1930*
So much of the material for this issue concerns the naval and military activities of our classmates that it would be wise to start off with the blessed events and engagements, although here too, some of them are about men in the service.
"SPECIAL FEATURE" THE BOLTE HOME THEATRE PRESENTS a 7 pound 11 02. girl star BRENDA VERDA in "THE CRADLE"' a Howling Hit Produced by: BONNIE BOLTE Directed by: ALAN BOLTE on August 15, 1942 Set: THE GREENWICH HOSPITAL Technical Director: DR. JULIAN HAWTHORNE "Make-up by: N. A. TURE Costumes by: DY-DEE Songs and Dances: Big Sister BONNIE MARION Sound Effects: THE STAR HERSELF (This theatre is now completely heir-conditioned)
William Boardman Porter II was born August 3rd, to George and Lois Porter. Carroll Mavis sent in a belated announcement of the arrival on May 27th of Marilynn Lou Mavis; and Herm Schneebeli was just about as prompt in telling about the birth of his daughter, Marta Louise, on May 22nd.
The marriage of Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles L. Fisher Jr., to Marjorie Adam Buckley took place July 24th, at Joliet, Ill. Jerry Pearre was Bud's best man. After a honeymoon on Nantucket, the bride and groom are living at 15 Glover Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts, while Bud is temporarily on duty in Boston with the U. S. Naval Reserve.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Nevell of Bayside, L. I., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Isobel, to Lieutenant Alfred F. McGrath, U.S.N.R. Barbara attended Miss Payson's School in New Rochelle and was graduated from the Scudder School in New York. We are glad to welcome her officially to the '30 ranks, of which she has been an unofficial member since attending our Tenth reunion.
Miss Norma. Foster Holden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Holden, of Paterson, N. J., and 2nd Lieut. John Olin Garrison were married May 29th at Fort Benning, Ga., where John received his commission at the Officers' Training School. The bride is a graduate of New Jersey College for Women and for several years has been associated with the Ridgewood Herald-News, first as society editor and recently as a writer of a women's feature.
The announcement of the engagement of Silvia Bronstein, of Hartford, to Louis Goldschmidt was made late in June. Their wedding was to take place in the near future, but to date no further news has been received, so we can only assume that one more Thirtyman has left our dwindling bachelor list.
In the August issue of the MAGAZINE Hugh Alcorn was given a Wah-Hoo-Wah for his appointment as state's attorney for Hartford County, succeeding his father who held that post for 34 years.
Chick- Pooler has been named research head of Benton & Bowles, New York advertising agency. Prior to joining B & B about a year ago, Chick had been director of research for the Ward Wheelock agency for two years, after ten years with the market research division of Lever Bros. Cos., in Cambridge.
Ed Butterworth is a candidate for the republican nomination to the Massachusetts Legislature from the district comprising part of Lynn and the town of Nahant.
Our announcement about Buck Steers in the August issue brought forth no contradiction, but "Editor & Publisher" states that Buck is media director of Pedlar & Ryan. We'll see if this brings any response.
There is a little group of Thirtymen at the Army Air Corps Officers' Training School at Miami Beach, each with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. By the time this appears in print some or all may have left there, but they are Eddie Brazil, Joe Hancort, Cliff Williams and Billy Moore. The latter resigned as president of the Dallas Insurance Agents Association to enter the army.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Bob Jordan was stationed at the Naval Training School at Cornell, while Lieutenant (j.g.) Johnnie Kountz reported for duty at the South Boston station in June.
We received a nice letter from Lieutenant (j.g.) Cotton Holmes, who was at the Training Station on Treasure Island, San Francisco, and hoping to be sent to Miami for another month's training at the Navy's P. C. School there. Julia Morley also wrote us a letter from Camp Lee, Va., where Buzz was graduated as a and Lieutenant July 15th. He missed going on foreign duty from Fort Custer by a few hours, was sent to the Officer's Candidate School at Camp Lee instead, and is now a professor of sorts, teaching Fiscal and Salvage there at the Quartermaster School.
The ALUMNI MAGAZINE reached Ed Frost at Fort Eustis, Va., for he wrote us a letter to add his name to the Thirty roster of men in the service. "By way of history," he wrote, "was inducted at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on May 20th; completed basic training in Coast Artillery here at Eustis and was assigned to Headquarters in Classification, where my Psychy major comes in handy working with the mentally limited. We are carrying on an interesting as well as significant experiment with these unfortunates who 'somehow got in.' It is a little early to decide what the percent of salvage for the Service will be, but at the moment the prognosis is good."
Harry Casler missed getting a navy commission because of a physical disability which, however, did not keep him out of the army. We have not heard where he went after his induction at Fort Dix.
Herm Schneebeli's letter also told us that he was inducted into the army August 6th, as a ist Lieutenant, and was temporarily stationed at the Pennsylvania Ordnance Works near his home, 1st Lieutenant Fran Horn is stationed in the Adjutant General's Office in Washington, and for a time had an apartment in the house with Win Stone.
Phil Dakin's father wrote us that he forwards excerpts from our notes to his son who is stationed in the Middle East. "Letters and cables reveal that Phil has been in the activities of Tobruk and other points in the desert battles. He is serving as ambulance driver, having been there since May."
We recently met a Colonel Kerr, Chief of the Export Division of the Board of Economic Warfare in Washington, and learned from him that George Parkhurst is associated with his office. George has just returned from a trip to Central America, where he heard of, but did not see, Bob Bottome. Bob and his Venezuelan bride were in New York lately, while we were out of town, so we have not yet learned the details of his recent marriage.
In conformity and in agreement with the practises of our former secretary, we shall record here in the dignified type of our class notes the official action of the executive committee at its meeting in Hanover, May 16, 1942. The resignation of Hank Embree was accepted and Charlie Raymond was duly elected to succeed him as treasurer. Resolutions of appreciation and congratulations were voted to Hank Embree, Nelson Rockefeller and Alex McFarland, but for reason of lack of space we shall not quote the resolutions here, simply referring you to the issue of the Fund Thirtyteer in which they appeared as part of Al Dickerson's "Message from Elysium."
Secretary, 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y Treasurer, 49 Leighton Rd., Wellesley, Mass.
