1948
With the football season once again in full swing, those of us '4Bs lucky enough to get to a Dartmouth game are likely to run into an occasional classmate or two. If such does in fact occur to any of you, wish you'd take the time to send the details in to me. I'd like to get as full coverage as possible on the activit ies and whereabouts of you fellows in order to make this column serve the twin purposes of providing some entertainment as well as helping to hold our class together. As a writer I'm a mechanic, but if you '48s would drop a postcard in the mail every decade or so, a postcard with just a line or two of relevant or irrelevant info, I think I could screw things up enough from there to get some kind of a column going. No kidding. I sure could use your help on this job. As things stand now, the avalanche of news that engulfs the mailbox each month would just about fill a two-bit want-ad space.
This piece of latest news is only about six months late, but I hope it's better late than never. In May, Ed Kelley became engaged to Miss Ruth Elizabeth Reynolds of Wellesley Hills and Wellesley College. Then, in June, he received his M.D. from Harvard Med and is now called Doctor. Sorry there's nothing available about future plans.
Another new fiance is John McKeon. His opposite number is Miss Kathleen Marie O'Keefe of Schenectady, a graduate of Skid- more. They are planning an October wedding.
Bill Wheeler is another recruit among the ranks of those about to take the fatal step. His fiancee is Miss Rosanna Martin of Lynbrook, L. I. Bill is a civil engineer with Alexander Potter Associates.
Howard Hirshberg in June abandoned bachelorhood in favor of marriage. His wife is the former Louise Ginzberg of Newton Center, Mass., a Simmons College graduate. Howard is associated with his father at the Pittsfield Shoe Co of Pittsfield, N. H.
The end of September was marked by the marriage of Dr. Larry Werther to the former Sarah Bomze of Woodmere, L. I. The event took place in the Trianon Room of the Ambassador Hotel in Gotham. Mrs. Werther attended Syracuse and Columbia. Larry is now a resident at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Norm Saunders is another who found the thought of married life to his liking, for in early September he was joined in matrimony to his favorite nurse, the former Martha Stone Gilman of Providence. She is a graduate of Pembroke, the female side o£ Brown, as well as the Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing.
According to a Garden City, N. Y., newspaper dated 7 August, September 7 was to be the date for the marriage of Milt Kurtz and Miss Diane Judith Barkan of Kings Point, L. I. The Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Pierre in N.Y.C. was to be the scene of the related events. Sorry no late info.
The good wishes of the class to all the above go without saying.
Jim Schwedland, the Paul Bunyan of '48 and a graduate of Yale's School of Forestry, is now settled down in the backwoods of Arkansas. Schwed is an Assistant Forester with the Crossett Lumber Cos., and he watches over a forest district of 50,000 acres where the most modern principles of woodland conservation are observed.
The somewhat ambiguous postcard I hold in my hand tells that Bill Hartwig is "presently for vice presidential candidate Senator Richard Nixon. Expect to be working in Washington until November 4 and, after the victory celebration, to be there for a few years at least." Your statement shows real confidence, Bill, and, no matter what happens, you can be sure that Vermont stands behind you 100%.
Dick Donahue has become active in politics in the Lowell, Mass., area, though on the opposite side of the political fence from Bill. You may remember that last year he ran a successful whirlwind campaign leading to membership on the Lowell school board, a position giving him a chance to see that the local citizens were getting their educational money's worth. Since then Dick has expanded his activities and at present is helping to manage Senate aspirant John Kennedy's campaign.
Have actually seen a few members of the class during the past few weeks, and have heard of or from others. Dirk Kuzmier's big toothy grin was one of the first familiar things I saw in N.Y.C. when the ship pulled in. He's now a practicing lawyer and has already argued in court. (He told the judge he wasn't doing anywhere near 70. He lost the case.) Saw Dr. Keith McLoud for a few minutes at a party on 51st Street. He hadn't had any sleep the two previous nights due to cases in the Albany Hospital where he's interning. Thus, for the first time in his life, Keester had to crump out and leave in order to catch up on his shuteye. I've spent quite a bit of time in Boston and around Hanover with Walt Cairns. He's struggling to get his firm's gasoline cutting torch on the market in quantity. He was among the Hanover crew of six that climbed Mt. Chocorua in eastern New Hampshire last Sunday when the fall foliage was in its full glory. Ran into JerryKing on Hanover's Main Street a few weeks ago. He spent the summer working on his family's farm down the river in Hartland, Vt., and has since returned to Stanford where he's working towards an M.A. in International Relations. While I was in Pittsburgh I talked to Bob Douglas on the phone for a few minutes. He's now in Philly, and is a rising young executive with Gulf Oil. Talked to Dick Leggat's father on the phone in Lowell, and learned that Speed is an officer on one of Uncle Sam's aircraft carriers. He's made three ferrying trips to Copenhagen this summer.
Well, that's about it for this month, except that the Hanover Inn tells us that BobMacKay and his wife were registered there in July, while AI Becker spent the last night of August in one of the hostelry's rooms. Don't forget to drop me a postcard sometime, you '48s who run into classmates. I'd appreciate it very much. See you next month.
Secretary, : Norwich, Vt. Treasurer, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass.
