1937
Al Jacks, by profession a purveyor of news, has recently made news himself. Seems he is one of six fortunate newsmen to be awarded Reid Foundation foreign travel fellowships for 1952. Al, Syracuse correspondent for the Associated Press, whose byline on stories from Central and Northern New York has been featured in newspapers from coast to coast, plans to study problems facing the European nations in their efforts to rebuild their economies. He expected to leave around February 1.
Just to refresh memories, Al began newspaper work joining the Utica Daily Press in '38, thence to the AP in '46 in Albany covering legislative and political news. From there in '49 to Syracuse with headquarters in the newsroom of the Herald Journal. During the war he served as a Major in the Signal Corps in Europe being discharged with the rank of Lt. Colonel, which rank he holds in the reserves. His French-born wife Michele and 15month-old son will accompany him on the trip. The fellowships each carrying a grant of $5000 are provided through the foundation set up by the late Ogden Reid, editor of the New York Herald Tribune. Our best wishes go with them and it sounds like a good break for two deserving people.
Accompanying the article this month we have a recent photo which adorned the cover of a publication, The New HampshireChurchman, which is put out monthly by the Bishop and Executive Council of the Diocese of New Hampshire. The November issue was forwarded to this HQ by the alert Bill Rotch who also pointed out that Rev. Elsom Eldridge is more or less responsible for its publication. We find our own Venerable Rog Barney conferring with the Bishop and he leads an extremely busy and varied life seeing to the preparation and recording of the Sunday morning radio program, Mountain Mission byMail, plus making regular seasonal calls far and wide to people who cannot be conveniently ministered to by any local parish. Also it is said that Archdeacon Barney can get more words on a penny (2<f) postcard than any living person, to which this department can attest. We might add that his closest competitor is Will Brown, who (it is alleged) once inscribed a whole year's notes on one rhododendron leaf.
Spot Shots Via the Greenfield Mail Bag
Ham Mathes now returned from Italy and for the present Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Tufts College, Boston. His two daughters, aged 4 and 2, seem to have made Italian their main tongue, having heard almost nothing but for their year there.... Bob Ewing, now back in Olean, N. Y., with the family store, has sold 400 XV sets in that area which is 70 miles from the nearest station and is sweating out a request for additional power for better reception for his customers Frank Butler still an attorney in the home office of Auto Owners Insurance Co. with crossed fingers due to his reserve status as a Lt. Commander USNR. ...Joe DeMay says his export business is beginning to click and about time with the family budget increasing, now has a son, 2, datter, 1, and another datter, 2 months old. Joe has recently resigned from active duty but doesn t say what branch and we can only surmise he's not planning to have any more kids for awhile.
More Spot Shots from Them Questionnaires
Dana Prescott never got assigned to Baltimore like he thought but ended up in the Pentagon in the office of Assistant Chief of Staff for three years. Incidentally, that brings up a story about Dana—seems last summer wife Kay had finally prevailed on your scribe to fix up the kids' room with a complete paint and paper job and I was in process of hanging paper when friend Prescott and family rolled into our yard on their vacation tour, having just returned from Iran. Naturally, there was reason for much hearty handshaking etc. but no—Bankart had just climbed up the ladder with a wet, pasty roll when they walked in the door and didn't dare even look around for about ten minutes, just sort of blurbed out a meek hello and concentrated on that roll until it was on. So Dana had just returned from several years out of the country plus a number of excellent side trips to parts of Europe and was loaded with experiences some of which he then related. Couple of months later we get his questionnaire back and under the paragraph where it says "What did you do this summer of interest?" he answers, "Watched Bankart paste paper on a wall!"
Butch Nichols is vice-principal and basketball coach at the Gilbert School in Winsted, Conn, and studying for another M.A. degree at the University of Connecticut.... Fred Forsch, not so long ago married, reports all the aspects of a home and good cooking which his friends recommended are proving true, spent his last summer vacation on Cape Cod, and sees BenDoran, who, Fred says, is developing into a tycoon of chemicals in by-products of the paper mills Boz Bosworth bought a new home this past summer on the shores of Lake Michigan, address, 7152 North Beach Drive, Milwaukee. Also says if the lake gets any higher he'll really have a house-boat on his hands.... Dud Meredith still in the Navy aboard the USS Menard and in the Pacific. Has visited in Japan and Hong Kong, even got to the Hong Kong Chinese border by train but stayed on the British side. Hopes to get out next November and return to Sheffield, Ala., as a civilian Charley Clark, in Keene, N. H., has added a new daughter Janice, born October 5. Only other accomplishment of note was an unintentional trip down the cellar stairs cracking a rib—says he "was SOBER, too, just a little sleepy." ... Dave Hall now an advertising copywriter at Jordan Marsh, Boston. As a member of the Air Force Reserves he attended a refresher course in Combat Intelligence for two weeks at Lowry AF Base in Denver Bob Crabb has departed from Minneapolis to take up a new position in Seattle, Wash., with the firm of Larry Smith & Co., a Real Estate research and consulting company that does business in all parts of the country but specializes in commercial real estate. So far he has not run into anyone but being new there would appreciate hearing from anyone in the area.... Dr. Brad Varnum in Lowell, Mass., steps up proudly to announce a baby girl named Linda Jo, now 8 months old and their one and 0n1y... . Jud Smith with the Putnam Woolen Cos., Putnam, Conn., is now ensconced in a new home in Woodstock Hill which he describes aptly enough should anyone not be familiar with Connecticut as a "move from the country to the country." ... Don Frank in Los Angeles gives a brief summary saying he graduated from Law School in 1940, practiced only briefly and after returning from the service took a job clerking in a book store. Hopes some day to have a book store of his own. (Get together with GibReynolds, he's looking for the same deal.) Don spent a three weeks' vacation last summer in Honolulu and heard he just missed GeorgeLoff there.
May we ask again for any further news and any pictures you might have as the class, as a group, apparently did not go in for family Christmas card photos this past season? BillTimber's was the only one, but the ALUMNI MAG. insists on having a picture showing the Dartmouth parents, just the kiddies will not do. Thanks anyway.
THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES: Phil Johnson '37 (r) and George Hoke '35 take a rest after hipboot wading, during their fishing trip to the Detroit Lakes last October.
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