1923*
This month we get a great break in that we have stories of some of our brethren who might well be classified as "long-lost" —too long anyway, and it is a real pleasure to catch up on them.
First, from Buffalo we hear from Dr. Thomas L. Norton, Prof, in the Economics Dept. of the U. of Buffalo, and recipient of a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1935. Tommie is not only holding forth in the classroom but has become an authority on Labor Relations and last Fall was appointed special industrial consultant to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Dept. of Labor. This, plus his having written several books—Old Age and the Social Security Act, Education for Work among them— has made Tommie widely known and much sought as a lecturer. Nice go! Tommie.
Another appointee is Dr. Joseph Ambler Shoemaker Millar, appointed a member of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in January by Gov. Moore of N. J. Joe received his professional degree from U. of Pa. as did his Dad with whom Joe is associated in the Millar Animal Hospital of Deal, N. J., now entering its nth year of successful existence. Dr. H. Sheridan Baketel '95 who very kindly sent me the clipping announcing Joe's appointment says their hospital is a model one and that the Millars are most outstanding in the veterinary profession. The major portion of their work is in the small animal field and Joe's particular interest is in X-ray and surgery. The past two years Joe has served as an Associate Editor of the American Veterinary Medical Ass'n Journal. The Millar family which consists of Joe, Mrs., Barbara, 11, and Harry, 7 (Dartmouth 1951) live in nearby Interlaken.
A clipping from one of the Vermont newspapers announces that William M. Lyons has resigned his position as Comptroller of the Rock of Ages Corp. to enter the private practice of law and accounting. After graduation Bill went into the accounting field in Barre, Vt., and not being content with being just an accountant worked days and studied nights until he received his C. P. A. in 1930 and joined the Rock of Ages Corp. as Office Manager and Cashier. His ambitions by no means realized, he set himself on a law course and again by dint of truly tremendous work and application received his LL.B. and was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1937. Further promotions followed in the Rock of Ages Corp. and he has held his most recent position for the past three years. And now his latest step, the success of which is assured as in these few short months he has already built up a fine practice. Congratulations, Bill, and we all wish you the best of everything.
Another Vermont item—this one about our old news scooper, Lew Putnam, Executive Vice President of three Vermont railroads (subsidiaries of the B. & M.). Lew has been appointed by the U. S. District Court to make a survey of the Rutland R. R. which is in receivership to determine what steps should be taken in a reorganization. The job is a tough one and the Court in assigning him the job gave him instructions to not only find the facts but to make recommendations—a very real tribute to Lew's knowledge of his subject.
And still another Green Mountain note —George McKee of Montpelier is serving as Secretary of the Special Commission studying Vermont water and electric energy resources which will report its findings to the Legislature this month. Golfer George was also legislative draftsman at the 1939 session of the Legislature and undoubtedly will be reappointed for the 1941 session.
The spotlight on Frances N. Merriam Jr., please!—circulation promotion manager of the McCall Corp. since 1931. Frank left us in 1921 and transferred to Boston University, graduating in 1923 and joining the B. U. faculty immediately thereafter in the English department. While teaching he continued studying and received an M.C.S. from Northeastern in 1924. During this period Frank ran for the Boston A. A. and while he very modestly neglects to mention the results of his efforts on the boards, the records show he gathered his share of trophies. A shift to New York in 1925 as Assistant General Manager of a large mail order publishing house followed by five years of teaching English in the C. C. N. Y. School of Business immediately preceded the McCall job. Frank has maintained an active interest in all things military and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps in 1924 and promoted to a First Lieutenant in 1930. Mildred Ann Winston became Mrs. Merriam in 1926. The second big date in their marital life was April 30, 1927, when the stork stopped at their house with Virginia.
August H. Ziegler Jr., comes to light as an insurance adjuster with the Travelers Insurance Company with offices at 55 John Street, N. Y. C. Gus entered with us in 1919 as one of those famous "Campus Sophomores," having transferred from Lehigh, in spite of which handicap he seems to be doing all right for himself today. Others on the Ziegler family roll call are Mrs. Gus (Trinity 1921), Barbara, 15, and William, 10.
A. M. Morse Jr., known as "Metty" to us but as "Bob" in the advertising field is Business Manager of Purchasing magazine. This appointment which came January 1. 1939, was preceded by a long period as New England manager of Mill and Factory, the well-known industrial magazine published by Conover-Mast, the same concern which publishes Purchasing. Metty, Mrs., and Martha, 12, live at 39 Maple Hill Drive, Larchmont.
One for the bride and groom column this month Fred Bailey and Dorothy Thissell on December 20, 1940 Apologies to Bob McMillan for referring to his new home at Green Village, N. J., as "Green Harbor" in the last issue Cy Ashenbach was the guest speaker (and excellent according to report) at a recent meeting of the Worcester Advertising Club —his subject Modern Trends in Publishing The annual dinner of the Boston Alumni Ass'n was held just within the deadline of these notes. '23 was unusually well represented (which doesn't mean that we didn't miss many of you greater Bostonians who were not able to make it this year), and overflowed by several the table assigned us. Cy Ashenbach was on hand fresh from his Worcester appearance. Also, Howie (M. I. T.) Bartlett, Ted Caswell right in the middle of making plans for his and Olive's annual Florida vacation, Fred Clark, the Salem haberdasher, Sherm Clough and Frank Doten—Messrs. Frigidaire, Walter (Bean 8c Brown Bread) Friend, Sam, the leatherman, Home, celebrating his 40th birthday, Dr. Henry Hudson, Doc. Morgan, as usual leading the 1922 version of the Barbary Coast with his inimitable fiddle, George Musk, the Lawrence coal and oil baron, Burt Prouty, the Brockton lumber man, Lawyer Rusty Sargent, Phil Segal, the grocery tycoon, Ken Way, one of '23's better gifts to the N. E. T. & T., and ye Sec still worried for fear he may have missed someone. Did he?
March, 1921
The mud month offered very little local excitement other than a close finish in the basketball league with Penn clinching the title in a great battle at Hanover. Joe Mil- lar was elected captain, the first junior ever to be so honored The 1923 track team walked away with the interclass meets Larry Brown established his first high-jump record, six feet two and three-eights inches in the quadrangular meet Chosen for the southern baseball trip: Chun, Lynch, Wilner, Coller, Shapleigh, Caswell, Gaver. ... .New officers for the class were elected from fifty candidates. Jim Taylor, Presi- dent; Millar, Vice President; Couch, Secre- tary; Jack Taylor, Treasurer; Beggs, Col- lege Club Member Harding was inau- gurated; Champ Clark died; Dempsey signed to fight Carpenter; Allied troops took over new Rhineland territory when Germany failed to make reparations' payments Spring vacation was a welcomed relief.
L. K. N.
Secretary, 8 Fenimore Road, Worcester, Mass.
