1939
The choice was mine, to prepare this column, or to prepare my income tax return. Without a moment's hesitation, I have chosen the column.
And now, in the interval before the United States marshal comes with the pie wagon....
Walter E. Martinson, C.P.A. and member in good standing of the American Institute of Accountants has held his nose and jumped. He announces the opening of his own office for the practice of public accounting, including tax accounting, at 34 Hancock Street, Quincy, Mass. (Can't you hear me calling, calling you....)
That finishes up the correspondence for this month. Let's take a look at the news clips.
An Air Force friend from the class of '54 has graciously sent us a clipping from die Air Force Times, reporting the dedication of Schilling Air Force Base at Salina, Kan., on March 16, in honor of our late classmate, Col. Dave Schilling. Air Chief of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining made the dedication address before a crowd of 50,000 people, including Kansas Governor George Docking and Gen. Carl A. Spatz, USAF (Ret.). While the 31st Fighter Wing, which Dave commanded during World War II, flew overhead, Dave's boy, David Jr., accepted the Distinguished Service Medal from Gen. Twining in his father's name.
Another Air Force item comes from The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Col. Bob Loughry, Executive Officer of the 50th Fighter Bomber Wing, based at Toulon, France, having logged 3,000 miles in the air, has been named an Air Force Command Pilot. The designation entitles Bob to wear, not a Sam Brown belt with reflector buttons of Scotchlite, but just a simple wreath surrounding the star in his pilot's wings.
The Slater Bulletin, house organ of Slater System Inc., world's largest purveyors of grub to the denizens of our nation's offices and factories, devotes a prominent portion of its March issue to bringing us down to date on the doings of Bill Deal, squire of Merion Station, Pa.
"Recently announced was the appointment of William F. Deal to Vice President in Charge of Operations. Mr. Deal, who previously served as assistant to the Vice President of Operations, and since last April as Acting Operations Manager, directs the operation of all Slater food services.
Mr. Deal began his outstanding food career when he was only 14. While attending school, and later during college vacations, he worked in both the plant and dairy store of the Lorain Creamery, Lorain, Ohio. He attended Dartmouth College, was graduated in 1939, and then specialized in restaurant management at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
Upon receiving his degree from Cornell in 1941, he joined the Stouffer Corporation as a student manager. Two years later, after having become a Stouffer assistant manager, he was called to the Colors. Joining the Navy Air Corps, he served 30 months in the South Pacific and attained the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. He was Night Fighter Plane Director and Officer in charge of the Combat Information Center on three aircraft carriers, and on all three was elected Mess Treasurer with full charge of the officer's mess.
Out of the Navy in 1945, he rejoined Stouffer's and was assistant executive manager of the company's largest restaurant for the next two years. He then went with S. H. Kress & Company as director of over 100 food and fountain operations. For Kress, he standardized menus, established standard recipes, formulated training and merchandising programs, and completely redesigned 39 of the company's food service units.
In 1952, Mr Deal became associated with Canadian Food Product Sales, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. He first reorganized Industrial Foods, I.td., a company subsidiary and the largest industrial food service organization in Canada. He then assumed responsibility for 47 coffee shops, cafeterias and restaurants of the parent company. Returning to the Linked Stares in 1955, he brought his executive leadership to Slater Food Service Management."
Other recent promotions: Bill Mason, manager of the New York Mid town sales officeof International Business Machines Corp. Gardner Ferguson, assistant Vice President of the First National Bank of Boston.
Society note: Gliding about like a well-oiled machine at a recent dansant of the Long Island Alumni Association, your Secretary was pleased to be bumped into by Dot and Walt Darby and Julie and Sid Curtis.
Sid is one of those admirable characters who not only got tired of the old routine but actually did something about it. He gave the boss a blivet, tore up his commutation book and retired to Huntington, N. Y., where he set himself up in the business of taking color pictures of public, private and parochial school urchins. Does he do good work? Well, we've been collecting Curtis Color Prints of our own urchins for several years. And now we know who Curtis is!
Incidentally, Sid's method of operation is unusual. He gets the contracts and loads the cameras, and then leaves the actual picture taking to a bunch of impoverished airline pilots, eager to pick up a buck on their days off. This has left Sid free for other pursuits, such as Bob, 10; Sue, 7; Christa, 4; Carolyn, 3, and Connie, 2.
Walt Darby is growing still greater in girth, and in stature as a New York admiralty lawyer. His success in this field has led him to sport a crew cut, and it may even be that he rows in to the office from Port Washington every day.
I should now ring for my batman to run this down to the postoffice before Gen. Summerfield liquidates the joint, but let me dawdle long enough to remind you, one and all, that Alumni Fund time is here; and that the Second Annual Spring Frolic of the Dartmouth Classes of '37, '38 and '39 will take place at the Dartmouth Club of New York on Friday evening, May 17. As to the Alumni Fund, Dartmouth's record has always been splendid, '39's record has always been poor. But this year, Princeton, Dartmouth's closest competitor in Alumni fund matters, has already gone 'way over the top in its campaign, surpassing anything Dartmouth ever has done in either dollars or percentage of contributors. Dig down, fellers, dig down!
As to the Spring Frolic, where else could you find such charming women; such handsome men; liqueur with such rare fragrance, bouquet and proof and so little Vermouth; such sprightly conversation and such delicious food, for only ten bucks a couple? It's not limited to New Yorkers. John Perry is flying in with a group from Boston. Jack Graham is setting together a party from Philadelphia. Jim Garnett is bringing a dozen from the Chicago area as his guests. And now that the flying time from Seattle has been cut to a mere three hours and some inconsequential minutes, we expect to see Ken Mac Donald there with the entire membership of his Fifth Ward Democratic Club.
Secretary, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 1 Madison Ave., New York 10, N. Y.
Class Agent, 25 St. Stephen's Lane, Scotia, N. Y.
