1926
The swords continue to be beaten back into plowshares. This letter comes from A 1 Morris at 24 Sanborn St., Reading, Mass.—
This will let you know that I am now on terminal leave from the Navy, and am returning to my practice in Reading. .
My naval career ended very pleasantly with four months sea duty on the USS Kadasban Bay (CVE 76), and a welcome promotion to Commander effective November 8, 1945. We made two trips between the Hawaiian Islands and California and one trip to Shanghai in the Magic Carpet Service, and finally home to Boston via the Panama Canal, and Jacksonville. We arrived in Boston January 29, and I went through the Separation Center on January 31, and now have terminal leave until April 17.
I was much interested to see Jim Oberlander s letter in the February ALUMNI MAGAZINE. The Kadas ban Bay arrived in Shanghai on the day or the Army-Navy game there, but it was, not until after we left three days later that I learned that he was there. Sorry to have missed him. I can appreciate his reactions to Shanghai; I was glad not to be stationed there.
Hope to go to Hanover for the 20th next summer.
Speaking of Swede, I had the pleasure of bumping into him and Madeline in the Hanover Inn dining room recently. They were on their way to Exeter to enter young Tim. The old man never looked better in his life. '
No longer is it Lt. Comdr. Maloney UNS. Dick has joined the English Department of Kansas State College and his address from now on will be Manhattan, Kansas. Another ex-Navy man, Ritchie Smith, reports from 8 Santa Lucia Road, Orinda, Calif:
A somewhat overdue note to bring you up to date from this quarter—but I have put it off pending definite action relative to when I was going to light, business-wise.
Betty Deborah and I lett Washington the last of August (our Navy career topped by four days shooting rail birds at Washiprague) driving westward via Toronto, Chicago, Champaign, Illinois, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Nevada, and thence over the Sierra's at Tahoe to California, took it m easy steps along the way, visiting my sister in Toronto; Hank Orth, Del Worthmgton and Dick Gunthorp in Chicago; Curt "Wright in Champaign; a week at a dude ranch in Wyoming; a couple or delightful days in Yellowstone, and then on home, arriving here about the 15th of October.
Having determined at all costs to spend the rest of my life in California and preferably in my own business, I decided to terminate my Ginn Cos. career—so spent the ensuing four months running down several possibilities, ranging from the hunt ing-fishing-camping-equipment business via mail order (7 weeks on that one), through plastics, manufacturing and sale of ceramic tile to the travel business. As of a week ago I am in partnership with John Gibson in a travel agency with present offices in S. A. and L. A. After a week of it am sure of one thing—that my life from this point on won t be a dull one. Having had a change of life yourself at mid-point you will have some idea of my feeling at the moment of having a cat by the tail, but I am sure it will groove itself in time. Considering the new venture, am not sure that I will make it in July—but will point up in that direction anyhow.
There are far more plowshares than swords these days for the mail bag runs heavily to news of the personal and business doings of '26ers. Allen MacDuffie, after ten years with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the principal interpretative attorney in New York, has resigned to resume private practice. Mac had a major part in the development of SEC procedure and helped establish many precedents which since have been confirmed by the Commission or judicial opinion: Among the numerous cases in which he acted as trial examiner were Associated Gas & Electric Cos., Kruger & Toll, Sunshine Consolidated, and other juicy numbers.
George Starke has been appointed general sales manager of the Sperry Gyroscope Co. Previously he had been with Ludlum Steel and since 1941 with the Ford Instrument Co., a division of the Sperry Corporation. Ed Dooley, who the end of last year resigned from his post as director of public and stockholder relations of General Foods Corporation, has joined the Institute of Public Relations in an executive capacity. Courtney Brown has been an officer of the Chase National Bank for some time now and active in the export department. Rapidly emerging as an inter-continent mystery man with a portfolio bulging with documents is Joe Kinney, who appears unexpectedly after hurried trips to Europe and then disappears again with equal rapidity. If anyone can collar him long enough, please remind him of his promise to send a full report to these columns. George Bayha is an insurance executive with the United States Casualty Cos., with offices at 60 John St., New York City. George joined U. S. Casualty after years of constructive service with the New York State Insurance Fund.
famErnie Stebbins recently was honored by the award of the 1946 Abraham Lincoln medallion presented each year for distingiushed services to the City of New York. Previous recipients include ex-Mayor LaGuardia, Governor Dewey and Walter Damrosch. Chet Morton has been transferred to the Washington bureau of the New York Sun from where his by-line articles are frequent features.
From Chicago comes welcome news of the arrival on March 19 of Virginia May who joins Barbara 11, Joanna 4, and Christopher 3. Bob proudly asks if there are any fathers of five in the class. Again this year he has been asked to plan and write the complete promotional campaign of the greater Chicago Community and War Fund—an honor which any of the large advertising agencies would consider a feather in its cap. Aside from this, Bob directs all advertising copy and promotional material for Montgomery Ward.
It's heartening to see that the American migratory habit is reasserting itself. In a temporary and strictly social sense, migratory 'a6ers include Dan and Sally Drury and Jake and Ev Jacobus in Florida; Mac and Billie McDavitt in Franconia, N. H., Doug Everett in Woodstock, Vt—the latter trio of course for a bit of skiing. Recent visitors at the Hanover Inn have been Harry and Dolores Hall, Hal and Marion Marshall, Dick and Louise Sagendorph, Gob Knowlton, Harry and Mary Fisher. Mary underwent a serious operation at Mary Hitchcock Hospital but now reports that she's as fit as a fiddle.
A letter from Paul Venneman tells of rapidly developing plans for Reunion. By the time this column arrives you'll have had more details directly from ye Chairman.
See you in July!
Secretary, Welsh Farms, Inc., Long- Valley, N. J Treasurer, United Shoe Machinery Corp. 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
