1925

This is Park Merrow subbing for Herb Talbot for one issue. On March 24 Herb and Emily with son Geoff and daughter-in-law Jeanne sailed for a five-week vacation in Europe. Geoff is well recovered from his ulcer attack and is now able to travel. While overseas Herb has been invited to attend paraplegic centers in England and France. He states that he will do no work, but five will get you twenty-five, that he will be asked to give his opinion on some technical matter to a few noted specialists, and the gathering will then be treated to Herb's sweet swinging prose and be duly impressed

Les King has a son at Fort Dix who MC's a TV show for the Army's public relations work. Les ran down to Philadelphia the other night to see him handle his presentation. Les was snowed out of his blueberry planting project at his place on the Maine coast, around Easter time.

Don Moore is collaborating with a Naval Commander on a book, The Naked Warriors, which will be out on July 1. It is a story of underwater demolition teams from World War II to Korea, through today. Don is rushing it into print to beat his daughter Pamela (aged 18, Barnard '57) who will have her book this coming fall, with Rinehart as publisher.

And another classmate enters the grandfather listing, for at Simcoe, Ontario, on March 1, Lisa Garrod was born. Seven pounds three. Drue and Johnnie plan to run up there this summer to look over the lovely little tax exemption.

The League of Women Voters of Lexington, Mass., asked each candidate for office a series of probing questions which he had to answer in the public print. As you know, RalphTucker cleared all the hurdles and was named Selectman over a number of strong candidates.

Cliff Hill has gone back to Saudi Arabia, now that his daughter is safely in the world. Kay will follow him in June with the young.

We note in the public print a vigorous blast by Ralph Carey, Shell division manager in Boston, when the government got after a group of Shell dealers when a gas price war was going on. Made very good and convincing reading.

J. Walter Thompson Company topped the big ten in the advertising field in 1955 in total billings. Bill Griffin, a vice president of that concern, is account executive for the Ford Motor account.

Speaking of Ford, it is noted that CharleyMoore, who makes a very large number of people jump when he sticks his head out of his office and yells, is often quoted on the matters of Ford safety belts and safety engineering.

On the subject of belts, when Line Davis came up to shoot color with me last fall, he had belts in his Lincoln, and, as you would expect, had made improvements in the matter of locking them when getting into the car.

Ellie Wallis (Mrs. Frank) is doing her usual competent job as chairman of the board of trustees of the North Shore Babies Hospital and is attending hospital conventions. Bobby White (Mrs. Whitey) is also doing some convention-attending, representing the Auxiliary of that hospital.

Strange as it may seem, Mrs. Charles Hayward has been named chief librarian of the Lynn Public Library. Them Haywards have always been folks who keep more than one book in the house.

Pete and Ginnie Haffenreffer sailed on April 7 for Europe where they will visit in Italy, France and Germany, with the accent on Germany where Pete will study modern German brewing techniques.

The Lou Kimballs are back from Florida after marrying off a daughter (we still owe a wedding present).

Bill Sleigh has been doing a lot of bad-mintoning this winter to keep in shape, at the Marblehead Guts and Feathers Club.

The Eddie Edwards, returning from Florida vacations, arrived in Greater Boston just in time to get stuck in one of the blizzards and had to spend the night in a church.

Our daughter Ann flies to Japan in early May for a two-year tour of duty with the US Information Service. She has always wanted to travel and has pointed her work and training to that objective. Very determined, like her mother. She is stopping off in Hawaii to visit her brother Lyford, who is Air Forcing there.

In Portland the other day I saw a copy of Alex Laing's latest book Jonathan Eagle on sale. The salesman said it was doing well. Read a few sentences, ordered a copy and departed. As I drove home I suddenly realized that one of the compensations of middle age is to see the promise of youth come to full flower in maturity, as we are now doing. Obviously, I cannot phrase as well as Herb, but one of the deep glowing satisfactions of life is to note the keen competence of classmates. The fast flowing years have brought the experience, the judgment and the breadth of vision which we recognize in others, but will not admit in self.

Secretary, 58 Winfield St., Needham, Mass.

Class Agent, 306 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N.H.