1949

This is Carnival Week in Hanover (if there is any snow yet), so I guess a goodly number of you will wend your way back. It will be about the last time for us when there are still familiar faces up there to greet and party us. I, unfortunately, cannot make it this year, but I'll sure miss the good times.

Perhaps my biggest news of the month is about our January 21 luncheon in Cambridge at the Continental Hotel. All in all I sent out 320 invitations, trying to hit everyone residing in New England .... of those over 135 were students in Hanover who automatically were unavailable due to exam week following two days later (I had not figured on the schedule there being advanced a week). So that cut the number possible to about 180. Actually the luncheon was for alumni anyway, so those still in school should not feel left out—they will have their chances later. But this one was for those out of Hanover. Dave Vogels and I estimated that about one out of five would come, which was pretty close because it came to one in six—32 said "Yes." Then a bad snowstorm cut the number there to 23, so the response wasn't tremendous. But let me say this with all sincerity—those who came had a whale of a good time. Between the photographer, the excellent meal, the dancing girls, and the nearby bar—34 steps from the dining roomI counted them—we spent a very fine afternoon. I'm only sorry that more of you couldn't come. I even got a report that four diehards were there until 11:30 (those four being Harvey Nolan, Dick Desmond, VailHaak, and Bill Kimball). So it was really a swell blast, although small in numbers present. I deeply regret that Dave Vogels was unable to attend, being called out of town that weekend on Army Air Force Reserve duty, for Dave did most of the preparatory work for the luncheon and should have been able to at least share the swell meal. I want to make public acknowledgement of the swell job that Dave did. Thanks a lot.

Now I'll run down a list of those who did come, and try to give you a brief summary of each's activities—at least all they'd give me. Charlie Yardley is married and works in the Actuarial Dept. of the New England Mutual Life Insurance. Cos. Ritchie Hunt is at Bryant & Stratton, living in Bridgewater. Vail Haak, as already reported, is a traveling salesman. Dick Mdersch and Norm Crisp are both at Harvard Med. School (Previously reported by the "up-to-date" reporter as Louis Pasteur Med. School). Rocket Reed is General Manager of his dad's wool business, and doing right well. King Ball is in the Fire Insurance Rating Company. AI Wagner is a salesman for Coffin & Burr Inc. (Investment Securities) in Boston. Hank Williams is married and is at Harvard Business School as is Brayt Meyer, though single. Stew Dunham is at present a "gentleman of leisure" living in West Newton. Bill Kimball is married and in the engineering line in Stoughton. BertHowe is another of those traveling salesmen. Jim Zafris is at the Harvard Grad. School of International Affairs. Dick Desmond is "still fighting out the textile game." Dick was recently with the same Uxbridge firm that Bobby Amirault is. Dick, incidentally, was one of the few (including myself) who were hatless—he lost his in the Brink's case. He came in to the luncheon late, of course, probably after dodging the F.8.1. He also was one of the stars in the recent Boston Olympic —College All Stars charity game run by JackRiley to raise funds for brother Billy who recently badly broke his arm. Charlie Dodge is the salesman-representative of New England for the Allen Organ Cos. Bob Swift is married and a salesman for the Cities Service Oil Cos. Dick Moulton is married, a father, and selling investment securities for Lee Higginson Corp. of Boston. Don Kingsbury is selling farm machinery for Allis Chalmers. Harvey Nolan, as previously reported, is working for Union News in Grand Central, New York—he gets home to Woonsocket, R. I. occasionally and timed this trip to be with us. Art Wallace is a salesman for his dad's rug-manufacturing company. SummyArneson is a wool-scourer in a local plant, learning the wool business from the bottom up prior to setting himself up in business later.

Here's a little dope I got from the luncheon of guys elsewhere—Bob Parsons is working for Fitzhugh Paper Box Cos. in N. Y. TedKrug, married, is working for Cluett-Peabody (ARROWSHIRTS) in N. Y. Dean Cameron is at Harvard Law as is Bill Kerr. CharlieEaton is one of Swift's Baby Food's top salesmen. Foster Ellingwood is zone manager for International Harvester (sounds like a nice job). Scott Whipple is a salesman for McCoy Lumber Cos. Fred Ameluxen is at the University of Oregon, Dave Bergamini at Oxford in England, Dave Cotton at the University of Georgia. Paul Richwagen is an assistant camp director and teacher at Dover, Mass. Bog Reineke is a preceptor & grad student at Colgate. Charlie Morris is a research analyst in the Army in Washington.

Letter from Ralph Greenhouse says that he's engaged to Leila Ellen Roth of Newark, N. J. and a June wedding is planned. Ralph's now out at the Univ. of Wisconsin in graduate work in Anthropology. He says MikeBernkopf has a junior executive position in New York's Altmans.

Jack Robinson writes that he too is engaged to a Miss Adele Gates' of East Sumner, Me. Jack's at the Bentley School of Accounting in Boston.

Letter from Jack Everatt's sister writes that he is a sales representative for Easterling Silver Cos. in Florida and is doing splendidly. He hopes to be one of those up at Carnival.

An anonymous letter from Rockville Centre, N. Y., announces the engagement of Frank Munson to Miss Barbara Wright of the same town. Thanks to whoever sent the news.

Letter concerning Roger Sheldon says that he's over in Northern Italy in a tour with several English colleges (Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, etc.) doing a lot of skiing, touring the land, and having a generally swell time. Roger has been awarded his letter insignia on the Oxford ski team. He has vacationed from Oxford several times with Mark peer, also of our class. His letter home, which his father was kind enough to forward to me, is very interesting in describing the life of the Alpine Italians.

One last letter from Charlie Fay (Lt. at Quantico). He's in school down there with Matt Fenton and Dean Merrill of our class. His main point in writing was to take away the honor I bestowed on his old Wigwam neighbor, Fran Chase, as Charlie claims the title of 1949 Post-Graduate Baby belongs to the daughter—Jan Colleen—presented to him July 26 by his wife Norma. So unless someone can precede Charlie's "claim," I'll have to switch the honor to the Fays.

That's all I have room for this time, gang. I'll be back again next month for another exciting serial of " '49 Faces Life." Don't miss it. Also don't forget Johnny Stockwell needs your support in the Fund Drive. Help the College by helping John!

1949 Fund Contributors

K4 Gifts Total gifts: $368.50

PARENTS

(We have tried to list with the respective classesall the parents -who gave such vital assistance tothe Alumni Fund of 1949, whether through giftsof their own or through sending gifts for theirsons. To those parents whose help in sending giftsfor their sons we may not have identified, equalthanks.)

Swartz, Mr. & Mrs. T. J. Ungar, Elaine C.

MEMBERS

Abrahamsen, N. E., Jr. Adler, John Ballard, William A. Bateman, Frank E. Blackwood, Russell T. ILL Borregard, Roger Campbell, G. M., 3rd Drake, Reynolds Felton, Lester M. Kresge, Howard N., Jr. McFalls, Richard Mansfield, Jefferson R., Jr. MiJlemann, Raymond E.

Morris, Charles K. New, Peter K. M. Pomeroy, John N., Jr. Rooney, James R., 2nd Rosenfield, Jay Silver, Stuart R. Sullivan, Joseph C. Taft, Alexander M. Tillson, Robert H. Ungar, Harry F. Urstadt, Charles J. Wallace, Helmut R. Wilde, Roger C., Jr.

D. N. A. A.

D.N.A.A. Fund Contributors

34 Gifts Total gifts: $158.00.

Becker, Karl E. Bullock, Robert F. Burrus, William J. Campbell, John B. Cook, Robert E. Fagerholm, Robert K. Fieldman, Noah Fisher, John F. Gifford, Stanley E., Jr. Gilbert, Alvin E. Gleber, Jacob A. Hickev, Herbert A. Hughes, George J. Inda, Floyd Jones, Ivor H. Logan, Joseph A., Jr. Marlborough, Robert E. Mauer, Gerard M.

Meier, Theodore M. Mond, Ralph Nicolais, Anthony L. Noble, Donald W. Raub, Joseph F., Jr. Reed, Benjamin R. Richardson, Lester E., Jr. Royall, Ivey G., Jr. Schetky, Malcoln O. Schoelles, C. M. Silliman, Sheldon D. Simmons, Robert S. Souder, Edward G. Wade, Arthur S., Jr. Welt, Richard E. White, Donald H. Wosinski, Joseph K. Young, George E., Jr.

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