1927

Not long ago we mentioned in this column that we had seen Kroggie Krogstad who at that time was stationed at Fort Dawes, in Boston Harbor. Kroggie had hardly had time to get his family settled in a home on the North Shore, when he received orders transferring him to Trinidad where he is now stationed at a Naval Operating Base. Kroggie and his wife, Gertrude, drove from Boston to Miami, where they spent a week before the Lieutenant boarded a plane for points south. You can write him: Lt. E. E. Krogstad, N.0.8., Trinidad, 8.W.1.

From Frank Coulter we receive good news about Harry Wallace. Harry has recently succeeded his father as president and general manager of the United Fuel Gas Company, Warfield Natural Gas Company, Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company and many other associated companies of the Charleston group of Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation. At his comparatively young age, Harry becomes president of the world's largest producers, purchasers and marketers of natural gas. In 1942, they sent to market someone hundred billion cubic feet. This gas was consumed by domestic users and many critical and important war industries in the principal cities of West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D. C. This group of companies is further distinguished by selling to its consumers the highest quality gas at the lowest prices known in the industry. Harry is eminently well prepared for his new responsibilities having started at an early age to spend his school vacations working in the oil and gas fields. From 1930 to 1938 he was field manager and general superintendent in charge of geological work, leasing, exploratory drilling and construction, operation and maintenance of facilities for the production, transmission and distribution of natural and artificial gas for Reserve Oil Cos., Home Gas Cos., and Binghamton Gas Cos., while located in Binghamton, N. Y. Since 1938, Harry has been in Charleston, West Virginia, as vice president of the companies of which he is now the president.

Frank Coulter adds in his letter that his family are all well and happy, and that he hopes to get to Boston sometime this Spring. Frank reports that he sees Ross Guyot occasionally at Dartmouth dinners. Ross is accountant for General Petroleum of California in Los Angeles.

Red Raisbeck is now Lieutenant Colonel Raisbeck in the Army of the United States working on executive personnel problems in the War Department. Since April, 1942, Red has been with the War Department, Services of Supply, where he has been Expert Consultant on Matters pertaining to personnel. For the past fifteen years he has been associated with the firm of Thorndike Deland & Associates, of New York City, from which he is now on military leave of absence. Red's home is in Darien, Conn.

We humbly report that your scribe is now Apprentice Seaman Arnold in the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve. Duties are only part time and involve patrol work around Boston harbor.

Bob Williamson served on the jury in Norfolk County in February. Bill Elliott was in Boston recently to attend meetings of an organization of chemistry teachers.

Bill Prescott is at present working on an interesting project. He has set up a machine shop in his cellar, and has already received sub-contracts to make certain metal gadgets for a large local radio manufacturing concern. This work he is doing in his spare time from his regular work as a partner in Carver & Cos., investment brokerage firm.

We bumped into Meek Slotnik at lunch one day not long ago. He informed us that he had recently heard from Herb Rubin, who is now in the Army.

Had lunch today with Andy Rankin, who has thoroughly recovered from two recent attacks of grip and cold germs. Andy says that he frequently runs into Huck Norris, the Crafton Squire, who is still working with Cambridge Associates, Investment Counselors.

What with the present meat shortage, Led Berry must be doing all right on his chicken farm in Maine; Merrymeeting Farm, Bowdoinham, is the address in case you want to write him for a couple of broilers.

Abe Cohen is manager of the Grand Department Store in Hartford, Conn. Al Dick is still practicing medicine out in Kingman, Arizona. Ev Downing is poultry farming up in Littleton, New Hampshire, and we understand that Red Griffin, as a sideline to his duties with the Retail Credit Company, is building up quite a chicken farm outside of Portland, Maine.

Wonder how Joe Hardin, Bert Gruver, Bed Williams, George Howell, Jay Wilson, and many of the others of our class who are now in the service are getting along? We sure would love to have some letters from you fellows to print in this column.

Urban Lauber is Assistant Works Manager for General Chemical Company. He lives in Glen Rock, New Jersey. Art Lyman is in the insurance business in Detroit. Wonder if Jim Lowell is again Executive secretary to the Governor of Connecticut. We understand his man got elected again at the last election having been out for the previous term. We hear every once in a while through trade channels that Bob Mix is doing a fine job with the State Mutual Life General Agency in New Haven.

Paul Messner, when last heard from, was with the Warren Gear Cos., in Warren, Pa. Dick Mather is Assistant Sales Manager of Pratt & Lambert, paint manufacturers. He lives in Kenmore, N. Y. Ernie Massucco is owner of the Capital Beverage Company in Montpelier, Vt. Ed Marston sells for the Hood Rubber Company and lives in Tarrytown, N. Y. Last time we heard from Frank Marsh he was a special agent for the Phoenix Insurance Cos., in Philadelphia. Buck McKee is Assistant Secretary of the Union Trust Company in Indianapolis. Ralph McAnulty owns and operates McAnulty & Company, farm management and appraisals. From what we read in the paper this morning some of the rest of us are going to be farming pretty soon. Maybe Mac could give us a job.

Reports are that Bill St. Anant is doing a grand job at the new Bethlehem ship building plant down in Hingham. He is coming up to Boston three nights a week to study engineering at night school. John Rintels was in Boston about a month ago on a short leave after receiving his commission as 2nd lieutenant at Fort Benning in Georgia.

Bill Macaulay has enlisted in the Signal Corps of the Army. Bill Pelton has recently enrolled in the Army Air Corps. Joe Staubach has left his lumber business in Yonkers to join the Army.

If any of you fellows have pictures or snapshots of yourselves or any other classmates who are in service we would greatly appreciate your sending them to us. We may not be able to print them all at this time due to shortage of necessary materials. We can, however, use some of them and we would like them all for our records. They will make most interesting pictures for some future secretary to use at a later date. If you have information of others who have not been mentioned in this column who are in service or doing interesting war jobs please write us about them. In fact, if you have any news at all about 1927 men please let us have it. The cupboard is getting awfully bare.

Secretary, 152 Waban Ave., Waban, Mass. Class Agent, Box 1412, Pittsburgh, Penna.