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You all received the July issue of "The '28 Campaigner," so we'll say little about the Tremendous Tenth, other than to repeat that all of the 132 men and 50 wives who showed up had a whale of a good time. It might be in order to list the new officers of the class, with their addresses: president, Albert T. Fusonie, Taft School, Watertown, Conn.; vice president, Donald K. Norris, 63 Goss Ave., Melrose, Mass.; treasurer, Bruce M. Lewis, County Trust Bldg., 14th St. & Bth Ave., New York City; secretary, Osmun Skinner.
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Since the June number of the MAGAZINE five classmates have been married: June 3, Howard Serrell; June 9, Bill Ballard; June 18, Hunt Parrish; June 22, Bill Kimball; July 16, Dave Menard. All these events except the last were fully chronicled in these columns, and Dave's marriage isn't exactly a surprise, since he brought his fiancee to reunion. The bride was Montana Faber, daughter of Mrs. Peter Faber of New York. Dave, who has his Ph.D. in chemistry, is a research chemist at the new Squibb Institute for Medical Research in New Brunswick, N. J.
Roy Milliken didn't say anything about being elected a vice president of William Iselin & Cos., a large factoring firm, until I was riding in his new Packard and started cross-examining him about the sudden burst of wealth The Boston & Maine has promoted Red Edgar again; he is now division freight agent in Concord, N. H. . . . .Bill Hunt has been appointed an associate professor of psychology at Wheaton College, Norton, Mass The June 1 issue of Forbes Magazine carried an interesting article on Otto Falk's father, who for 26 years has been the chief executive and directing genius of the Allis-Chalmers Cos. Otto Jr. is with the Falk Cos., his family's substantial firm of founders and gear-makers, located in Milwaukee. Paul Knowles is production manager of the same firm Rocky Keith, M.D., has hung out his shingle at 45 Popham Road, Scarsdale, N. Y Stuart Houston is a furniture manufacturer with offices at 624 Merchandise Mart, Chicago George Lee is sales manager of the H. D. Lee Mercantile Cos., Kansas City Howland Bradford has left Manchester, N. H., and is now working for the Universal Credit Cos. in Boston Jim Mullen is working at the Allston plant of the Atlantic Refining Cos., married, and living in Arlington, Mass.
In the June issue of our news and scandal sheet, "The '28 Campaigner," the arrival of Gene Katz's twins was chronicled incompletely; their names are John and Daniel, and they arrived April 16 The latest excitement around West 55th St. is occasioned by Bill Okie's purchase of a Rolls Royce, with a built-in bar. Bill says he bought it as a great bargain, and, believe him or not, it really saves money!.... The first doctor in New York to use a tube recently invented by a Baltimore surgeon was Milt Hoefle, who demonstrated the use of it before a large group of doctors at the Norwegian Hospital in Brooklyn Dave Russell announced on September 6 the formation of Schumacher, Russell & Cos., in Little Rock, Ark., to deal in investment securities A few months ago the cover of Life carried a picture of a West Point cadet being married; if you read inside you would have discovered that the wedding was at the home of Lt. Normand Costello, who is an instructor at West Point.
"Dr. and Mrs. John W. Mason wish to announce the arrival of an assistant, Susan Elizabeth, June 1, 1938. Vox Clamantis." Thus read the announcement from So. Ashburnham, Mass Dave Foster, of Gardena, Calif., comes forward with his first bit of news in a long time when he writes, "On May 22 Old Doc Stork deposited a baby girl in the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital to my account. NamePaula Cass Foster." We have also learned recently that Chappie Wright is a proud father, Betsy Clark having arrived November 18, 1937; Chappie's menage is at 7046 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh The arrival of Paul Knowles' second boy has not been reported previously; his name is Cyrus P. Knowles and he arrived August 19, 1937. ... .Al Langenus has a daughter born December 7, 1937 Bob Kilgore's son, Robert Jr., arrived last May or June, the exact date is in my notes, but I can't find the notes John and Peggy Phillips have warmed the hearts of ogling relatives and the corner Chinaman by dutifully declaring the advent of Robert M. Phillips as of July 15, and as soon as our Who-Does-It- Look-Like-Dept. files its report, we shall furnish more data Congratulations to all concerned and welcome to the newcomers to the class family!
After spending several months in Cambridge, Mass., Sam Dennis is back in Washington, with the Central Statistical Board Dave Willard is now with the Prudential Life Insurance Cos. in Newark, N. J Ed Thomas is manager of the University Club in Madison, Wis Loren Stevens is in the advertising business in Chicago and living at 1111 Pratt Boulevard, Chicago Paul Rudman is a field representative of the Federal Land Bank in Providence Bob Andrews is Southern W.P.A. art director, with headquarters in Charleston, S. C Senior announcer at radio station WCCO in Minneapolis is none other than Ed Abbott, who lives betimes at 647 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul Johnny Neary's new address is Hamilton, Mass., and he lists his occupation as tutor George Bell has been shifted by Standard-Vacuum Oil Cos. from Tsinan to Tsingtao, Shantung Province, China, which sounds to us like an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire move Golden-throated 'Gene Ramey is our only professional singer, living at 348 W. Mendocino, Pasadena, Calif.; Gordon Graham sang on the radio for years, but is now a radio announcer Bob Grey is director of education at the Industrial School for Boys, Shirley, Mass Charles Coe turns up with the Dodge Division of Chrysler Corp., in the advertising department.
Heinie Buchtel was in New York for a month last spring, taking courses at the Post-Graduate Hospital here before setting up practice in Denver as a specialist in urology. His visit recalled to mind that he has a reputation as a mountain climber in the Swiss Alps. When I went to Zermatt two years ago to climb the Matterhorn, I entrusted my life to a highly recommended guide named Julius Zumtaugwald. With the reassuring statement that he had never lost a climber, he showed me his book of testimonials. Stopping at one dated August, 1927, in the familiar Buchtel scrawl, he said, "Ach, dere vas a good climber." It seems that Heinie was in the pink of condition after three years of heeling for the D. O. C., because for a month he ran those guides ragged up and down every difficult peak near Zermatt. On the way up the Matterhorn Julius would turn around and wryly observe that Herr Buchtel had reached the same point in half the time. The password in Zermatt is "Buchtel."
Dana Condon, for the past ten years with the United Fruit Cos. in San Jose, Costa Rica, writes, "Being in charge of both freight and passenger departments here, I have frequent occasion to meet our weekly cruise groups out of New York and New Orleans. Imagine my pleasant surprise last Sunday when a group of tourists asked me to snap a camera for them. While fooling around with them I studied the face of the best-looking man in the crowd and finally had the audacity to enquire whether his name were Wright—then the 'Bank-Note' smile gave him away entirely. Lo and behold, Ernie Wright, from Philadelphia. He is the first member of the class I have ever met in Costa Rica, except for Bobbie Reid, who worked here for a year. I have a permanent open house in Costa Rica for '28ers."
A letter to me from Philip Cole's widow was the first word the Class had of the death on February 13, 1937 of her husband and our beloved classmate. He had been with the Worcester Gas Light Company for ten years. He left a daughter, Betty May Cole, now eight years old, his wife, Marjorie May Cole, in Worcester, and his mother and father in Barre, Vt. Phil attended Peddie and Spaulding schools before entering Dartmouth.
A letter from peripatetic Bill Harris is always of general interest, so I'll quote part of his last one, written from his home at 33 Aspen Road, Swampscott, Mass.: "Dear Os, You may rest easy now! Harris has at last sent in that contribution to the Alumni Fund. As usual I have been far from the family hearth and all correspondence has taken on a little dust awaiting my return. I went out again this winter for Raymond-Whitcomb on a cruise around South America. My job was to fling knowledge far and wide to the 'pasajeros,' describing to them the wonders of that great southern neighbor of ours. It's good work, interesting, and full of plenty of laughs, especially when some very 'choice' questions are popped at you by a cotton-stockinged, tortoise-shelled seeker of wisdom of a vintage of some eighty winters. No sooner had I got back than I went into hibernation down on Cape Cod to do a little writing.
"On June 25 I sailed on the S.S. Paris, for a cruise to Europe. This time the Azores, Madeira, Lisbon, Brittany, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland, England, and France. I did the lecturing on all the ports of call, while Burton Holmes lectured on various countries of the world."
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