OHA logo 480x480 px

OH Steering Committee meeting via Zoom 6/11/24

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | June 10, 2024
Category:

Agenda for OH Steering Committee Meeting, June 11, 2024, 6:30, via Zoom  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3105879688?pwd=bW1NQUxnNUZPaURCdi9EdXBtM3hkQT09 Or Phone: 929‐205‐6099, Meeting Number: 3105879688#, Passcode: 780291# 1. Secretary’s Report (Jared Liu) Approve Minutes for 4/16/24 Bylaw change vote Letter from Doug Hotchkiss 2. Treasurer’s Report (AL Razat) 3. Cabin Report (Emily Benson) Road repairs  4.Gala (Phoebe Howe & EB Brandt)  5.…

Unnamed

Ann Perkins Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | June 6, 2024
Category: ,

Ann Robinson (Stedman)Perkins “The Mountains are calling and I must go” (John Muir) Born July 8, 1937 Died May 31, 2024 Father: William George Stedman Mother: Virginia Allen Brother: Allen Cornell Stedman Married: Earle R Perkins in 1961 Children: Jonathan M Perkins and his wife Lisa Perkins Heather A Perkins Grandchildren: Haley M (Perkins) Clark…

OHA logo 480x480 px

Old Bridle Path Volunteer Days 2024

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | May 14, 2024
Category:

OLD BRIDLE PATH VOLUNTEER DAYS – 2024 This year there will be TEN workdays open to OH Members on the Old Bridle Path as part of the ongoing five-year Franconia Loop Project. Where last year there was a single OH Day on the OBP, this year OH may sign up for any of the public…

Joan

Joan Wortley Bishop obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | May 3, 2024
Category:

Joan W. Bishop Bath- Joan W. Bishop, 93, of Webber Ave., passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. She was born in New York City on July 20, 1928, the daughter of Ralph Montagu Stuart and Isabella (Wood) Wortley. Joan graduated from Oldfields School…

OHA logo 480x480 px

DRAFT minutes from the 4/16/24 Steering Committee meeting via Zoom

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | May 1, 2024
Category:

These are DRAFT Minutes from the 4/16/24 meeting and will be approved or corrected at the next SC meeting in June.  

Dave Preston

David Preston Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 30, 2024
Category:

David Preston Obituary David Preston November 17, 1933 – March 26, 2024 David Preston, age 90, of Essex, Connecticut, died peacefully in Essex on March 26th, 2024. Dave was born on November 17, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of Roger and Anita Preston of Waban, Massachusetts. He was predeceased by his brothers, Peter, Fred,…

OHA logo 480x480 px

OH Meet-Up at the Shannon Door Pub 5/3/24 5:30 pm or later

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 17, 2024
Category:

Please join us for an in-person OH meet-up planned for Friday 5/3 at the Shannon Door Pub in Jackson (the Oak Lee, for some of you). This is the night before the work detail/spring reunion at the cabin, so if you’re in town for that, or in town anyway, pelase drop by. There is nothing…

OHA logo 480x480 px

OH Ambassadors

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 14, 2024
Category:

Calling OH Ambassadors! Update as of 4/19/24: we still have spots for Galehead, Greenleaf, and Lakes OHA Ambassadorships are available for an OHA member in good standing (i.e., you’ve paid your dues, literally and figuratively) to come to a hut with a companion for a comped night at a hut. Your mission is to share the magic of…

OHA logo 480x480 px

Steering Committee Meeting 4/16/24 via Zoom

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 13, 2024
Category:

STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, APRIL 16, 2023, 6:30, VIA ZOOM https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3105879688?pwd=bW1NQUxnNUZPaURCdi9EdXBtM3hkQT09 Or Phone: 929‐205‐6099, Meeting Number: 3105879688#, Passcode: 780291# 1. Secretary’s Report (Jared Liu)  Approve Minutes for 11/14/23  Bylaw changes  Additional mailing? 2. Treasurer’s Report (AL Razat) 3. Cabin Report (Emily Benson)  Road repairs 4. Gala (Phoebe Howe & EB Brandt) 5.…

Image002

Dick Hayes Jr. Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 1, 2024
Category:

Richard S. “Dick” Hayes Jr., 94, died on Friday, February 16, 2024 at his home at River Woods, Manchester, NH. He was born on May 28, 1929 in Chicago, IL to Richard S. and Teresa D. Hayes and was raised in Montclair, NJ. Dick lived a life filled with love, laughter and unwavering dedication to his…

Peter

Peter Walker obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 1, 2024
Category:

Peter Brockway Walker  Beloved husband of Cynthia A Walker, father of Paul and Mark Walker and grandfather of Dallas H.K. Walker,  died peacefully at home in Asheville, North Carolina on the evening of December 16, 2023 at the age of 92.   Born January 31, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts to Wallace Haynes Walker and Isabella Brockway Walker,  he…

Cornell

Cornell MacDonald Grout obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | April 1, 2024
Category:

Cornell MacDonald Grout 1931-2023 Cornell MacDonald Grout, Don, died peacefully and well cared for on October 19 th 2023 while surrounded by his loving family at Hospice of Jefferson County, in Watertown, New York. Born December 17 th 1931, in Albany, New York to Emily Cornell and Harold MacIntyre Grout, Don attended Harvey School through…

OHA logo 480x480 px

OH Meet-up at the Shannon Door Pub in Jackson 5/3/24

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | March 12, 2024
Category:

Originally the work weekend at the cabin was going to be on Saturday 5/11 and we were planning an OH meet-up for Friday 5/10 at the Shannon Door Pub in Jackson (the Oak Lee, for some of you). In light of the fact that the work weekend has been moved to 5/4, the meet-up will…

OHA logo 480x480 px

OH Spring Reunion and cabin clean-up May 4th, 2024

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | March 9, 2024
Category:

OHA Annual Spring Reunion and Potluck-Saturday, May 4 th, 2024 from 9am til “whenever” although the grills will shut down at 2:00 pm Come on up to the OH Cabin and let’s welcome the arrival of spring! We will be gathering again to get the cabin ready for the summer months ahead, followed by a…

116909128 10207256483327551 5452471163484031533 n

Betsy Byrd Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | February 23, 2024
Category:

Please see this link for the obituary for Betsy Byrd. In September 2023, she was publicly recognized for her decades-long dedication to the AMC Hut System and was named “Honorary OH- Madam Secretary”.

Phil Preston

Phil Preston Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | February 1, 2024
Category:

Philip Preston (OH), 84, died November 16, 2023 at his home, the Homestead Farm in Ashland, New Hampshire. In addition to his own stint on the 1956 Madison Springs Hut croo, Phil was part of a outdoors-loving family with a long pedigree in the Huts…

George DeWolfe

George DeWolfe Obituary

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | January 22, 2024
Category:

The landscape photographer George DeWolfe, OH, died on July 2, 2023 at the age of 78. As a young man, George climbed in the Alps and Tetons, among other ranges, before finding a welcoming home in the Whites and at the AMC in the early 1970s , where he worked at Tuckerman and was AMC’s first artist-in-residence, a position that combined two of his greatest passions; mountains and photography.

OHA logo 480x480 px

Old Man legacy fund plaza pavers purchase has been completed

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | January 17, 2024
Category:

2/2/24 update. The fund-raising for the two pavers has come to completion with $1,300 being raised. The OHA will be purchasing two pavers. Thank you to all who donated and supported this effort.  After enjoying Brian Fowler’s presentation at Fall Fest 2023, several OH stopped and visited the Old Man of the Mountain Plaza and…

OHA logo 480x480 px

Minutes from 11.14.23 Steering Comm. meeting

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | January 7, 2024
Category:

OHA Steering Committee Meeting Minutes, November 14, 2023 Called to Order: 6:33pm Attendance: Steering Committee Present: Emma “EB” Brandt, Jesse Carlson, Al Kamman, Jared Liu, Anne-Laure “AL” Razat, Lawrence “Stroker” Rogovin, Kimberly “Schroeder” Steward, Deirdre Vander Schaff, Doug Shaffer, Bethany Taylor, Gerry Whiting Steering Committee Absent: Carter Bascom, Phoebe Howe Guests: Bill Barrett (phone), Brian…

OHA logo 480x480 px

Steering Committee meeting via Zoom-Tuesday January 9th, 2024 6:30 pm

By Kim "Schroeder" Steward | January 6, 2024
Category:

Agenda for OH Steering Committee Meeting, January 9th, 2024 6:30, via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3105879688?pwd=bW1NQUxnNUZPaURCdi9EdXBtM3hkQT09 Or Phone: 929‐205‐6099, Meeting Number: 3105879688#, Passcode: 780291# Secretary’s Report (Jared Liu) Approve Minutes for 11/14/23 Bylaw changes Treasurer’s Report (AL Razat) Cabin Report (Emily Benson) Road repairs Long-term parking solution Fallfest (Phoebe & Stroker) Featured speaker(s)? Honorary Member nominations? Term Limits…