1937
In the words of cartoonist Holman we pulled a FOO-PAH. But squirming inwardly with downcast eyes we will excuse us with a challenge to all greeting card manufacturers to make baby announcements big enough to make a postman wince. After all, having a baby is a big event, properly heralded with smokes and drinks, but what comes through the mail? A dinky little card no bigger than your thumbnail—barely room enough for the address next to the stamp. But blame and challenge as we will, the real excuse is that we got an anouncement from Sherry and AI Bryant of their new daughter Elizabeth, born Jan. 7, and we lost it. A semi-houseparty atmosphere was provided for her at Richardson House in Boston as the obstetrician was Dr. John Jewett '35 and Sherry was daily entertained by visits from Doctors Crawf Hinman and Art Tucker in whose medical bailiwick she reclined. (Just wait till Al gets bills from those two for "consultation!")
We also understand that Barbara andWilder Pierce are sending up smoke signals to announce the arrival of their new son, J. Wilder as of February 17. Congratulations to all the new floorwalkers.
Hal Putnam has made complimentary news again. He was named one of the ten outstanding young men in greater Boston by the Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce according to word from the contest judges. Hal was well-known for his activities as feature writer and veterans editor on the BostonGlobe and is now in his second term as State Representative from Needham, to which position he was elected at the age of 32.
An article from the Elyria (Ohio) ChronicleTelegram with a picture showing more weight than we recall in 1937 tells of Bob Maynarcl, sales manager of the Central District for the Thew Shovel Co., who was the principal speaker at a luncheon of the Elyria Board of Realtors. His subject was his four months' trip around the world during which he traveled in 15 airplanes and crossed the equator four times. Prior to joining up with Thew, incidentally, in 194.8, he served as export manager for the Osgood Co. and for General Excavator Co. (Ma Smalley please take note.)
Word, by his own hand, comes from United Fruit's Dave Pearsall saying only that he has been down in Barranquilla, Colombia, South America, for the past year.
Couple of weeks ago Kay, our two nicodemuses and I took off for Old Greenwich, Conn., to fulfill an invitation made during a completely unsober telephone conversation with one of our ex-Army friends. Once arrived and sitting around talking we learn that our friend's office building at 1 Atlantic St., Stamford, also houses the office of Dr. HalsBullen, so nothing would do but to have Sarah and Hals over the next day for cocktails and confab. The good doctor maintains a busy schedule now, spending part time each week in New York in addition to his growing practice in Stamford. The rest of his spare time goes to refurbishing their house. Although he had his troubles getting started like anyone who first hangs out a sign saying "open for business," he says things are really settling down nicely now. We had planned to leave early enough Sunday to stop off for a hello with Duke and Polly Dumont in West Hartford, but our oldest man-child suddenly came down with "virus 1952" (there's a new one each year) which delayed departure until too late to stop. But the Duke fixed it up anyway by pulling into Boston for a one night stand this week to interview students at Northeastern in connection with his job as personnel man with the Hartford Screw Co. He's apparently quite enthusiastic about his new life and
Even though it has been previously reportedabout Al Sutter being assigned to Hanoverby the Marine Corps we would like to quotehis recent letter:
"Reports of my possible assignment to Dartmouth in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE are not exaggerated (to warp Mark Twain a little). I am assigned here as Executive Officer of the Navy Unit and it's tops, of course. There are several marines whose faces are probably green from hearing that I fell into such a fine spot but the spot will eventually be open for another marine—not too soon, I hope. I find myself extremely busy catching on to a completely new, to me, variation of the service routine. Hanover and the College are just as fine to come back to as you would expect. My wife, who has never been here before, is crazy about it and the kids seem to thrive also.
"We arrived here from Vista, Calif, (with three weeks schooling at Northwestern), on August 13. Came via Boise, Idaho, Yellowstone Park, Evanston, Ill., and Philadelphia with two boys, ages two and four, and wife. Cooked all our meals on a two-burner Coleman stove and kept our food in Sears Roebuck portable icebox. Both highly recommended. Chick Hotaling and wife Margaret visited Hanover en route to Montreal the first week of September, both fine and report boat business good. We're living at 4 North Park Street and my office is on the second floor of Crosby Hall."
Cortlandt Heyniger and wife Jean were never properly credited for their third boy Cortlandt, born September 17, 1951, which we regret overlooking at the time. For those who are familiar with boats, Heynie builds one called "Sailfish" in his own business, Alcort, in Waterbury, Conn., and this season has shipped about 550 more of them to points all over the United States, also to Bermuda, Aruba, Tahiti, the French Riviera, and Mombasa, Africa.
Bill Coe is out in Watervliet (Albany); N. Y., as VP of the Autograf Brush & Plastics Co., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, who make a line of brushes familiar to all under the trade name of TEK. The Coe's had a daughter Betsy in June of last year, making their total three. He has had dinner with Lawyer Sherm. Murphy and Dr. Ken Stearns of Hudson, also found that Bob Turrier is at Knolls Power Lab in Schenectady.
Don't know how this came about but JohnDingle says he played golf last summer with Rog Graves and Harvey Tull at Crystal Downs, Frankfort, Mich., and further that Rog maintains bachelor quarters in Detroit where he cooks a good steak albeit he's still on the lookout for a live one!
Inn says they had the pleasure of entertaining during February Dr. and Mrs. Bob Miskimon, also Jack Devlin and children ... a small note of interest is at hand to the effect that Bill Rotch was elected in January as President of the New Hampshire Weekly Publishers Association.
This article will appear simultaneously with the opening of the 1952 Alumni Fund Drive and may we make a sober appeal to everyone to think seriously about supporting it generously and early. As a class our chief weakness is in participation so let's all get into the act and then it will be easy.
Secretary, 10 Colby Rd., Wellesley 81, Mass. Treasurer, 17 High St., Greenfield, Mass. Class Agent, 1121 Park Sq. Bldg., Boston 16, Mass.
