1952

Dek Davidson was one of the first arrivals at the Yale Bowl parking lot to make sure we would have our annual meeting spot. While Dek was filing our claim with the Eli land office, members o£ the class Executive Committee were gathering for a late breakfast meeting at the Three Judges restaurant near the Parkway.

The formal meeting took place in two large booths, with wives and dates occupying a third. On hand were Bernie Lewis, Bob Binswanger, John Rosenwald, Dick Watt, Pete McSpadden, Bob Brace, Vic Trautwein representing Chicago and the Midwest, Charlie Curtis representing Philadelphia, and your class secretary. Discussion topics ranged from regional class gatherings to a class directory and the financial position of the class (which is good, but naturally could be better). Bernie is planning a complete report to the class in the near future.

With game time drawing near, the committee traveled to the Bowl (following special '52 signs posted by McSpadden and aids). The group of more than 40 classmates gathered at the '52 site enjoying the beer and fellowship included Roy Abbott, Nels Ehinger, Bob Ringstad, Al Smith, Len Larrabee, Bob Medvecky, Bob Lord (back in New Haven after a year in France on a Reynolds grant), Rog Malkin, Clay Cogswell, Dave Drexler, Rog Harrison (in from Cincinnati), Whitey Dunlap, Jim Churchill, Em White and Ken Roman.

Also Harry Bingham, Ardie Epranian, Steve Mandel, Whitey Fier, Bill Fisher, Fred Form, Dusty Rhodes, Chet Wiley, Bob Jelley, Bob Herr and Bob Callender. It was a great affair, and having the Class of 1953 share our location made the event even better. I'm sure mv notes don't include all in attendance - My apologies to the missing. We'll get you next year for sure.

A novel recipe arrived from Illinois (chief ingredients - a dash of Irish blarney blended with a bit of Scottish thrift) announcing the birth of Kathleen Erwin MacLeod, firstborn of Don and Pat MacLeod, on September 23.

One week later in Connecticut a boy was born to Neil and Betty Kelsey. Jay Stahl, who reported Neil Steven's birth, added that he hasn't heard from dad for so long, he hopes young Neil will learn to write at a very early age.

Ted Lewis and Jane Ann Kissel exchanged marriage vows on September 20. The wedding took place in Lake Geneva, Wis.

The Calvary Methodist Church in East Orange, N. J., was the spot for the September 6 marriage of Dick O'Neill and Patricia Barbour. Dick's with the American Can Company in Baltimore and the couple will live in that city. Brother Dave O'Neill '51 and Frank Logan were ushers.

Lawyer Ed Blair and Josanne Pawlikowski were wed in early September at St. Stanislaus Church in New Haven, Conn. Ed has just moved from Norwalk to New Haven where he is associated with a law firm in the Eli home town. Josanne is an Albertus Magnus College graduate and is a TV continuity writer with WNAC-TV in New Haven.

Herb Drury was mentioned in the October 11 issue of the New Yorker Magazine in the Profile on John Teale. Herb went with Teale one summer to the Arctic on his search for musk oxen.

A follow-up note on Bob Jelley's recent marriage reveals that Bob was accepted at Harvard Law School just 36 hours before the ceremony and that now he and the Mrs. are living in Cambridge. My informant also reports that Bob scored sensationally on the Law Aptitude Exam.

Another recent bridegroom, Al Davis, is now with the law department of the Gulf Oil Corporation in Pittsburgh. He and Mary reside in that city.

The engagement of Miss Cynthia Jeanne Mahoney of Haverhill, Mass., and Squam Lake, N. H., and Dr. George Johnson has been announced. Having just completed his two years of Army service, George is now a resident physician in internal medicine at Mary Hitchcock Hospital here in Hanover.

Guy LaBalme is back from Morocco and spotted at a Capital Gifts campaign meeting in New York. Guy has started up his own business in New York, LaBalme Enterprises, Inc., 505 Fifth Avenue (i.e., sale of portable scales for air travelers and other items) and still has business interests in Morocco. He hopes to return to North Africa for a month or so this winter.

Charles Schuck, formerly an engineer with General Motors, has taken a position as science teacher at Davis High School in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. He gained his Master's from Teachers College, Columbia, this past June.

Ray Bolin has a new assignment with Mobay Chemical Co. according to a company announcement. He has joined the product development department in Pittsburgh.

Dick Pratt has been appointed special agent of the Boston Insurance Group in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts with headquarters in Providence. Also in the insurance line, Rog Steinharter has been named a group pension representative for Connecticut General Life Insurance Company in New York City.

Secretary, 5 South Park St., Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer,: 33 Dean St., Attleboro, Mass.