1926

» It's been a long time since we've had any news from Clary Taylor but a welcome letter recently arrived from Savannah, Georgia, where he is Educational and Training Officer at the naval station. "Since graduating into the whirl of a world we had no inkling of while at Hanover, I have been engaged in the business of trying to help young people understand 'what it is all about.' Although a certain amount of frustration (especially financial) is connected with secondary education, I lived a perfectly happy existence for sixteen years, including experiences in further education at various universities, getting married, building a home in Providence and a summer cottage at Dennisport, Cape Cod."

"I feel that in return for my happy years I should give up whatever is necessary to preserve for myself and others what has been so dear. Hence my present job in which I'm responsible for the organization and supervision of all training programs ashore and afloat. My wife Betty and daughter Marilyn (now 9) are living here, so you can see that the war has not been too hard on me. As soon as this mess is over I intend to go back to Providence where I was assistant principal at the Nathaniel Greene Junior High School."

Paul Britt recently was elected assistant secretary of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. He has been with the company since 1926 and after claim and examination work has been active in group underwriting. Paul lives in East Hartford where he is active in civic affairs and has served as president of the Town Council.

The 6th of last January was Allen MacDufFie's fortieth birthday. He received that day about the finest present a man could wish for—his first son. Little Mac weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and from the latest reports is thriving.

Thanks to some good organizing work by George Peirce and Don Norstrand, the 1926 contingent at the Boston alumni dinner last February was a sizeable one. Those attending were Bob Patten, Eddy Emerson, Joe Batchelder, Walt Rankin, Russ Clark, Steve Mitchell, Don Norstrand, Roy Baker, Chet Morrison, Jim Sullivan, Bob Salinger, Hank Bixby, Sid Hayward, George Peirce and Hal Marshall.

After graduation, Doc Metzer went to medical school at Pennsylvania where he received his M.D. Then, after being'interne and chief resident at the Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, he hung up his shingle in his home town of Riverside, N. J. Doc was married in 1937 and has a daughter of 3. In 1942 he enlisted, received a captain's commission in the Medical Corps and is now a Major. From Italy a letter recently arrived from him which we quote—"We were sent overseas on the first direct convoy from the States to North Africa. We soon had our hospital set up and functioning. There we stayed until we were sent here in Italy. How long we'll stay here is a question, but of one thing I am sure—we won't be home until the European phase is over and perhaps not then."

Brant Wallace was good enough to report on a recent business trip to California—"Upon reflection, I would entitle this resume 'Don't Travel.' Being a sudden trip, without reservations west of Chicago, I pays my money and takes my chances. The chance, going west, was the Grand Canyon Limited, limited in point of speed to an average of 28 miles per hour, limited on food to two meals a day (breakfast at 11 A.M. and dinner at xo P.M., if you were lucky) and limited on hours late to twelve. At any rate, I arrived, accomplished my business and found the return trip a little more satisfactory, although three plane flights were grounded because of bad weather."

"However, lest you think me a pessimist, there were rewards. Capt. Tom Colt and two other Marines came over from El Centro where Tom is in command of the Bomber and Gunnery Squadron of the Marine Corps Air School. Tom was his usual modest self but I learned from the others that he still can fly with the best of them and has lost none of the daring or ability that took him to the Cleveland air races back in the '3os. Tom's main regret is that he has not been assigned to combat duty and says, 'lf I could only get to the relaxation of the fighting front.' "

"Bus Heydt treated me royally the one evening I had in Los Angeles and showed me the high spots of Hollywood. I can report with confirmation by Mrs. Heydt that Bus passes for a juvenile. He has kept his youth, not only in face but in figure and was about to leave for Florida on a new picture. He reported well on Bobo Williams and Charlie Starrett."

"Had just time enough in Chicago to see Carle Blunt and Bob Borwell '25 for a short while. Carle is in the pink and lest you haven't heard is a trustee of Northwestern University."

Secretary, Welsh Farms, Inc., Long Valley, N. J. Treasurer, United Shoe Machinery Corp. 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass.