1932
Those who read last month of Alex McKenzie's experience on Mount Washington during the hurricane will be glad to learn that '32's weather eye is in touch with the world again. Mr. McKenzie is no isolationist. Every once in a while he comes rolling down the mountain. On Nov. 6, for example, his engagement was announced to Barbara Garthwaite Smith of South Orange, N. J. Miss Smith is a graduate of Dearborn Morgan School and Wellesley, and a member of the Junior League of the Oranges.
Chuck Maxwell, who came from Laramie, Wyoming, via Dartmouth and Yale Law to practice in the Big City, has pleaded successfully in re Elizabeth Emily Scheuer, known to the writer as a charming and accomplished girl. Their engagement was announced Oct. 24. Miss Scheuer is an alumna of Horace Mann, was graduated from Sweet Briar in 1934. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
An assortment of news corraled at a recent '32 Gotham foregathering turns up a number of interesting facts, including a story from Art Allen of the "man bites dog" variety. During the hurricane Art's small sailboat was tied up and minding its own business when a house blown off a nearby island smashed into it and sank it!
Sam Englander, it appears, is working for the federal government as a supervisor for the installation of beacons and equipment for airplane routes.
Rod Hatcher got back in time for the Yale game from a jaunt to Oklahoma and Texas in behalf of the National City Bank. Nate Pearson practically commutes between Texas and New York, checking up on Lone Star oil lands for some Eastern syndicate.
In addition to Rod, those glimpsed in and around Portal 30 for the Eli fracas included Hosmer, Carleton Buckley, Lieson, Meyers, Sheldon, Tucker, Wright, Larry Collins, Byram, McCall, Ed Smith, Pierpont, Kramer, and Walser.
The Whip returned hale and hearty from another Egyptian visit. Passing through Boston en route from Cairo he saw Cal Geary, who is still: (1) single; (a) in the woolen business. Dick Cleaves, he reports, is working hard in Chicago with Armstrong Cork.
George Orcutt emerged from Corry, Pa., for a quick flight north. He went to the Princeton game via Hanover, Manchester, and Boston, stopping for visits with Art Moreau and Jim Brown. On the way back he tarried in Summit, N. J., where Morry Hubbard and Jim Hannan receive their mail.
The Department of Natal Statistics records with distinct pleasure the arrival of Richard Hazen Jr. (weight 7 lbs., 5 oz.) on Columbus Day. Others claiming recent paternity are the afore-mentioned Brown and Hannan. Mary Lou Brown is named for her mother.
Gene Catron was married in New York Oct. 15 to Elizabeth Love, daughter of Mrs. C. Wilson Love of Lakeland, Fla. The bride, a graduate of Florida State College for Women, has been a stage and radio actress in New York for several years. Ilka Chase, whose last Broadway appearance was in "The Women," was matron of honor. Gene is with the law firm of Hines, Rearick, Door, & Hammond.
Bob Newfang and Sam Allen lent an assist at the recent Scarsdale wedding of Paul Fox, another Manhattan attorpey, to June Elizabeth Dings.
Joe Boldt is doing research in the field of public safety at Rutgers, can be reached at River Road, R.F.D. 2, New Brunswick, N. J. Holden Lewis lives in Woodbury, Conn., works in Waterbury as credit manager for a wholesale fruit and produce company. Reg Abbott is a reporter on Manchester's Union-Leader. Ben Burrill is married, and has recently hung out his shingle in Pompton Lakes, N. J. Ronnie Olmstead is an accountant with Niles & Niles at 165 Broadway, N. Y., and lives in New Jersey. Ben Burch is in Cambridge, Mass., living at 302A Holden Green. Charlie Boak is also in Cambridge this year, taking some graduate work at Harvard.
Which brings us to tidings from an authentic Cantabrigian, one C. Owlsey, who is winding up a Harvard Law course. Chuck reports being so far up in the colonnade during the Harvard game that "I missed out on the usual Haig hurling and infra-bleacher rioting during the half. After the game, we did run into John Swenson, Bill Sumner, and Ping Ferry, all with uxorial accompaniment, and Bob Woodman, Joe Robinson, Scully Smith, and Joe Byram. That night while Ferry, Clark, and I were at a local shag parlor making the undergraduates look like beginners, Bob Gould and Warren Hallamore charged in by way of reinforcement to give 1932 real strength in the swing arena, and if I do say so myself it was the undergraduates who suffered by comparison."
Hear, hear!
Secretary, 215 Lakeville Rd., Great Neck, L. 1., N. Y.
