1930*
He's down, he's up; he's here, he's there; he is, he's not. Such is likely to be the job of class secretaries, especially in the younger classes, in trying to keep track of classmates now that we are engaged in all out war. Having reported previously that Rusty Morrill had returned from his army duties, we have just been told by Harry Casler that Sergeant Morrill received a telegram to report to Camp Upton the very next day. We had called up Harry to chide him for allowing the Times to scoop the Tribune with a picture of Vic Borella, only to learn that Harry, instead of being picture editor of that daily, is now picture editor of the New York office of the coordinator of Inter-American affairs. Picture the rarified atmosphere around here, said he, with Pat Weaver in the office directly across the hall.
Fred Tangeman wrote to Al Dickerson, "Thought I ought to inform you that I disposed of my business at Camp Atkinson and we are now back in Madison with the Scholp Ice Cream Cos. Spent a little time with Nelson Rockefeller on his recent trip to Madison to talk to the civic club. He made a swell talk and did a real job of convincing a la Winans."
Another one who is moving around a lot is Chuck Faye, the general agent of the Western Pacific in Fresno, Calif. He wrote to Al, "I am now on my way to censored to accompany a troop train from censored to censored. I hope to be home by Christmas but it's doubtful. As you can imagine the westbound movement of troops at present is large. Destinations are military secrets but the Pacific is broad and many are needed before the little brown men are subdued. The Pacific coast is very active. Home defense is proceeding rapidly after the first few days of confusion. I have had a short but intensive training in fire-fighting with emphasis on handling incendiary thermite bombs. Until I left home I held nightly classes to teach the neighbors what to do in case. An enemy bombing of the coast is improbable now, but after the Pearl Harbor incident is far from impossible. The Boy Scout motto, Be Prepared is a good one."
One more item about this matter which is going to occupy our thoughts for some time to come no, make it two and we'll lay off for this month, but with a reminder that we are anxious to hear and know about every fellow who is engaged in any form of duty for his country. If you know or hear anything about any Thirtymen, keep it rolling to us. Hank Embree is on temporary civilian duty with the Navy at Great Lakes, Illinois, filling in on an administrative job as a volunteer. His commission papers will be going through soon and he is hoping to have an official position within the next few months.
These are busy days for G-man Dick Hood, special agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, and we have seen his name in the papers in connection with several arrests that have been made in his area.
Jack Crawford sent in a picture from the New Haven Register of Peggy Armstrong, with her seven and eleven year old daughters, Joan and Patricia, as they sailed for Bermuda to join Elly. Patricia is modeled after her father, judging by the picture, for she appeared to be at least as tall as her mother.
The publishing house of A. S. Barnes and Cos., (J. L. Pratt '29) has recently put out a new volume in their dollar sports library entitled Ice Hockey (A Game ofMistakes), by Eddie Jeremiah. The description says that the author bases the entire book on the philosophy that a hockey player will never become a great player unless he is as good with his head as he is with his body. He stresses "heads up" play for players and outlines a definite system of play with new and practical offensive and defensive formations. Thirtymen don't have to be told the secret of Jerry's success as a player and a coach.
Dick Parker has had several of his writings published, according to information from the Baker Library. He is the author of "Darius and His Egyptian Campaign," reprinted from the October number of the American Journal of Semitic Languagesand Literature; "Persian and Egyptian Chronology," reprinted from the July issue of the same magazine, and "A Late Demotic Gardening Agreement," reprinted from volume 26 of the Journal of EgyptianArcheology.
Cupe Burns was in Hanover recently, showing his wife the sights of Hanover for the first time. They were there for only a couple of hours, our chief scout reported, and he missed seeing them. Cupe is still with the Consolidated Flour Mills in Wichita, Kansas.
A few weeks ago we bumped into Al Marsters having breakfast in an uptown restaurant. For sometime now Al, who formerly was associated iwth the Department of Justice, has been spending four days a week in New York endeavoring to point out to Department of Justice officials that the American Optical Company is not engaged in monopolistic practices. Al confirmed the rumor of another daughter, Celie, who was born October ist.
Fred and Patricia Bowes have announced the arrival of Frederick III at the Norwalk, Conn., General Hospital Saturday, December 20th. Young Fred is of the sixth generation, a direct descendant of the first Postmaster General of the United States (Samuel Osgood), which is quite a point of interest since his father is the Advertising and Publicity Director of the Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Company. We are looking forward to the Coronar Corona which Fred has promised to hand out at the next New York Class Dinner.
In an effort to keep all Thirtymen abreast of the activities of the Class Offices of Production Management, Dud Day reports the birth of Elizabeth Lowery at Somerville, N. J., July s, 1941 He takes Norma Lowery to task for not living up to her reputation of posting us on Lowery doings and adds that Gil has recently been transferred by Johns-Manville, in a managerial capacity, to Zelienople, Pa., where Gil has been seeing something of Johnny Maitland out in that territory. Dud further adds that up to Christmas at least Harry Wilson was still on this side of the Atlantic, having received a card bearing a Nova Scotia post mark from him.
In Lucious Beebe's column of December 13th appears a reference to one Collier Young, the Hollywood story tycoon who, with Budd Schulberg, author of WhatMakes Sammy Run, were touring the better bistros in an elevated atmosphere." Colly persuaded Lucious Beebe, the column goes on, "to read George Stewart's Storm, a magnificently exciting biography of a storm contrived with an epic sweep and inclusiveness."
Bill Fieldcamp has another new address —527 San Vicente Boulevard, Santa Monica, Calif.
Leonard Schmitz is an associate in the law office of Hoyne, O'Connor, Rubinkam 8c Melaniphy in Chicago.
Hank Embree forwarded a nice long letter from Paul Maguire which is worth repeating in part as it tells of his recent activities:
"I see Dud Ferguson occasionally. In fact was talking to him this week-end in Houston just before I left for Shreveport. He had just come back from a trip that took him from the deep South to the West Coast. He does more hustling than my jumps take, and I cover a good hand spread of territory on any road map. Ellis Gilbert was over to my house a couple of weeks ago. He was called into the army last Spring, came back this Fall with Corporal stripes on his sleeves, and looks in the pink of shape. I envied that hard rock endurance he showed because most of us either get lean or chubby as we get older.
"Had a grand trip East after leaving you folks. Saw my mother, spent several days with her. We took a trip to Concord to see my sister, had a couple of hours to try my hand or feet on a pair of skis. I knew what to do but my coordination was very bad. More trees jumped out at me than I cared to count. Also saw my brother and his family in Boston. Then back to Texas and have been here ever since. Not quite, on second thought, as Mary and Tommy and I went to Minnesota for summer vacation. Left the youngster with her folks and then we went to a place called Leech Lake —a couple of hundred miles north of Mpls. for a bit of fishing. Sure enjoyed that. Temperature was between 50 and 60 at the lake, and Texas usually runs over the 100 mark at that time of the year. It seemed like winter to us and we were well satisfied to get away from blinding heat.
"Was scheduled to go into Chicago again this summer for another special school but something happened, and the school was not organized. It was tied up with a special division to which I was transferred last Spring on Biochemicals and nutritional diseases. It[s a jaw breaking science but it seems scientists always have to use jargon that make it hard for ordinary folk to understand them. Maybe it is a gift because perhaps they then don't quite understand themselves, and therefore are not likely to have their theories disputed by each other."
DUDLEY FREDERICK DAYDartmouth 1962.
Secretary, Simons & French Cos., Inc. 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y
