1928
Our interest in television took a decided spurt when we learned from ever-thoughtful Craig Haines that we have a star performer in our ranks-none other than Tom Middleton, hailed by NBC as the turkey farmer from Danbury, Conn. Tom is appearing on a quiz show called "Tic Tac Dough" originating at WRCA in New York, Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8 o'clock.
Tom has won $22,500 on this program in the last three months. In July he won $3900 in five days in a different version of the quiz show. On September 26 he got back on the Thursday night show and won $5200 ("a fair year's profit in poultry," he said). On October 3 he added another $7800 and tonight he brought his current pot to $18,600. If you think it's easy money, you should see Tom sweat out some of the answers.
Tom has fielded the questions beautifully - showing a fund of knowledge on such diverse categories as dancers, baseball, the Bible, explorers, astronomy, opera, France, sonnets, etc. Tonight he missed two questions about U.S. presidents, but his opponent did too, so he's still champ.
Tom's daughter, Mary, is a reporter on the Chicago Tribune, son Mike is an engineering officer on the Navy ship "Yokasuka" in Japan, and Kathie is a sophomore at Vassar.
It's interesting to note the way some people can combine business and pleasure, particularly during the football season. John and Peggy Phillips were in Maine on business and just happened to be in Hanover the day before the New Hampshire game. Of course they stayed over, and saw at the Inn or thereabouts the Hammie Hammesfahrs, Larry Kenneys, Bill Mortons, Jim Campions, Barney Norton and Amby McLaughlin.
John says, "The Mortons had with them their 10-year-old son, Harry, who got a tremendous kick out of seeing his older brother play halfback for Dartmouth. I might add a couple of times his old man almost swallowed his cigarette when his son took over and scored a couple of touchdowns."
Larry Kenney moved back to Glens Falls, N. Y., last summer, after six years in Chicago as General Manager of the Western Department of the Glens Falls Insurance Company. Larry has been with the company since graduating from Tuck School in 1929. In 1955 he was elected a vice president. Larry and Martha have a daughter, Carolyn, at Smith.
A Boston Herald clipping reports that "a downpour interrupted Sheriff Adnah H.Harlow's eloquent oratorical salute to retiring Representative Nicholson" at an outing of the Plymouth County Republican Club attended by 450.
Rebecca Sreenan has written thanking the Class for continuing to send her the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. She has moved to 175 North Beacon St., Watertown, Mass., and is now a housemother for 15 blind girls at Perkins School for the Blind, which she finds an intensely interesting job.
The Sunday New York Herald Tribune had a big picture of Bill Morton, son of our Bill, carrying the ball at the Penn game. It was quite a '28 affair, with Al Fusonie's son, Doug, playing in the Big Green line. In addition to the nervous parents of the players, John Flanagan spotted the following: Ralph and Hilda Rickenbaugh of Denver (Hilda was showing her prize dogs at a Philadelphia show), Jim and Helen Campion of Hanover, Sonny and Esther Middlebrook of Hartford, Herb and Dotty Russell of Suffield, Conn., and the following who came shorter distances: George and Eleanor Klein, George and Sis Emery, Jack and Dee McAvoy, Bill and Cyrene Williams, Jack and Nancy Heston, Ernie and Jean Wright, Craw and Ethie Pollock, and George and Suzanne Pasfield.
Joe Smith made the move to Florida he has been contemplating-his new address is 2840 South Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach. ... Our sympathy goes to Peggy Phillips, whose father, John B. Ballou, died October 4at the age of 83.... John Waters is now with the ad agency of Baldwin, Bowers & Strachen, Buffalo.... We hear by the grapevine that Jim Campion is going to be the next Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire.
Roy and Mab Milliken's daughter, Anne, is a junior at Duke University and John is a senior at Wyomissing High in Reading, Pa. ... Bill and Bobby Morton's daughter, Linda, is at Pine Manor in 805t0n.... Don Norris was recently elected a trustee of the Braintree Savings Bank. Don is treasurer and general manager of the John A. Lowell Bank Note Company of Boston.
El Drake and the governor of Massachusetts were speakers at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Newton (Mass.) Junior College. El was its first director. He is now associate director of the Field Service Department of Scholastic Magazines, Inc., in New York.
Bill Purcell died of a heart attack September 14 in Utica, N. Y., where he was vice president of the Munson Mill Machine Co., Inc. A letter just received from Craig Haines says that Ed Zey's check for class dues, dated September 14, has been returned marked "deceased" by his bank in Mission, Texas. We'll have more information next month.
Commander Jack Pillsbury '29, USN, has leftNorfolk, Va., for London where he is nowPublic Information Officer for the Commander in Chief, Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa.
Treasurer, First National Bank, Boston 6, Mass.
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