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Stan Smith, president of the Smith Oil and Refining Co., of Rockford, Ill., was elected chairman of the Oil Industry information committee for 1953 at a recent meeting at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Stan has been active on this committee since its inception, being the first Illinois state chairman. In 1947 he was appointed to membership in the National OIIC and since has served two terms as vice-chairman. He has been closely identified with the jobber and dealer relations activities as well as the rural information program. Stan Jr. is a senior at Yale and Gordon attended Stanford last year, but has transferred to the University of Wisconsin this fall. Doug Archibald writes that he has a couple of neighbors in Rye who are on Stan's committee and they think very highly of him. Doug also mentions that he had dinner at the Curt Cebels' attractive new home in Connecticut, a function which RossPearls also attended.
Ford. Whelden had a note from George Stevens, who has been doing some extensive travelling this summer. Steve is back from a 17- week trip visiting 27 cities and said the greatest thrill, including the fabulous Feather River Canyon as seen from the CaliforniaZephyr's vista dome, was to talk with MartReeves in Dallas. He missed Mike Thomas in Houston and hoped to get far enough into Washington to see Slim Baumann whom he hadn't seen for some years. Speaking of Dallas, reminds me that from the Terrill School came five fine members of our class Stud Wright, long a career general, Mart Reeves, DubLindsay, Mike Thomas and Buddy Hunt, none of whom, unfortunately, I have heard too much about since graduation. Another Texan, from El Paso, is Commander PhilCoykendal, who has been a welcome addition to us in the Boston area. In August Phil, with Clint Aulis of Hanover (son of George Aulis, fondly remembered as being in charge of Freshman Commons) took a week's fishing trip in northern New Hampshire and Maine. Phil reported excellent trout fishing at the Zealand camp near Littleton and Errol, but Maine was a flop due to the state ban on hunting and fishing on account of the drought. Phil, like Milt Emerson, is a dry fly addict. Johnny Garrod (and this came out at our monthly class luncheon at the Boston Yacht Club, Rowes Wharf, second Wednesday each month), with son Myles '55, confirmed the fishing at Zealand as they easily caught their limit. Recently Phil, who keeps up his boxing, took his boxing class of 18 enlisted men at the Squantum Naval Air Station to the Marciano-Walcott fight in Philly. He has two pupils whom he hopes to enter in the Nationals.
Note to the Ohio group especially: BillFarnsworth has been transferred to headquarters in Dayton. His address reads Chief, Quality Control, Air Material Command, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, O. June Bryant is about to take off on a month's trip to England, France, Italy and Germany business and pleasure combined, we hear.
The Bulletin from Hanover states that 740 freshmen from 30 states and 9 foreign countries have been admitted to Dartmouth. Let's hope that a goodly number of good football players snuck in.
Carl Bridenbaugh recently wrote a review of Clifford Shipton's Biographical Sketches ofThose Who Attended Harvard College in theClasses 1726-1730. The review is entitled "Including Governors, Pastors, Drunkards" and appeared in the Book Review section of the New York Times. Another class secretary has stated that Wen Jones, new assistant professor of Art at Vassar, is our distinguished artist who has done some of the finest murals there are in the country and I should think would be one of the finest art teachers.
This brings up Ted Geisel, whose 5000 Fingers of Dr. T is being produced by Columbia Pictures. A review in This Week of the N.Y.Herald Tribune says in part, "Whacky business? But what do you expect from Dr. Seuss, who during the War borrowed a jeep for a joy ride and landed in Bastogne, completely cut off by the Germans? What kind of a picture do you think a man would make whose trophy room in La Jolla, Calif., is decorated with the stuffed heads of monsters that never existed, such as a unicorn with a horn made of a spindle-chair leg, or a walrus with mustache made up of shaving brushes all looking as real as life?"
As has been mentioned in this column before, Mike, nee Thomas Albens Adams Jr., gave up a successful business career in 1947, when he was president of both the Manhattan Refrigerating Co. and the Union Terminal Cold Storage Co., in N.Y.C. to study for the priesthood. He has completed his training and on October 5 was installed as pastor of St. Charles Borrpmeo Catholic Church, 2913 Locust St., St. Louis. His Church name is Rev. Joseph T. Adams, and a long article in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat mentions that, "he belongs to the Capuchin branch of the Franciscan order, which is noted for its austerity in their ways of life and their ministry is devoted to the alleviation of the plight of the poor."
A late fall wedding was that of "Rookey"Heinlein (that nickname of Charlie's I just dug out of the Freshman Green Book) and Mrs. Edwin C. Krieger, daughter of Mr. Charles W. Philipbar of Brooklyn and the late Mrs. Philipbar. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner of the Cadman Memorial Church in Mrs. Krieger's home. Her daughter, Mrs. Frank Garland Trau Jr. of Springfield, Mo., was matron of honor and Charlie's daughter Nancy Jane was maid of honor. His son Richard was best man. Mrs. Heinlein, a widow, graduated from Packer Collegiate Institute and the N.Y.U. Law School. She is vice-president of the Evangelical Home Society of Brooklyn and one of its attorneys also an attorney for the Convent and the Society of Mother Queen of Peace. Charlie, after College, graduated from Columbia and its Law School. He was formerly secretary of the Mortgage Corp. of N. Y., prior to its merger with the Manufacturers Trust Co. He is a counselor of the East New York Savings Bank in Brooklyn and survives his late wife, the former Mildred Heidell.
Recent visitors to the Hanover Inn include: Mr. and Mrs. Doc Pierson and son, CarlWashburn, Dick Colton and family, DerrolJohnson, Fred Webster.
You may read this in time for me to remind you again that our annual class executive committee meeting will be held in 303 Crosby Hall on November 7 at 8 p.m. and that all classmates are cordially invited to participate in the plans and discussions and to make suggestions.
Secretary, Suite 11, 260 Clarendon St., Boston 16, Mass. Treasurer, Elm Street, Norwich, Vt.
