1944
We might not be big spenders, but we sure are consistent. Like the St. Louis Browns. However, we were nosed out of the cellar spot in our particular Green Derby by the erstwhile forces of '43.
1944 came in like an old arm-pit in the Participation Index, ranking 63 out of 65 classes.
The 324 contributors, who comprised the 59 score in participation, did salvage the day by generously bringing in 73% of our quota .. . putting us in the No. 50 spot in that department.
"Wait 'til next year!"
On the brighter side of the news, we can feel a deep sense of pride in our proficiency in prolificy ... and in our self-styled champion Warren Sullivan. The following might well prove crushing to such proud parents of twins as Bud Isner, Buff Crawford Hills and Don Pfeifle ... but between 11:57 PM on the night of April 26 and 12:04 AM on the morning of April 27, Terry Sullivan presented to Warren a complete choral group .. . respectively, Peter Barry, William Charles and Jeffrey Warren!!!
Sully, presently Sales Manager for Wiley & Sons, and given with an ability to get at the heart of a problem, summarily bundled up his belongings, Terry, the Choral group, and Daughter Kathy, three, and made directly for his father-in-law's home.
Sully occasionally gets to see John Callow, WOR magnate, and Bill Saunders, bicycle repairman (X think) ... and mentions seeing "Needle" (now "Sausage") Allen wield a mighty racquet at one of the local tennis emporiums. The draft situation has put the squeeze on his baseball club and he no longer has the pleasure of lining extra base blows through banker George Pert. Bud Talley, another New Jersey running mate, was recently transferred to Elmira.
While on the subject of those little rascals which gladden so many hearts and shatter so much sleep, the Rocky Davidsons have given Washington, D. C., its first cause to cheer since Herbert Hoover, when young James Hamilton made his appearance on May 11. The Sperk Welches gave Debbie, two, a sister Kathryn, in June. Through absolutely no fault of her own, the little lady's hair sticks straight up in the air, which has resulted in the uncharitable nickname of "Crewy" after the Dick Tracy arch scoundrel of the same name.
On June 25 Red and Joan Peabody took out their first subscription to diaper service when Susan Wentworth was born. Red is a Portland, Me., Attorney.
On the military scene, the recall has not been as severe as anticipated.. . but certainly severe enough for lawyer Dick Whiting, now back commanding a company of Infantry, for Merle Hagen now administering Testing and Selection at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Jacksonville, Fla., and for Bob Hawkins now back with the Leathernecks training in Virginia.
A series of strong feelers were sent out to Hose Craig over the summer months, and at this writing I'm not sure whether he is selling advertising space or "Military Courtesy and Discipline." For a while there was some question about Jack Sterling being called back into the Marines, but that seems to have subsided in his favor. He recently moved to Detroit from New York.
On the scholastic scene we picked up a couple of Master erf Art degrees last spring. Tom Magoon won his from the University of Minnesota, and Tom Crowder, his from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. No wily West Pointers, they. LenLandry is over in Paris studying for his Doctor's Degree.
Though scarcely through his first month of Benedict-hood, Howie Pennington displayed a bit of the old sporting spirit to send along the news of Bob Hawkins' recall to the Marines, of Jack Murphy practicing law in Boston with Parker, Coulton, Daley, & White, ... of Buzz Beattie plying the same trade out in Seattle ... and of Ren and Vivi Smith being transferred from Casablanca to the Port Lyantey Standard Oil fields. Bud Park, one of Howie's ushers, and spouse Dorcas locked up their respective law offices for an extended vacation trip to Cuba. Howie is with Wellington Sears in NYC and frequently sees EdSeidman, textile broker with Heinman and Seidman, who has offices in the same building.
There have been some excellent bridal selections since the last writing. Allen Pickard, and Ruth Gormely of East Haven, Conn., were married in New Haven on April 28. Allen is on the faculty of the U. S. Military Academy Preparatory School at Stewart Field.
Stan Barr and lovely Carol Newman of Irvington, N. J., were married at the Hampshire House in NYC on May 23. After honeymooning in Bermuda they settled down in Auburn, N. Y., where Stan is with the Barr Show Co.
On June 3, Ralph Pringle and pretty Elizabeth Hays were married in the Christ and King Church in Tulsa, and sped off to Guatemala for a wedding trip.
Jack McManus and Marie Thorpe of Cambridge, Mass., should have been Mr. and Mrs. tor a couple of months now, according to a May 23 announcement clipping from the Boston Record. Jack's dad, incidentally, is night city editor of the Boston Post... and I've got nothing from the Post to substantiate the above assumption.
Bruce Thompson and Persis Owen (Earl's sister) of Lynchburg, Va., were married at the Centenary Methodist Church on June 30. Bruce didn't advise for which Shangri-la they were destined.
We have another "possible" here ... JohnDennison and Priscilla Cobb of Franklin, Mass., made known plans for a summer wedding last April. Now that Labor Day is past, and the sincere cocoanut straw is theoretically replaced by the felt snap brim, I assume that they are married.
Best congratulations to all.
There are some very attractive prospective nuptials in the offing. Joe Dryer and Pat Kelly of New York, an editor of Harper'sBazaar, are buying furniture. Gil Frank and Rosalie Halbren of New York are planning on an October wedding. Dave Judson and Louise Katz also plan to tie the knot this fall.
Like most things these days, there is some question of space shortage for these essays ... and in the interests of complying with regulations and saving a few fascinating selections for next month I'd better put a period mark here.
MARINE PILOT Bob McLaughry '44 and his son Bruce, now one year old, photographed earlier this year when Bob left for Korea as Captain with the First Marine Air Wing Squadron. The youngest son of football coach Tuss McLaughry has been flying a night-fighter and, according to "Naval Aviation News/' had an exciting re-introduction to combat flying, including the night incendiary and explosive ammunition began to explode in each wing just outside the cockpit. With holes blown in the wings and fire licking at the wing supports, he was about to parachute when the fire went out, allowing him to land safely.
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