1914
Although the sad events took place in December, 1956, the news did not arrive until too late for inclusion in the January or February issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. However, on December 15 Stubby Johnson died of a heart attack in West Hartford, Conn., and on December 26, in San Francisco, a heart attack carried off Herb Gridley who was with our Class in 1910-11. More complete notices will be published in the In Memoriam section.
A change o£ address for Wag Green to 1301 Fidelity Union Building in Dallas leads to the suspicion that this change is an indication of retirement as president of the W. A. Green Co., and the assumption of other activities which require office space. Possibly, like Enders Voorhees, he wants a quiet nook for bridge or pinochle. Hopefully there will be just enough wrong with these remarks to stimulate Wag to write and tell us what is going on down in the heart of Texas.
Ralph Jenkins, another one of our retired members, recently took an automobile sightseeing trip from New Jersey to the west coast and return, stopping off to see his son who teaches engineering at the General Motors Institute in Flint, Mich. Donald is also a consultant to the National Committee of the A.S.M.E. which is writing up a code of testing for dynamometers and load measuring devices.
Speaking o£ sons, there was a notice in the "New Citizens" column of The Boston Herald in January, of the arrival o£ Kevin Irving Sullivan Jr. Parents are Lt. and Mrs. Kevin I. Sullivan '54, Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Me., and Grandma is Mrs. F. Francis Sullivan (Kay to you) of Winchester, Mass.
Johnny Hazen is reported to have been in Hanover during the winter, as was President Buck and Jim Gregg. The Class Agent and Prexy were there in line of duty with meetings in connection with the Alumni Council and Alumni Fund.
Ducky Drake, at this writing, says he is going to keep the Sno-Bird tradition alive by taking himself and Marian to Hanover over the 22nd of February.
Last month you read of Bert Symonds' new association. This month you will read that he took your secretary to lunch a few weeks ago and we had a delightful visit. Bert is enjoying his new assignment tremendously and is learning about an area of Massachusetts which has not been too familiar to him or others who cling to the rocks of the north shore. At the time of our get-together he and his wife were planning on an evening of bridge with the Sam Coles. It is of interest that the Coles and the Symonds shared a double house when they were first married and this bridge party would be held in the same location. Bert says Sam still plays bridge as well or better than in the college days. He was pretty good at pinochle also, if memory serves rightly.
Met Chick Grant on the streets of Boston recently and tried to get him into Patten's restaurant for the Dartmouth luncheon, but he's too busy looking after the welfare of the elderly and could not spare the time. You may recall that Chick is with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Phil Coe, Worcester realtor, is a member of the Corporation of the Bay State Society for the Crippled and Handicapped (The Easter Seal Society) which has headquarters in Worcester.
Charlie Crandall spent Christmas with son, Charles Jr., in Arlington, Va. Junior is a lieutenant-commander and expects to have command of a new destroyer escort to be commissioned in the spring.
Secretary, 40 Byron Rd., Weston 93, Mass.
Treasurer, 165 Marlboro St., Wollaston 70, Mass.
Bequest Chairman,
