Class of 1929
Our scouts assigned to cover the recent athletic-social events at the Stadium and Bowl turned in good reports, and if our combined memories have not deceived us football still constitutes a major attraction especially for those recently established Virginians, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Barney, north again for a couple of New England autumnal weeks, but no happier at the Stadium, no more disconsolate at the Bowl, than the rest. Dudley Orr came to town from up New Hampshire way for the Harvard game; Beedie Brisbin came in from Vermont, and little Rhodie sent along big Phil Mayher. Ellie Cavanagh, Paul Woodbridge, and their respective spouses represented the Hanover delegation, and Mollie Bott came up from his New Jersey mill. Then there were Mace Ingram, Nat Barrows and wife, Ollie Holmes and wife, Don Jeffrey, Earl Lister, Johnny Cornehlsen, Ted Washton, Sachem Dick Barrett, Phil Rising, Maurie Rolfe, Brooks White, Gus Herbert and wife, Johnny Davis, Willie Coles, and Squeek Redding. Proof that it was a good game can be had in the fact that Brother Orr never once scanned the stands for possible conversationalists.
TWENTYNINERS AT NEW HAVEN
Dick Johnson was our eyes, ears, nose, and throat at the Bowl. He was in New York for several days in addition to being present at the Yale mystery drama, which is quite sporty living for a Bostonian of sober habits. Eddie Ellinger was Dick's host and gave him the customary good time, accentuated, we dare say, by unique Ellinger high lights now and again. Eddie, it seems, has a new job with a firm of investment counselors. Johnson, and we don't mean to criticise, but simply explain, cannot recall the name of the firm other than that one of the bosses thereof is the author of a certain textbook studied some years ago by '29 men pursuing advanced economics courses. It was all we could do to fiddle through the most elementary course offered by that department, so we wouldn't know. Well, there was the game, and '29 men seemed scattered all over a half dozen sections. But Herb Wollison was right handy, so was "What's the news from Gloucester" Blair (shades of a certain riot of good clean fun and belly-deep laughter remembered by all reunioners as the Class Dinner), and Ollie Holmes, Paul Kelsey, the Barneys, Chris Born, Jack Gunther, Gus Wiedenmayer, and Walt Gutterson. There must have been others, but they forgot to report in. There was a phone conversation, later, with Mo Heath, who has been his customary shy self in failing to announce his successful passing of the N. Y. bar exams, holding down, at the same time, a job with Chase National.
Chris Born is doing airport design work and is on the job at the new Portland, Maine, airport which is in the process of construction. He has seen that substantial Portland citizen, Inches Pierce, several times.
Jack Gunther is now associated with the New York law firm of Shearman and Sterling, 55 Wall St., living in Englewood, N. J.
Brud Woodman is with W. T. Grant's, located in Pawtucket; and Steve Balkam, after a time out on the Pacific coast with the same company, has just recently been transferred to Hammond, Ind., where he has a store right across the street from Joe Ruff's shop.
Gus Herbert has moved wife and Gus junior out from under Beacon Hill and into the uplands of West Newton, a place once famous for the presence of Richard the Righteous Rogers. And where is Richard? Will he tell us? (See next month's number for the answer.)
And that's about all the social side of the two football games revealed—all that bears retelling.
Johnny Cornehlsen turns up on the faculty at Worcester Academy and writes, in part, as follows:
"As for my career, which I suppose ispart of this testimonial to you, I have hadto make a number of adjustments. Forthe time being I've had to give up mygraduate study plans and leave matters gowith an M.A. in fine arts from Harvardand a year and a half credit toward myMaster's in landscape architecture. I'll beback for more when I climb out of the red,which is quite a climb at present.
"Right now I'm busily and happily occupied at Worcester Academy getting, rawmaterial ready for Bob Strong's O.K. inHanover—particularly in English and ancient history. I'm also working with theGlee Club, and I may have one or twosongbirds H. P. Whitford, butwhen I hear them I doubt it.
"I'm further rounding out my year's activities with camp work up in the Catskills.Another man and I are working out apartnership in this progressive campingeducation project, through which we hopeto increase the values of camping to theindividual as well as the pleasures. Allcomers from 6 to 18 will eventually beprovided for. I'll be after the next generation from the class of '29 and probablyhounding you for publicity when thetime comes, but more about that later."
LAWYER KENISON WINS
The Manchester Union, under the date line, Center Ossipee, Nov. 6, carried the news that: "Frank Rowe Kenison, youngRepublican attorney of Conway, carriedthe day over his Democratic opponentArthur A. Greene of North Conway by2435 votes (for county solicitor)." Bob Monahan sent in the clipping and adds that "apparently Kenison won the highest plurality of any of the county officers.Carroll county is reputed to have thelargest area and smallest population of anyof the New Hampshire counties."
We have recently read an engraved card that "Herbert M. Ball announces the removal of his offices for the general practiceof law to suite 511 Scranton—LackawannaTrust Building, $O6 Spruce St., Scranton,Penn."
George Salyer is with Eastman Kodak in Rochester, having been transferred lately from the statistical department to the sales.
Jim Loeb is teaching at Northwestern, living at 516 Clark St., Evanston, 111.
Carl Spaeth, from latest reports, is out there too, teaching at the Law School.
There may be many more, but so far as we know there are three '29 men actively in and on the scene of the New Deal in Washington.
John Dickey is with Assistant Secretary of State Sayre, who is in charge of commercial treaties under the new Tariff Act; Jerry Swope is with the new Securities and Exchange Commission, working for either Commissioner Kennedy or for Judge Burns, chief counsel, perhaps for both; Johnny Neal is aide to a deputy-administrator of the N.R.A. All have taken up residence there, John in Alexandria, Swope's exact location unknown, Johnny Neal at the Hotel Harris.
SECRETARY RUSSELL
Then there is Percy Russell, secretary to Justice Cardozo o£ the Supreme Court.
Ken Macnair and Duke Barto may or may not be New Dealers. We think they are both with the telephone company there. And Bob Lyle is there, teaching and coaching at Sidwell's Friends School.
Rich Rimback, formerly with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Company in Cleveland, is now with the Electric Appliances, Inc., 401 Sutter St., San Francisco.
Polly Parrott is also in San Francisco, representing W. F. Coleman, publishers' representatives, with an office at 111 Sutter St.
And going still further west till we come to the East, we find Gerry Updyke in the Philippines, structural detailer and designer with the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company in Manila.
Don Jeffery, one of the faithful at the Harvard game, is a foreman with the Whitney Screw Corp., Nashua.
Dr. Wayne Bryer is serving his interneship at the Hartford Hospital.
John Stigall is studying law at Georgetown.
Eddie Kennard is an anthropologist, located in New York.
Dick Parshall is sales supervisor, New York Telephone Co., Syracuse.
Larry Worth is mining in Livengood, Alaska.
Doug Gray is with the American Brass Cos., Waterbury, Conn.
King Badger is teaching English at Junior College—Union County, Roselle, N. J. On Sept. 29 he married Mary Alma Newcomb, daughter of Rush F. Newcomb '01.
Bernie Berman is an interne at the Waterbury Hospital, Conn.
Phil Rising is circulation supervisor, Curtis Publishing Co., Cambridge, living in Newton Center.
Ted Baehr is with the Columbia Studio, Hollywood, operating under the name of Robert Allen (semble).
Bill Bunn is in the advertising business with Newell-Emmett Cos., New York.
Jim Clarkson is on the faculty at Brown, teaching math.
Bob Conrad is practicing law in Burlington, lowa.
Bill Dodge is laboratory director of the New York Daily News. George Yeaton is also with the News, department unknown.
Leonard Flynn is with the Cleveland Trust Co., living in Shaker Heights.
Jerry Harris is an interne at University of Chicago Clinics.
Stan Holmes is with the manufacturing department of Western Electric in New York; lives in Chatham, N. J.
Bill Hood is in the general insurance business in Uniontown, Pa.
Charlie Jackson is selling in the St. Louis territory for Proctor and Gamble.
Ed McGibbon is practicing law in Chicago.
Johnny Howald is with the insurance firm of Tice and Jeffers, Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Samuel Lowis is on the staff of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.
George McLachlan is a hat manufacturer in the famous hat town, Danbury, Conn.
Maurie Mandelbaum is on the faculty of Swarthmore College.
Bronse Purdy is selling for Beech Nut, lives in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Ed Spetnagel is in the loan department of the Bankers Trust.
Paul Waterman is now stationed at Boiling Field, Washington, U. S. Air Corps.
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