he played goalie for the Terriers hockey team. Joe worked for many years in commercial real estate and was a longtime member of the Woodland Golf Club. Joe— known as “Captain Joe” by many and as “Boo” by his grandchildren, nieces, and nephews—was always happy behind the wheel of his boat on Cape Cod or in Florida. He is survived by his wife, Jean, two children, and three grandchildren. Special thanks to Tony Brockelman and Paul Russo for their continued help gathering news of our class.
1955
Warren D. Huse (603) 524-6593 • warrenhuser@gmail.com
I’m sorry to report that word has been received of the passing January 12, 2021, of Herbert J. Somers. Joining the class as a junior in 1953 from Marblehead, MA, Herb played soccer, lacrosse, and JV basketball and was a member of the Glee Club and The Players. After graduating from Denison University in 1959, Herb was in soybean processing with the Bunge Corp. in St. Louis, MO, for almost 10 years. He then worked for a grain exporting company in Greenville, MS, for 15 years, buying and selling wheat, milo, and oats before retiring in 2002. He then returned east to split time between South Paris, ME, and Naples,
