1927

Al Chabot, who lives life pleasantly in Vero Beach, Fla., says that he suffers from "manana fever," a disease which thrives in that clime. If Al is concerned about this, I can assure him that his ailment isn't confined to the southland - it must have flourished in Hanover during the years from 1923 to 1927, and the entire Class is imbued with it, and your secretary is no exception. No matter what fine resolutions I make, I invariably find that the deadline for this column has crept up on me, and that it must be in the mail at a time when my inspiration is at the lowest ebb. This is probably no news to the rest of you, who have to wade through it each month. The fact that the rest of you all have "manana fever" too, and thus put off writing that letter which would make this the most fascinating column in the whole magazine, doesn't help any.

The late summer brought a very interesting letter from Dick Lougee, written from Inari, Lapland. Dick says:

"Having a little spare time in this Lapland advance base of the Finnish Geological Survey where I am staying, I will try out an airmail letter to you. Take note of how fast it gets to you. I have been getting mail here in four days from New York.

"I have been spending ten weeks in a quick tour of northern Europe to get observations on the raised shorelines on this side of the Atlantic. Following a week of field work and 900 miles of travel in Ireland I flew to Amsterdam and began traveling through the Netherlands and Denmark into Sweden and Norway. While in Bergen I received an invitation from the Finnish Geological Survey to inspect some of their gold mining properties in Lapland, so I made a quick trip to Helsinki, and have driven north to the Labe Inari region with a pre-war Finnish associate who is introducing me to this interesting land of the Laps. Contrary to general belief, this region which is on the latitude of northernmost Alaska, is mild in climate and is heavily wooded and extensively farmed. Reindeer scamper through the woods and sometimes obstruct your automobile, and bear are commonly hunted here. Mosquitoes are the chief hazard, and Finnish baths, or "Saunas," are a rough experience for beginners. Otherwise Lapland is not much unlike northern Maine. At this latitude above the Arctic Circle there is abundant summer sunshine — in fact too much for anyone wanting to get eight hours sleep.

"The Finns have taken me over some of their battlefields, including Suomussalmi. Even here in Lapland every house from Rovaniemi to the Arctic Ocean was burned by retreating German armies. The comeback of these people and their spirit and national pride are inspiring.

"I fly back to the U. S. from Stockholm on September 10. Hope to see you sometime in the coming year."

Most of us are either past or just coming up to the 50-year milestone, which probably points up the tact that we have seen more of life than we have ahead of us. Bob Page says that he doesn't really feel the senile buck that his friends make him out to be, and that his 50th birthday was spent rather quietly at his insurance counseling work, and the evening with his family, though a few days later the event was celebrated in proper fashion with a party for about thirty friends. Bob's wife, daughter and son spend their summers at Salem Lake in Derby, Vt., and he spends as much time there as he can spare from his business in Boston.

Joe Ryan, who has spent the past 25 years teaching English in the Dedham, Mass., high school, has resigned to accept a new teaching job in the Newport, N. H., High School. Joe hasn't said whether the change was for the purpose of getting nearer Hanover, or for other reasons.

Joe Calcagni has finally broken a long silence, and reports that he has a family of seven children, four boys and three girls, and ranging from the fourth grade to his' eldest son who is aboard a destroyer of the U.S. Navy. Joe says that they are an active and happy bunch, and that they have all taken their turn at a newspaper route started by the oldest son ten years ago, the two youngest having just begun their stint.

By Pettingill's two sons are both in the Army, Harry III stationed in Nancy, France, and Mallory at Camp Gordon, Ga. By and his wife were summer visitors to Hanover, as were Mr. and Mrs. Kern Folkers with son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Manson, LenStern, George Koles with son, and Lee Greenebaum and son, Lee being there for the meeting of Class Bequest Chairmen in September.

There have been a great number of address changes since last spring, so many, in fact, that I will only report those that represent a definite change of locale. Bill Laighton is now located at 5 Rosedell Dr., Westfield, Mass. Bob Birch has moved from San Gabriel, Calif., to 208 La Cuesta, San Clemente, Calif. MarshCleaves has deserted Mamaroneck, and is now to be found at Bolton Rd., Harvard, Mass. U. S. Steel has moved Howie Mullin from St. Louis to New York, his address being 71 Broadway. Don Godfrey has made about the longest jump of all, from North Adams, Mass., to 1575 Sierra Way, San Bernadino, Calif. Tom Anglem is now at 82 Crabtree Rd., Squantum, Mass. Fritz Auer is at R.F.D. 1, Concord, N. H. Bunny Barde can be found at the NROTC Unit at Columbia University, 115th St. and Amsterdam Ave., New York, having been transferred there from the far reaches of the Pacific. Owen Garfield has gone from New York to South Union St., Lawrence, Mass. Joe Hardin has finally made his move to Florida official, and his address is 5960 S.W. 50th Terrace, Miami. Ed Knapp has deserted Waverly, N. Y., for Toledo, which increases our 1937 population here by a third. NelsonRobinson, as reported in the last issue, has moved from Nashville to Houston, Tex., where his address is 306 Blalock Rd. CugDaley has left Shelton, Conn., and now resides at 155 Chilton St., Belmont, Mass. Al Byrne, who formerly had a New York A.P.O. address, is now with the 461st Bomber Wing at Blythville, Ark. If all these moves are any indication, we may be getting old and grey, but we certainly haven't settled down into a rut yet.

Huck Norris, who is a partner in the American Institute of Finance, an investment counseling firm, commutes to Boston from North Grafton. Huck has three daughters: Priscilla, who is married to George C. Messenger, and a junior at Ursinus College; Nancy, a freshman at Ohio Wesleyan; and Barbara, a sophomore at Grafton High School.

A letter from Gordon Smith says that he is still plugging away at the free-lance art field, and that he is at the moment doing some made-to-order Christmas card designs. Smitty says that it is hard to look out at his sunny garden and try to think of snow and ice. (This was written in the middle of September.) His oldest daughter, Liz, is in her second year at Vassar, where she is a classmate of Bo Head's daughter. Andy Rankin's oldest is a senior there this year. Smitty said that he had recently seen Nibs Dowe, and that he was up to his neck in school and college insurance, but still pounds the piano for relaxation.

A very sad bit of news this past summer concerned Jack McQuade's son, John Jr., who died of polio on August 11, while attending the Loyola School of Studies in Waupaca, Wis., where he was preparing for the priesthood. Our sincere sympathy is extended to Jack.

About the time you are reading this your secretary expects to be watching the Big Green achieve a victory over Columbia, and also hopes to see a good many of you at the game.

Secretary, Pine Hill Farm, West River Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio

Treasurer, Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa,

Bequest Chairman,