1936
Since you guys and this column last got together the bosses have pulled the switch. Following the customary meeting in the smokefilled room you got yourselves a new slate. Have faith, though, there'll be another election in five or six years and maybe the Republicans will get in!
Our first order of business is a published vote of appreciation in the name of the class for the grand jobs done by the last administration. Norb Hof man, Jacko Morrison, JoeCunningham and Bob Paterson, stand upyou did yourselves proud and we want you to accept our sincere thanks for a triple A performance in every case. Without singling out any one of the above for an extra bouquet, the mere statistic that Jacko has served the class as treasurer for nine years is an interesting one. At least Frank Weston will think so when he finds cash in the till and no payables.
We'll try to make our first run as "newsy" as the material on hand will permit. So's to start the ball rolling we'll quote from a letter Norb Hofman sent us in the course of turning over the reins:
"On July 30, Ruth and Ed Brooks finally hit the jackpot, literally; they had a little boy (I don't know his name), who joins three little girls Not too long ago Bob Prentice changed jobs within General Foods; he switched from associated ad manager of the Maxwell House Division to the same title in the Calumet Division; now he's head over heels in baking powder About a month ago, I noticed Al Flouton's picture in the local press—to celebrate his appointment as a vice president of Compton, Inc. (advertising). Al services the Procter and Gamble account, I believe You knew, perhaps, that Bill McNulty has been transferred by Graybar Electric to head up their Syracuse office; understand he's having a tough time, since several of his men up there have already been called back into Service (Marines)."
Norb sent along a clipping from a New York paper showing Buster May holding a pair of Hildegarde's panties! Seems like Jinx Falkenburg, for her column, ran across the story that Buster, by fast and resourceful action, had been able to call Hildegarde's bluff when the pseudo-French warbler publicly renounced the May Company for not stocking 23-inch blue nylon snuggies. The article went on to mention that Buster is the youngest member of the Boy Scout Executive Council.
We note that Biidcl Schulberg's prize-ring novel, The Harder They Fall is reportedly being made into a movie by RKO. There's pretty good evidence that our new treasurerFrank Weston, rates with the accounting fraternity; he's just been made a partner in the firm of Arthur Young & Company, whose Boston office he manages. Newsman EdDrechsel writes from San Francisco that in a recent issue this column tampered a bit with his heritage and figures we can get closer to the right spelling of the last name with practice our apologies, Ed, and thanks, too, for recounting your busy extra-curricular doings which include school trustee, cub scoutmaster, teaching Sunday School and singing in the choir. We don't blame your good wife for organizing a cooperative kindergarten.
For the first time in history there will soon be a patter of tiny feet in England's palace at Manchester-by-the-Sea. England's new princess Marilyn was born July 25 to Clifford, Duke of Woodholm and his lovely Duchess, Phyllis.
The Boston Alumni Association's annual golf outing was well patronized by classmates including Ted Olson, Dick Knight, TonyMuello, Bob Ingersoll, Vin Wentworth, BobMacPherson and Dick Morton. Brother Wentworth stumbled in with low gross for the tourney, a lousy 73. (Jerry King, please note.) Bob MacPherson let on that he had seen RedRiley this summer during Red's vacation. All Rileys were reported enjoying G. F.'s interlude between semesters as professor-coach at the Nichols School in Buffalo, N. Y. Got a second-hand report that Sub Harris transferred his chattel briefly this summer to Boston or Providence once up this-a-way Sub found the call of the cactus too great and back he trekked to Houston. Maybe someday, Sumner, you'll fill in the details for us. New Director of Fish and Game for New Jersey is Ad Underhill; you Jerseyites better buy licenses for your rods and guns on accounta the last time we met Ad in this woods we knew which of us had been eating the Wheaties.
Connecticut Mutual Life, recognizing talent in the ranks, has installed Paul Guibord as general agent in their sixth largest agency, New York City Those of you who overlooked the May 12 issue of the Portland (Maine) Herald missed a very dignified picture of Dune Newell together with the rundown of his election as vice president of the First Portland National Bank, Maine's largest national money-trap. Mainiacs Chase, Whitney, MeKernan, at al. beware of Newell's portfolio containing whiskey in bond for the long haul. Raphael Hillyer spent a month this summer at Aspen, Colo., as a member of the Juilliard Quartet, famed string ensemble; in addition to concertising at the Aspen Institute Summer Program, Raph did a bit of teaching on the side. When this reaches your letter box, Joe Bishop will have been married about six months. Susan Carrol Oulahan of Washington, D. C., is Joe's bride. As near as we can make out Joe and Susan are at home to all classmates travelling in Germany since Joe's job is assistant to the General Counsel, United States High Commission there. In case you fail to make connections with Joe in Deutschland keep an eye peeled for Herb Higgins, new head of the Industry Branch, Berlin Element, Office of the U. S. High Commission for Germany. Herb is programming the rehabilitation of West Berlin's industrial plant and encouraging sales in Western Germany and overseas markets of West Berlin-produced goods. Looks like a German major plus three years as chief of the Berlin Branch of the Joint Export-Import Agency came in handy!
Joe Berman ran around most of the summer with his hands clapped over his ears, having been an umpire in Boston's South Shore High School League; Joe is athletic instructor and on the faculty of the Hull (Mass.) Memorial School. A post card from Frank Weston on vacation reported running into Bob Warren at LaGuardia Airport while switching planes
.... need more details, Bob. Here's one from our "we-wonder-if-we're-right" department: could it be that the producer at the North Shore Summer Theatre was Blake Johnson '36? As of September 1, Al Gibney takes over as vice president of Knight and Gilbert Advertising Agency, whose headquarters are in Providence, R. I. It's the agency business for Al after guiding the advertising and sales promotion fortunes of first the Strathmore Paper Company and then the National Blank Book Company. Speaking of advertising reminds us that the July issue of Advertising Age contained a story of Ruthrauff and Ryan and in one of the illustrations we spotted Ben Mayer's smiling countenance—Ben is R & R's assistant director of media. If we recall correctly the Moyers spent Ben's vacation at Eastham on Cape Cod. Speaking of vacations reminds us that our Hanover informers report stopovers there by vacationers Dang Scherman, Doug Robertson, Roy Coppedge, GeorgeBrown, Art Wasserman and Johnny Bouker (Lt. Col. USMC). In accepted fashion, all were accompanied by their wives.
Looks like we better saw this off about here. Be reminded, however, that we can't write poems to fill up this space in the issues to come so send us anything that's fit to print. In fact, as a mild stimulant toward filling our pipeline we are offering a very worthwhile reward to the sender of the letter bearing the earliest postmark, etc.
THE BOSTON CONTINGENT OF 1937 AT BILL BROWN'S GLOUCESTER CLAMBAKE, JUNE 23
Secretary, 21 Leewood Rd., Wellesley 81, Mass.
Treasurer, 80 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.
