in ping-pong in the National Senior Olympics.However, he told friends that his greatest treasure in life besides his family, was having an Everett public school named in his honor while he was still alive.
"I am touched and I am honored," he was quoted as saying when the Whittier School was officially named for him.
Mr. Whittier was many things--he was a cartoonist and a poet, publishing two books.
He kept a home in Scarborough, Maine where he rowed, swam and picked blueberries. He was also a gardener.
from Everett Independent: Sumner Gage Whittier, at 98; Everett's man for all seasons
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