1939

Jerry Beatty has just had a book published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 247 pages, illustrated. Mr. Crowell sent us a copy yesterday and we're half through it already. "Show Me the Way To Go Home," the Commuter Story, is its rather logical title, since it is a book for commuters, about commuters, by a commuter. Jerry has always majored in whimsy, and his puckish panoply of the short-haul passenger trains in the areas of Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and New York make fun reading for us pilgrims who blaze our own easy way to work. But for the real honest-to-God commuter, Jerry has written a new Exodus. He has researched railroad presidents, conductors, ticket chiselers and apple annies. He does a "You Are There" job as realistic as Walter Lord's sinking of the Titanic. Read it! Also the dust jacket will fill you in on author Beatty's recent biography.

Residing temporarily (until December 20) at the Hotel Tudor; 304 E. 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y., is the Cuban representative for the Legal Commission of the United Nations, Armando Chardiet Jr. We wrote Armando last February for his opinions of the Castro coup and are happy to report so glowingly from his reply dated Sept. 17: "I am professor of criminology and vice-dean of the Law School at Villanova Catholic University in Havana and work in cultural selections for the Cuban State Department. With respect to the revolution, I can tell you it is the most humane and nationalistic movement in our history. I am very proud to represent the Cuban Revolutionary Government in the United Nations. If you can, drop me a line at the Hotel Tudor where I will be until Dec. 20...."

The clipping services of the Alumni Office have been pouring in scoops about Michael Ellis, managing director of the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Penna. The Philadelphia Bulletin ran a "family living feature" showing Ellis and his wife on a huge four poster bed with five pillows in his nineteen-room house. The Trenton, N. J., Times described his speech before the Kiwanis Club, and now in a clipping dated Sept. 7, '59, the Trenton Trentonian reports the same indefatigable director of 85 plays in six years speaking before the Lions Club. Prior to his last six-year stint at Bucks County, he produced five shows on Broadway, stage-managed five others, and produced a five-night-a-week television show on Philly's WRCV. Gad!

Bob Whitcomb of Cohasset has been appointed Section Chairman of the Commerce and Industry Department of the 1960 United Fund Campaign, which we think is pretty bully of him. Bob is personnel director of United Shoe Machinery Corp. in Boston, is a committeeman of the Cub Scouts - and here's why. He lives at 41 Atlantic Ave. with his wife Alberta and five children.

Robert K. Thomas of Garden City, N. Y. has been appointed Dean of Admissions, Adelphi College, Sayville, N. Y. After graduating from Dartmouth, Thomas continued his education at Berkeley Divinity School, later receiving his Master's degree from New York University. After leaving the Navy in 1945 he served for twelve years in the ministry of the Episcopal church. He recently married Miss Patricia Kelsey of Floral Park.

Red Fuller has recently joined the New York sales staff of Robert E. Eastman & Co., radio station reps. For the past year he has been advertising sales manager for the magazine "Sponsor." Prior to that Red spent five years with NBC, CBS and ABC. Earlier he was with Y. and R. Before that Roosevelt hadn't invented the alphabet so he didn't have much to do.

A note from Charlie Widmayer gave us the latest scoop on George Neiley who has recently been made director of Public Relations for Deere & Co., large farm equipment manufacturers of Moline, Ill. Several months ago we brought George up to date in this column, but at that time he was asst. director of community relations. Now he apparently has no boss and has gone world-wide.

The ubiquitous J. Moreau Brown is all over the news again. First, we get a postal card from Browny at French Lick Springs indicating he is convening with the Betas. (Oddly enough we were in French Lick two days later for a plastics meeting, but didn't connect.) Next, we read in the paper where Browny is cited as the veteran administrator of the unique General Electric corporate alumnus gift-matching program whereby various corporations will match employees' gifts to colleges up to (in the case of G. E.) $2,000.00 per year. (They matched over $220,000.00 last year and over four years some $800,000.00.) Lastly we received a publication from the American Alumni Council on the Matching Gift Programs of Business & Industry giving credit to Mr. Brown and his good works. If any of you corporate benefactors want to know the companies currently participating and how you can join them, write to American Alumni Council, 1785 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington 6, D. C., and ask for the booklet.

And now for those Xmas Card changes of address:

George Adams, 4906 Dumfries, Houston 35, Texas; Ralph Champney Jr., Box 324, but still in Hampton, Va.; Arnold Childs, American Consul, U. S. Foreign Service, APO 271, N. Y., N. Y., c/o State Dept. American Embassy, Lahore, Pakistan; (Think how Gary Davis' address must read!) Bud Clifford, 104 Broad St., Room 1701, New York 4, N. Y.; Phil Keller, 266 Ocean St., Lynn, Mass.; Van Lee (another new one this month) now at Box 75, Cos Cob, Conn.; Eben Reynolds, 1009 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, N. Y.; John Sinclair, 115 Berwick Rd., Attleboro, Mass. And here are some neighbors: Alan Tishman at 131 Briar Brae Rd., and Larry Vulte at 20 Briar Brae Rd., both Stamford, Conn.; Charles Sayward, Cedarview Rd., RFD, Ipswich, Mass.; Bart Jones, 5210 Augusta St., Bethesda, Washington 16, D. C.; Harriman Jones, 65 East Main St., Canton, N. Y.; Fred McBrien, 510 So. Spring St., Los Angeles 13, Calif.; Don Lawder, Norfield Corners, Weston, Conn.

And again, if you've ever commuted, don't miss Jerry's book.

Secretary, 1908 Coolidge Dr. Dayton 19, Ohio

Treasurer, 15 Meridan Pl., Huntington Station, N. Y.