1939
Harry Gates is in print again and, as usual, it is a rehash of Harry's connection with the Holy Ghost and Us Society. Also, as usual, there is no mention of Harry's present whereabouts or activities. We are indebted to the Manchester Leader via the College clipping service for this dubious intelligence. The article features a full-figure picture of Harry, obviously taken during our college days.
HERE if THERE: Ed Cummings informs us that we were more than somewhat out of date in our last mention of his activities in the publishing business. Currently Ed is working with Rand Avery-Gordon Taylor, fine printers in Boston. The president of said firm is none other than Bob Whidden's dad, Mr. Robert A. Whidden, who of course is one of our honorary members. To quote Ed, "I want you to know that not only is Mr. Whidden proud to be an honorary member of the Class of '39, but also that we are privileged to have such a fine and personable gentleman as one of us." Incidentally, Ed's opinions have been echoed by a number of our "Beantown" colleagues, in previous dispatches received by your correspondent Fortunately Joe XJrban's good wife Harriet has proved an able correspondent, even though Joe might be lacking in such department. She has sent along information that the Urbans have moved for the 11th time in 7 years of married life, from Portland to Augusta, Me. (7 Manley Street.) Joe is the youngest District Traffic Supt. in terms of age and service in the New England Telephone Cos. But we learn with dismay that young Roger Urban has a left-handed tendency and is being groomed to grow-up a first baseman. What is the Class of '65 going to do for a backstop??
A clipping from the Havana Post, via Dana J. Condon '28, reveals that Larry Gilbert is Mr. Big for Marsh & McLennan, insurance brokers, in Havana. We are referring to Larry's new promotion as Resident Vice-President and Manager of Marsh & McLennan, Corresdores de Seguros, S. A., affiliates of the well-known New York City firm. .... Ralph Sperry has been made Manager of the East Side Branch of the Bridgeport City Trust Co., after serving as assistant manager since January of 1947. .... Bob Achorn writes of a recent move to Salt Lake City. At the time of writing Bob expected to move his family west from Chicago, into a new home at 2210 Berkeley St., Salt Lake City 6, Utah, by the first of February. He is operating as the Assistant Manager for the Morton Salt Co After a recent trip to Rochester, N. Y., Bert MacMannis came home with the news that he had run into Bob Kaiser's sister Pat, who is currently secretarying for the Hutchins Adv. Agency, but who is shortly to wed the boss, one Frank Hutchins '22 Doctor George Selkirk has recently moved to the Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, where he is completing his training in pediatrics, and expects to spend at least a year in Detroit concentrating on diseases of the blood Bill Prudden, wife Esther, daughter Ann (3) and son Douglas (1) are living in Lockport, N. Y. where Bill is in business with the Prudden Funeral Home. .... From Johnny Egbert comes word that he has recently started in business in his old home, Hamilton, Ohio, in a law partnership with two other lawyers, one of whom is of Big Green vintage '29.
From Gordie McCoun comes the following: "I have recently been transferred to Santiago, Chile, as Sales Manager for Panagra, and it's nice to be back after an absence of almost a year while on another assignment in Colombia and Peru. I saw Bill Webster in Lima last week and he is flying for PIA. I put in a year also in that capacity, flying the Andes run from Santiago to Buenos Aires and back: but gave it up for a ground job and like this much better." . .. . Jim Fuller, formerly with "American Druggist" has joined the Eastern Advertising sales staff of McCall Magazine J Bowie can now be reached c/o American Legation, Beirut, Lebanon Don Bridge is with the Albany Hardware Sc Iron Co., appropriately in Albany, N. Y Bob Woodard and family are living in Inglewood Country Club, Kenmore, Wash., but our intelligence is that this is a temporary move. Bob expects to be back at his regular post at Pratt Sc Whitney in Hartford before too many months slip into the past.
FOLLOWING THE STORK: Moose andPriscilla Dudis proudly showed off their son Roger Jr., born this past October, to the visiting Urbans a few months ago. Reports are that Moose is doing very well in his recently organized medical practice in hometown Athol, Mass Johnny Little in a letter to GeorgeHanna proudly announced the birth of his second child, William Geoffrey, born Sept. 20. Johnny's number one is two year old Jo Ann Stan Beskind and wife produced their "first edition" on January 6. He is Donald Haskell Beskind, weight unannounced.
WRITER OF THE MONTH: Bill Lee came up with a long overdue, but nonetheless appreciated letter, complete with a review of practically all '39 advances in the world of Medicine. Says Doctor Lee:
. . . /'Howie Pratt called me the other day and informed me that he is now Orthopedic Resident at the West Roxbury Veterans Hospital. That hospital, as many other Veterans Hospitals, has an excellent staff with unsurpassed training facilities.
I have seen Al Friedlich around on occasion, but don't know whether he is still stamping out disease at Mass. General Hospital or not.
My career has been so hashed up and busy that I don't see many fellows outside the profession. After Hanover, I went to the.University of Rochester Medical School, then Duke Hospital to intern. I later waited out Uncle Sam's greetings as a baked intern in Waterbury, but health made itimpossible for me to serve.
In 1945 I had a fellowship in surgery at theLahey Clinic for 13 months, where I ran into MaxGoldstein and Joe Pyrtek. Joe is still at Lahey, butMax is following a private practice in or aroundHartford, Conn.
For the past year and a half, I have been Assistant to Doctor Howard Clute '11 (until his death)and Doctor T. J. Anglem '27. Next July I go backinto the hospital grind again as resident of thetumor service at Meadowbrook Hospital, L. I..... An associate of mine has been stationed atFitzsimmons Hospital in Denver and sends backword that Jack Durrance is a big MD out there.He has married a local girl, (Stella Coulter) fromSmith and has started a ski team of his own, withJoanne 5½), Charis (3½) and John Jr.(1½ ) • Dick is also there with a ski shop, etc.
On occasion I get a bit of intelligence that fallsbeyond the scope of doctoring. Such is the caseconcerning George Pidge" Adams, who has recently given up his airline job to go into businesswith his brother-in-law selling electrical appliancesin Mississippi.My present address is 1180 Beacon St., Brookline 46, Mass.
THE CLEARING HOUSE: Just a brief note about our "special Class Memorial," which of course, has taken the form of rare and beautiful books for the Treasure Room of the Library. Since our "invitation" to contribute, attached to the Annual Report of last October, a sum of $154 has been added to our original $300 gift from the Class Treasury. This brings us close indeed, to the $500 mark. You might have noticed in the December issue of this MAGAZINE (page 21) that the first book has already been purchased. It is an edition printed in the 15th Century and bears our special bookplate with the names of all classmates lost in the recent war.
Secretary, P. O. Box 953, Round Hill Rd., Greenwich, Conn. Treasurer, 50 Phillips St., Boston, Mass. Class Agent, Box 215, Newburyport, Mass.
THIS BOOK IS THE GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1939 GIVEN IN LOVING MEMORY OF THESE. OUR CLASSMATES, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II PAUL B. DEWITT JOSEPH L. EG AN, JR. HENRY B. FLANNERY RAYMOND L. FRESE PHILIP W. HIDEN HERBERT M. J. ILLFELDER THEODORE K. JOHNSON WILLIAM V. JONES JAMES M. MATHES, JR. LLOYD W. NASH JOHN NEWMAN CHARLES H. PALMER SANDERSON SLOANE HERBERT VANDER VATE, JR. ROBERT A. WHIDDEN ROBERT V. YEUELL SPECIAL 1939 BOOKPLATE for memorial books honoring classmates lost in World War II.
