1930*
One way to celebrate your birthday is to hook up with Collie Young in Los Angeles, who sends in the following report: "You might be interested to know that I have just come from a very rich luncheon with one Mr. Hank Embree, which not only marked the reunion of two Thirty-men but also celebrated Mr. Embree's thirty-third birthday. Mr. Embree went from the cafe directly to a well known Turkish bath I think this kind of activity speaks for itself." When asked for his version of the affair, Mr. Embree refused to testify at a court of inquiry on the grounds that he might incriminate himself. He did, however, atone for his actions by sending along some much-needed news for the column and the latest status of our treasury with a report that 260 men have paid their dues, which includes ten percent who remitted under the five-year plan.
Your secretary also did a bit of travelling last January, which included a visit in Cleveland. Lee Chilcote staged a very enjoyable party at his new home, situated right next to George Fisher's which was built at the same time. Although both houses stand on a four acre tract, a couple of niblic shots apart, these aging neighbors drive from house to house when visiting each other, without spilling a drink. The Cliff Vogts were there, too, and Tootie Neff, whose husband, Ed (they call him Brownie out there) was in Yonkers installing parking meters. Cliff, whom we hadn't seen since our fifth reunion, still has that rosy-pink complexion and just as much hair as he had as a freshman. His obstetrics and gynecology practice has been very satisfactory, although it kept him from making Hanover for our tenth last June. George directs the advertising for the Fisher Brothers chain of grocery stores, which number about two hundred and fifty. Lee brought out the reunion movies which he and George took, all in color, and promised to send them along to Joe Golan as they will be a distinct asset to the reels that Joe is editing. How many more of you birds have neglected to send your movies to Joe? We also saw Frank Neff, whose insurance business proved to be a good thing when he smashed up brother Ed's brand new car, and caught a glimpse of Dan Loeser in a restaurant one noon but did not succeed in finding him when lunch was over.
Having reported only last month that Charlie Rauch had returned to New York, we now record that he has gone back to Connecticut, but this time to New Haven, where he has accepted a position as assistant treasurer, in charge of securities, of the New Haven Savings Bank. Charlie and his bride will live at 450 Humphrey Street, which will be an open house for any Thirty-men going to the Yale games.
Fran Horn, Dean of the New Haven Junior College of Commerce, writes that he has deserted the field of English Literature for the "seemingly greener pastures of Education." It means almost starting again from scratch, according to Fran, and carrying two graduate courses in addition to his full-time job and other extra-curricular activities Other Connecticut changes are a new address for Ellie Armstrong, 284 Ocean Avenue, New London, and Dr. Kennie Grevatt, now practicing in Redding.
When you read this issue, Ave Raube will have left Montclair and Brooklyn's Abraham & Straus to become the customer's service superintendent at the Montgomery Ward store in Albany. According to Ave, this is a newly created position in the M. W. chain, although somewhat similar to the work he performed for A. & S. He will not miss the commuting at all, will walk to his office every day and has already mapped out his program of the Hanover football games the Raubes will see this fall.
Ranny Hobbs has also left the metropolitan area and is now in Macmillan Company's Boston office, but according to one of our scouts this is not a permanent change and Ranny expects to be back in New York sometime in the indefinite future.
At the February class dinner in New York, Gene Scadron told us that Courtney Anderson just recently came to the New York office of General Motors Frank Wallace missed the affair as he was off on a cruise to Nassau Bob Bruce was a welcome newcomer and Spen Foster put in his first appearance in many years. Fred Bowes combined the business show, where he and Mayor LaGuardia hobnobbed at the mailmaster exhibit, and the dinner. Another business show exhibitor was Milt Fleischman, president of the Dextron Corporation, makers of a new type of electric display with movable fluorescent letters. . . . . The dinner broke up at a respectable hour as Red Gould led a gang of bowlers to the Park Avenue alleys and the Westchester and Jersey boys hastened off to make their trains.
Don Hight will leave the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' public health department on April i to enter private practice. He has not yet decided where he will locate, but says, "When I finally get settled, I'll be sending everyone my address with an invitation to come and see me when they need any surgery, or to come anyway just to break up the monotony of an empty office."
A change of name and address comes in from Ed Niditch who advises that his name was legally changed last year to Nye, and he can now be reached in care of Jackson & Moyer, 1612 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
The Associated Press reported, under a Los Angeles dateline February 4, "Richard B. Hood, in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, says the delay of nearly two hours in a Japanese liner's sailing yesterday resulted from just a routine checkup. The FBI agents questioned twelve aliens who boarded the vessel Hei Maru in South America and searched their quarters. So far as could be determined, no one was taken off."
Ed "Buckle" Downey, principal of the Nashua Junior High School, and president of the Dartmouth Club of Nashua, is also president of the New Hampshire State Teacher's Association for the school year 1940-41. Perhaps Ed, Snub Poehler, Bill Bragner and other school officials noticed an article in the November issue of TheAmerican Biology Teacher on a teaching aid for the demonstration of yeast fermentation by Harold Kaplan.
The editors of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE scooped us last month with the news that Walker Wiggin is majority leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and that Hugh Alcorn was unanimously elected speaker of Connecticut's House. A list of the clubs and associations that Red belongs to, incidentally, as published in a Hartford paper, would fill the rest of this column's space, which has been reserved for the following blessed events:
Martha Wright Belknap, who was born March 8, 1940, and now, at twenty pounds, trains by chewing and tearing the various papers published by the Vermont Newspaper Corporation, of which her daddy is president.
Andrew Newbury Carnell, born Easter morning, March 24, 1940, a source of constant bewilderment to Linda, six, and to Ethel, four. His father, a joiner, is now spending two nights a week as a sergeant in the Home Guard.
A son, born December 18 to Bob and Katherine Fobes.
Time magazine's column "Milestones," reported the arrival of the "Man of the Year," Peter Anderson Callaway, born 5:17 A.M. January Bth in Chicago's Grant Hospital. Known to his intimates as "Gloomy Cal," the happy and haggard father said, "It's not because he's our son, but gee he's a swell lookin' little guy."
On January 10th, to "specialist" Ed Butterworth and Betty, a third daughter, Elizabeth Louise, otherwise known at Betty Lou. Beverly Ann is now four, and Barbara Jane will be two in May.
And just in time to beat this month's deadline, Bill and Priscilla Doran announce the birth of Priscilla Cobb, on February 4th, at the Lawrence hospital in Bronxville.
Secretary, Simons & French Co., Inc. 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y
