1942
Greetings and Salutations. June to October isn't really four months is it? It can't be fall already!
First off, thanks to all who took the time to send us bits of '42 news in the past months. A word of explanation might well be due those who returned our postcards last spring. Due to the early deadline for the June issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE most of the cards had to be turned over to Bob Schoonmaker who in turn utilized them in the '42 newsletter.
Dick Lippman deserves the heartiest of congratulations along with his associate class agents for piloting the '42 entry to the top of Group V in the Green Derby during the recent Alumni Fund Drive. Group V consists of all classes from 1939 to 1947. In copping the top spot we hit 114% of the class objective. Best news of all, of course, is the word that the 1953 Alumni Fund broke all records for the College. Maybe next month we can get "Lipp" to give us his own summary of the big doings.
In trying to bridge the gap in our news output since last summer you may find that we are giving out some old dope, but please bear with us, we want everyone to get the word.
For one thing, the wedding of Barbara Smith and Johnny Brewer came off as predicted. John writes that he is now associated with the Torrington Manufacturing Cos., "World's Largest Manufacturer of Fan Blades and Blower Wheels."
Our only other news item in the same category is the announcement of the July 4 marriage of Miss Viola Delmonico of Morris Plains, N. J., and Major Richard RoystonGoss, USAF. Dick recently returned from a tour of duty in the Far East and is currently assigned to USAF Headquarters in Washington. They plan to live in Arlington, Va.
Ann and Jim Erwin had their first son, James Robinson 2nd, in June. Two girls and a boy for the "judge."
Dave Allen is working out of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company's general headquarters in Newark and living in Morristown. Sam Adkins is in the lumber business in Salisbury, Md. Len LeSure is teaching at Friends Select School in Philadelphia. Lindy DiFabio is reportedly a department store buyer in Kansas City.
Alice and Jack Scolaro capped off their vacation last summer with a stop at Dexter's to enjoy Genelle and Dex Richards' hospitality. Gardie Bridge reports that, since Bette Davis and Gary Merrill stopped at Dexter's last spring, it is now known as filmland's new retreat.
The Branch Accident Prevention Manager for Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Cos. in Wausau, Wisconsin, is that grand old bachelor, Dan Hagge. Dan sees the DunbarSchuetzes and the Ronnie Westgates, each sporting three children, quite frequently. Can that have anything to do with his staying single?
Kay and Stan Wyatt welcomed the birth of their second child and second son last spring (Christopher Monroe). Stan has just joined the staff of the University of Illinois as Assistant Professor of Astronomy, after having been teaching at the University of Michigan.
"Black Jack" Corwith checking in from Maracaibo, Venezuela, is still dreaming about his two months in the States. He gets that vacation every two years from his job in industrial relations with the Creole Petroleum Corporation (Standard of New Jersey).
Lavinia and Charlie Thomson have moved from Amesbury, Mass., to Monterey, Calif. Charlie has been recalled to active duty by the Naval Reserve and will serve as a medical officer.
A couple of other Massachusetts items are in the hopper, one of which is a definite teaser bit. Paul Vaitses, alderman of Melrose and associated with Minot, Kendall, and Cos. in the investment business in Boston, was a candidate for Mayor of Melrose in last summer's election. However, your reporter has not been informed as to the outcome of the election (continued next month).
We can report with certainty, though, that Ray Wattles received his degree of Master of Arts from Harvard last June.
Lt. Col. Robinson Glover Minick writes from Washington, D. C., that he used to see Doug Adair around. Well, unless the situation has changed recently, Colonel, Doug is in Detroit as president of Kent-Moore Organization, Inc., which is some kind of a supplier in the automotive business.
Captain James R. Boggs went from the Finance School in Indianapolis to Camp Pickett last spring to participate in the Army's fifth annual logistical support maneuver.
I think Rusty Hartranft's case is typical of a great many others. He tells me that he hasn't written because he hasn't had any '42 news and then promptly unloads a big pile of pertinent data. So take heed and take pen in hand.
Rusty is with Spencer Trask & Cos. in the securities business and living in Madison, N. J. He reports Bernie Teichgraeber is on Wall Street as a partner with Thompson & McKennon and is a floor broker on the American Exchange. Maybe for you guys who didn't flunk Eccy 1 that is perfectly clear, but I'm a bit in the dark m'self.
Dick Higgins reports big doings in Chicago, with Dave List, Bud Dutton and Gib Clark sparking the Softball at the annual outing; also that L. S. (Pete) Peterson, comptroller of the country's largest savings and loan association located in Los Angeles, trekked east last summer vacationing.
Someone is always moving. Back home to Detroit has come Bud Maynard and family. Bud is now with the Charles A. Strelinger Cos., an industrial hardware supply house. BillDonovan and family moved into a home in Grosse Pointe, Mich. Swifty Barnes has moved to Montreal where he is now with Aluminum Ltd., investment portfolio management. Chuck Drennan has been transferred to a district sales job in New York with U.S. Rubber. Chuck still lives in Caldwell, N. J. To Cincinnati went Bill Witman in a government legal office. And last but not least, Charlie Sturz, Mr. Treasurer himself, is making a move to Birmingham, Mich, (often called the garden spot of America, or anyway of Oakland County). You have undoubtedly heard from Charlie that, in keeping with the recent increased cost of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and the generally higher level of all class dues, our class dues will go from four to five dollars this year. That's the only jump we have had in lo these many years so all is not lost.
Wish some of you lucky people who will be up in Hanover this fall would drop me a line so the rest of us can hear what the old town is like these days. For that matter the postman has a standing invitation to drop in anytime around these diggings.
Secretary, 1369 Stanley Blvd. Birmingham, Mich. Treasurer, 5 Barry Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y.
