1923*
New England's first snow annually brings '23's skimeisters out of moth balls and this year is no exception with the announcement that at its recent meeting Hen Perkins was voted a director of the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Ass'n. Ever since D. O. C. days in Hanover Hen has been closely associated with the development of skiing in New England and has held many important administrative positions in various ski organizations mostly the Appalachian Mountain Club. This latest, however, added to his being one of the original members of the National Ski Patrol places him up with the ski-elect A two column article in the N. Y. Herald Tribune describes in detail Sammy Sammis' ski development Farnums-In-The-Berkshires. After a most successful first season last Winter Sammy put in the Summer revamping and enlarging the area, cleared two new and additional slopes, installed four tows, engaged a unit of the Ski Patrol and altogether seems to have one of the finest ski spots in the East Hen Moore's daily column "Riding the Ski Trails" in the Boston Herald is still a skier's "must" in which Hen is carrying on a most worthy campaign for controlled skiing, many quarters crediting a good portion of the reduction in ski accidents to his articles on the subject Karl Williams continues as Sec. of the Rockford (111.) ski club.
And speaking of cold, Horace Taylor has a new line. He has just taken on "Deepfreeze," the zero temperature storage locker right in your home which quick-freezes food at 20° below zero and keeps frozen food of all kinds in perfect condition indefinitely. From all reports Horace is doing quite a job with it and even he admits he "has something there." All of which is very much to the good because recent developments in the line of tire rationing might put a serious crimp in the Taylor Sc Crate tire business. Horace also continues as one of Buffalo's leading screw-balls a pantomime football game he staged between the halves of the Colgate-Penn State game in the Buffalo stadium rating the cities' 1941 tops for dizzy stuff. (Remember our side-show—Hanover, N. H., June 1938-)
Spotlight please on Ed Crowley, a grand guy who in his usual quiet and modest way took a Phi Bete key and Tuck School M.C.S. out into the world and with no hoopla or fuss turns up a Treasurer of the Eastern Mass. Street R. R. Cos. which runs all the trolley and bus service on the north shore of Boston. As his position indicates Ed is doing an outstanding job and is considered one of the younger leading lights on the eastern transportation horizon. Ed's home is in Swampscott where in common with all of us who have them he is playing the usual losing game of trying to keep up with his youngsters, a daughter, 12, and son, 9.
The most interesting item in Irish Flanigan's Green Sheet about Dr. Russ Perley officiating at the birth of triplets and having the grateful parents name the boys John and Russell after the Doctor and the girl Melba for Russ's wife (also an M.D. and in attendence) plus the report that he was being called to service at Camp Devens prompted me to check up a little further on him with the result that we find him still in Laconia, N. H., a member of the Laconia Clinic which he describes as a bunch of M.D.'s who attempt to fix everything from falling hair to flat feet, with very little luck on the former. The Army call came for July ist but due to a rather serious operation several years ago Russ flunked the physical and so is booked to carry on in Laconia. The Perley family consists of three boys the oldest of whom is five and Russ claims he'll scalp any of them who suggest studying medicine.
Phil Segal the demon groceryman lives in Newton Center and boasts two fine sons Phil Jr., 15, and John, 11. Phil Jr. is taking his football by the direct exposure method being well up in the competition for the Newton H. S. football managership but as soon as he grows up to his size 11 shoes Pa Segal figures he ought to be something in the way of a tackle. Phil's company is the Commonwealth Grocery Cos. which handles the grocery concessions in Super Markets. Right now they have 27 of them, 25 in metropolitan Boston and two in N. H. All of which keeps Phil as treasurer very much on the go.
The last time the name of Joe Malone graced these notes was way back in the days when Allen, Bundy, Duffy, and Caswell used combs so it's a real treat to have Joe come up with a full story. After graduation Joe went right into teaching, receiving an appointment to the English Dept. of the Boston English H. S. Joe's still on the job and now is a master and in line for a department head, the masters degree in English he received at Harvard in 1928 standing him in fine stead as he has worked up the ladder. That is, he was on the job until last Summer when at Mayor Tobin's request Joe was loaned by the School department to the Div. of Public Safety to help organize civilian defense work. His first job was to train 6000 air raid wardens. During the Fall he was shifted to headquarters, made Sec. of the central executive committee and now is devoting all his time to organizational work and to training district chairmen. Joe has been extremely active in Community Chest work also, having for several years served as district chairman and this year as area chairman supervising four districts. This in addition to heading up the speakers' division not the least headache of which is the countless radio talks and speeches to workers meetings Joe has to deliver. All in all after talking to him we kind of figure F. D. R. must have rigged up a special 48 hour day for Joe.
In a -recent issue of the Springfield (Mass.) News the social page bulges with the account of the engagement of Miss Doris Sisitzky of Thompsonville, Conn, to Lewis H. Ross. By the time this reaches you the knot will have been tied and Lew and the lucky lady will be established in Manchester, N. H., where Lew prexies the E. M. Chase Cos., furniture dealers. Congratulations Lew!
And didn't the New Rochelle papers give Charlie Zimmerman a play when he came on from Chicago to be guest speaker the 10th anniversary meeting of the N. R. Business and Professional Women's Club. With Charlie's two sisters on the club's executive committee the meeting read quite like a Zimmerman family reunionas usual Charlie did a fine job George Horan, baritone par excellence (at least no longer than last August) is the proprietor of George B. Horan Cos. statewide real estate appraisers—office in New Haven —home in Waterbury, Conn Fred Bailey is account executive of radio station WORL, executive offices and studios at the Myles Standish Hotel in Boston a tip for any of youse guys who want to radio advertise your products in N. E Ken Churchill is Ass't Treasurer of the Merrimack Mutual Fire Ins. Cos., Andover, Mass latest reports have Bert Teagle as personnel manager of Lago Oil and Transport Cos., Aruba, Curacao, N. W. I.
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