1928*
Rocky and Ruth Keith announce the birth of a second son, Rockwood Jr., on February 2 at the Harkness Pavilion in New York City. Unfortunately Rocky had to leave his family on February 15 inasmuch as the Army called him to active duty on that date, with the rank of captain. He has been a member of a base hospital unit for two years. He knew where he was be- ing sent but was not allowed to tell. It must be tough to leave wife and family and to break up a practice when everything was working out so successfully. Rocky has only been in practice (surgery) for years as the American Board of Surgery requires five years of special surgical training before they permit a surgeon to take their examinations—his was only the 412 th certificate to be issued in the entire country.
Art Hassell has been promoted to Assistant General Merchandise Manager of B. Altman & Cos. in New York Elwood and Adelaide Drake now have a boy and a girl, Robert Elwood having been born September 20, 1941. They live in Newton Upper Falls, Mass., whose proximity to the Boston Navy Yard prompted El to join the auxiliary fire department Herb and Mimi Sensenig adopted two boys a year ago and are now living on a farm near Norwich, in easy commuting distance of Hanover. Dan Hatch is now located in Bill Kimball's old home town, Davenport, lowa, where he is supervisor of sales for the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.
. . . .Heinie Williams, manager of Washington's Dodge Hotel, says Washington is a hotel-man's dream—every room filled every night.
Recent '2B notes mentioned three Class artists, omitting the best-known one of our college days, Jack Rose, who did all the drawings in our Aegis and who later made his living painting and drawing for several years until Walt Disney persuaded him to join his organization as Story Editor. Jack writes,
"Where do you get that stuff, only three artists in the Class? Yeah, I know, they've kept me behind a desk with push-buttons lately—but only two months ago I was drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck like crazy! The occasion—a little field survey in South America with the boss. The reason—demands of unsuspecting Latin fans who figured that anyone in the Disney party should be able to draw pictures of D. Duck, including the business manager—that was me. Despite this embarrassing development, our trip was a big success and we are currently producing a new series of short subjects based on ideas and material picked up along the way.
"It's wonderful country down there, all of it and we were received royally_ on all sides. I kept hoping to find me an Inca princess with whom I could wed_ but was too busy arranging meetings with presidents and foreign ministers for much courting."
Come, come, Jack, you're holding something back!
Bud French '3O sent us a copy of the International Business Machine Corporation's weekly paper containing a picture of Paul Kruming, who was one of the speakers at an advertisers' luncheon session of the National Foreign Trade Convention in New York last fall Ed Sawyer of Boston is manager of the Fish Division of the A. & P. Stores and has direct supervision of the first department of all their stores over the entire country. He is still single, which seems to be a liability these days.
Dave McCathie, capitalizing on his years of experience in the hotel and wholesale food business, was appointed steward of the Pennsylvania Cos. for the Insuring of Lives and Granting of Annuities (what a handy little name for a bank!). His job is to feed the bank's two thousand employees five days a week. He and Alice are living at 2227 Delancey St., Philadelphia Jim Montague's father, James J. Montague, who for years contributed a daily poem to scores of newspapers under the heading "More Truth Than Poetry," died recently in Belmont, Mass.
Class reunions this year will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 15, 16 and 17 due to the speeding up of the College program which will release seniors and other students for military and general wartime service by May 10. It looks as if our 15th Reunion will be held at a similar time next year. Capt. Rocky Keith said just before leaving for war service, "I hope we will be back for the Big 15th."
Bill Mcßoberts is in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he handles all traffic on Pan American Airways planes in and out of Alaska. He writes,
"Traffic has been very heavy all year and we are booked up for the next four weeks. Alaska is very air-minded as there is little if any other means of transportation. I am thoroughly enjoying life in Alaska with its cold weather, rugged country and its general pioneer spirit. The temperature today is 37 below and is expected to be 45 by evening. Daylight arrives at 8:15 and lasts until about 3. I have not felt the cold as much as I did in Minnesota as there is seldom any wind. As for snow, we have about a foot and will probably not have much more as it is usually too cold to snow in interior Alaska. Fairbanks is a modern little city of 3500 people, who depend on gold mining for their livelihood.
"I have made several trips to outlying points such as Bethel, Nome, Anchorage and Juneau and it is really a treat to see this wild and rugged country from the air: snow capped mountains wherever you look,_ and hundreds of lakes and rivers. You don't realize what an uncivilized country it is until you take an airplane ride and see all the country that has no roads, farm houses or any sign of habitation."
Tavey Taylor and Louise Howell were married May 31, 1941 in Seattle and are now living in San Francisco, where Tavey is representing the Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. He is looking forward to our 15th Reunion and hoping that his company, whose home office is in Boston, will bring him East at the right time Dr. Willis Mitchell has moved from Wiscasset, Maine, to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and is now practicing there. Phillipsburg is just across the Delaware River from Easton, where Mitch, Heinie Williams and I were brought up and went to school together.
Dr. Bob Nespor, whose engagement was announced in our November notes, is now Lt. Nespor, and he is attached to the Navy's Recruiting Station at Albany, N. Y. He makes the seventh 'aBer to go on active duty with the Navy In the Army are Capt. Norm Costello, Capt. George Lee, Lt. Bob Clark, Lt. Art Nightingale, Lt. Heinie Buchtel, and Staff Sgt. Clint Goodwin. Lt. A 1 Kitts is with the Marines. Monaco, Schnepel, McKee and Luellen spent the summer and fall in the Army and may soon be called back into active service.
Secretary, Troy, Pennsylvania
