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Mike Freeland
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Bob, the only Vaughn (first name) ever at Wyanoke since 1942 was Cadet Vaughn Dille (1969, 1970), who made a legend of himself in only two years. Cool guy.
And, the only Vaughans in attendance were Burtis and wife Va., and Irving and Celia and their progeny.
The phone in the Midget Dining Hall! It was in a box at the corner with a door on the outside so one could get it without having to run around the corner into the dining hall to answer it, possibly inadvertently ringing the bell. I forgot that it was a cradle-type phone with only a label at the center of what should have been a dial. When I was a kid, I wondered how the hell you used one of those things. I do remember picking one up one time. Finding that someone was already on it (the operator) scared the hell out of me. We had dial phones even in Cornwall Pa. then. You didn't mess with the phone in the Midget Dining Hall. Period. You know what the penalty was.
Was Wyanoke's number 569-1910?
"Jenny, get me Dr. Jim..."
Dr. Bovaird. I remember him too, though not by looks. I couldn't look him in the eye when he was having a look at a rash I'd developed when I was 12 or so and that was the last thing I wanted anyone to know about. Those were the days, huh, when you called the doctor and he was there. "Sure, bring him in", and he'd set the arm and cast it. Still had time for cocktails and nine at the club later in the day.
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Bob Kennington
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:24 am Post subject: Re: Chiang Kai' Shek |
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| I have a clear recollection being told that Chaiman and Madame Chiang Kai Chek (Chiang was President of the Republic of China 1948 to 1975, thanks to Wikipedia) had a summer home on the west-facing shore of Wolfeboro Neck, the entrance to which would have been somewhere across the road from Camp. |
I stumbled on this twelve-year old account from The Granite State News, and didn't know where else to put it. 
I'd met Robert Hopewell's brother, Harry Hopewell, many years ago. (A character, I might add). The street leading from the Carry Beach is named after a Hopewell. References to the Chiang Kai' Chek property I put in red & bold.
Granite State News
www.granitestatenews.com, 2 May 2002 [cached]
Hopewell encourages retirees to get involved with community
By CHERYL McCARRISTON WOLFEBORO
- Retiree Robert Hopewell believes strongly in giving back to the community and encourages other retired people to get involved. "Keep your eyes open," advises Hopewell. "There are lots of things to do, lots of needs. "Hopewell, in fact, keeps himself so immersed in a myriad of activities that he said his wife Diana tells him, "I don't know how you had the time to work. "Hopewell first came to live in Wolfeboro in 1958, and continues to live in the same house he purchased in North Wolfeboro. Following a career that included a variety of disciplines, he returned to his home in Wolfeboro in 1978 and "retired. "But retirement hasn't seemed to slow Hopewell down at all. In 1979 he was one of the founding members of the Lakes Region Conservation Trust, originally based in Wolfeboro. Hopewell served as secretary for the organization, which sought to raise money to pay the mortgage on Ragged Island. The effort was successful and Ragged Island became part of the Trust. Later, when the LRCT worked to procure Stonedam Island, located in Meredith, the organization moved its operations to Meredith, and Hopewell relinquished his position as secretary. However, Hopewell remains as an advisor to the Trust which has successfully brought many properties under its protection including Knights Pond, Copplecrown and the top of Rattlesnake Island.But the largest acquisition to date, is the purchase by the LRCT of the 5,000-acre Castle in the Clouds property in Moultonborough. However, some additional money still needs to be raised by 2003 to complete the sale. In 1988 Hopewell's interest in conservation gave rise to another organization and he became a founding member of the Land Bank of Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro. From the start, he was a member of the board of directors, and he also served as its president for the first 12 years. Hopewell said the organization was started because "of the tremendous pressure of development that was new to Wolfeboro. "He said the planning board was "overwhelmed by submissions and was a reactive board to others.
"He remembers thinking, "Let's see if we can have an influence on the growth of Wolfeboro. "The Land Bank was set up to realize two goals: purchase land for developing it for profit and as a conservation trust, whereby land was put aside without building on it. The motivation was "what's best for Wolfeboro. "Piece by piece, the Land Bank purchased 120 acres along Back Bay behind Winnipesaukee Lumber.
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In fact, Hopewell was one of the members who founded WARA.This group now owns approximately 40 acres on the former Allen ‘A' sandpit property and is in the process of creating recreational playing fields. Hopewell said the total cost of the project is $3 million."It takes energy and courage to step forward and initiate these projects," said Hopewell, as well as time, commitment, creativity and imagination.But he encourages retired people "to get involved.You're always needed."Hopewell has also lent his time and talents to numerous organizations and events here in Wolfeboro.
He is a founding member of the Wolfeboro Corinthian Yacht Club, served as president of the Wolfeboro Rotary Club, president of the Cotton Mountain Community Church, and chairman of the Huggins Hospital Street Fair. He also served six years on the board of directors of the Kingswood Golf Club. Although he has traveled extensively for both business and pleasure, to such places as Austria, Norway, Switzerland, and the Himalayas, Hopewell says, "There is no more beautiful a place than the Lakes Region."He said that here, where he lives, there is a "quiet sophistication."
Hopewell also got some traveling in after he enlisted in the 10th Mountain Division, serving in its Ski Division from 1942 to 1946. Working in intelligence, he started his military life in Colorado, then traveled to Washington, D.C. and then on to India. It was in India that he got to see the Himalayas while on leave. Hopewell chose to live in Wolfeboro as a full-time resident in 1958. But his first memories of this town, are when he spent summers on Hopewell Point, where his father first bought property in 1912 and built a hunting and fishing camp. He said the whole Hopewell Point property was owned by his family, with his parents owning "The Point." The huge house built by his great-uncle, Frank Hopewell, was sometimes referred to as the "Chiang Kai' Shek' estate. The property was eventually sold to Mr. Kung of Houston, Texas. Hopewell said Kung's agent said Chiang Kai' Shek never visited the estate or had anything to do with it. He said he has also conducted his own research, which shows no evidence of a link with Chiang Kai' Shek.
Hopewell's first venture in Wolfeboro was in 1958 running the Country Smokehouse with a partner. The business was located where Bradley's Hardware is now. It was a wholesale food distribution company, where "We cut up our own beef" and sold to schools, including Brewster Academy and to "Mom and Pop's stores" and restaurants from Intervale south to Farmington. Hopewell, who holds a bachelor of science degree in geology from Harvard and a master of science degree in education, in both psychology and guidance, later turned to teaching. In Barnstead he was the principal and taught seventh and eighth grade.He was a guidance counselor and substitute teacher in Pittsfield and taught foreign language classes in French, as well as earth sciences. When Kingswood Regional High School opened in 1964, serving students in grades 7-12, Hopewell was a junior high guidance counselor. In 1968, his career path took another turn. For three years, through the Colorado Outward Bound School, he ran a girls' summer program. A total of 300 girls were enrolled in the 26-day course in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. When his family rallied to stay in Colorado longer, Hopewell changed course again and went back to school.
He became a stockbroker until 1978, when he returned to Wolfeboro. "It was satisfying and exciting," said Hopewell of his varied endeavors. "You're constantly learning and meeting new people. "He said it was also tough, having to start over again.
(There's more to the article, which I placed in an airport thread here).
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David Bentley
Founder W. H. Bentley
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:06 pm Post subject: Chiang Kai Chek |
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I think it is true that Chiang Kai Chek was not associated with the large home on Hopewell Point, but Madame Chiang Kai Chek was. It was Madame that entertained Hollywood-type celebrities in the 1950s and forward. For obvious reasons of international security, much of the activity at the Point was kept relatively low key, not secretive, but certainly not blatant, either.
My Grandmother (BMB's mother) entertained Madame on her porch at Pinhurst Cottage at least once during these years.
I remember being told it was alright to canoe past the beach at the Point house, but not to stop, for any reason.
The activities of Madame Chiang Kai Chek were probably not unlike other notables spending time in Wolfeboro in that these activities were kept quiet, and, therefore, rumors and imagination fueled the reports to heights far beyond reality.
Such is the daily life of a resort town !!
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