1944
You will be saddened to hear of the untimely death of John Churchill. John was the victim of a tragic mountain climbing accident in the Swiss Alps. Further details will be found in the In Memoriam section this month or next.
There has been a further depletion of the bachelor ranks throughout the summer months. Rudolph Whitten and Marion Nelson were married in Maplewood, N. J., on April 28, with Bob Conroy in attendance. Rudy and bride will live in Rutland, where the groom is representing the American Cyanamid Cos.
And on May 3, Jim Rueh and pretty Francis Collins tied the knot in Pelham Manor. A week later, Mat Finn and Rose Marie Straus of New Rochelle took their vows.
Then into June, when Dick Allen and Ann Kilbride of Harrington Ill., were married on the 21st. They will live in Providence, where Dick is working for his Doctor's degree in Physics at Brown University. Herb Wolff and pretty Mary Davie.s of White Plains also chose the 2 ist for.tjjeir wedding day.
Next day, Fob Tompa and jane Ruth Post of Brielle, N. J., were married down at Sea Girt... then hopped aboard the new UnitedStates for a record-breaking run to Europe and a continental honeymoon. Bob is an instructor at the Manasquan (N. J.) High School.
And "Moose" Musser got into the act the following Saturday when he and Betty Lou Shattuck of Peterborough, N. H., strolled down the aisle of the Union Congregational Church. Dave MacGregor was in the wedding party. After a brace of weeks down at Virginia Beach the bride and groom returned to Manchester where the "Moose" is with the R. P. Burroughs Cos.
Congratulations and best wishes to all!
Apparently law and order has come to the badlands. Max "Highpockets" Edwards has been named assistant district attorney in the Fifth Judicial District of New Mexico. Finding the route to the first million tougher that way, "Highpockets" plans to return to civil practice in January. He reports that he is still single but has built a hacienda in Hobbs, N. M., "a kind of Wayside Inn for itinerant lease brokers, female temperance leaders of the Bible Belt, and gentle dogs." He stocks more scotch than groceries, and would be happy to have any of you guys (with clean records) stop in. Recalling those earthy discussions with Willy Ard in Sanborn, Max feels a patronly satisfaction in seeing that Bill has "put sex on a paying basis." For you guys still driving a '49 Ford, contact Max regarding Life in near-by Midland, Tex. "The only difference between the rich and the poor (in Midland) is that the poor people have to wash their own Cadillacs."
Horace Blood, now an Army medico, is chief of Ear, Nose and Throat at a 1000-bed hospital in Osaka, Japan. A staunch New Hampshire Republican, Horace found his recent luncheon companion, John Eisenhower, a "very nice guy." Before going overseas, Horace ran into Harry Morse in Toronto where they took their American Board examinations in Otorhinolaryngology (their last and final exams in the field of Ear, Nose, and Throat), the CraigMacbeths with new baby daughter in Orange, N. J., and Jim Deakins at Iranis Air Force Base in California.
A labor book written by Dr. Joe Goldstein has "startled Britain, Right, Left, and Center," according to a New York Times dispatch from London. Joe put in five years' research on a large transit union while studying for his doctorate at the University of London on a Fulbright scholarship. His revealing report has given the English editorial writers many weeks food for indignation (against the state of the union situation) Joe is now back in the states and begins work as chief law clerk for one of the justices of the U.S. District of Appeals in Sept.
Dr. Brad Long has gone into private practice in association with two other San Francisco doctors.... "Hose" Craig is now in Yokohama, should be coming back soon (we hope)... ran into Rock and Dottie Davidson when I was in Washington recently, and for the first time, met their little son Jim. A real tiger, that lad. The stork is scheduled to bring him a playmate in September.... Dick Whiting is either officially out, or almost out, of the Army... on the way home from Washington I met Junius Hoffman and his pretty spouse Jean in Hershey. They were en route to Maine for their vacation, and coincidentally enough, crossed paths with Rocky Davidson in a Washington traffic jam the next day. Junius is now practicing law in Columbus.
Dick Rondeau has been named hockey coach of Providence College. Hockey has not been a varsity sport at the school in the past, and Dick will be starting from scratch. He has already set a schedule for next year. In announcing his appointment, the ProvidenceJournal called Dick "one of the ablest college hockey players of all time" and recalled his final college game against Middlebury when he scored 12 goals and 11 assists.
Elsewhere in coaching, Rog Antaya, civilian director of athletics at Boiling field, will bring his fighting eleven up to Syracuse for the season's opener on September 20. His grid squad had a 7-3 record last year and promises to do better in '52. Maj. Sam Ketcham, former Michigan State star, is assistant coach.
John Handy has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to further his studies in city planning at King's College in Durham, England. . . . Bob Rowland and Virginia Stead of Milton, Conn., announced their engagement in June shortly before Bob was recalled to active service with the Navy ....Alan Rose is with the Bell Tel. Labs in Murray Hill, N. J. ... Bev Chaney is working with the Colonial Restoration Publishing Cos. in Williamsburg, Va. . .. Dr. Lan Mac Donald has set up shop in Orlando, F1a.... McGregor Barbour is a drilling contractor in Tulsa, Okla. ... and HaroldJamison, another oiler, is a field engineer with Baraid Sales Division in George West, Tex. . .. Major Walt Price at the Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii. .. and Major Dick Paul whipping the boys in shape at the Texas Military Institute in San Antonio.
With Art Summerjield's dad as chairman of the Republican Party, I'm sure we can all look forward to a pleasant fall season.
WITH HIS FAMILY: William "Sperk" Welch '44, shown with his wife Helen and daughter Debbie, is with the L. M. Berry & Co., advertising, in Dayton, O. Debbie now has a sister Kathy.
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