1929
Bud Stickler breaks a long silence to report from Honolulu that he has recently resigned from the Honolulu Iron Works to set up business for himself in the sale and servicing of plantation machinery. For family notes Bud writes: "Edward Allen will be 11 months old on February 12; George was 11 years old in October—every 10 years a boy!" Ben Scales is out of the service and living in Van Nuys, Calif., pending locating a definite job.
Heinie Richardson, Superintendent ofSchools, White River Junction, writes:
Perhaps the best of what I have to say is that I've happened to talk with several people in Hanover —mostly faculty—and they are all agreed that John Dickey is going to do a swell job. I saw John at the Cornell game and he is completely recovered from his knee operation. That evening at the Yale hockey game I saw Gus Wiedenmayer and Mrs. Gus, who were weekending in Hanover. Gus was as handsome as ever but he must have forgotten Hanover climate, as he wore only a topcoat to the game and was none too warm before it was over. I saw Karl Michael on the street the other day. He was down in White River for a little atmosphere, he said. Henry Sharpe and I bumped into one another at a football game last fall. Henry had a very husky and nice-looking son with him. Henry is still teaching at Nashua High. A Christmas note from Brett Sine says he plans to make our delayed Fifteenth from Calgary. Brett and Elspeth have two pretty girls. Ed Phelps taught for us several weeks right after leaving the service but has now returned to his former position in Springfield, Vt., High School. I was sorry to have him go as he is an excellent teacher and gave our faculty a Big Green tinge. Bob Carr did a good job speaking at our Rotary Club one day last fall.
George Lane is another one to break a long silence. He writes:
After 14 years in The New Haven Savings Bank I left New Haven on January 16, 1945 to go with The Plastic Wire & Cable Corp., in Norwich, Conn. This is a company formed in 1943 to produce plastic insulated wire for the Signal Corps. At the end of the war they were the second largest supplier of communication wire, and, after renegotiation, the lowest cost producer. We are having our fun now getting into civilian production making building wire, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, washing machine cords and a hundred and one custom specialty constructions. After 14 years in bank work I have found it tremendously stimulating— terrific hours but it is so interesting I don't mind the hours. It is kind of tough on the family though. My wife informed me the other day I had been home two evenings in eight weeks. I came with this company as Personnel & Credit Manager. I am now but still devote a lot of time to Personnel & Credit work. We have about 300 employees at the present time. I have two childrenLee, 13 years old, and Nancy, 11 years. I took no vacation this summer but about the middle of October I called my wife one day and said, "Get the suitcase out, I'm going to get away from here for a few days." So I dropped everything and went to Hanover for a few days with the family. It surely seemed good to get back.
Lt. Commander Mace Ingram is still "in," now on his sixth year of service, with the fond hope, however, of being released this coming summer. Now assigned to the U. S. Naval Construction Training Center at Quoddy Village, Maine, which he calls "Land's End."
Ken Crowell has formed a partnership with Robert F. Carney, and Morris I. Leibman for the practice of law under the firm name of Carney, Crowell and Leibman, 208 South LaSalle St., Chicago.
Lt. Herm Liss, just returned to Boston after a couple of years with the Navy Price Adjustment Board, is taking a few days before going back to work for Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Investment Counselors. From Harold Monta- mat's father, who was chairman of the New York Price Adjustment Board and for whom Herm worked, comes a clipping from a Havana newspaper dated November 37, 1945, reporting that Monty, who is Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Havana, married Joan Long of New York. The bride arrived by plane, and following the wedding, the American Ambassador and Mrs. Henry Norweb gave a small, informal reception at the Embassy residence in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Montamat.
Lt. Bill Hudson was released in December from the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Jacksonville, Fla. Bill reported for active duty in February of 1943 and was assigned to duty as Aviation Recognition Instructor, at the Naval Air Stations in Daytona Beach and Deland, Fla. Prior to entering into the Navy, Bill was professor of the History of Architecture at Rutgers University's New Jersey College For Women. His wife was Dr. Imogene Moore, formerly of the college faculty.
The Purdy's, Ray—Bud—Bronnie—Gerry, started off the new year in the best possible way by announcing the arrival of John Nicolaus, born December 31, mid-afternoon.
The Aetna Insurance Go. has just announced the appointment of Phil May as Inland Marine Superintendent of the company and its subsidiary fire companies. Phil joined the Aetna as a clerk in 1931 after a year in the brokerage business in Hartford. Prior to entering the Navy, he was a marine agency supervisor for Aetna.
Cliff Purse is out of the Navy and into a good job with the Commercial National Bank and Trust Cos., as an assistant vice president. As such, one of his bosses is Gus Wiedenmayer who was elected a director of the Commercial National the first of the year. Cliff reports that Kingsbury Nickerson is out of the Army and on the job again with the Chemical Bank & Trust Cos.
Stan Johnson is another one who has finally escaped from the Army. He has settled down in Washington, D. C.
Johnny Hubbard dropped in the other day, looking hale and hearty and quite trim in his civilian clothes. He returned from Okinawa in October. After a couple of weeks on the West Coast where his family was awaiting him, he drove East, becoming a civilian the day before Christmas. He saw Bob Jones at Pearl Harbor last May or June and Dick Clark in San Francisco last October. Ed Canby writes enthusiastically about setting forth in a new venture; the opening of his own portrait studio. As he describes it, he is finally turning into a full-time job what he has been doing previously in his spare time as a hobby.
Jack Dearth is home in lowa City enjoying home life after being discharged from the service in November.
Johnny Cornehlsen, still with the Navy, saw Frank Williams and Lyt Johnson on a recent trip to New York. Frank has a new home in New Rochelle—and a position with American Viscose Co.—which he seems to be enjoying. Frank is still very much in the singing business with the University Glee Club. Lyt is finding it no strain to drop the Marine Corps uniform and return to home and family in Ridgewood.
THE GOLF COURSE still looks good to Major Larry Lougee '29, who has had his pick of skiing in Norway and Alaska. On terminal leave, Major Lougee has returned' from serving with his most recent command, the JAGD in Europe.
A CORSAIR FIGHTER PLANE based on the "USS Hancock" in the Pacific flew Lt. Clarence I. Drayton Jr. '29 on many missions with Bombing Fighting Squadron 6.
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