1926*
A news round-up of Chicago's 30-odd (watch that HYPHEN, Mr. Printer) '26-ers makes us humbly aware of the fact that our Class still bears the blessing of the kindly star that's been ours, since 'way back when. At the time of the First World War, we were still riding bikes to grammar school. At the time of the Depression, we'd had enough "boom years" to get a good start; a strong enough foothold to weather the storm. Now, in the Second World War, we're 3A papas.... still pretty-much un- scathed. The "typical" Chicago '26-er, to- day, lives with his wife and two children in a northern suburb... .with gardening gradually replacing g01f.... with draft-de- pleted personnel, war work, and Civilian Defense giving him more responsibilities than ever before. Responsibilities he's proud to take, and to carry through well. (Our role is doubtless insignificant today, compared with the younger classes'.... but did you ever see anyone play harder than a sub, the few times he gets in the game?)
To BE A BIT MORE Specific:Warren Fellingham is President of the Arlington Heights Garden Club, Treasurer of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium Society, In- vestment Advisor to the Field Museum (and the Visiting Nurses Association!), and father of 3 sons who know all the Dart- mouth songs. Working with Warren at the Harris Trust and Savings Bank are two other '26-ers—Hank Parker and HoraceModerwell. Hank refuses to divulge a thing about himself, but reports—that Hor-ace's main interests are a daughter and husky son—that Norm Shellman and wife and young son live in a new home in Win- netka, with lawn and garden "home work" occupying Norm's spare time—and that Don Hoffman's railroad business takes him out of town more frequently than his son and daughter would like. Jud Bellaire tried to join the Navy, but found that "the eyes didn't have it." Jud's work today (with Hills Bros.) is in supplying the army with combat rations. Jud assures us that "this army is being well and properly fed" (though we notice that Jud's own enlist- ment-attempt was in the Navy I). When he isn't feeding the soldiery, Jud's teaching the citizenry, as a Red Cross First Aid In- structor.
Del Worthington lives (with wife and 9-year-old Bill) "in a 75-year-old house on an acre in Glencoe." Harry Thomas is now on the editorial staff of the Rockford Reg-ister-Republic. He reports that ChuckCountryman has been made a major, and shipped to Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111. Also among our men-in-service is OllieKobisk, who just left Batavia for Fort Douglas, Utah, as a Captain in the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Gordon Linke and Howie Kolb are plenty busy in insurance —Gordon (with 2 youngsters) now living in Rockford; Howie now moved to 180 E. Delaware Place, Chicago. Worthy Walters is now with the Socony Vacuum Oil Cos., Industrial Division. Worthy has a girl of li and a boy of 8. Tom Murdough (with the American Hospital Supply Corp.) works with the Army, Navy and 0.C.D., on equipment for the preparation of blood plasma. Roger Sherman, now with the Hy- dro-Blast Corp., is also an Air Raid War- den in Winnetka. Roger's daughters are 9 and 7; Roger Jr. is 4.
Fred W enck and Bob May spent a recent even- ing noting the "believe-it-or-not" series of coinci- dences that contrived to bring them together through 4 years at New Rochelle High School, fol- lowed by 4 years at Dartmouth—then took each of them West, in the advertising business, to marry a mid-western girl who was named Virginia, and one of 7 children—and that finally settled them a brassie-shot apart in southern Evanston, each with 2 daughters—one daughter in each case being named Joanna. Fred's daughters are 8-month-old twins, sisters of 3-year-old Fritz. Fred sells adver- tising for The Farm Journal, and wonders how he's going to cover his 6-state territory on 3.69 gallons a week. Bob, in odd moments, is an Air Raid Warden, and Editor of the local Civilian De- fense newspaper.
Excerpts from a letter from Carle Blunt: "Used a Tuesday meeting in New York as an excuse to get to Hanover at 3 P.M. Friday. Pushed my way through the 42 Navy wives who were knit- ting on the Inn porch. Joined later by Cleary, Wey-mouth and others, to reunion in my room till the old man next door put in a 4-11 alarm, whereupon we took another room, registering in the names of Salinger and Norstrand. Cocktail party at Jack and Dorothy Cannon's. Dean Chamberlin's lovely home on Balch Hill. The Navy Show, put on by the 1,000 V-7 boys, gave Hanover and the rest of the world a razzing, but showed that these Ensigns and Lieu- tenants go into the world with a real feeling for Hanover and for Dartmouth. Dartmouth's 2,000 students walk to classes with the same stride as the 1,000 Navy boys: "1, 2, 3, 4." Back home, found a letter from Ed Steel, who has become General Counsel of War-Materials-Inc., with Nate Parker as his Pittsburgh attorney."
Al Louer is back from his duties in Washington, with irons in the fire for ad- ditional government service. Al's boys_are aged 4.1/2 and 3. Bill Pitney is Chicago's advertising representative for 9 big out-of- town papers, and is justly proud of the fishing ability of 10-year-old Billy. (Sister Sue is growing on 6.) Bill echoes the thoughts of a lot of us, when he writes: "I never miss the college more than I do in September!"
JUNIOR '26-ERS HANOVER BOUND Charlie, 5; Sam, 9; Tommy, 3. Sons of TomMurdough '26.
From:Secretary, Welsh Farms, Inc. Long Valley, N. J. Treasurer, United Shoe Machinery Corp. 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
