RMC Newsletter - Winter 2006-2007

Bill and Paula Bradley Receive Lifetime Membership Honors

Editor's note: At the RMC Annual Meeting this past summer, longtime RMC members Bill and Paula Bradley received lifetime memberships in the club for their decades of service in numerous capacities. Active, generous and friendly volunteers, Bill and Paula received a standing ovation. Al Hudson wrote the following tribute, which we share here.

In recognition of their long service to the RMC and to the Randolph community, the Board of Directors wishes to appoint Bill and Paula Bradley as lifetime members of the club.

Over the years Bill and Paula have done it all: Board member, secretary, treasurer, trips chair, vice-president, president. From 1967 to 1974 Paula and her son Paul provided the RMC with its trail and "path" signs, and in 1972 began producing RMC-style signs for sale. Encouraged by the success of sign sales, in 1986 Paula, abetted by Barbara Wilson, began the production of RMC T-shirts, a product line that continues to this day.

Of course, for those of us who have known them over the years, the Bradleys have offered much more beyond the organizational life of the RMC. I remember wonderful conversations that developed on hikes and elsewhere with Paula and Bill. And for those present, who will ever forget the riotous evening, not too many years ago, of "Off Mossy Glen - Underground Charades". Class, wit, humor, brevity of expression and a sense of style are hallmarks of the Bradley personae.

In conclusion, I offer a brief, but representative example of the Bradley style, Paula's "Report on signs" at the 1968 RMC annual meeting:

Barb'ra Wilson, with card file and scout
Told Paul Bradley what signs he should rout.
So with saw and pencil,
And paint brush and stencil,
He made some new signs roundabout.
In the past fiscal year-oh
He's made one-two-zero;
Of which - it is boasted -
Fifty-five have been posted.
For those who like math:
Add thirty for "path" -
With arrows included.

This report is concluded.