1935

First off, our most deep-felt thanks to George Colton for stepping into the breach and writing the April column on very short notice —so short, in fact, that the deadline was already upon him when he received the call. I actually got quite a kick out of reading the column for the first time in seven years when I didn't know what was coming next.

Now here I am trying to sort out what George used and what he didn't and, in spite of what he says, it looks as though he used a lot more material than he left for me. Nevertheless, here we go again.

Had a good long letter from Jack Egan late in January signed "Cleveland Regional Manager, The Lamson Corporation." Jack went into a long harangue about Lamson converyors and automatic pallet loaders and how Procter & Gamble use 'em at a terrific rate and especially for Crisco and how I must have noticed my product being carried along on this super-mechanized process which is saving the company thousands of dollars and which in turn must be making a lot more money available for advertising and again in turn making a lot more money for me. So I end up figuring I should write Jack a thank you letter for my last raise. Jack also says he spoke to Duke Lansberry on the phone last time he was in Detroit and Duke had just gotten a promotion but I don't know to what. He ends up by saying he tried to get in touch with Dick Montgomery a while back when he was in Chicago, but couldn't reach him. Now, with all this fancy background, I just got a note from the afore-mentioned Montgomery which reads as follows: "Had a pleasant surprise today. Jack Egan dropped by for lunch, while on a sales trip for Virginia Metal Products Corporation of Orange, Va. Jack has just been made their national sales manager. They make soundproof metal partitions for subdividing office space, as well as complete units for library stacks. He plans to move his family to Charlottesville, Va„ which is about 20 miles from Orange. After the miserable winter we've had in Chicago I can't think of a nicer place to have year-round headquarters." Which is all very well but I'm wondering if I now have to install sound-proof metal partitions on the Crisco production line or lose my raise. Anyway it sounds like a big step forward for Jack and here's our best wishes.

Ran into Ted Steele the other day. He's out of the Navy, back in New York, and right now working for a committee that has something to do with the liberation of the Russian peoples from Bolshevism the only group that concentrates on directing radio broadcasts into Russia. He's back in his penthouse on 108th St. and planning active times for Potato Hill, the Steele interpretation of BetterHomes if Gardens in the wilds of Chester, Vt.

For all the skiing that went on during our undergraduate days, there's one guy who keeps at it actively and professionally SelHannah. Not only does he run a lodge and ski-tow up in Franconia, but he's still a pretty sweet performer on the boards himself. When the National Senior Ski championships were held at Cannon Mountain, Franconia, last March, our boy Sel placed second in the combined.

Still in a new Hampshire mood we report that Paul Cummings of Peterborough, has been appointed director of publicity for the Republican state committee. Paul will head up a publicity group of newsmen and state committee directors as the GOP maps plans to maintain off-year interest in party affairs. His regular job is managing editor of the weekly Peterborough Transcript. He's also past president of the New Hampshire Weekly Publishers association and Granite Sime director of the National Editorial association. All of which makes him sound pretty active in the publishing and publicity business.

Correction please: Back in March we quoted Ruth Ley as saying that Harry Reynolds had been made an assistant District Attorney for the state of Massachusetts. Seems this is a horrible mistake. Harry has been appointed an assistant Attorney-General. I don't know what the difference is and only hope that Harry himself will write and straighten us out. But the latter job does sound more important with all those generals and everything.

Here's some miscellaneous bits: Paul Lynch had a new baby girl back in early March. He's now with the National Broadcasting System as an assistant secretary working in New York.

Bob Richter, a tax expert for R.C.A. who shuttles back and forth between New York and Camden, N. J., has recently been elected to President of the New York Chapter of the Tax Executives Institute, Inc. Between this and his regular work, little Robert is apparently in a continuous tailspin hardly can find time to tell a good joke.

Brad York, a New York space salesman, has recently changed jobs and is now with the Katz Agency where he is space representative for 15 different newspapers.

Have picked up the rumor that Lou Weitz is engaged to be married although we don't know to whom. If this is true, it will be a bitter blow to the few remaining members of the "Last-Leaf-on-the-Tree" Club the steadily declining handful of so-called men who, for reasons of their own, treasure the single life. Frank Specht, a past president, who was expelled from membership only a year ago, has this to say, "How stupid can you get? I should have resigned 15 years ago." Jack Gilchrist on the other hand retorts with,"I accept the presidency and expect to remain in office indefinitely. How else can you enjoy the company of all women, married and single?" Whatever the answer, please fill us in, Lou. Fact or fiction?

Bob Kugler, former Tear-Bag editor, and soup-maker extraordinary, has recently been moved from purchasing agent for Campbell's Camden, N. J., plant to the main office where he will help to plan an expansion program. Just what he's expanding we don't know maybe waistlines, or salaries, or rows of tomatoes.

And at this point, we come to the Alumni Fund. It is not the Class Secretary's job to hound you and remind you. It shouldn't be anyone's job, so to speak. But Eddie Offutt has once again volunteered to accept the responsibility of bringing to the attention of all of you the facts about the fund and its relationship to the College. He has also gathered around him almost 50 other classmates who in turn have volunteered to help spread this information among the rest of the class. We have been asked to raise $12,900. Its high, sure, but it's a worthwhile objective which•we can beat if we all fully understand what it's for and why each one of us is important. All we can say here is please give the Alumni Fund serious thought, consider what it stands for in terms of those who follow us, consider the part it played in our own college education, consider the part the College and its alumni are playing in life today and must play importantly in the life we want tomorrow and then let your conscience be your guide. That's all that can be asked of any of us. Why not send in your contribution now while you're thinking about it. Thanks on behalf of all of us. See you next month.

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