1934
Important news this month is that our new Class Agent is Harry B. Gilmore Jr. We are lucky to have such an able man step into the boots of George Copp. The Executive Committee met and prayed fervently that Harry would accept. Silver-tongued Bill Scherman was his most persuasive self, and so once again we have ourselves an agent of whom we can be exceedingly proud. The rest is up to the sub-agents and you, the contributors. Harry wrote me to say he was bursting with ideas and he will have more to say after the Hanover Clinic for Class Agents on January 13. A thumb-nail sketch of our new officer reveals that after graduating from Tuck School in 1935, he worked at the Bank of New York along with Dave Hedges and Walt Blood. He married Prudence Anne Dawes in 1941 and their son Anthony is now 13 years old. He is presently the secretary-treasurer of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company and resides in Manchester, N. H.
Santa Claus was good to me and brought me a sack full of news. This is more highly prized than the assortment of ties and sports shirts which looked as if they, too, had come down the chimney.
At the top of the bag was an item about that old hoopster Dr. Henry W. Kraszewski who was elected president of the medical staff of the New Britain Memorial Hospital. After graduation Hank went to Tufts Medical School and served with the Armed Forces from 1942 to 1945. He lives at 49 Lexington St., New Britain, Conn., with Frances and their three children: Lucien, Donald and Marcia.
More medical information concerns RobertF. Korns. His picture with Esther and their five children adorned the front page of the pictorial review of the Albany Times-Union. Bob spoke on the evaluation of the Salk vaccine. He is chief of the Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control of the New York State Health Department. Along with three degrees from Johns Hopkins, Bob retains his love for music and I quote from the newspaper article:
Musical ability runs in the family, with Judy playing the piano, Nancy the cello, Tommy the clarinet and Bobby the piano. Two-year-old Stephen will study the violin and Mrs. Korns says he has absolute pitch and in the family he is known as "Stephen the songbird."
Speaking of Dr. Salk, how many of you know that Sy Axelrod was an associate of this great doctor? Sy is now a professor of public health at the University of Michigan. He and Pearl (a graduate of our sister institution Smith College), live in Ann Arbor with their children, Peter and Joan.
Dr. Kirk Spi tier has forwarded the center spread from the pictorial section of the Sunday Cleveland Plain Dealer, all about ArtMoebius. More of that later. Kirk is a trustee of the Cleveland Health Museum and a director of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine. He and Eleanor live at 2257 Woodmere Drive in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with their four youngsters: Barbara, Marilyn, David Jr. and Heather Ann.
I wish some of you medics would discover the cure for cancer. It is sad to relate but SigStern's son Tom passed away at the age of 5 and Ray Hulsart's mother after a long illness died of the same dread disease. Our deep sympathy goes out to you, Sig and Louise, and also to Ray and Shirley.
Some major appointments in industry John Davis Murphy is president of the Wiremold Company of Hartford, Conn. He worked in every factory and office department there before becoming head of the company. AlanTawse is vice president and general manager of the Yankee Shoemakers. He has had twenty years of experience in the manufacture and production of shoes. Alan and Cleonice now live in Newmarket, N. H., and he finds time occasionally to play golf. Charles Cotsworth is the new general administrative head of American Automobile Insurance Co. A press clipping details the story that Chuck joined the company's Chicago branch in 1934 and was appointed to the head office in 1937, where he advanced from assistant superintendent to superintendent of agents. He was elected an assistant vice president in 1948, vice president in 1952, and became senior executive for field operations a year later. Irvin K. Besse was appointed to an executive position in the Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Ike has for the most part been concerned with engineering activities during his fifteen years association with the firm. He is a registered professional engineer, having graduated from Thayer School in 1935. He has a new address, Box 437, Yarmouth Post, Mass.
One final note from the New England area concerns Sam Fishman who is on the staff of the Lincoln Junior High School. He is an instructor in social studies and naturally guides the destinies of the football team. Did you have a successful season, coach? Sam also manages to find time to be the principal of the Temple School in Maiden. A very popular and hard-working citizen is brother Sam. Wish you would find time to bring us up to date on brother Ike.
Frank Parmelee writes, "So far this year I have been around South America and Europe in the old routine but since Marcia joined me for part of it, I don't mind too much." Lucky guy. That old routine is vice president in charge of foreign operations of the Toledo Scale Company.
Jim Dunn's wife Nettie takes up the pen for her man:
"As you can see from our new address (Ewing Road - R.D.2, Coraopolis, Pa.), we are in the country. We call the 24 acres 'Plane Acres' because it is so near the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. All four of us are most healthy and Jim has a new title — Ass't. Gen. Plant Superintendent of the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel Ambridge Plant. Quite a handle!" Many thanks.
Nick Xanthaky has a good collection of class movies taken at reunion and is working on titles and editing. Some of us will only be a face on his cutting-room floor. I wish a few of you would send me some negatives. We could use them in the space allotted to us in this MAGAZINE.
Tom Cass has a new job as senior vice president of Container Corporation of America and along with it a new address, 1890 Vallejo, San Francisco, Calif.
Bob Lindsledt is district sales representative of United Film Service, Inc., distributors and producers of motion picture and television commercial advertising films. He and Nancy live at 5320 Buckner, Louisville, Ky., with their son Tom.
Adrian Paradis published his third book last September. It is a career book for those interested in public relations and is called For Immediate Release. He and Grace planted their roots in New England by buying "some wonderful lake-shore property" on Grand Isle, Vt., on Lake Champlain.
A change of address received from WaltKeady to 41 Manchester St., Nashua, N. H. Also a new one for Phil Eckels. He's moved to 433 W. 59th Terrace, Kansas City 13, Mo. He makes durapane, a polyester plastic sheet reinforced with fiber glass. It's a corrugated or flat sheet used in a large range of colors in the building material field or in any situation where a product with lasting, pleasing color, strength, and light transmission are needed (adv't. by the secretary).
Now for that word about Art Moebius. There was a color spread in the ClevelandPlain Dealer Pictorial Magazine with a picture of Art's home and four of the rooms. The article read in part: -
"A lovely, eight-room, white colonial house with Delft blue shutters located on Eldridge Road, Aurora, is the answer to a lot of hoping and planning by Arthur and Ruth Moebius. While Moebius' position with one of the world's largest fabrics firms required him to move to fifteen different cities during eighteen married years, he and his wife were always on the search for antiques and other interesting objects for the home they were sure they'd have some day.
"Today these items, with wonderful colors and fabrics, have created the perfect background for their informal way of living and entertaining. The slipcovers, the painting, wallpapering, and draperies were all done professionally. Ruth has found time to paint and decorate some of the chests and tables."
The bedroom was decorated with eight Dartmouth College plates hung on the wall. This is gracious living. In the year 1956 I hope all of you are living as comfortably.
Enjoying last summer's sunshine at Montauk, L. I., with Harding Macdona '33 were Patricia, twins Nancy and Harding Jr. and wife Eve.
Fred G. Robbe '34 has been named Advertising Manager of P. Lorillard Company. Formerly assistant advertising manager, he hasbeen with the tobacco company since 1950.
Secretary, 160 Broadway, New York 38, N. Y.
Treasurer, Hovey Lane, Hanover, N. H.
Memorial Fund Chairman,
