1929*
About this time a year ago it was "Wanted in Hanover." Last week-end it was—Having a wonderful time; wish you were here;—the place and the occasion being Hanover and the annual May meetings of the Secretaries Association. There was Joe D'Esopo, pedaling down Main Street on his bicycle, back to his travel bureau office alongside the Western Union. Out on the playing field, judging the javelin at the Holy Cross Track Meet was Karl Michael, varsity swimming coach and year round foody builder, resident of Norwich across the river and up the hill, father of Robert and David, eight years and four years, little changed and with all his hair in spite of constant in-and-under-water activities. On call at the Hospital, with little or no time for eating and drinking (respectively) was Doctor Ellie Cavanagh, whose Class Baby is growing up too fast, tall and handsome; the star first baseman and hitter on the "North" team. The Class Baby's mother was there too, perhaps a little more interested at the moment in Julie and her six month's career (not Gentle Julia as was earlier reported). Then there was breakfast on Saturday morning at the Inn with Al Fisher (in town for a fraternity reunion) whose old white letter sweater was faintly fragrant with the scent of moth balls. Eleven years have touched Al lightly, if at all. Yet he hasn't been asleep. He is training supervisor for the Telephone Company in New York, will be in charge of the A. T. & T. exhibit at the World's Fair this summer; has son Jimmie, nine years, and daughter Sally, six; commutes from Roslyn, L. 1., where he is a near neighbor to Herb Fish of Shell Oil. At Mrs. Hopkins' reception and tea we met Joe Piazza's mother-in-law, Mrs. Geiger, wife of Professor Geiger and mother of Bill of the class of 1931. Joe is the headmaster of the American School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be home soon for a four months' vacation. And Professor (Brother Secretary) L. B. Richardson, gently chided me for failure to report the birth of his grandson, William Foster Thompson Richardson, last March first, whose father is our own Ned Richardson, traffic manager for New England Tel. & Tel., living in Salem.
Yes, 'twas good to be in Hanover in the Spring.
Jack Gunther, writing for the New Yorkers reports a joint class dinner with '27 and '28 held at the Dartmouth Club on April 23rd at which were present: Messrs. Austin, Babcock, Barrett, Blair, Brittan, Fish, Fisher, Heath, Hedger, Jameson, Johnston, Keyes, Lougee, Macnair, Morgan, Herb Morse, Moxon, Small, Jo Walsh, and Wiedenmayer. Ross McKenney, the outing club adviser, entertained with many stories and information concerning the outing club activities.
Herb Bissell of Germantown, Pa., who last year was so successfully assisting in the reunion publicity: "As you know, the four B's—Bertch, Brinkerhoff, Bankart and Bissell—all cast their lots with Ayer & Son back in '29 and '30 and are still "keeping everlastingly at it." Carl is engaged as a merchandising man in our Plans Merchandising Department, Bob Brinkerhoff is an account executive in Boston working on several pieces of business and Norm Bankart is in Chicago representing our office with the United Air Lines. As for myself, I have been trying to hold up thPhiladelphia business end of the Ford account for these many years. Carl is the only one of us who hasn't taken the fatal step, unless my records are incomplete. I at least can speak accurately for myself having had a second daughter two weeks ago. I see quite a lot of "Yike" Burgess, who has lived near by for some years and is employed at Collins & Aikman and engaged in engineering work of some variety."
George McKilvery, M.D., of Youngstown, Ohio, passes the word along that "Herb Wollison is a proud father again, baby girl 11 lbs. 13 oz., and is doing all right in the steel business. Owsley becoming a distinguished grey-haired legal light and owns a fine estate—40 acres, known as "The Chalet." Fred Ingram we believe is afraid to come back to Youngstown. he wrecked his car after a "Sunday Tea" about a year ago and has since been very shy. Saw Bill Henretta up in Kane, Pa., this winter, the which is our skiing and week-end spa during the long nights. Looks fine and practically runs the town."
Johnny Schabacker of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company was recently transferred from Kittanning to Pittsburgh where he has been assigned all the downtown area, as well as cooperative jobbing accounts, various selling groups operating under well-known trade names and the like. Pittsburgh, he says is a very fertile field for the soap business, but is not so fertile in producing news of "29ers." Al Boal '29, who is still travelling with Carr Ryder and Adams of Dubuque, lowa, generally calls him when he "makes" his town.
Kyosuke Fukuda has been getting into international trouble according to this news item in the Pasadena (Cal.) Star- News, of April 25: "In addition to the ar- rest and detention of Young (King Feature Service Rep. arrested and held for 60 days in Tokyo) the Tokyo police & gendarmes (branch of Imperial Army) required all Jap. newspapermen who had been associated with Young to appear at the police station for extended questioning. One young Jap newspaperman, K. Fukuda, whose father is a prominent Tokyo publisher, was compelled to leave Tokyo for a considerable period. Mr. F. had accompanied Mr. Y. to China last fall and traveled with him to Hongkong. It was suspected in Tokyo that the Jap. military authorities were using the Y. case to intimidate all Jap. newspapermen and also businessmen who were in sympathy with the views expressed by Y. and had talked with him following his return to Tokyo."
Ted Baehr (Robert Allen to the movie fans) has been playing an important part with Alexander Woollcott in the hit TheMan Who Came to Dinner.
Jerry Swope has left New York to become counsel for the Bridgeport (Conn.) works of the General Electric Co.; will move his family from Ossinning this summer.
Carl Spaeth has resigned from the Yale Law School to accept a position with the Venezuelan Development Co., a Standard Oil subsidiary.
Horace Hoch was made superintendent of the York (Pa.) plant of the McKay Company, chain manufacturers, on Feb. 20. Until 1935 was with the Pa. Dept. of Highways testing labs, then research engineer with the McKay Co. Member of American Society for Testing Materials and of American Society for Testing Metals.
Bob Tunnell has been made manager of the J. J. Newberry Co. store, Shamokin, Pa. He served the Newberry firm at Nyack, N. Y., before assignment three years ago to the Shenandoah store.
Dick Owsley, since Dec. 18, 1937, husband of Marguerite Tod, and father of Charles Henry, b. Oct. 18, 1938, is a lawyer, associated with Manchester, Ford, Bennett and Powers, Youngstown, Ohio; resides in nearby Hubbard at R. D. No. 1.
Bob Ramage has his own business service in Scarsdale, N. Y., doing promotion, advertising and public relations work for six organizations; formerly was associated with a business counselor; married Statia Brill in 1933, has one daughter, Margaret, b. March 2, 1937.
Arthur Rose is selling for R. T. Pender, Inc., of Lynn, Mass., is married to Ann Margaret Palmer and has one son, Donald Palmer, b. Sept. 20, 1930.
Augustus Seles is a high school teacher in New York City; married Alice Berkowitz, Feb. 16, 1930, and has one child. He received his M. A. at Columbia in 1932, was a teaching fellow working toward his Ph. D. at Columbia 1932-34 and has been teaching in New York Public Schools since 1935.
Walt Sherwood is teaching at the Montessori School, Pa.; was married Aug. 30, 1930, to Irene White.
Frank Shores is manager of Hillside Lodge, Twin Mountain, N. H., after two years in the securities business and nine years with W. T. Grant Co. He is married to Eleanor Towne and has two children: Judith Ann, b. March 25, 1935, and Dana Sheffield, b. Aug. 31, 1937'
Brett Sine is a lumberman in Calgary; asst. gen. mgr. of Revelstoke Sawmill Co. He married Elspeth Macleod Sinclair July 25, 1933, and has two daughters; Elspeth Lou, b. May 26, 1935, and Sheila Ann, b. July 28, 1938.
George Smith is a doctor in Slingerlands, N. Y.; was married to Jane Anderson on Apr. 22, 1939.
Bob Sparks is a store manager for Good-year Tire & Rubber Co. in Brooklyn; is married to Adrienne M. Lefrancois, has a daughter Sonia Arlene, born May 16, 1938.
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