1934*

For want of space the ALUMNI MAGAZINE has lately been turning back a meaty share of our monthly offerings, so for once we're going to restrain the journalistic impulse to unfold tales and build pretty prose. We are, in short, going to lapse, without ado or apologetics, into what is generally believed to be the order of the day: what has happened to old George Spelvin of Eccy 1 & 2, Seat 16.

Tidings of wedlock and approaching wedlock come in by Duespostal, Hearsay and Pony Express. Bob Ford was married January 26 to Jean Frenz Klein, at Rosebank, Staten Island, with Rigby and Gilbert supporting this particular musician's union And speaking of Gilbert, it was Jane Winsor to whom Jack was wedded last October and whose name we hadn't received at the time. Miss Winsor attended Beaver College in Philadelphia and Katherine Gibbs School Sam McCray joined forces August 19 with Marianna Kiefaber of Dayton. Sam's bride graduated from Erskine School and attended Progressive College in Switzerland Art MacGregor and Beatrice Agnes Crooker were married February 3 in Maiden, Mass Ethel Benvenuta Durant, who was the November bride of Dave Easton, is the daughter of Will Durant, philosopher and author, and attended Bryn Mawr and Sarah Lawrence.

Engagements: George Magrath and Miriam Alice Phipps of Whitinsville, Mass. Miss Phipps is a graduate of Massachusetts School of Art and a member of the faculty of Perkins Institution for the Blind, in Watertown John McCoy and Betty Gardiner Carson of New York City Steve Meigher, resident physician at New York Hospital, and Mary Denise Connor of Pelham Manor, N. Y Ike Powers and Barbara Ann Lillard, resident of Boston, graduate of Radcliffe and daughter of Tabor's headmaster.... .Hank Rosen, Gloucester High professor, and Rea Glazer of Chelsea, Mass., "a school teacher of accomplishments similar to my own."

.... Fritz Mosher moved out to Los Angeles in November as senior personnel technician for the City Civil Service Commission Armand Benoit has been with Underwood Elliott Fisher for three years, is now production manager of the account machine division, and has been married for two years to Peggy Elizabeth Quigley, of Boston

In October Bill Mock wrote to Gruen from the Sorbonne, but according to the newspaper reports he is now in Finland driving an ambulance with a group of Americans who enrolled in the French corps but found little use for their services on the Western Front Frank Engel, and his brother George are interning at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Bill Gay says his title is ponderous but it's Supervisor of Announcing Staff, KNX, Columbia's station in Hollywood Harry Espenscheid had a busy last summer at Teton Valley Ranch, what with 48 boys there for eight weeks and over 40 dudes for the dude season. Right now Jackson Hole is the winter home of about 20,000 elk Phil Eckels, now one of the growing flock with one-year-olds, shouts greetings from Manitowac Elmer Fulton, whose address is the familiar Occom Ridge, is teaching at Hanover High George Cogswell is now located with Illinois Bell Telephone

Bob Offenbach says he is having a good time, for an easterner, in the land of oil wells and Indians. Bob is merchandising manager of Seidenbach's, a large, exclusive, ladies' ready-to-wear store in Tulsa, Oklahoma Jack Feth, Director of Public Relations for the University of Mexico, also enjoys "frontier life".... Ed Marshall's address is Orange, N. J.

Al Hewitt, still on the road with the Shrew, checks in from Beaumont, Texas with brief news that he succeeded in uncovering a couple of 34s in his recent travels. Ace Brown and wife showed up at the theater in San Francisco. "In Los Angeles I saw a lot of Fred Rinaldo and his wife. Fred continues on up the M.G.M. ladder, being now a writer of features. The stories he tells about Hollywood madness make the hair for to curl. Also saw Brice Banks, who is, happily, at long last doing some writing The tour finishes February 3rd in New Haven."

Odyssey of Brent Barker since Commencement: (1) worked for Montgomery Ward 1934-38 at Baltimore, Md. and Hickory, N. Carolina; (2) married Thelma Johnston July 5, 1936, in York, S. Carolina; (3) became father of Harvey Ward Barker August 24, 1937; (4) decided on change of vork, so returned to Connecticut August 1938 for job as appliance salesman; (5) in spring of 1939 received financial backing to buy out a small hardware store in East Haven. Hopes to build it up to a fair sized establishment.

Dick Poisson is now with Pedlar & Ryan, New York ad agency, and is carrying full courses at Columbia Sid Wisch still hails from that incredible address: 14078 Superior Road, East Cleveland Karl Weber has a temporary address in Chattanooga, Tenn Gordie Watts went home for a vacation after his six months at the Budd exhibit at the World's Fair, is now back at the Manhattan office of the Budd Cos Sarge (now Doc A. M.) Sarajian was married in June 1936 to Dorothy L. Hesselman of Ridgefield Park, N. J., became father of a son in December 1938.

. .. .Irving Johnson was recently admitted to the Connecticut bar Checkering has a "little Chiclet" a year and a half old, still sells Cellophane in eastern Pa.

Bob Terhune, who lists as an Advertising ' Supervisor for Caterpillar Tractor, in Peoria, recently addressed the Columbus (Ohio) Advertising Club on the subject Advertising in Overalls Bob Wilmot, asked how it is to be a papa, answers with telling directness, "it is dandy, thank you."

. . . .Herb Jackson has collected his Ph.D. from Cornell and is now teaching biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Bill Cumings reports the same job—mining iron ore, and prospecting on week-ends in Canada and Northern Minnesota Os- car Ruebhausen managed to find litigation in Florida and had a trip to Jacksonville last fall on his employees, the legal messrs. Debevoise, Stevenson, Plimpton & Page.

Bob Thompson, who is traffic manager of the Vermont Transit and Burlington Rapid Transit Companies, was elected chairman of the New England States Bus Traffic Association at the annual meeting in January. The Association, which has 55 company members, represents motor coach operations of practically all companies in the 6 New England states and the easternmost Canadian provinces.

Jake Edwards has another son: Rockwood Wyatt Edwards, born November 24 last Smith O'Brien is in legal practice in Lawrence Walt Reichert is with Liberty Mutual in Detroit Union Memorial Hospital, in Baltimore, has Dick Bell on its staff AlLevenson is an attorney in Boston and Chelsea Lee Eggleston has left the New York Telephone Cos. and is now, between week-ends on the coffee wagon, promoting the sale for investment of cemetery real estate, known in the trade as underground bungalows John Dineen, recently re-elected president of his class at Boston University Law School, reports a creditable job with the books. Tiger Jack still holds forth summertimes at Hampton Beach, where he says business has been unusually good for the past few seasons, but manages also to sneak away for a cruise or something once each year.

Dave Luck has been studying this year and last at the Wharton School of Business Administration Phipps Cole works for the Brown Cos., makers of Solka—the purified ellulose Jack Zabriskie is with Dun & Bradstreet, investigating credit in northern New Jersey and southern New York Bran Brennon has "acquired a wife and been darn busy getting a home in shape for the past few months.". . . . Maury O'Connor has a law office in Los Angeles For whatever it may mean Lindstrom says, "I'm engaged, if not married."

Louis Marrero is father of Marie Dolores, born August 25 and doing fine Earl Draper, who is working for Johns-Manville in Nashua, N. H., may be a father by now, according to our spies Ed Hill, who is with the War Department, in the U. S. Engineer Office at Providence, is now writing specifications for all the department's construction work, does some designing and spends the rest of his time on field inspection trips.

And that is the story for this month of George Spelvin '34. We hope to hear between now and next issue from some more of Spelvin's friends, meaning you boys out in the field. Nothing you say will be held against you, but it will all be printed here.

Secretary-Chairman, 126 Beaufort Place, New Rochelle, N. Y

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