1929*
This has been a good month for the Class: the checks for MAGAZINE subscriptions have been coming in more than satisfactorily, even enthusiastically. As that old hurdler from Missouri, now Henry Putnam of Carthage's Lumber Specialty Company, put it, "I am very glad to hand you this check and to tell you that I very much enjoy reading the ALUMNI MAGAZINE." That's been the general theme, and it is very gratifying, especially when accompanied by news dispatches from boys long unheard from.
Dan Marx, from Berkeley, Cal.: "I hope to visit the scene of my youthful crimes ere long. I was fortunate to be awarded the Class of 1883 Travelling Fellowship from the University of California and then to cap my good luck received another from the Brookings Institution of Washington, D. C. As I couldn't hold them concurrently I retained the former, but expect to leave within ten days for Washington where I will make my headquarters at the Brookings Institution anyway and since the California fellowship permits me to travel, I expect to get up to Boston and to Hanover for a few weeks sometime after the first of the year."
Dr. Arch Diack, from Portland, Ore.: "Both family and practice are undergoing expansion and duck and goose shooting is quite satisfactory. Hal Hirsch's busy season starts about now with the onset of skiing and as doctors generally, who get the ugly side of skiing, are less enthusiastic about that great occupation, I see little of him in the winter. Have been meaning to go up to Seattle to renew acquaintanceship with Sim Cantril, the western Roentgen, and gather a few pearls but somehow, thank heaven for them—bellyaches and broken arms keep me tight in Portland save from 4 A.M. on Sunday mornings when I religiously practice missing ducks."
Stonewall Lyle, from Washington, D. C.: "As you recall I am living in Alexandria, Va. and working at the Friends School in Washington, where I have been now for several years. At the school I am head of the Latin Department and Assistant to the Headmaster. This latter position is a new one which I assumed this fall. So far it has been very interesting, because it has given me an opportunity to perform administrative duties. Among other things that I do is the direction of the testing program of the school. We do quite an extensive job in testing for academic aptitude, achievement and reading ability. In addition, I somehow find time to do some coaching in the fall. Carl Spaeth is a patron of our school, Laurie being a kindergartener and Grant a fourth grader. I see Paul Woodbridge and Duke Barto; Duke is with the telephone company and Paul with the R.E.A. During the spring a group of '29ers soundly trounced a Softball aggregation headed by Larry Reeves '33. The Friends School field rocked with the impact of the clash. And speaking of impact I cavorted at first, soundly and solidly covering the bag and making it extremely difficult for anyone to round it on the way to second. After the summer session closed at Cornell, I received a Master's degree there this summer. On a recent peregrination to Hanover we stopped off in Groveton, N. H., to see Mike Ferrini, who is now comptroller of the Groveton Paper Co. Mike is fine, outside of losing a few more of his remaining hairs."
Dick Doe, from New York: "For the sake of the records I might say that I received the degree of Bachelor of Library Service from Columbia last June and am now em- ployed in the reference division of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. I might add that on Sept. 1, 1939 I married Miss Marjorie Simons of New York City."
Dr. Bill Condon, from Mayo Clinic: "The only reportable event is my marriage to Willa Wolcott, it being but a bare three months ago and still quite fresh in mind! At the ceremony I was most ably assisted by Harry Lewis '29. And incidently, this same Harry is fast becoming one of Denver's bigger boys. Besides being the Lewis of Wilkins Lewis Reality, he is also backed up by a wife, three Class A children and a shiney new C.P.A. badge. As for future plans, Bill, I'll, probably stay on here at the clinic a while longer, barring any effect a reserve commission might have on future 'M' days."
Bob Leigh, from Raleigh, N. C.: "I'm still a hard working peddler for National Carbon Co. Have been here in Raleigh over a year now. For more complete dope on the job, ask Phil Dinsmore next time you see him since we're both doing the same work from a Socy major to selling Prestone and flashlight batteries! Just to keep you posted on the family life, Pat (Patricia Hunt) is just past four now but so far we haven't been able to produce a prospective wearer of the Green."
Jim Hodson, from Seattle: "I spent a pleasant evening two or three weeks ago, with Bob Collins and his very lovely bride Mildred. They were passing through Seattle on their honeymoon enroute to Vancouver and Victoria."
Bill Alexander, from Kingston, N. J.: "The Alexanders are now residing in Kingston, N. J., three miles from Princeton, having moved here from Bronxville in August. My office moved from N. Y. to New Brunswick, N. J. at the same time. As for vital statistics: Our family was increased by one very charming young lady in December 1939 when we adopted her from the Cradle in Evanston, 111. She was two months old at the time and has won all championships (in our opinion) since."
Charlie Dudley, from Hanover: "The big news around these parts is that I expect soon to dispose of the family cow and go in for registered Guernseys. Inches Pierce I have seen twice. Once we did a little salmon fishing which I had never done before, so I succeeded in bungling the only fish we got on, but I did succeed in hooking and landing a salmon outfit with Inches help. I have been in Buffalo twice and have had a slick time with Al Cooley. Al is rather modest about his accomplishments. He is the director of a bank. I called Bill Henretta from Olean, N. Y. and was summoned to Kane, Pennsylvania for a most enjoyable time. Joe D'Esopo was one of the draft registrars. He signed up Herb McCreery and myself with the dignity due to that office."
Nick Nickerson, discovered in attendance at the Bankers Convention in Boston early in the summer, revealed that he is assistant secretary of the Chemical Bank & Trust Co., covering New England, lives in Plainfield, New Jersey, has a son, William, 7 years, and a daughter Marjorie, 4.
John Sherwood, a self-styled "lost sheep," tenders this thumb nail report: "Married June 30, 1930 to Priscilla Noyes of Omaha, Neb.; worked in various capacities in the lumber business in Nebraska until about two years ago when we moved to Dallas, Texas where I now work for the Dr. Pepper Co. as district sales representative."
Other news from the Lone Star State concerns Tex Shugart who is in the industrial lubricant business in Fort Worth, and Harlan Taylor, who, back from a year's stay in Mississippi, is now plying his craft as a geophysicist from headquarters in Houston.
Irving Hausmann is practicing medicine in Lynnbrook, Long Island, N. Y., and in addition is assistant medical director of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rockefeller Plaza, N. Y.
George Fowler (who used to play quarterback on the freshman team) is now regional coordinator with the National Association of Manufacturers, lives in East Orange, N. J., has two boys, aged six and one and a half. Before he settled down he was in the merchant marine, being second navigating officer with the Grace Line.
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