1950
While confidently waiting for the ice gnomes to march from their norways to bring some fluffy white stuff for the Carnival festivities, we are happy to note that a few more classmates ended their walks to the altar with success and that a few more "made it official." Most of these items are comparatively recent, showing either that spring isn't the only season when a young man's fancy does flipflops or that income tax exemptions are needed already. Ain't love grand?
THE HITCHING POST
Still hearing about marriages consummated many months back, we'll start off by quoting part of a letter Frank Barker wrote to his old roomie, Jim Myers, who lives downstairs in 201 and was kind enough to pass along the pertinent poop. "X married Elnor Elizabeth Parker on July 7," says Frank, "in Juarte, Calif., and have been in the Korean operations in Martin Mariners since late July. I've flown over 30 missions (of the 12 to 15 hour variety)." We feel it fair to ignore Frank's request not to mention his Navy Air Medal with two gold stars and a citation for a D. F. C.! When the Navy is through with him, Frank says he's headed right back to Hanover to finish up where he left off in '48.
Bill Streng has been so busy keeping Lou Foster's Tuck U accountants up to date on the current odds of an hour exam each class that he failed to inform us he married Joan Rathe Meckel on August 3 in Frankfurt, Germany. Dave Davis and his wife were attendants at the wedding of the couple who met when Bill was an interpreter with the American Army in Germany.
Charles Dewey and Betty Weber were wed in Storrs, Conn., according to Webb Gault who ushered at the November 24 ceremony. Inkadentally, Webb by now is in Japan doing work for the Department of Defense which previously had kept him busy in Washington, D. C.
Somehow we forgot to report the nuptial knot-tying of Brad Richardson and Ann Denigan in Pittsburgh November 25. One report we saw of the wedding said the ushers used a toboggan to get the guests to Ann's house through the record snowfall that hit town inopportunely.
George Harris found a favorable course back from the East and married Jane Seymour Reynolds in the Christ Episcopal Church in Coronado, Calif. The date was December 9.
Out in Seattle, Stan Frederick married Barbara Jane Rhodes December 29. Stan got a week away from "the thundering herd" and took a coach train ride westward but came back first class to his new Joisey apartment.
Bill Carpenter also wangled time away from5, his job to hitch up with Linda Morse in Westwood Village, Calif. Unless somebody sneaked in a marriage New Year's Eve, Carp's December 30 wedding was the last for 1950 in 1950.
WALKING THE LAST MILE
Down the hall from this cubicle a couple of classmate-roommates have surreptitiously started on the path to wedded bliss. GeorgeCarter became engaged to Sally White of Lancaster, N. H., on December 4, and LeeRoyer followed suit two weeks later, December 17, with Gisele Laliberta who's from Montpelier.
It was in December that Nev Chamberlain took the big step with Vally Taisoff of NYC. They plan a February 17 marriage and will honeymoon in Nassau before setting up house in Manhattan.
Last issue we missed the November 4 announcement that Bill Abernathy and Miss Patricia Ann Jaffer were betrothed. She's from Spring Lake, N. J., and a student of medical technology at the Stamford, Conn., Hospital. The future Mrs. A was a Colby Junior.
Another early-alphabet boy, "Jolly Cholly"Abbe, gave Joan Rowell a ring on December 29. She's also a Colby Jr. collegiate and from Akron, O. "Dodie's" prospective Benedict told us June 23 is it " Everybody be there for a blast!"
Two more Tuck students surprised no one by adding to Santa's gifts for young maidens. A. C. "Grubby" Dickson and Joy Steinbach announced on December 22 that they were looking forward to June 30. Having since seen the new convertible Grub has to pilot Joy around the Smith campus, we hope she'll be able to do something about that shocking pink paint job!
Bill Frenzel took off for vacation with assurances he wouldn't even see the gal and came back hooked by Ruthie Purdy of Nutley, N. J. She's a Togatowner, which leads one to wonder who did the hooking.
John Mac Donald, currently working in NYC, put a ring on the finger of Margaret Clarke over the holidays, in Miami, Fla., so the report has it. Mac and Maggie, another Skidmore senior, set the date for June 16.
Andy Oliver expressed surprise that Uncle Sam considered his physical fitness more important to the Army than the education of a hayseed. However, "Marry Jones (and that ain't no alias) received a rock this New Year's," so Andy may be reading his monicker in the department above ere long. At least he's number one Casanova, chronologically natch, of 1951.
Congrats and best wishes as appropriate, and for a peek into the future, Joe Medlicott penned this happy news northward, just too late for the last copy: "Just a note to let you know that A. G. Medlicott III arrived on the scene 19 October, 1950. Weight: 7 pounds 9 ozs. By now, the little lad is doing fine. Eats like a horse and sleeps all day. Great life!" Thanks for the card, Joe; congratulations, and in all fairness, an assist to wife Suzanne.
GRAPEVINE REPORTS
Pete Nott-age, who's been walking a yearlong last mile with Lois Carpenter, says he's planning on an April 4 wedding with BillDunford and Dick Ribble ushering. Pedro urges you all to stop by in Honolulu on your way west. Rib was in town a couple of weeks ago, and he said fellow Ensigns Don C.Hall and Amie Bochstruck had been reassigned with him from Washington to the carrier Essex.
News of others gleaned from The Tall One indicates that Dan Schausten is in Texas, by now starting a semester at Rice Institute so he can accept his Marine commission in June. Of the others in the Intelligence School delegation, Jim and Gene Hotchkiss are moving into the Office of Naval Intelligence and BobSisk, poor lad, is about to soak up vitamin 1) on Hawaii's sunkissed shores.
Being secure in his blues, our informant was able to refer to Bruce Parker's "ill-fitting khaki uniform" with impunity. Bruce, signaling in the Army, won the two-bit conducted tour of all the Washington hot spots .... the Smithsonian Institute, the Capitol, etc. We also learned that Austin Tobin is back in the Marine Corps after a delightful 14 days of law school.
Another Marine, Jack Coffman, is in the Signal Corps, running around Hungnam last we heard. Ted Bamberger sent along this item: "Wally Young left for the Army last night (December 1).. .. drafted." We understand that Red Rowe is in similar straights, and our roomie, Ken Hothchild, deftly tossed in the towel here at Tuck just before a tough hour exam, so he'll be joining the others soon no doubt. At least "The Rock" was accorded a nice sendoff, evidence of which still prominently stains the walls and ceiling.
Dick McSorley gave us the pleasure of a long letter from Cleveland where he had been in a sales engineering training program with the Aluminum Company of America. His departure from the Midwest was eased considerably by joining Duke Doolittle in the Statler lounge. Ever alert, Dick got some info on Mr. D, to wit, that he was employed by Duplicate Forms Co. an was "sweating out this draft too." Alcoa reportedly was losing another '50 Mike Mitchell, to Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Although the class agent's propaganda machine scooped us in publication, Dick had the clue on Fran Austin's law studies at B. U. before you read it in Custer Mufflestump's "Poor Man's Pumpkin." And to prove the inefficiency of 'so's politicos, Mr. McS. added that Bud Gleason is teaching history near Wellsville, N. Y., a fact that was omitted in last month's review of tutelage.
INKADENTAL INTELLIGENTZ
Charley Parr is with the National Brush Co. in Aurora, Ill Norwood Smith is an advertising copywriter for Melvin F. Hall Advertising Agency in Buffalo HowieWatts is an advertising salesman in NYC.
.... In the same line, Charley Gardner is working for J. Walter Thompson And here are some of the insurance moguls we haven't mentioned to date: Bob Ferguson,. underwriting with Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company in Gotham; Paul Rouillard, with Navy Reserve flying and Wharton Biz School taking too little time to keep him occupied, adding 17 hours a week in an insurance office; Fred Federlein, selling around Niagara Falls; Ed Sawyer, formerly of the Dartmouth Glee Club and not the Phillies, an agent in Leb'non, and Art Waterson, working in insurance statistics and underwriting with the Massachusetts Auto Bureau in Boston Dolph Cramer has been training with B. Altman in New York for several months now and supposedly did his best work in ladies lingerie .... the department, that is.
Unless we're beseiged with tid-bits from you out in the wide, wide world, we'll have toresort to news about Tuck Schoolers, so maintain what honor is left to this column. And don't forget the class boy should be arriving soon. Parents married after graduation who have a son this spring contact us so he can be properly acclaimed and honored. And thazz it.
Secretary, 301 Woodbury Hall, Hanover, N. H.
Treasurer, Lawyer's Club, Ann Arbor, Mich,
