1932*
For those who haven't seen it, BobHosmer furnishes a blow-by-blow description of Bob Ryan's performance in the movie Golden Gloves. "Ryan comes in about twenty minutes before the end of thing," Hoz writes, "does his acting in about half a minute, and that's the end of his acting. But it isn't the end of Ryan. If you exclude the crowd at the fight, eliminate a few cab drivers, character peanut vendors and the atmosphere shots, Ryan probably has as much footage as any besides the three or four principals. His acting consists of nodding the fact that he is a pro fighter who can clean up an amateurthere is a close-up and Ryan looks very smug about it. From then on he shakes hands with a couple of guys and pastes the lad around for two rounds. And he really seems to paste him. You are very envious of his obviously beautiful condition and wonder if it is done in slow motion or whether the director really turned Ryan loose on the lead. He loses of course, and all you see of him is a well muscled back, but since it is Ryan's back you figure that that is worth being a little late for a traveling man's dinner. The picture stinks."
Al Young and Rod Hatcher, also eye witnesses, agree that it's a good fight, but that the only line he has doesn't give Ryan any chance to act. Incidentally, Axel has been promoted by the Fruit Dispatch Cos., and shifted to Boston.
An addition to Hanover's '32 contingent is Dick Olmsted, who will serve as Assistant Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Mauritz Hedlund 'l2. Shel Reed is an instructor this year in Harvard's Biology Dept., lives at 33 Mellen St., Cambridge. Bob Black is teaching at the Friends School in Wilmington, Del. Ed Crafts, one of '32's virtuoso woodsmen—the other being PeteSawyer—is attached to the California Forest Experiment Station at the University of California. Don Allen is studying at Yale this year, just what, we don't know.
Rog Benezet, who was in Los Angeles last spring, is back in Honolulu, T. H. (P. O. Box 3632) as an architect working with the contractors of the Pacific Naval Air Bases. Ev Stuhrman is an aeronautical radio engineer with American Export Airlines of New York City.
Even the landscape architects seem to be embroiled in the defense program, according to a letter received from Pete Knight, who handles the design end at the office for A. D. Taylor in Cleveland. "In a week or two I'll be starting on land use and grading plans for the new 22 square mile powder plant at Ravenna, Ohio," Pete writes. Up to now his jobs have been more prosaic. "Last year we did the planning for the new development at Boys Town, Nebraska, the proposed National SpanishAmerican War Memorial at Tampa, Florida, and Forest Hill Park—John D. Rockefeller's old East Cleveland estate which has been opened to the public."
Other gleanings from Pete include the following: Al Gerould in July was still boasting the joys of western snow and a college town (Stockton, Cal.) accessible to good mountains Jack Titcomb is nursing another gold mine back to health at Empire, Ontario—his family's English home is now occupied by soldiers DaveKirby, in Cleveland over Labor Day, proved himself an adept mariner, averted a crisis when a sailboat's rudder fouled.
Julian Hobson was married May 18 to Alice Elizabeth Crossman of South Amboy, N. J. Mrs. Hobson is a graduate of Anable School and also attended Katharine Gibbs.
Four other '32 weddings are in the offing. Ernest Johnson of Gardiner, Me., who graduated from Northeastern University Law School and is now field consultant of the Maine Municipal Association, is engaged to Elizabeth Pratt Norton of North Anson and Augusta, Me. Miss Norton is a graduate of Anson Academy and is employed in the Division of Accounts and Audit at the State House. She is an active member of the Augusta Players.
Edith L. Wilkinson of Orange, N. J., will marry AI Zingeler, now in the sales department of Charles F. Hubbs Cos. in New York. Miss Wilkinson is a graduate of Beaver College.
The WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE of Sept. 30 announced the engagement of Phyllis Louise Morey, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Volney C. Morey of Manchester, Conn., to Carl Ward. Carl is a supervisor in the Boston office of the State Mutual Life Assurance Cos., and will soon take down his skis for winter week-ending.
Ed Eichler informs us that Dick Cleaves is engaged to "a very grand gal—one Margaret Shurtleff of Peoria, 111." Ed has been busy learning farm and wild game management and has recently finished building a unique eating place and dairy bar called The Milk Pail, at Dundee, Ill.
Dave Stern spent part of the summer at C.M.T.C., Fort Sheridan in Illinois. Carroll Johnson is with the sales division of the International Harvester Cos., and lives in Waukegan. Larry Collins is a production engineer with Landers, Frary & Clark in New Britain, Conn. Clarke Sullivan sells for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Cos., in Peoria. Back from South America, JohnClark is currently working in Washington.
Under vital statistics we can record the birth of a daughter to the Ping Ferrys, up Concord way. Joe Fanelli breaks a "five years' hermit silence"— (it can't be that exactly, Joe)—to bring news of the birth of a lad on Aug. 29. Young Fanelli arrived practicing a baseball swing. Joe works in Washington, lives at 1401 South Edgewood St.,
Arlington Village, Virginia. Third of the new arrivals is James Merriman Richardson, second son of Don, who put in an appearance on Oct. 4. The Richardsons live in Tarrytown, N. Y. Liberty Mutual recently assigned Don to a new job as a super. visor of compensation claims.
Stu Thatford is another Liberty MutUai. ite, working in the sales department. Fred Mayes is with the Fidelity 8c Casualty Con. pany of New York. John Kings manages the W. T. Grant store in San Jose. Dick Clarke is an account executive with the J. y Mathes advertising agency, lives at the Ardsley Country Club, Ardsley-on-Hudson, N. Y. Francis Lathrop is affiliated with the Ellenville Savings Bank in Ellenville, N. Y Howie Frisbie is with Metropolitan Life in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jim Callahan is practicing law in East Chicago, Ind. Barney Fitzsimons is a Chicago lawyer, and according to Whit Daniels, who saw him this summer, also holds an executive post in a local steel company. Morgan Hobart has been named to an alumni advisory committee to promote Dartmouth film development. Irv Kramer knocked 'em dead in Great Neck, L. I„ tennis this summer, brought them bad to life again medically, and is building a new house and office combined. Mark Mackey is with the S.E.C. in Washington.
Please note the new Manhattan address o£ yr. Secretary given at the head of this column and use it to forward news of '32s encountered at Cambridge, New Haven 01 wherever, as well as post-election thoughts or random comments on life and love generally. Honest John Wright's address is also given, for the benefit of those who have still to pay their class dues.
Secretary, 50 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. Treasurer, Room 1001, 547 West Jackson Blvd Chicago, 111.
