1933

Reunion chairman Ford Marden estimates, on the basis of cards returned up to the time we go to press, May 10, that upwards of 200 members of the clan will gather on July 5-6-7 for our Tenth. That's only the roughest kind of a guess, because the number of those who were not sure they could make it far outweighed the yesses and noes. So Ford would appreciate it if those of you who have been on the fence would let him know definitely one way or the other. It will make the Reuhion Committee's job a lot easier if you do. And if you are coming, don't forget the beer drought that's hit. the North Country as hard as other areas. Bring your own refreshments.

The mailbag is pretty well stuffed this month, thanks to the freshets of news opened up by Alumni Fund activities (by the way, we're in the stretch, and if you haven't sent in your check you'll save Sam Black and the boys a lot of gray hairs and frenzied last minute efforts if you will get it in right away). So we proceed: First, a report from Sam Black on the meeting of the Connecticut State Alumni Association on May 9, at which Connecticut alumni had their first chance to hear and to meet President Dickey, and '33 had nine representatives present; Mannie Sprague, who has been secretary-treasurer of the Association for the past five years, now back in civvies after his tour in the Navy and, rumor has it, about to be launched upon a political career; Bob Estes, previously reported as holding a new job after his discharge from the Army in the legal end of General Electric, with headquarters in Bridgeport; Hal Smith, reported as very recently out of the service and "only slightly less recently" married, no further details; Hizzoner John Monagan of Waterbury; Don Doherty, District Manager for the Ediphone Division of Edison Laboratories in Hartford; Bill Bates, back with the Hartford National Bank and Trust Cos., as Trust Officer, after his discharge from the Navy in March. Bill is said to point with special pride to two achievements while in the Navy, his mastery of the flute and Japanese, both of which will no doubt Come in handy as he steers the Trust Department's investments through inflation. Rounding out the '33 delegation at the meeting, Earle Gordon, finishing a training course at Hartford for. Veterans Administration attorneys, and Alva Allen, recently transferred from Hartford to Minneapolis by the Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., but back east on a business trip.

A letter from Bob Neibling a few weeks ago gave us the details of Bob's new job and his recent encounters with '33ers. Bob left Wood, Struthers and Cos., last winter, to become Assistant Secretary of Utilities Mutual Insurance Cos. He says, "My job is connected mostly with supervision of the investment portfolio, but I am also trying to learn the insurance business, which I find is a pretty complicated affair. Win Hobbs was in town a few weeks ago trying to find some mufti preparatory to becoming a civilian again. Walt Douglas, June Kneisel '34, Win and I met at a well-known refreshment stand for a little chat that ended up with my joining the Dartmouth Club."

Writing last month Wood Foster gave us a first hand report on the enthusiastic reception given to President Dickey by Twin City Alumni on his two-day visit there. Incidentally '33 has the Northwest Alumni Association pretty well in hand, the officers' list showing Wood Foster, President: John Faegre, Vice President; and Lyme Wakefield, Treasurer. Other '33ers present at the Association Banquet were A1 Allen, Tom Hale, Bob MacGregor, and Ed Hinnes. On March 25 Mrs. Foster presented Wood with a third son, David Carey Foster.

Jimmie Chesnulevich reported recently that he had been transferred from the Nashua, N. H., to the Billerica, Mass., factory of the Johns Manville Products Corp., and that he had been promoted to employment manager. Bill Gaynor broke a long silence to write, late in April:

The spirit, or my nasty old conscience, together "with a favoring wind, seem to have finally moved me-at any rate, I am sitting at home, nursing a cold, reading some recently arrived ALUMNI MAGAZINES forwarded from Massachusetts.. ... I know that I received various announcements regarding the forthcoming Reunion but with my usual fine sense of detail, promptly filed them in some inaccessible, and unknown, spot—so, let it be recorded here and now that I expect to be present— it's been a long, long time, son—l have a vague recollection of a character named Whit Kimball and I visiting your house on Sunday of our 5 th, and getting the brilliant idea of cleaning up the mess made by others of your alleged friends— can't guarantee it again this time, though. Personally, I have nothing world-shaking to report. After two and a half years in the Army (Texas, Hawaii, Okinawa) I finally clutched that paper on December 25, 1945, at Fort Devens—have been in Washington since January 27—hope to see you and all the gang before long.

Bob Doscher has announced the formation of a partnership with C. J. Freund for the general practice of law. The shingle reads Freund & Doscher, and it's hanging at 78 North Main St., Spring Valley, N. Y. MajorRoland E. Stevens received his discharge from the Army on April 2, and will resume his private medical practice in Rochester, New York. At the time of his discharge he was chief of surgery at the AAF Replacement Depot in Greensboro, N. C. The Philip Bills report the birth of a daughter, Deborah Anne, on March 16. After his discharge from the Army recently, Henry Weitz became Director of the University of Delaware Veterans Guidance Center in Wilmington. The Cutting Johnsons of Norwich had a son, Brian Leigh, born on January 3, 1946. Cutting has been teaching Mathematics here at the College ever since the beginning of the V-12 program, as well as continuing his work at the Clark School.

Recent '33 visitors to Hanover include George Rideout, Bob Glendinning, D. W.Russell, and Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Bayles.

Secretary, 20 Valley Rd., Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 2812 Grant Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa