Wall of Distinction ~ 2010
Dr. Roscoe H. Shaw, Public Service
Dr. Roscoe H. Shaw graduated from Nute High School in 1894. He became the Director of the Educational Department of the Evaporated Milk Association in Chicago. Following his graduation from the University of New Hampshire, he studied chemistry both abroad and in this country. He was connected with various departments and universities as chemist, teacher, and research worker. Dr. Shaw devised the “Shaw Test” for fat in butter, and he invented the first commercially produced powdered milk solid which was sold under the name of “Kilm”. Dr. Shaw died on December 8, 1928.
Frank Nutter, Arts & Education
Frank (Reggie) Nutter graduated from Nute High School with the Class of 1932. He graduated in 1937 from the Massachusetts Radio and Telegraph School in Boston in 1937. He ran a radio repair shop in Dover and then served as teacher of Radio and Electricity at Davis Vocational School in Dover, retiring in 1975. For more than 60 years, Frank was a member of the American Radio Relay League and an enthusiastic amateur radio operator. In 1991 he graduated from the New York Institute of Photography. His photography skills were put to great service during Milton’s Bicentennial celebration, when he volunteered both his skills and his darkroom to re-photograph, restore and enlarge many historical photos brought forward by local residents. He was an active member of the Strafford County Retired Teacher’s Association and the NH Retired Teacher’s Association.
Ann Woodbury Davis, The Arts
Ann Woodbury Davis grew up in Milton Mills and graduated from Nute High School with the Class of 1942. After graduation, Ann lived and worked in Boston. Today Ann lives in Amherst NH. Her book “Memoirs of a Marriage, A Forty-Four Year Adventure” published by Freedom Press describes many travel adventures shared by Ann and her husband Bob Davis.
Roland Kimball, Education & Public Service
Roland Kimball graduated Valedictorian from Nute High School with the Class of 1946. He received a BA in English Literature from Gordon College in 1950 and an MA in English Literature from UNH in 1955. Roland spent seven years teaching High School English in Massachusetts. He served as associate professor of English at Houghton College in New York and for more than 30 years Roland was a professor of English at Northern Essex community College in Haverhill, Mass. The Roland C. Kimball Literary Award was instituted to honor students for excellence in composition. Roland served as president and vice president for Full Gospel Businessmen International. He was an associate pastor and counselor at Bethel Assembly in Portsmouth. He held the office of vice president on the Board of Directors of Operation Blessing Portsmouth from 1992 to 2008. Roland Kimball died April 27, 2009.
Constance Tuck Ward, Education
Connie Tuck Ward graduated from Nute High School with the Class of 1956. She received her degree from Gorham State Teachers College in 1960. Connie married Ronald Ward of Rochester and spent the next 35 years teaching in elementary schools in Rochester and Lebanon ME. Connie devoted her time, her abilities, her patience and herself to the education of children. In 1968, Connie and Ron began building a summer home on St. James Ave. In 1976 they decided to make Milton their year round home. This move made it possible for the Ward children ( Ron, Jody and Lori) to graduate from Nute. In 1983 Connie and Ron adopted a son, Peter, a first grade student of Connie’s. Peter graduated from Nute in 1995. When Connie retired in 1995 she continued her devotion to education through her six grandchildren.
Larry Lambert, Science
Larry graduated from Nute High School with the Class of 1968. Larry has many memories of the Nute teachers during his years as a student. He remembers the underpaid, underappreciated, and overworked teaching staff at Nute who took him under their collective wings and gave him the gift of flight. He credits the idealistic, youthful and upbeat teachers with energizing the student body with the simple – yet powerful – concept of anything is possible if you reach for it with determination and hard work. After graduating from Nute, Larry continued his education at the University of New Hampshire, and the University of California at Berkley and Los Angeles. He experienced a brief career in biotech research, followed by 32 years (and counting) at the Alameda County Medical Center. Larry writes that “it has been a strange, wonderful, heady and rewarding journey. “
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Chris Edmunds, Sports
Chris Edmund graduated with the Nute High School Class of 1993. Chris, the owner of Lake Tahoe based Leeward Cinema, has released the first human-powered snowboarding film, “My Own Two Feet”, created and directed by Edmands. Sponsored by Protect Our Winters, Rossignol, ClifBar, The North Face and others, My Own Two Feet documents the earth-friendly exploits of the self-proclaimed “stewards of winter” as they splitboard and hike to terrain in the fabulous Sierra Nevada, ignored by traditional carbon-laden winter sports film crews. Eschewing the use of snowmobiles and helicopters, over a thousand collective miles were hoofed by Leeward’s crew of world-famous riders.
Honorary Recipient
Frank Lynn, Music & The Arts
From 1994 through 2009 Frank Lynn was the Music Department for all of Milton’s school children. Coming to Milton, after teaching in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Frank brought his many years of experience with music education. Over the years Frank has taught a wide variety of music courses including: band (marching and concert), jazz ensemble, chorus, choral ensembles, general music, music theory, History of Rock, Humanities and Intro to Piano. For fifteen years Frank dedicated his time and talent to the students at Nute Middle/High School. He developed an award-winning band program with both his Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble. Mr. Lynn prepared his music students well. Recruiting boys and girls in grades four and five, he fostered a love of music in them at a young age. He was able to build his award winning music program by teaching appreciation of music through hard work and discipline. Frank retired in 2009, moving to Boardman Ohio with his wife Mary Ruth where they both remain very active in music and theater.