1936

This, the last opus before we suspend for the summer, comes into being precariously late from the standpoint of your editor. We are now in the middle of a sales meeting in Philadelphia and stealing time and a typewriter therefrom to dash this off. It was the honest intention of your old scribbler to tap this off while attending the Alumni Officers' Meeting in Hanover last weekend. We participated so wholeheartedly in the aforementioned program that tempus fugited away any better intentions we had.

Elsewhere in the column you will find pictorial evidence, with a corner of Carpenter Hall as backdrop, that the current slate thoroughly appreciated the campus surroundings and the good weather that prevailed. One of the high points of the drive up was the stopover made at the prosperous establishment maintained by Harry Coronis in Nashua for the purpose of maintaining the wardrobes of residents of South-central New Hampshire. Harry and Rose were gracious host and hostess on a complete tour of the fabulous Coronis Cleansers plant, which now serves as a model for the industry. The genial proprietor permitted us even a visit to the depths of his 12-inch poured concrete fur vault, which unquestionably is burglar-proof, moth-proof, larvae-proof and debt-proof, witness the furlined state police uniforms, etc., closeted therein.

Back for a minute to the Hanover trip ... we mention for the record a spectacle which will get no other publicity. We refer to a golf exhibition by the Messrs. Fitzherbert, Weston,Gibney and Morton. After bingles, bangles, nassaus, carry-overs and out-of-bounds less than a buck actually changed hands. Of possible interest, though, to other Class members is the fact that your Head Agent on several holes was getting better distance with his irons than with the ball!

A few weeks back we caught the Graziano- Robinson scrap on TV from the Chicago Stadium and to our amazement, learned from the announcer that the attending physician was a Dr. Frank A. Lagorio; unless he sends a night letter denying same we are forced to conclude that said medico is the Fran we used to know and about whom little has filtered through in many a moon.... Punctured from shoulder to sitdown with typhoid, tetanus and miscellaneous other shots, Len Mead hustled out to Westover Field the other day prepared to catch an Air Force job to merry old England to attend a meeting of the Human Engineering Society convening there. After two days of altered waiting and 57 false starts the normally placid professor became ired, tore his passports and visas in small pieces, uttered a bit of well-chosen profanity and went home for a good night's sleep.

We are indebted to Tele-Topics for the saga of Buzz Chapin and the background leading to his election as V. P. of ABC in charge of owned TV stations. Seems like Buzz first entered broadcasting with NBC in their guest relations department. Later he joined Broadcast Builders in Hanover, N. H., and from there went to the World Broadcasting System on the sales promotion staff. Next came sales jobs with WOC in Davenport, la., and WKBN, Youngstown, O. In 1941, Buzz became sales manager of WSTC, Stamford, Conn., and a year later he joined the sales staff of WJZ, an ABC station. In 1943 he was made acting manager of the network's local sales department and in 1944 he was transferred to the network sales department. In 1948 he was promoted to the new position of eastern television sales manager for ABC, the job he left to become V. P. last year.

On June 14 Chet Young is hoisting a '36 whing-ding at his home at 20 Lawson Road, Egypt, Mass. This we mention in the hope that anyone in the general area at this time will make an extra effort to join the gang. A stag golf tournament starts things off at 9 A.M. at the Cohasset Country Club. Wives bearing box lunches will appear at the Young estate at 1 P.M. An afternoon of fun and frolic will follow. Come 5 P.M. there'll be a cocktail hour, followed by a lobster supper. The tab is minimum, natch, so send in reservations pronto.

A final reminder on the Alumni Fund, and the best of summers to all!

1936 OFFICERS IN HANOVER: At the May meetings '36 was ably represented by (I to r): Frank Weston, treasurer; Al Gibney, fund chairman; Dick Morton, secretary; and Pete Fitzherbert, class agent.

Secretary, 21 Leewood Rd., Wellesley 81, Mass.

Treasurer, 80 Federal St., Boston to, Mass.

Class Agent, The Brick Cottage, Woodholm, Manchester, Mass.