1943

I'd like to start this month's column by thanking all of you that have sent me news. The response to my letter was really great! I won't have any trouble getting my quota of words for this month's column.

I guess I wouldn't be the typical proud father if I didn't start right out by telling of the birth of my son—Richard Werner Stockwell on December 12. "Ricky" was born at home—twenty minutes before the Doctor even got there—guess that's something that most of you Pops can't tell about. It all happened so fast, we didn't have time to get to the hospital. That makes me quite a family man now —a boy and a girl.

Now that I have that off my chest, I'll go on to tell some more of the news about the rest of the fellows. Those of you that sent pictures, thanks loads—photographs are preferable if possible.

Heard indirectly about Bob Liming. "Doc" is working in a hospital in Manila now—expects to be there for a year or so. He reports that he saw Capt. Bill Millmore in Manila. Bill was on his way to the States and to Bostonexpected to be here for Christmas.

Here are some engagement announcements that reached me this month: Miss Brenda Lobdell of Rumson, N. J., to Corydon Taylor; Miss Phyllis Firkins of Glendale, Calif., toGeorge F. Stratton. George, a Field Engineer, is with the U. S. Electrical Motors Company. Miss Margaret Tilson of Candia, N. H. to. Dick Dunbar, insurance claims adjuster for the Globe Indemnity Cos. Miss Eleanor Stephens of Los Angeles to Bob Kiger; Miss Pat Bell of Marblehead, Mass., to Frank Hussey (married December 21), and finally Miss Betty Martin from North Plainfield, N. J., to Art. Brown—wedding bells in May for them.

Several of our bachelors have recently joined, the "ball and chain" club—recently may mean within the last year or so, but none of these have been reported before. Carolyn Hilliard of Concord, N. H., to Mort Tuttle. Mort's a sales-engineer for the Lewis-Shepard Company in Watertown, Mass. Last April 27, Rose Marie White of Needham, Mass., was married, to Tom McManus, star Ford salesman for the Wayland Motors. (Dther marriages in April were Leanne Lytell, former Conover model to Jack Holliday and Dorothy Koessel of St. Louis to John McCarthy, accountant with Pet Milk Cos. Moving into May, we had Grace Eales. of Fall River, Mass., to Dr. George Van Petten. Lt. (jg) M.C. who is at the U. S. N. Dispensary in Washington, D. C. June saw the marriage of Miss Caroline Johnston of Madison, N. J., to' Bob Stokes. Bob is with the Plastic Molding Corp., custom molders of plastics. In August, Henrietta Dollar-Lisong to John Clark in: Virginia, where John is studying for his Master's in Business Administration. September 7th was the big day for Ava Mae Francis and George Hebard. George is at the University of Buffalo Law School. Last, but not least, Miss Louise M. Lyons of Elkins Park, Phila., on November 10 to Al Coons, reporter in the editorial department for the Harrisburg Telegraph.

New additions to our clan include the following: William Henry, February 28, 1946, to Mrand Mrs. Warren V. Van Dyk; Patty Ann, May 7 to Joe and Mrs. Hurley (Joe's with Sylvania);. Carolyn, September 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Grant (Bob's with Socony-Vacuum Oil); daughter, November 1 to Lt.(jg) and Mrs. William Hunt; "Buff," November 10 to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sant,—they have one of each now; Richard Alan on November 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Binswanger Jr.; Peter Durand, November 25 to Mr. and Mrs. "Jim" Adams; a son to Dr. and Mrs. George Rider; and finally, Susan Jane, December 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Silverstem Jr.

Now that I've gone over the changes in our class make-up, I'll have to get into some of the chatter in regard to other events. The simplest way seems to be to divide the news into East, Mid-West, and West groups. So here goes for the West—first:

It's good to get some news from the other side of the country, for example, there's John Muchmore out in San Diego. John is expecting his second child soon. He is with the Ryan Aeronautical Cos., and George Kimbel, Redwood, Calif.,—married and proud Papa of a son, in the real estate business. Maybe he's making houses out of standing redwoods—sounds good, anyhow. The Sunshine state also boasts of Henry Keck, graduate student of Industrial Design at California Institute of Technology—but Henry doesn't brag of California. He says, "I graduate in June, '47, then back to the wonderful East. California is too full of SMOG." (How about a translation, Hank?) J. Kent Hutchinson, another Californian is with the O'Connor, Moffatt & Co., retail store. Down Texas way, we have Tom Keeler—in the lumber business; while over in Arizona, Paul Enz is busy selling paper to Arizona merchants, while in Omaha with Kellogg's (Breakfast Foods) there's Con Young, a quality control foreman on the evening shift. Across the waters at Truk with the Navy is Lt. (jg) Bill Wierman stationed at a hospital there. Now on to the Mid-West where I've been able

to gather some gossip. Ed Younglove, "still batching it," is the advertising representative for SportsAfield. He reports that John Cook was married on December 28 to Miss Vera McGowen of Wilmette, 111.

Other fellows and their business in and around the "Windy City" are Frank Knoop, security salesman, who is married and has a son; Jim Deweyalso security salesman (thanks for the Christmas card, Jim), also married: Jim Olson, underwriting insurance in preparation for sales work, and Bill Davies working for the Davies Supply Co. (I'll send those addresses to you soon, Bill.)

Our travels continue on to Ohio where we find Bob Holder working for his M.A. at Ohio State; Dave Bortz selling space on Cleveland transit system for an advertising firm; and Jim Elleman, in an Executive Training Program for the Fifth-Third Union Trust Company in Cincinnati. Next stoplowa, the tall corn state. In Dubuque, there's Fred Wallis, Lt. USNR, setting up a Naval Reserve unit. He reports that he saw "Doc" Fielding put on his great act for a capacity audience at Great Lakes, then left for Guam the next day. (That's the way he put it—no cracks.) Jerry Sowers, just out of the Army is taking it easy for a while in Des Moines.

Pushing northward to Michigan, we look in on John Conn—with the Consolidated Paper Co., Inc.; Paul Weinbrenner, Advertising Manager for the B. C. Wills Company in Detroit, and Dale Ruedig at Michigan Law School. Wisconsin can't be outdone, so Jack Behringer of Milwaukee reports that he's with the Inland Container Corp.—saw Jack Holliday and Fred Lent recently, both of whom are working for W. J. Holliday & Co., in Hammond, Ind.

Swinging southward—you all-—we hit Harry Truman's home state, and by the way, that of Sparky Adams—accountant for the F. W. Woolworth Co., in St. Louis, and Ray Wolfe, coach of football, basketball and baseball and teacher of Math at the John Burroughs School—the exact same set-up as Johnny Koslowski here at Belmont Hill school. Sounds swell Ray! Our Oklahoma representative is Charlie Callahan—real estate operator, and further south to Alabama, Ernie "Bud" Armstrong, security salesman, operating out of Montgomery.

Arriving back on the East Coast and the surrounding area we stop first at Greensboro, N. C., where Jack Murphy, of the Better Packagers, Inc., is living. Moving northward let's stop at the Princeton Graduate School and say hello to Jerry Blanchet—Jerry, working on his Ph.D., is specializing in Russian History. Other New Jerseyites are Dave Cooper, working for the Travelers Insurance office in New York City and Bob TaylorSit Columbia Law School, who got his M.A. in English in June, 1945, and is working on his Ph.D. now. Another Jerseyite at Columbia is Herb Harrigan—at the School of Journalism.

Guess we can't get away without mentioning our boys from New York, so here goes. Olin Smith, working for the railroad in East Aurora; Van Lloyd at Columbia, is studying for his Ph.D. in Psychology; Bob Barnum at Cornell Law School graduates in June of 1948; Den Taylor, working for the Herald Tribune; Dick Livingston DuPont Co., a mechanical engineer for Technical group working on "Cordura" Tire Cord Yarn; Chandler Stevens—with Gulf Oil, married and has a daughter; Rip Lowman, with U. S. Cut Flower Co., is at Cornell Ag. College taking special floriculture research; Pres. Brooks, with investment department of the Royal-Liverpool Insurance Group. Howie Leavitt at Columbia Teachers College—major in administration; Herb Marx, writing and doing general editorial work for the Scholastic Magazine; Bob Erhinger, Purchasing Dept. of the Western Electric Co.—says he saw Bob Grimshaw who is with the New York Telephone; Dick Rudolph, accountant for B. C. Coon Construction Co.; and finally, Bill Remsen, at Columbia Law School. Bill, reports that he sees Chuck Feeney, John Hutchinson and "Slats" Heggie around town.

Pennsylvania only had one of its fair sons report—-that was Paul Rill. Paul's with the General Electric as a field engineer. Roddy Wolbarst wrote from Washington, D. C., where he is a sports reporter for the Washington Post. Also in the Nation's Capitol is Howie Thomas, at the school of Advanced International Studies preparing for foreign service or foreign business.

Jack Meleney in New Haven is at Yale Law School, as are "Rocky" Rockwell and Mike Frothingham. With the Hart Manufacturing Company in Hartford is Dick Martens, and over in West Hartford, there's Bob Garvie, agent for the Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. Bob reports that Bud Johnson is with the Aetna Fire and Al Hardie with the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Lone item from "Poor Little Rhode Island" comes from Bob Williams. Bob is doing general news reporting for the State Staff of the Providence Journal-Bulletin.

The next to the last stop is Boston and its suburbs, we just couldn't leave them out. First report is that "Jug" O'Connor is leaving for Cleveland soon where he will work with Dick Kimmel for Dick's Dad. On down the line, we have the following items: Don McCorkindale-Lewis E. Tracy Cos., in Boston; Stan Bolster—Harvard Grad School studying history. Paul Young studying architecture at M. I. T. and Bob Gray at Harvard Law.

We finally find our way up into the "Halls of Hanover" and this is where we end our trip —but first the news from the boys there. George Mitchell is back finishing up, as is Dave Whittemore, Art Lynn, the later at Thayer and Hank Garlick—they all finish in June of this year.

I've been pretty systematic in my reporting so far this time, now here are a few items from all over. Guy Mallett wrote me from Paris that he's with the T. W. A. over theresounds interesting Guy—how about a de- tailed report for your classmates? Mrs. Walter Delaney sent a nice note telling me of Walt's departure for the South Pole as an officer on a submarine with Admiral Byrd's Expedition —that too sounds interesting and I am sure we'd all like to hear more about it, Walt! Other reports are that Stan Skaug is a teacher- coach at the Shattuck School in Faribault, Minn., and that 1st Lt. Chet Solez is a doctor stationed in Togus, Maine.

I want to thank the following fellows for their very swell letters, all the news, and the pictures: Bob Dodge, New York City; Charlie Cusack, Sacramento, Calif.; Walt Howe, Weehawken, N. J.—and congratulations, Walt on receiving your commission in the Foreign Service; Bob Fuiks of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Jim Kerley of Washington, D. C.; Bob Moyer of the Evening Sun in Baltimore, Md.; and Jerry Riley of Philadelphia. I'm going into detail with your letters next month—l'm over my quota for this time so I'll tell all your news next month.

Thanks again, all of you, for your cooperation in sending me news—May I receive lots more from you as time goes by!

THE LIFE OF RILEY is depicted above by Jerry Riley '43 and Mrs. Riley. Jerry's life is a little easier now, we suspect, since he no longer wears that blue suit.

Secretary, 11 Eliot St., Belmont, Mass.

Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H