1927
For the past three years we have been urging you to write often to our classmates in service. We know your letters are much appreciated. We have a couple now who would love to hear from friends and classmates. You will be sorry to learn that Lt. Comdr. Ed Johnson is at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., recovering from a bad accident. Late in January Ed was run into by a drunken driver on a cold and snowy night late one evening in Washington, D. C. The full account of his fractures, a heavy loss of blood, a concussion and pneumonia which he contracted due to the delay in being picked up makes sad reading. We can thank a kind Providence and Ed's rugged constitution that he is making progress toward recovery. Ed writes that his ribs are healed and that the many bruises are cleared up, or almost so. A fractured leg, pelvis and severe headaches are still causing much bother, but he is hopeful to get over these in another two months, approximately.
Major William F. Skinner is now at Ashburn, General Hospital, McKinney, Texas. We fear this means that he is a patient there after many months of foreign service in North Africa and Europe. We know a lot of letters from you fellows will be greatly appreciated.
Don Swenson is a captain in the Army and his latest address is lbn Perkins Drive, Arcadia, Calif.
John Carey and Buck McKee have both been promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy.
The February 7 issue of the Buffalo (New York) News carried a picture of Win Rodormer looking as young as the day he left Hanover. With it was an article announcing that Win had been elected president of E. W. Edwards and Son, operators of department stores in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. Win had been on the Board of Directors of this organization, and also vice president and director of the Reliable Electric Co., Chicago electrical equipment manufacturer. Win is married and has three children.
A recent issue of Radio and TelevisionWeekly, New York, announces the appointment of Michael H. Ross as merchandise manager of Espey Manufacturing Co., Inc., New York radio-set maker. For the past five years Mike has been associated with Bamburger's and has served as radio and record buyer for the past three years. He is one of the original members of the Macy Corporate Postwar Radio Committee and did extensive marketing research for some years prior to his association with Bamburger's, a Macy affiliate.
Last month we reported Fred Jackson's appointment as deputy sheriff in Lincoln County, Maine. It didn't take long for action, and here follows a brief account of the excitement :
I was coming though the Village all peaceful in my old roadster, when I heard this car horn going like all hell behind me and I was overtook by a frantic citizen and a woman, both white and shaking. They allowed the woman's husbandwas drunk and threatening to shoot the whole fambly—wife and alleged boy friend more especially—had a loaded pistyle—a desprit character.
I come home and got the. .45 equalizer, stepped into my Buick and went up the mounting—well I palmed the Colt and booted in the door meeting said culprit in same. He being 5 ft. 2 in. tall and 125 lbs. and I a ft. taller and 50 lbs. heavier we both went into the room—he backwards. The dangerous weepon he had in his hand was a mug of very hard cider—-read the warrant to; him, he couldn't hear what was said—loaded him in the car and put him in the Wiscasset jail for the night. Next A.M.—had the trial—put him on $1000 bond' and probation for a year. Brought them home and took both down cellar. Told the wife to take the spigot out of the cider and let 40 gal good hard orchard dew flow onto the cellar floor. Took his revolver and come home. County Atty said I handled it all very neetly. Yas. It is a sinful world.
The night of February 28 found some twenty-four members of the class assembled at the Copley Plaza to attend the annual meeting of the Boston Alumni Association. Pre-prandial festivities were held in Room 129 and a few of the hardier members gathered there after the dinner for a short session. Several new faces were much welcomed by our Boston group and many of the old standbys were absent due to being in service or pressure of business in these difficult times. Johnny Upham, laundry executive was there looking somewhat stouter but still hale and hearty in spite of a slightly receding forehead. John and his family have recently moved to Dedham. Huck Norris, investment councilor with the Cambridge Associates, also looks somewhat heavier. Jay Willing, looking much the same, although obviously tired out from his heavy duties with the accounting firm of Patterson, Teele and Dennis. Larry Scammon, statistician with the Massachusetts Auto Bureau was also present. Henry Hale, recently returned from New York, is now working with the Army Engineers in Boston. Bob Page, local casualty insurance executive, and Bob Williamson, Boston printing tycoon, attended. New faces included Bud Phillips, now working for a shoe manufacturing concern in Marlboro and Dick Bowers Fox, formerly of Toledo, now working in Lowell, Mass. Bill Prescott, partner in the investment firm of Carver and Co., Rog Salinger, busy executive of a Woburn Gear manufacturing concern and Sikes Hardy, steel purveyor for Ryerson made up the Waban contingent. We had quite a handful of doctors with Joe Kelly, up from Orleans on the Cape, Jack Holleran in from Wakefield and Tom Anglem, busy Boston surgeon as well as Dr. Bill Spinney representing the dental profession. Bill Macaulay, now working for Raytheon Manufacturing Co., banker Bill Auer from Maiden, cartoonist Gordon Smith of the Boston Sunday Post and radio manufacturer Johnny Blanchard were present. Add to this lawyers Shorty Oliver and Bob Sullivan and the life insurance contingent represented by Chuck Burwell and yours truly and you have the whole gathering. Wish more of you could have been there.
At the New York Annual Alumni Dinner to be held April 26, at 6:30 P.M., at the Hotel Pennsylvania, our class representative will be George Provost, with Thomas Hession chairman of the class attendance committee.
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