1936
The summer has twice brought us the sad word of the passing of grand guys and great friends. Most of us doubtless learned of LockyBarr's death through the August issue of Tithe and we regret to add the name of BobLake at this time. To Jane Barr and Frances Lake the Class has expressed its deep sympathy and we call your attention to the obituaries of both classmates in the In Memoriam section of this issue.
We, as you, find it difficult to proceed with business as usual following news of this character but by selecting a subject in which both Locky and Bob took an active interest we continue with word on the Alumni Fund campaign just concluded. The Class of '36, with enthusiastic and skillful steering by yearling Class Agent Pete Fitzherbert, came up with the highest participation and the greatest dollar contribution to the Fund in its history! "Don't overlook the swell cooperation I got from Joe Cunningham, with his editorship of Tithe, Bill Klingaman and his cartoons, not to mention the aggressive and complete support the assistant agents gave me"—puffed Pete as he chugged past the finish line. To that we add "Amen" and a resounding slap on the back to Pete for a corkin' piece of leadership.
By now Art Funk is probably back in Gainesville, Fla., but in June we had a note from his professorship from France—Joinville-le-Pont (Seine), to be precise. "I have been on leave of absence from the University of Florida doing research in France for the whole year. It has been some trouble with two children aged one and four, but we have made out surprisingly well. Plan to come back to the States in August"... is the way we translated Art's English. Our records show that the four-year-old is Laurence but we need more statistics on the new one, Art... .
When his dad was named chairman of the corporation, Buster May found himself elected president of the May Department Stores last June. For a number of years Buster has been a director and vice president and until recently was general manager of the FamousBarr downtown and Clayton stores in St. Louis.
Extractions from a letter from Chan Libbey out in Livingston, Mont.:
"My contact with Indians runs more to Crows than Dartmouths, but I did run into ]ohnny Favour down in Lagona, Calif., a year ago. He's in the contracting business down there, and in the intervening years has latched on to a fine wife, and three (I think) deductions. I ranched out here from '34 until I sold the place last year, and now I'm just betwixt and between. Spent a year on the training circuit Uncle Sam operated in 1943, and a year studying flora and fauna of the ETO in '44 and '45. In '43 I was working on the ration board here and one evening a fellow wandered in for some extra gas coupons. Seems he was just moving into this neck of the woods from the western part of the state and his cattle trucks had run out of gas. Turned out to be Ben Stein and he is still ranching on his place about ten miles north of town. Ben and Hil have five youngsters whereas Mary and I, even with the headstart of having been married in June of '34 have only three, Chandra, age 16, Chan 11, age 13, and Christopher, age 9."
'Twas a swell letter, Chan, but we did a lot of ponderin', pahdner, on such subjects as what's it like to be retired, even temporarily, at say 37, or being sire to a 16-year-old. .. . Yipesl
It's pretty hard for us to keep tabs on the doings of Dick Dorrance. A few columns ago we got him married and off for a flying honeymoon in Europe; now we find that points of call included such spots as the Azores, Lisbon, Madrid, Toledo, Algiers, Tunis, Rome, Naples, Venice, Genoa, Cannes, Paris, Zurich, Bern, Geneva, London, Edinburgh, Stirling and Prestwick for the flight home. Quite unexpectedly, Dick bumped into Ed Brooks in the lobby of a famous Paris review during intermission. The daylight exposure, appearing elsewhere in the column, records their meeting in another famous French setting. Back in the States, Dick has landed a new set of offices and a job to his complete liking as Director of Public Relations and Press Information for the Mutual Broadcasting System. ... Caught a picture of Al Gibney in the Springfield Union which portrayed Gib in the role of Chairman of the Pioneer Valley Association, one of just many of his civic extra-curricular commitments.... Word from Bill Frick on the arrival of young Robert Henry Frick, new brother for Betty and Billy, ages 4 and 2 respectively.
Ask anybody who works for the Chambers Bros. Company in Philadelphia who the president of their machinery manufacturing firm is and they'll tell you LincL Bettison, presently a resident of Rosemont, Pa... . Sometime when you're driving along Rural Route 1 out of Sumner, Wash., take a look at Box 460; according to scouts out there it belongs to Al Bunker, products salesman for Standard Oil of California You never saw two more tickled parents for the first time than Tony Muello and Esther—Karen Ann's her name and she became a citizen on May 8. ... From the north country we learn that principal-coach at Maine's Guilford High School, Phil Clark, has been named to take over the baseball and basketball coaching duties at Cony High School. Phil's teams have consistently ranked among the leaders in eastern Maine so it's not hard to go along with the school board on this one.
One of nine doctors from Boston and vicinity to be elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ed McGrath took the election in stride. In case you are shopping for a good man in this department, Ed is on the staff of the Children's Hospital, Milton Hospital, St. Margaret's Hospital and is chief in pediatrics in the out patient department at the Carney Hospital.. .. It's wedding bells in the distance for Blake Hughes, manager of promotion and research for Architectural Record magazine. Miss Betty Jean Wolf is the bride-to-be; she is an alumna of Michigan State College, later studied at Boston University and presently is a member of the personnel department of the United Nations in New York Usually reliable sources report Little League pilot Ted Olson's ball club coasted to the championship in their division —still think the Red Sox better take another look, Theodore.
We hope we have license to lift from awelcome note from Jack Stiles, MorleyMurphy Company's Executive Vice President,who says:
"Mabel and I haven't done much to produce candidates for Dartmouth. Our tribe consists of three girls—Cynthia, who is 10, Stephanie—7, and Christine—4. Ex-roommate Jim Pearson also had three girls but then came through with a boy the fourth time around. At the hardware convention in Alantic City I saw Bud Wolfe who at that time was with Revere; I understand he has since gone into the plastics field, however. Bike Baron HuffyHuffman was also at the convention. This spring had a nice visit with Jim Conkling of Columbia Records whose line we distribute here in Wisconsin. Jim was in the process of moving his family from California to the East coast."
Incidentally, we'll pay regular editorial rates to any of the guys mentioned in Jack's letter if'n they care to whip up a piece about themselves.
July 14 was a big day for '36ers in the Northeast... the squire of Framingham, Mass., Bob MacPherson, and good wife Debbie opened their estate for general frolic, beverages of all sorts, baseball, golf-on-the-terrace and dinner under the stars ... there hasn't been a better take since the Indians burned Royalton! Wives and kids came by the carload and the guys what brung 'em included such as Ken Langler, Chet Young, TedOlson, Bill Macurda, Mac Hill, Pete Fitzherbert, Vin Wentworth, Bob Ingersoll, BobHoulihan, Dick Knight, Des Stewart, HarryCoronis, Dick Morton, Ted Dearborn, FrankWeston, Ed Higbee, Tony Muello, and Tommy Thomas.... It's two bars (on the shoulder) and the jump seat again for EdNilsson who has just been called back for 17 months minimum. Ed has sold his country place in Concord, Mass., got himself elected a director of the Van Dusen Aircraft Company for whom he was working and now he's headed, temporarily at least, for Washington and a job with the world's largest airline, MATS. Says he hopes it's nothing serious. Appropriate services in the form of cocktails were held for Captain Ed at the penthouse retreat of Frank Weston. Approximately so of the guys and dolls mentioned above assisted at the take-off.
PARIS BOULEVARDIERS: Ed Brooks '36 (I) and Dick Dorrance '36 strike an insouciant pose for Mrs. Brooks outside the Palace de Chaillot. The background was included tor authenticity.
Secretary, 21 Leewood Rd., Wellesley 81, Mass. Treasurer,80 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, Knight & Gilbert, Industrial Trust Bldg., Providence 3, R. I.
