1943
This is being compiled on New Year's Eve but you won't be reading it until February first, so let me wish you a Happy Washington's Birthday and a Merry Winter Carnival. In the future I must take great care not to speak disrespectfully of those of us who have grown aged, infirm or obese. Also the fact that the National League race was awarded to the Dodgers might have something to do with the following letter:
"On Page Ninety-five (95) of the December issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, you have an allusion to my girth which is not only scurrilous, but definitely libelous. You may expect my Boston solicitor to call on you within the next few days, or better still, perhaps a duel can be arranged at the earliest possible opportunity. Happy New Year! Sincerely, Chuck Feeney."
As the cold snow sweeps around my office door and through the vents of my air-conditioner, it is nice to report about people who live in the land of continual sunshine and smog. The following letter from Jim Adams in Burlingame, Calif., is an interesting one:
"Cheer up! Your comments on the lack of material expressed in the December ALUMNI MAGAZINE were taken to heart, and, seeing that I have a few spare hours, I'm going to pour out my life's story.
"Clarisse (Davis, Colby '43) and I haven't exactly spent what one might call a quiet, normal life these past few years. After being recalled by the Navy in 1951, we were stationed in San Francisco for two and one half years and loved every minute of it. My primary duty was producing and emceeing a Navy TV show on KPIX. Rugged duty! By the time that they sent us to Japan in 1953, we were toying with the idea of staying in and making the Navy a career (as I look back I realize that was blinded by the 2½ gold stripes) .
"I didn't like Japan (Clarisse did; maids and shopping seven days a week), but it did get me started in the publishing business, so no hard reelings. Our first step was to write a book, WelcomeTo Japan, in an effort to give the straight dope to newcomers so that they would avoid all the pitralls that we encountered. It was published in June 1954 and sells for a buck (we ain't retiring off the royalties). In the interim I found that what the Orient needed was a good pin-up calendar, so I proceeded to publish one. Of all people, Reader's Dzgest distributed it, and the 1956 version is now on sale. We returned to the States in June 1954 and got out of the Navy as soon as we could. After a hell of a lot of struggling and sad experiences, I managed to make Welcome House Publications a going concern. Our embryonic concern was incorporated last month, and for the first time in two years we have an accounts receivable column. A Time, Inc. distribution executive joined forces with me and he is using his know-how to make WHP a going concern. Our first U. S. guide book, Key To NewOrleans went on sale this past week. San Francisco, Hawaii, and Monterey Peninsula guide books will be out by June 1956.
"The six days a week that I'm not busy, I act as a subdivision salesmanager for Northern California's largest builder. We find that we eat much better with this arrangement! I would like to hear from Ernie Giusti and Smed Ward. Have seen them both within the past three years, but don't have their present addresses."
INN and OUT Jim Cruickshank on one of his trips through the North Country.... Ted Driscoll from Marblehead. ... Bob Fields from Croton Falls, N. Y. ... Walt Daggett from Fair Haven, N. J.
For those of you who have asked what BobCraig is doing in the medical line, he has been careful to inform me that he is working in Basic and Clinical Research for the G. D. Searle Drug Company and practicing surgery at the Evanston Hospital and teaching surgery at the Northwestern Medical School. He has all the degrees necessary for a qualified specialist, including a boy, 9, and a girl, 20 months. Bill Coughlin reports a new prospect for Dartmouth, weighing in at nine pounds, fifteen ounces.
Bill Chilcote reports that he now feeds a wife and two boys. A pleasant note from George Burke states that like Frank Dain,Koo Delaney and Ed Porter, he is a practicing radiologist. With his family, two boys and two girls, he lives in Spring Lake, N. J., and practices in Asbury Park, N. J. Word from Bill Burr in Louisville, Ky., assures us that he has not bought Nashua but instead is distributing G.E. Appliances and working in labor relations.
I know it takes a certain amount of time and effort to write me a note about yourselves and maybe you think it is presumptuous to do so, but if you only knew how happy I am to hear from as many people as possible so that the column can continue to be a meeting place for the scattered members of our class, you would not hesitate for a minute. Even one or two lines will do and will help us to know how the other half lives.
See you next month!
James E. Adams '43 and his wife Clarisse toast their new publishing business, Welcome House Publications.
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