1944
I thought I had the space for the May notes pretty well allocated with the story about one of our colleagues who "touched off a hunt for a shipwreck and treasure that experts believe may have inestimable historic and monetary value," and had planned to entitle the piece, "Will Success Spoil Rog Feldmarit" But my pal Needle Allen wrecked it by getting the whole 2000-word story in the Class Letter last weekl Of course, it is worth repeating that Rog's find is in an area where $65,000,000 worth of sunken treasure is estimated to be. Rog says he'll settle for only 10%.
Keep your channel tuned to the "$64,000 Question" and you'll probably see another of our fortune hunters. Al Barrett is on tap in the baseball category. Al was selected as Man of the Year by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Knapp agency, and like all good businessmen, gave the press a picture of himself back in the days when. Al and Pat have four youngsters, the latest addition, Barbara, arriving last November 2. When he's not stalking an insurance prospect or reading baseball statistics, Al is scouting Maryland's potential for Dartmouth as enrollment chairman for the state. GusPratt (with Crosse & Blackwell) and Jack Jenness (with Continental Can) are now over there in Baltimore with Al.
Bob Colwell sent me a clipping from the Herald Trib with a good picture of Phil Penberthy and the announcement of his election as vice president of Lennen & Newell advertising agency. One of New Rochelle's most enthusiastic boosters, Bob goes on to say:
"Another of the wandering members of '44 has found his way to the Queen City of the Sound. On receiving the Fund campaign cards from the head solicitor, it was discovered that one, Al Pickard, had been at Fort Slocum since September last. I found that he is an instructor there with the Army Information School, as a civilian employe of the Army. Although he is supposed to be teaching History and Government, it is obviously good Army sense that they immediately put him to work teaching Public Speaking. At the moment, he informs me, his students include men from Thailand, Formosa, Canada and dozens of other countries. He and his wife have a house a-building here in N.R. which he hopes will be completed before an expected arrival in May. Right now he is commuting from here to Hamden, Conn., where his wife Ruth is staying with Mrs. Pickard St. And in all the time he's been in Hamden, little did he know that he was only a short distance from both Fred Page and Bob Sunblad, two other fellow Theta Chi men."
Don and Lela Hinckley are now on the high seas, just a few laps behind Her Serene Highness. There was a great farewell party for them the night before they left and I can only hope that the seas are calm the first several days out. Don has been reconnoitering in Paris for the last several weeks but apparently spent more time exploring the automobile than house situation, and will have a new Austin Healey waiting for them at the dock, but no place to drive to. He'll be responsible for all Procter and Gamble foreign advertising and will get back to the States occasionally on his Canadian visits.
Our Treasurer, Bill McElnea, has been elected a general partner of Van Alstyne, Noel & Co, members of the N.Y. Stock Exchange. Richard Oilman has been appointed executive director of the National Council on Religion in Higher Education, with headquarters in New Haven. An associate professor of philosophy at Colby College, Richard has been a frequent speaker and seminar leader at intercollegiate religious conferences. And Dr. BobWiley has taken to the speakers' platform, recently addressing the Center Harbor Woman's Club in N.H.
Just a few placements before winding up: Dick Morgan is advertising manager of FisherPrice Toys in East Aurora, N.Y.; Jack Lawrence is president of Twinsburg Miller Corp. in Twinsburg, Ohio; Len Landry is an English instructor at the Colorado State College of Education in Greeley, Colo.; John Kimmey is an instructor at Virginia Military Institute; Dave Little is a field representative for the West Publishing Co., working out of Bloomington, Ind.; Don Comes is representing Armstrong Cork out of Cleveland; and Bill Distiu is general manager of Branch and Callan, Inc. in Saranac Lake.
Dr. Delbert Jackson has opened a dental office in Wellesley Hills where he'll specialize in Orthodontics. Lt. Bob Gifford is with the U.S. Mission to Ecuador, c/o the American Consulate in Guayaquil. Jack Riley is with the Riley Bros. Insurance Agency in Boston. Lt.Col. Dick Paul is back at Fort Benning. I never heard of Prairie Village, Kansas, but that's where Frank Behrle and Alex McPherson are living now. John Cordell is a partner of the Hunter Agency, real estate and insurance. JimLang up in Butte, Mont., a zone manager for Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc.... Ches Harris in Warrenton, Vt., a plant manager for the Lane Penn Corrugated Pipe Corp.
Recent visitors to Hanover included the Dick Mayberrys, the Dick Rondeaus, the HapBushs, and the Art Sauls.
Mac McLoud is getting a fast start on the Alumni Fund campaign this year and you can help him out by getting your contribution in quickly so he and his cohorts can devote their efforts in the tougher departments.
Secretary, 1105 Center St., Milford, O.
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