1921

Born March 26, 1899, Chuck Moreau has probably set a record hardly to be equalled in the classes of 1920 or even 1922. His baby daughter Susan Ann was born January 17, 1959, and will enter college in the class of 1981. But that is not all. Chuck has a photograph probably unique among those taken of grandchildren, which in 1920, '21, and '22 run into the thousands. Chuck's baby daughter by his second wife, the former Monette Carre of New York and of Aigre, Charente, France, is shown with Chuck's three grandchildren, James aged 5, Douglas aged 3, and Karen aged 1½, born to Chuck's daughter, Mrs. Alan Glen" of Toms River, N. J. A second photograph, even better, could hardly be equalled in any class. Even Doug Storer who has seen everything and heard everything would enjoy it. If you are sharp, you can figure it out on the basis of the above information. The caption reads: NEPHEW, AGED 5, HOLDS HALFFRENCH AUNT, AGED 7 MONTHS, ON LAP.

Bill Codding has not a new baby, but he has a new air-conditioned apartment at 63 East 9th Street, just around the corner from his old home in the Hotel Brittany, 55 East 10th. And why? Bill's married. His new wife is Mary Clint Irion, an editor for Macmillan. (His first marriage in 1926 to Alice Mackenzie terminated in divorce in 1945.)

Ralph Pendleton too has a new home, brand new on the outskirts of Worcester. He and Gretna have fun hooking rugs and finishing off a hobby room of knotty pine in the cellar and fixing up the attic as a dormitory to attract children and grandchildren. Like mother, like daughter. Gretna when young studied at the Boston Conservatory. Judy, a dental hygienist, and her mother play an electric organ and spinet piano, and Ann, a registered nurse, sings. Ralph makes music with a hammer and a chisel in further expansions, a garage and a patio.

Continuing in the marital vein, one reports that Pud Walker has acquired a German daughter-in-law. His son Dick returned from a hitch in the Army in the early fall of 1958 with a German bride, "a very nice girl." Dick, now in Honolulu, is studying Slights at the University of Hawaii towards a degree.

Alien and Alice Brailey had a better reason than many for choosing Germany and especially Heidelberg as a central target for a European trip, which included also Austria and England. Their son Allen Jr., who after being graduated from Amherst produced a brilliant record at B. U. Medical School, is now in that romantic German city on Army duty with his wife, son, and daughter. Alice and' Allen liked England; it resembled northern New England. Their daughter Joan, now Mrs. Urban Turner, wife of an electronics engineer and mother of four children, lives not too far from Newton Highlands: in Wilton, Conn.

Lyman Worthington is making his presence felt in Florida where, more or less retired, he is infusing new life into the Bradenton Art Center. As patron of the arts, Kent McKinley had better look to his laurels. This is not to suggest that Lyman contents himself with the business aspect of an art gallery. A talented oil painter, he took up his studies again at the New York Art League this fall. But not as a neophyte. For years he studied with the celebrated German artist George Grosz. A member of the ultramodern school hating the middle classes, militarism, and capitalism, Grosz was a leader of the so-called German expressionists distinguished by their "New Objectivity." The Nazi leaders condemned them as "entartet," i.e. degenerate, because they satirized World War II and post-war conditions in Germany. Reading the handwriting on the wall, Grosz fled his native land and settled in America. Lyman had the benefits of Grosz who, naturalized, turned away from acrid Zolaesque naturalism and Hogarthian caricature to become richly diversified in landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and studies of plants and animals.

Ben Tenney finds life less tense and more interesting as the years roll by. He enjoys his present work and hopes to keep at it until he reaches retirement age, 65. Six years ago he gave up private practice to devote full time to running a teaching service. Four years ago he left his Professorship of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the B. U. School of Medicine for Harvard Medical. Three years ago, promoted to Rear Admiral in the U. S. Naval Reserve, the first doctor in the First Naval District to be so honored, as Consultant to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, he puts in about a month a year on Navy work. He concentrates on inspections and recommendations in dependent care and residency training. Ben's younger daughter, Alice, is a cytologist in cancer research.

Inactive in the Air Force since the end of the war in which he served 3½ years, Frank Robeson in June was retired with the rank of colonel. In World War I he was in the Naval Air Force. After leaving Dartmouth at the end of the first semester, Frank attended Columbia, the University of Illinois, and was graduated from the University of Colorado. Seldom seen by 1921 men to their regret, since 1923 he has been operating Robeson's Department Store in Champaign, Illinois.

Bill Kearns used to be called in one breath Director, Assistant Treasurer, and General Superintendent of Coleman Bros.. Corp., but now he is also called V. P. Nevertheless he does not sit in a pine-panelled office with oriental rugs on the floor. Still largely outside the office, the work calls him all over New England. He drives by golf links never batting a ball and hardly ever an eyelash; he gets enough exercise on the job; and, on Florida winter vacations (Cape Cod in the summer) shuffleboard and swimming are strenuous enough. Want to know if a V. P. contractor's life is complicated? Here's how Bill puts it: "Outside of the hassles with the elements, the labor delegates, the engineers and inspectors, and equipment breakdowns - all normal to our business — my life has so far been pretty uncomplicated and happy, my health good, and I'm looking forward to quite a few active years."

Vance Clark still loves New England, but because he spent 4 years in Springfield, Vt., and 15 in Brockton, Mass., he and Marie have been exploring elsewhere. This year it was the West Coast; last year, Europe, chiefly Southern England. In 1957 it was the West Indies; 1956, Mexico.

Despite two mild heart attacks and a troublesome hip, Ken Thomas gives no thought to retirement and wishes only that he will not have to slow down more than he has. He and his wife took over the Grove Fuel Co. when Eastman Coal was sold in 1952. In Ken's office are two Dartmouth men, Ralph Hinners '22 and his son Gordon Hinners '45.

In San Francisco Jack Garfein has passed his 61st birthday, but he feels years younger provided he permits himself to forget that earlier in life he could play 45 holes of golf a day with less exertion than now he puts out to finish 18.

Stan Gorman, who began in the lithographing business with his father-in-law in 1921 and in 1926 formed his own company, later merged with Consolidated Lithographing, has plans for retirement: 9 months a year on Martha's Vineyard and 3 in the South.

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