1943
Football games have been the attraction that made way for lots of Big Green Pow Wows this month! The showing that the boys have made has been so grand that everyone is attending every game he can. Next year ought to be even better.
The Holy Cross game at Worcester was the first occasion for a class get-together. "Doc"Fielding did a swell job of "on the spur" organizing so that several of the fellows did meet.
The next game where class functions were held was the Harvard game. Starting with Friday night there was a "Pow-Wow" at the Boston City Club for all classes. That same night Johnny Koslowski and I had a progress cocktail-dinner party, starting at his house and ending at mine. I can assure you that a good time was held by all! Can you picture Kos trying to pin the tail on the donkey after a few drinks—Don Miller looked pretty good, too.
Official class party that weekend was a buffet-dinner and cocktail party at the Smith House in Cambridge. This was a before-thegame affair, and the following '43's were in attendance: "Whitey" Meigs and Mrs., BillWhitmarsh and date, "Chuck" Arnstein, JimCruickshank and guests, George Monroe and Helen, (Junior was almost there, too) "Doc"Fielding and friends, Frank Hartmann and the Mrs., Bob Perkins and wife, "Farmer"Mead and date, "Don" McCorkindale, StanPriddy and date, Doug Kipp, "Doug' Stoicell '42, and several other '42's as well as some from the ancient class of '40.
Saturday night "Farmer" Mead had a party at his place in West Acton—there were over thirty people there. Entertainment ran from pool to bobbing for apples, playing parlor games and a couple of unusual stunts. Among other things, a crate of apples, a crate of potatoes and a large pumpkin were brought out and each person guessed the number of items in the crate for the apples and potatoes and the weight of the pumpkin. Guess who hit it right on the head for the potatoes—none other than '43's gift to organized baseball, "Chuck" Feeney! Here he was, a bachelor among many married couples, and he insisted on taking his prize, which was the crate of potatoes. Don Miller won the crate of apples.
I was down at New Haven to see the Wisconsin-Yale game; sorry I didn't make the Dartmouth-Yale game, too. My wife is a Wisconsin alumnus, so we enjoyed seeing them beat Yale.
Speaking of Yale, there's something I'd like to tell you all about. There's a member of our class in New Haven teaching at the Yale Dramatic Association, Bob Costello by name, that I want to talk about. Bob did his damndest to organize some get-togethers for the Yale game—had them all lined up. Wrote to the college for names of fellows attending the game and by mistake got the class of 1939, hut finally got '43. Then he sent that list to me, and I sent cards with all the information to over thirty fellows and not a one showed up! That doesn't speak so well for our class. Bob had reservations for a dinner for Friday and a cocktail party for Saturday after the game all lined up—it's a shame that more fellows don't show interest. I want to thank Bob personally for all the work he did and say for the rest of the class that I'm terribly sorry that no one turned up.
A few items of interest from here, there and everywhere—Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mara, Pamela Ann, on October 4, their second daughter—what, no potential Big Green first baseman yet, Bob? On October 24, Miss Judith Griffin was married to Burrows Barston Jr. in Cleveland. From Manchester, New Hampshire, comes news that John Lynch has been appointed a member of the faculty at St. Anselm's College. He'll be in the English department and will have some courses in history.
News from Herb Marx in the form of a letter, states that he is Associate Editor for Senior Scholastic magazine—not working for the Daily News, as w'as previously reported. Maybe if I put erroneous stories about more people, I'd receive letters telling of the inaccuracy of my statements—hm-m-m, good idea. Herb saw Dick Barkhorn a while agohe's with a Newark paper—and had lunch with Johnny Reps just after John had returned from a six-month project in England studying city planning. Last but not least, Herb reports that Mort Pechter is a "busy" executive with the Pechter Baking Company.
My correspondents have failed me again this month—l shall have to really get after them now!
Congratulations are in order for Bud Hall and his committee for the splendid job they are doing on the Class Memorial Fund drive. We've had all kinds of drives around townSalvation Army, Community Fund, etc., and they are all good—but our own Memorial Fund Drive really hits pay dirt; it concernsus, so be sure to contribute generously! Of all the letters, etc., put out by the various classes, ours is far and above the best I've seen. Keep up the good work, Bud, and fellow-committeemen! Hope the class will give you a vote of confidence by sending along some of those greenbacks soon.
"Roily" Higgins, out in Hawaii, is a teacher-coach at The Punahou School, Honolulu. Let's hear all about your work from you "Roily"! Other teachers are "Tony" Farrell, at the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire, and Dan O'Connor, West Texas State College, Canyon, Texas, where he's teaching radio speech and English. I mentioned "Whitey" Meigs' name before, but didn't state that he's a representative of the Industrial Department of the Boston and Maine railroad. John Pritchard, of New Britain, Connecticut, with the Humanson Mfg. Cos., is an Assistant Production Manager; while down in New York City, we have Corydon Taylor, collection correspondent with I. B. M.—you figure that one out. Ray Schroth —reporter, works for the Port Chester DailyItem, Port Chester, New York; Bailey Walten, another insurance man, is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and finally, there's WestonDunaway, who works for Moore's Hotel Furnishings at Miami, Florida—that ought to be a good deal.
In closing let me put in two plugs—one for myself—please send on some news andpictures, and one for Bud Hall and his War Memorial Fund Drive; all I can say is let your conscience act in both cases! (Hope you have a conscience.) Merry Christmas to all!
Secretary, 11 Eliot St., Belmont, Mass. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H,
