1936
The brew that made Milwaukee famous is apparently doing the very same thing for DougMiller. The last we heard he was district Sales Manager for Schlitz Brewing Co. here in New York; and now comes a Milwaukee addresswhich can only mean that Doug's really on the scene.... no doubt up to his neck in malt.
Another address change. ... for the one and only Wilfrid C. McLaughlin.... carries the core of another phrase in said person's career as a CPA. He's now affiliated with Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart (Detroit). Sounds like a' law firm to us; but it sure isn't.
Libby Gonnerman, in behalf of herself and Fred, announces the arrival of Hollace, on January 31. Welcome, little girl!
We have before us a clipping from a publication they put out quite regularly to tell who's who and who's there in Bermuda. There, big as life—bubbling over with sun and healthare Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coppedge.
It was our belief that after the write-up of Pete Fitzherbert in a recent column, he'd come through with a retort. He has done just thatand with some news to boot:
"After all the notoriety of your February column, I suppose I owe you a contribution. Until now, I was anxious to see these reunion pictures. Now I don't know whether I dare. I do know however, that I'm looking forward to the next already. That new reunion schedule has whetted my appetite.
The big class news around here which may have reached you from other sources (Ed. Note: It hadn't!) was the grand turnout at the annuai Boston Alumni Association dinner in February Twenty-four of us in all, including Dick Morton and Dune Newell at the head table. The others included Dick Knight, Cliff England, Bob Houlihan,Ted Dearborn, Dan Poor, Bill Kirk, Hank Mascarello, John Sullivan, John Reardon, Dick RubyFrank Weston, Ted Olsen, Tom Parke,r, Bob Ingersoll, Ken Langler, Lin Brigham, Vinnie Wentworth Bob MacPherson, Chet Young, CharlieBrooks, Bob Tyler and myself. With such a showing, some of us feel we should promote monthly class luncheons; and by the time this gets in print I hope we've had our first.
'My travels still extend into Maine where I pick up news of '36'ers from Brad Chase. He re- ports Art Lynch and Junie Allen as recent residents of Portland. Last fall, my business brought me to Bar Harbor at the height of their disastrous fire r i?,14? evacuated myself up to Bangor and John McK ernan s sofa. John was burned up (no pun) at the time, because he had been the only reporter up to that time to get into Bar Harbor, and his paper wasn t interested in his story. He is sports editor up there and I guess there was no sport in that story.
And there is no sport in our next episode, but curiously enough—it concerns both '36 luncheons and fires—in the same paragraph! It started back in June, 1936, when a bunch of us started carving a business career in the Big City (N. Y.—that is). A few of that bunch decided to meet every Monday for lunch. We found a little tea shoppe—with dainty portions and prices to match. "The Better 'Ole" they called it. Well, after three or four years of pleasant Monday luncheons, the Better 'Ole burned down-right to the ground. So '36 had to scout around and set up a chowline elsewhere. The Better 'Ole's successor—two blocks away—was the Frances Bell Inn. We were welcomed every Monday. The waiter got to know us even saved us a big table. Three weeks ago -yep, you guessed it-the Inn burned to the ground. Now, in searching for a third beanery, we're looked upon with suspicion. Are we pyromaniacs, or jinxes, or just plain unlucky? We know. ...and you should agree that there's still plenty of fire left in '36.
Dick Vail, our very able Social Director in these parts, arranged a swell cocktail party for '36'ers and wives or "friends." It brought forth a good turn-out, including some faces we hadn't seen for a mighty long time: Dickand Evelyn Coffin, the Bob Prentices, Lee andArt Wasserman, Ed and Betty Drechsel, Ruthand Norm Simon, the Bob Buttons, JohnSawyer and Nancy, Helen and John Wiesman,Sue and Fred Warne, Helen and Bill McNulty,Mon and Adele Greenbaum, Peggy and JackGreenwood, Betty and Art Levin, Al Flouton,Gene Anspaeh and Emmy Lou Finger, JackSmith (Yumi was stage-managing a hometown play in Connecticut), and George MacLeary (who was extricated from the commuter's rush line and dragged over to the Dartmouth Club). If any of you have any doubts about the potential success of one of these affairs, forget it. We who were there commend the idea to you on the Coast, in Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul, Cleveland—and all other points in all other directions.
Before we sign off, here's a news flash from The Denver Post, Feb. sth: "Topping the news of social importance is the announcement in Sewickley, Pa., by Mrs. Witherow Brown of that city of the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Marjorie McLeane, to Laurence Atchinson Jump, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Herbert A. Jump of Boston The couple have set no definite date for their wedding, which will take place within a few weeks." Which means —by deduction—that as of this date, our Bachelor Brigade has lost another member.
Have YOU become engaged, married, a parent?.... Have YOU a new job, a new house? Have YOU run into any o£ the gang? You see? There's a lot to write about. So?
Secretary, 4 Sunset Drive, Scarsdale, N. Y. Treasurer, 15 Broad Street, New York 5, N. Y. Class Agent, 74 Castlebar Rd., Rochester 10, N. Y.
