1944

As though we haven't had enough trouble with West Point in the past, Red Blaik is now twisting the needle and bringing Rogerthe Lodger Antaya up the Hudson as assistant coach for the Black Knights. As head football coach of Boiling Air Force Base, Rog built up a nice record in four years... 34 wins, seven losses, and one tie; in 1952 he won the national service title. It must be somewhat of a stab to leave now when practically all of last year's Notre Dame grid seniors have eased into Boiling.

Normally, I get a little apoplectic with excitement when I get a letter with free news from you fellows. This past week I almost had a liver set-back when both Al Barrett and Jack Jenness came through at the same time. Both Jack and Al had to forego reunion last June, as the big white bird was making runs on their respective manors, and now bring us up to date. Jack writes:

"Fred Page and I had our annual get-together at Dartmouth's upset win over the Yale hockey team last month, and then last Wednesday I had a big gab-fest with Allen Barrett and Phil Brown at the monthly meeting of the Baltimore Alumni Club.

"Via the Christmas Card Route, Capt. Dud Wilson is in France with the 12th Air Force in the Director of Communications Office; he was called back in 1950 and has decided to be a twenty-year man and end the in-and-out shuffle. Dick Allenby, with an M.A. from Dartmouth, a something from Switzerland (plus mountain climbing) and a Ph.D. from Toronto in geo-physics has been oil-prospecting in California for almost years now - rumor has it that he may go to Texas. (By now he may be there!)

"Vinnie and I were sorry that we were not able to make it up to reunion, but baby Susan (6 months old tomorrow) was expected at any month - like a woman she decided to wait until the middle of August. I don't remember if I told you before that I was called back in the Air Force in June 1951, shipped to Newfoundland in November, and then was lucky enough to get Vinnie and our two boys up there in January 1952. I was the Management Analysis Officer for the Airways & Air Communications Service Group in the North Atlantic until June of 1953, when I got out again and went back to U. S. Rubber as a Training Supervisor.

"Now we are on the move again; I changed jobs and started with Continental Can the middle of December in their New York Office, then to Baltimore as the Assistant to the Personnel Supervisor at their largest plant in the East. After about the middle of March we will be at home (if they get the place built in time) at #1 Atherton Road, Lutherville, Md. This will only be the 10th permanent home we have had since we were married in 1947, so we are hoping to stay a while.

"Allen Barrett is now selling life insurance, after his stint in the Baltimore Sun sports department; reports that Whitey Myers stops down in that fair city every once in awhile; and Phil Brown is peddling school and educational supplies in Maryland and environs - probably old news, but Al says he never writes letters either!"

And from far off Stockholm, Radio Free Europe's Fritz Hier is finding Sweden a meaty territory for "East-West Shennanigans" and is trotting about Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden on his beat. In fact, in six expatriate years, Fritz and Joan have hit all the countries of Europe except Spain, Portugal, and Yugoslavia. He amused me telling about one of his Polish pals to whom he tried to explain the intricacies of baseball. Fritz suggested that the fellow take home and study one of the box scores to further familiarize himself with the game. The next day the Pole came back and asked, "Who the hell is thees man Homer? What he do wrong? Why everyone heet him, punch heem, blast heem, sock heem all the time?" All in the day of Radio Free Europe.

John Sanders, former officer of the George B. Graff Co., Cambridge, and directly in charge of plant operations, has accepted a position on the faculty of Lowell Tech Institute as instructor of economics. Sounds like a good move. Hal Cannon, Metropolitan Life agent, is now living at Sea Cliff, N. Y.: pediatrician Russ Bulge is working out of Hicksville, living in Syosset, N. Y., just a few rods away from Hal; Pete Weston is over in New Jersey at the Oxford Academy in Pleasantville; and I guess by now you know that Rocky Davidson is back in the metropolitan area and living up in Tarrytown.

Jim White and Helen Lyng of Wilmington trod the aisle on January 15 and whisked off for a bit of Bermuda. Both Jim and Helen work for DuPont and naturally enough will live in Wilmington.

Ed Bailey and pretty Frances Williams of San Francisco had the same idea and took their vows at the Holy Trinity Church in Westfield, N. J., February 26 before their flight to the pink sands. Ed is with the Leo Burnett Advertising Co. in Chicago and that's where they'll be raising a family ... in Chicago that is, not the Leo Burnett Advertising Company.

Alumni Fund time is fast approaching. Boog McLoud and his pals will be out after you soon, so clean up on the market while you can and have your bag of currency ready.

Secretary, 1105 Center St., Milford, O.

Class Agent, c/o Battery' Separator Sales, U.S. Rubber Co., 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York 20, N. Y.