1927*
This is the first time in some years that this MAGAZINE has been received by every member of the Class. Consequently, your secretary sits down to grind out this column with real pleasure and enthusiasm. We hope you will bear with us throughout the coming year. We lay no claims to a prolific pen, sharp wit or keen humor. We need and earnestly solicit your suggestions as to how this humble effort may be made more interesting, and you might break down once in a while and let us in on the secret of what you have been doing for the past few years.
The United Press via the Boston Post informs us that on July 11, way out in San Francisco, Paul F. Hannah of Washington, D. C., was elected president of the Junior Bar Conference of the American Bar Association at the annual convention. The Junior Bar Conference, which includes approximately 6000 members, is composed of lawyers under 36 years of age. Paul has been practicing law in the National Capitol since finishing law school. All this goes to show you that being a good student in college has nothing to do with success in life for Paul is the guy you may remember, who slipped once and got a "B" in one course.
During a week's vacation in Maine early in August, we took a trip out to the quaint little island of Monhegan. While waiting on the dock at Boothbay Harbor for our boat to shove off a familiar figure approached us who was none other than Joe Ryan the quick-witted Dedham Schoolmaster. Needless to say, his presence on the boat made our trip a doubly pleasant one. Joe told us one story on himself which is too good to keep, although most of the details we will leave for Joe to tell you the next time you see him. However, it seems that one cold evening last winter our hero drove up to the local high school in his coupe and was immediately commandeered for an errand of mercy to drive a sick woman and her friend to a doctor's house in East Dedham, a matter of several miles. Even before arriving at the doctor's house the situation had become extremely acute so that the doc asked Joe to take the patients to a local emergency hospital, saying that he would follow in his car. After driving over several more miles of slippery roads our happy party arrived at the hospital. Joe summoned the nurse in charge, but she refused to let them in saying that this was only an emergency hospital for accidents and so forth. Our hero then replied: "This may not be an accident, but there is a new born baby in my car, the temperature is ten above zero and I have no heater. If that isn't an emergency then I don't know what is." This argument won out. The doctor soon arrived and according to last reports the mother and child are both doing well. Rumor has it that Joe's pupils now call him Mid-wife Ryan, and the local police have cautioned him against driving with four in the front seat.
While we are in the baby department we might as well report that upon arriving home from Maine, August 6, we found a telegram reading somewhat as follows: "Roving center weighing eight pounds one and three quarters ounces arrived this morning. Jill and baby both doing well." Signed, "Josh." This makes three girls and a boy in the happy Davis family.
Frank Wetmore, from, whom we have heard nothing for some time, has at last been located through one of our many secret channels. He is doing very well as sales manager for the George W. Pickering Coal Company of Salem, Mass. Frank is married and lives on Hobart Street in Danvers.
Bruce McKennan, who claims that his present position is Assistant Janitor of Wood Struthers & Co., in San Francisco, writes that he bumped into Paul Woelfel the other day. Paul is traffic dispatcher for the United Air Lines stationed at Salt Lake City.
Gene Sullivan worked for the Turner Construction Company from 1928-1933. Since then he has been Plant Engineer for F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company in Brooklyn. Gene was married in 1931, and has a daughter, Barbara, age six and a son, Robert, age three.
Cary Stiff, who was with Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago after graduating from Harvard Business School, left there in 1936 to become Merchandise Manager of Charles Trankla & Company in Grand Rapids. This year he became Divisional Merchandise Manager of Wurzburg's in that same city. Cary is married and has three children, David, age eight, Winona, age five, and Cary II, age two.
Nels O'Rourke and his wife, Frances, were in town for a few days recently on their way south from Derby Line to Daytonna Beach, Florida. They spent a week end with Madge and Gus Cummings and from all reports it was a good reunion.
Les Eaton is a Senior Interviewer for the New Hampshire State Employment Service. He has been located in Dover for the past four years.
After graduation Stew Schackne spent one term at the Harvard Business School. From 1938 through 1931 he did real estate work with J. R. Schackne Company in Toledo. For the next two years he was a reporter on the Toledo News-Bee. In 1933 he came to New York City where he spent two years in the advertising department of Underwood-Elliott-Fisher. He was then made Associate Editor of the American Druggist for one year, and in 1936 became Assistant Advertising Manager of Sonotone Corporation of Elmsford, New York, the position which he now holds. Stew was married to Joanne Pendleton in 1929, and has a son, Stewart Jr., age nine.
George Provost spent one year after graduation with C. D. Halsey & Co., in Pittsburgh. From then until 1934 he was with General Motors Acceptance Corporation. For the past five years George has been Resident Manager of the Chicago office of Commercial Credit Company of Baltimore. On October first he will leave Chicago to join the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company in New York City. His leaving means a real loss to our Chicago group, but George will make a grand addition to that ever-active New York delegation.
Woody Burgert holds some sort of a record for long distance employment for he is still with the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. A highly desirable record, but it doesn't give us much to fill up space with.
Frank Cloran is still located in Boston where he is a surety bond underwriter in the Home Office of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Frank Coulter who left here last spring for St. Louis, apparently coasted right by that town and landed up in Los Angeles where he is Traffic Manager of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway in charge of Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
John Greener is Roentgenologist and Radiotherapist at Bay Ridge Hospital, St. Giles Hospital, Brooklyn Nursery and Infants Hospital, and Lindsay Laboratories, and also in his own office. He manages to find time to sing with the University Glee Club of New York City. John was married to Claire Greaves of Maplewood, N. J., in 1932. They have three children, Ann Hunter, age six, Don Laurie, age four, and Elizabeth Jane, age one.
Steve Tracy was at the Harvard School of Architecture until 1932. He then spent one year as a draughtsman, and in 1933 went to Wilton, N. H., where he taught Drawing and Science in the high school. In 1937 Steve opened his own office for the practice of architecture in Nashua, N. H. He was married to Dorothy E. Lougee in 1933, and they have a daughter, Barbara, age four.
Marty Heifer is Superintendent of Schools in Massena, N. Y., which is a town of about 12,000 population. He has four sons, Sturtevant, James, Murray and Wayne.
Red Cleaveland writes: "Have been since graduation, and still am, trying to learn how to successfully run a Department Store business. Am now Assistant Treasurer and member of the firm." Red was married to Dorothy Palmer Wadhams in 1937, and they have a daughter, Dorothy, born in March of this year. Red is past president of the Torrington Rotary Club, Litchfield County Credit Rating Bureau, and vice president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Before closing let us call your attention to the letter from Gus Cummings enclosed in this issue. Keep tuned into this column for the rest of the year. There is lots more news to come. Add your bit by sending us news of yourself and others, and by sending your check for $3.50 to Gus if you have not already done so. Hope to see you at the football games.
Secretary-Chairman, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass.
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