1952

By the next writing I hope to be able to print a tentative run-down of the actual schedule for the reunion weekend. Many of the plans have already been made and only await confirmation. Needless to say, the complete details will be sent to you under a separate mailing, but the important point is to firm up those plans for the weekend NOW!!!!!!!!!! We plan to be able to keep the tab within reasonable proportions so that the trip won't break you and yet make the show not only worthwhile but one you won't forget. This is all possible due to a large and talented organization comprised of some of the best financial brains, Madison Avenue idea men, and big time showmen of our era which go to make up the Reunion Committee. If we can catch up with Jerry More, at least one of the features will be the movies he took for and of us. The gals will have an opportunity to see the before and after. There's talk of a band, several cocktail parties, a picnic, golf, swimming, tennis, loafing, catching up on the past five years, and for those of us who still love it, Hanover in the late spring, sans slush, green, warm and sunny. See you there.

WHAT'S NEW WITH '52

Those who have been seen in Hanover in recent months number several and include Bert Flounders, Bob Jelley, Van Stevens, Ed Lyon. Deke Emmons, George Andretta, Don Campbell, Bill Kay, and Ray Buck.

Ray Buck, incidentally, wasn't just passing through. Rather he is the latest addition to the '52's permanently on the Hanover scene. Ray now holds down an appointment as an associate in the Office of Development of the College. He will work principally on the Alumni Fund and the Class Memorial Fund programs. Ray had been with the New Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times for almost two years and had served as copy editor, assistant city editor and makeup editor. Previous to this, he has several years of campus life behind him at Ohio Wesleyan where he worked on the Alumni Magazine and assisted in the alumni and development programs there. Ray and Joan have two girls, Susan - almost three - and Carol - seven months. They make their home at 5 South Park Street.

While we are on the subject, there are several others, not mentioned here so far, who are concerned with the matter of education. One is Jesse Morgan who is currently teaching at the Pingry School in New Jersey. Jesse, in addition to his teaching duties, is also doing some coaching there. Before coming to Pingry he taught and coached at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan. Should you stop in at Phillips Andover on your way north from Boston you would find that Doc Dey is among the younger members of the History Department. Doc, incidentally, is among the first who are beginning their teaching career under the new and much discussed Andover Teaching fellowship program. The plan involves teaching for a year and then a second year of graduate study.

Changing from the academic to the diplomatic sphere, I have a release from the State Department announcing the appointment of C. Richard Spurgin as a career Foreign Service Officer by President Eisenhower. This appointment also makes him a Vice Consul and a Secretary in the Diplomatic Service. Save for two years in the Army, Spurg has been studying ever since he left Hanover. Upon discharge he studied at the University of Vienna and for the last year or two he has been at the University of Chicago. Last I heard, he and his bride expect to be in Washington this spring.

From Havana, Cuba, I have a letter the head of which reads "Representante de: Owens-Illinois Inter-America Corporation, Libbey-Owens-Ford Export Company - Los Mayores Fabricantes del mundo de toda glase de envases y productos industriales de vidrio." Those of you who got past Spanish probably have this all figured out but for those of you who didn't, the next time you're in Havana, look up Joe Barroso. I think you will find that he can square you away on it. Joe is working in the sales end of the business and says that prior to this tour, he spent about a year and a half each in New York and Toledo. Joe and Lore Mamlok, Smith '53, were married in August of the year she graduated.

In this area, I ran into Al Fallows the other day who announced that he and family had just moved out to Barre, Mass. He formerly commuted from Westboro to his job with the Massachusetts Protective Association, an insurance firm here in Worcester.

From the services comes word that Jim Wright, Ens., USNR has Aviation Ground Officer's School at Jacksonville, Fla., and Air Intelligence School in Washington behind him. With that background he has reported for duty on the staff of Admiral Jerauld Wright who, as many of you with Navy duty in your past undoubtedly know, is Com Lant with headquarters in Norfolk. Jim and his wife Janet have one son, David, and make their home at 417 Harvard St., Norva.

WHO'S NEW WITH '52

Another singleton this month. It's a girl; she was born in Havana on November 14, 1956, and her name is Lisa Anne Barroso.

TROTHS AND BETROTHS

In this department it's a three and three combination for this writing. The engagement docket covers the end portion of 1956 and I would appreciate any news on the nuptials - if they have transpired.

I have word that early last fall Helen Shea and Ed Finerty made known their intentions. Helen is a graduate of Boston State Teacher's College and has been teaching in Arlington, Mass. Ed is a Tuck graduate, received his commission at Newport, and is completing or has completed his tour aboard the USS Fessenden.

As of last November, I have an announcement of the engagement of Pete Henderson to Shirley Ann Schneider of Lakewood, Ohio. Pete is studying at Harvard's graduate School of Design and his fiancee is a Wellesley graduate and is now studying at the Graduate School of Library Science at Western Reserve. From Longmeadow I hear Ann Hathaway has said "yes" to Brew Sturtevant also of that town. Ann is a Connecticut College graduate. Brew has his Navy duty behind him and is working in the Springfield area.

As for those who have taken the vows in recent months, I have notes on three. San Francisco was the setting for a small family wedding last November 9 that united Dick Brown and the former Lynn Johanson. Mrs. B. is a graduate of the University of California and Dick, having completed two years with the Marines, has been associated with one of the larger brokerage firms in the city for the past two years.

On November 26 in Needham, Mass., Geo Scully and Susan Winslow exchanged vows in an evening ceremony. Geo's bride attended Dickinson College and he is a Tuck graduate, has completed a three year tour with the Navy, and is now associated with the Casco Bank and Trust Company in Portland, Maine. They make their home on Cape Elizabeth.

Speaking of that city, Bob Curtis and Margaret King were married November 24, at a morning ceremony at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception there. Margaret is a graduate of St. Joseph's College and has been employed in the office of the corporation Consul at City Hall. Bob spent two years with the Army in Germany, has a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and has been administrative assistant to the City Manager of Portland for the past year and a half. They make their home at 25 Montreal Street.

So be it for another sitting. I still can use some news from you, so drop me a line or two after you read this. See you in Hanover!

Bill Roberts '51 and his bride, the former Peggy Moran, in Dubuque, lowa, on their wedding day, October 1, 1956.

Secretary, 32-A Boynton St., Worcester, Mass.

Treasurer, 736 Grand Ave., Aurora, Ill.

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