1927
Back in October we had a fine letter from Ceb Lee giving us considerable information on his activities for the past 10 years. Ceb's home is in Oak's Corners, N. Y., where he has been very active in yacht racing, particularly in Star Class boats. Racing these days has taken him to Chicago, Long Island, Havana, Nassau and New Orleans. Last year he was on the U. S. Olympic Yachting Team and went to England for those races. The results are history: two firsts, one second, one third and one tenth, in five classes against si competing nations. After that Ceb went on to Portugal where he acted as Race Committee for the Star Class World's Championship and there officiated instead o£ racing. We believe that he is the only member of the class to have made an Olympic team. In business Ceb has his own company manufacturing concrete pipe and building highway guard fence, with offices and plant in Oak's Corners and Harrisburg, Pa. Ceb's company built the guard fences on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which was the largest contract o£ its kind ever let. Ceb's other outside activities are as a director of the National Bank of Geneva and President of the Geneva General Hospital.
Frank Cloran and his very attractive bride, Kay, came over to Boston for the Harvard game and we spent a very enjoyable evening with them at the Dartmouth Alumni dinner dance at the Copley Plaza. Frank appears to be in excellent health again and seemed justifiably happy and proud to introduce his good wife. He reported attending Dartmouth Night at the New York Club where he saw Tom Hession, Rog Bury and Bill St. Amant.
We are indebted to Dick Pearson '20 fortwo clippings regarding Ed Minev, AssociateCommissioner of Education, U. S. Office ofEducation. The first was an article fromScholastic Magazine of September 28 carryinga good picture of Ed, the title of which was"Let's Practice What We Preach" and thegeneral subject matter concerned ways tomake a school more democratic. From ThePublic School Life of October we got thenotice that Ed has been named Director ofArmed Forces Education Program. We quote:
"Edwin H. Miner, Associate Commissioner of Education, U. S. Office of Education, since July 1947 has been named Educational Director of the Armed Forces* Education Program, Armed Forces Information and Education Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
"Mr. Miner will serve as director and staff advisor for ihe Armed Forces Education Program which was organized by the Army during World War II and now extends to all armed services. Millions of servicemen in all theaters of operation were offered educational opportunities through this program during the war. At the present time through 1,500 educational centers, 1,000 of which are overseas, the armed forces educational program is carried on by 2,500 instructors, 1,500 of whom are civilians. USAFI courses enroll 107,000, university correspondence courses 6,300. Educational centers register 57,000 students, and civilian schools 6,000.
"Mr. Miner has already entered upon his new duties."
A recent edition of the Boston Herald showed a picture o£ Jay Willing with his wife and son, Robert, embarking on a train for Los Angeles to attend a national convention of Accountants. Jay, as you know, is a certified public accountant, and is a member of the firm of Patterson, Teele and Dennis.
Curt Wright dropped us a very friendly note to inform us of the arrival of Curtis Wright 111, born October 29 in Chicago. The Champaign, 111. barrister and his good wife, Eleanore, went up to Chicago so that Curt could attend a dinner meeting at which Al Dickerson and Bob Hage were speaking to Alumni Interviewing Committee members. Curtis 111, decided to arrive at that time and so was born in the same Chicago hospital where his older sister, Wickie, arrived some seven years ago.
Curt also informs us that he talked by telephone with Hank Orth who is now located in Milwaukee with H. C. Miller and Company. We understand that Hank was recently elected President of the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
The Upper Darby, Pa. News recently announced the marriage of Will Shaw to MissHelen Emily Brereton, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Thomas L. Brereton of Lansdowne, Pa.The bride is a graduate of Drexel Institute.They took a wedding trip on Cape Cod andare now living in Brooklyn.
The Worcester Gazette of October 4 carried a picture of the top executives of theirCommunity Chest Campaign and among thefour top executives we see the young andsmiling face of Paul O'Connell who is budgetchairman.
Mike Ketz has recently been elected Controller of W. T. Grant Company. Mike has been with this company since 1928 and has served as assistant controller since 1940.
Among those fortunate people who were able to visit Hanover Inn during October we find Paul Hannah, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Wesselmann and family of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. O'Connell.
A matter of '27 interest, in spite of the fact that it makes us feel older, is the fact that nine of our classmates have sons registered in the Freshman Class. They are the sons of Bill Abbott, Rog Bury, Ed Fowler, HaroldKoerner, Don O'Hara, Dick Pierson, JohnPike (whose son comes all the way from Mexico City), Carey Stiff and John Upham. Of course, you know that Gus Cummings older boy is now in the Junior Class and FrankCoulter's boy is a sophomore.
It was with very deep sorrow that we learned of the death of Dick Hall's mother, Mrs. E. K. Hall, on Saturday, October 15. Mrs. Hall had been a resident of Hanover for some years and was an extremely loyal friend of the Class of 1927. The Class of 1927 has suffered a great loss in the passing of Dick's mother. Your Secretary and Bob Funkhouser represented the Class at the funeral.
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Mass.
Treasurer and Memorial Fund Chairman
Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
