1939
Lock the door! Hoasdi's back! From Newton, Mass., he writes:
"Somebody reads your column. .
"Last month, I was highly amused to see that one John Hoasdi had been seen on the porch of the Inn. I suspected that it might be that someone had trouble reading my signature, but rather than correct you, it seemed that this could develop more interest if someone else scratched his head. You did!
"But rather than let the matter drop as you are now on your way to do, L would like to put you straight and prove the system under which this information is supplied is not wrong after all. On November 3, last, I spent a night at the Inn. It was too damn wet to sit on the porch though.
"The Haartz family lives in Lincoln, Mass., and is composed of Christopher, 5, Eric, 1, and, of course, Ma and Pa. Best regards, John C. Haartz Jr."
Bro. Hoasdi-Haartz could have added that he is president of the Haartz Auto Fabric Company, Manufacturers of Automobile Fabrics of Distinction. (I not only cuff him around in this column, I sit on him every day.)
And now, bloody but unbowed, let me add to the list of recent rockers on The Porch, Stan Braun out of Manchester, N. H., and Ken Wighdaw out of Portland, Me.
Hank Merrill, manufacturer of maple syrup and Guernsey cows, writes from Broinla Farm, Greensboro, Vt., on the delights of country living:
"We had an uncommonly wet summer and fall, but were lucky enough to get our crops in and our hay and ensilage put up safely.... In between showers we reseeded some twenty acres, built a new hayshed and silo, and laid a concrete feed floor for the dairy cows. In the fall we moved our sugaring equipment into the back part of the schoolhouse we use as a shop.... It is more centrally located to our three sugar bushes and will have running water and a separate room in which to can the syrup. We're really going to appreciate having electricity, as a great deal of our boiling is done at night. {Likewise. Ed.]
"Winter arrived the day before Thanksgiving, and has hardly let up since. We had two feet of snow by Christmas, and over three feet soon after. It has been cold too, with the thermometer never above freezing from the first of January to the middle of February. Coldest at the farm was 27 below, but it went to 40 below in the village. It has been hard to work in the woods, but a great winter to sit by the kitchen stove...."
Hank and M'Luis are the parents of Douglas, 14, Ken, 10, and Mary Lee, 6. The happy farmer in the dell is also master of the local grange, A.S.C. community chairman, and a member of the Vermont Artificial Breeding Association. He'll sell you all the maple syrup you want, and if you're on the Amana food plan, he'll maybe sell you a cyaow. Just drop him a card.
Although one of Hank's country delights is his own backyard ski tow, he does spend a little time at Stowe, bumping into such people as Howie Chivers, director of the Keewaydin canoe trips for boys. (Adv.)
Bill Russell reports from Detroit, where he is district manager for Norton Co., "World's Largest Manufacturer of Grinding Wheels and Abrasives," and director of the Detroit Sales Executive Club, that he and Mary Ellen take leave of Karen, 11, Donald, 8, and Kathie, 5, once a year to go skiing with old roomie Howie Chivers and wife Jane.
Bill Mason, branch manager for I.B.M. in Springfield, Mass., husband of Kit, and father of Scutter, 12 and Kate, 3, reports that "the skiing's swell above Brattleboro."
Mai Wallis, research physicist at Los Alamos, when last heard from, was taking leave of his hydrogen bombs and heading for a ski meet at Sun Valley with son Pete, 13, and the rest of the New Mexico junior team, as well as wife Phil, and daughters Ginny, 12, and Pam, 7.
Lou Oldershaw, partner in the firm of Davenport, Millane & Oldershaw, Holyoke's leading attorneys, president of the Holyoke Rotary Club, and pater to Peter, 12, Robert, 8, and David, 5, reports that he and Ginny are "regular visitors at Keene's near Hanover' for snow-fun."
Buzz Waters, the Farmington, Conn., paper merchant and recent graduate from the School of Credit and Financial Management at Tuck School, is "still skiing." It is said that he won first prize at the Farmington Winter Carnival, doing the slalom in 10" flat with Jane on his shoulders, Polly, 4, on Jane's shoulders, and Murray, 2, on Polly's head.
Ernie Heydt, diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, and ardent Kiwanian, celebrated his appointment as chief of the Eye Department at U. S. Steel Company's new Lower Bucks County Hospital at Morrisville, Pa., by going skiing for the first time in fifteen years. The Chief was thereafter carried upstairs to bed by Big Chief Ruth, assisted by Susan, 8½ , and Cliff and Ernie III, 6 apiece.
Danny Dyer, New York sugar economist and broker, spent Christmas time with Yvonne and daughters Suzanne, 11, and Diana, 8, skiing at Mont Tremblant where they bumped into Mary and Bill Risley.
Bro. Risley, in turn, bumped into a small gathering of his classmates one evening late in March, shortly after catching his heel on the uppermost of 53 steps at the Dartmouth Club. He was in town on a brief business visit, having left New York some months earlier for Toronto, where he has a hoose with a moose in it, and a job as minister plenipotentiary for Pan-American Airways.
Others at the class gathering: Dick Monahon, Rog Harrison, Jack Haverfield, HughMcLaren, Charlie Davis, Bill Cunningham,Jack Coulson, Walt Darby, and Don Wheaton.
Harrison reported a brief encounter with Dick Durrance in Grand Central Terminal. Mr. Durrance resides in Aspen, Colo., where he is engaged in skiing.
Dr. Eddie Wells, the Lynn (Mass.) radiologist reports that he and Barbara, and James, to Phyllis, 7, Lucinda, 6, and Patricia, 1, attended Winter Carnival in Hanover, where they collided with Math and Dick Jackson. Mr. Jackson, assistant director of the Radio and T.V. Department of J. M. Mathes, Inc., Advertising, and father of Dick Jr., 11, Bonnie, and Jim, 4, reports only that he is feeling poorly, which may or may not be the result of his brief attempt to recapture his youth.
From Bob Hagge, executive vice president of Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. and Employers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Wausau, Wise.:
"I don't suppose that you ever knew we have a Dartmouth Club here in Northern Wisconsin. We've never bothered to formalize (as the ad people say) it, but nevertheless do have an active going concern Membership, including me, consists of Dan Hagge '42, my brother; Dunbar Schuetz '42, my cousin; and Ronald Westgage '42, the husband of another cousin; and two 'outsiders,' John McPherson and Al Langlois, both of '35. We're planning a formal meeting before long, at which time the family clique intends to elect Mcpherson as president, Langlois vice president, McPherson secretary, and Langlois treasurer.
"Back on January 22, in a weak moment, I decided to take up skiing again because of pressure from my three children.... I also persuaded Alice to take a crack at it. I don't think I've been on skis since 1938 or that she's been on them since then, either. We borrowed some skis and poles and off we went to a nearby beginner's tow. Incidentally, 50 per cent of the local Dartmouth Club was there.... Alice went down first, and fell after about thirty feet. She picked herself up and went another thirty feet and fell again.... I Plowed my way down to her, and discovered she had all of the symptoms of a broken leg, so I continued plowing down the hill and located some help and a toboggan. We hauled her off the hill and found that her hunch was correct. She's getting along fine in a walking cast, however. What burned me up most of all was that even though Alice didn't have one full ride down the hill and mine was hardly satisfactory, the bum who runs the tow wouldn't give us a refund on our daily tickets. Don't even believe we got any sympathy. Skiing is for the birds. I prefer the after-skiing festivities - Rum."
And now, me boys, put away your skis. It's Alumni Fund time! Go to a bank, get a mortgage and send the money to Moreau Brown. As we have been saying for several years, let us make our quota for a change.
Secretary, American Bankers Association 12 East 36th St., New York 16, N. Y.
Class Agent 236 St. Stephen's Lane, Scotia, N. Y.
