1935

Far different from the usual routine of our friends who are businessmen in New York, or lawyers or doctors in Boston or Chicago, is the life of Morris P. Sherman, a classmate of ours who now lives in Mayaguéz, on the western coast of Puerto Rico.

Morris (known as "Mush" in undergraduate days) originally came from Westchester, but by the time he got to Dartmouth he had developed a very definite interest in the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking people. He worked for a short period in New York after graduation, but in '37 struck off for the Caribbean, ending up in Mayaguéz with an $80 a month job, and the opportunity of living with a native family so he could perfect his Spanish.

Morris now has a handkerchief manufacturing business under his own name in Mayaguéz, and lives high up in the mountains outside of town, where he also manages a chicken farm.

When Nell and I were in San Juan recently, Morris invited us to fly over one Sunday for a party. The trip from San Juan to Mayaguéz took only thirty minutes, and Morris met us at the airport and drove us the short distance up the mountains to his home. There we were greeted by his attractive wife, Helen, and the Shermans' two children, David, 14, and Ann, 12. Their modern ranch-type house nestles in a sea of giant poinsettias and waving sugarcane, and from their veranda you get a magnificent view of the Caribbean and the Atlantic - at the same time!

Morris' handkerchief business is principally one of converting materials sent down from the States. He has 40 to 50 regular employees, and 100 or more part-time ones. The chicken-raising was started principally for fun, but has developed into a real business, and Morris proudly took us on a tour to show us some 5,000 chicks and the modern scientific methods he uses in raising them. Generally, Morris has baby chicks (only a few days old) flown in from Florida, and after raising them to fryer or broiler size, sells them in the local markets.

Besides the chickens, the Shermans keep horses and cows, and also raise boxer puppies. Growing in abundance about their house are bananas, papayas, several varieties of beans, mangoes, and various other fruits and vegetables.

Helen was the daughter of an American Army officer who had retired in Puerto Rico, and she and Morris met and were married back in the late '30's. She was a commentator on a local radio program for several years, but now gives her full time to running the house and helping Morris with the chicken business.

There is a saying in Puerto Rico that a party in Mayaguéz, once started, is likely to last a week. The measure of the Shermans' hospitality that day, and the conviviality of their friends who gathered to greet us, was indicative that this might be so, but unfortunately we had to catch a late plane that afternoon back to San Juan. If any of Mush's old friends get to Puerto Rico, we suggest they give him a call....

Two other '35's who have spent some time in Puerto Rico are no longer there: Howie Croninger was moved on down to Monte-video, Uruguay, by his company, General Electric, and Elmer Adkins, formerly with the F.B.I, office in San Juan, has moved on to another post and we were unable to get further information on him.

'35 REPORTS

Bucks Weil, from Montgomery, Ala.: "Still in cotton business and in midst of one-year term as president of the "American Cotton Suppliers Assn. Win Garth is doing big job for Deering Milliken."

Bill Lionett, who was voted "busiest" man in our class in our senior year, keeps up the same pace. He reports from Worcester, Mass., that he is currently "Wage Administrator of Norton Company, world's largest manufacturer of abrasive products; Treasurer, Wachusett Regional School District; writer of a weekly editorial for local paper; and instructor in Worcester Junior College...."

Dr. Phelps Luria writes from Far Rockaway, Long Island, that he has "moved to a new house at 218 Broadway, Lawrence, L. I. Intend to have my office in wing of the mansion. Please come down for a visit. I won't charge you."

Marvin Rauch, also from Far Rockaway, writes that "Luria and I have been desperately clinging to our past and our hair. Charlie Lebeaux is my sister-in-law's professor in Detroit. Been keeping busy with orthodontia and teaching at N.Y.U. Dental."

From Sam Milesky, a specialist in teaching handicapped children, and who is headquartered in Madison, Wis.: "Spent a week recently in Northampton at a meeting of American Executives of Schools for the Deaf. Now I'm going to Minneapolis in January to help advise University of Minnesota on training teachers of the Blind."

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE

From Galesburg, Ill., comes the news that Charles William Kempt was recently married to Miss Betty Jeanne Grahn. Kempf is a supervisor at Gale Products in Galesburg, and the new Mrs. Kempf has also been working with the same company. This column has no record of Kempf having been previously married, so must conclude that he is one of the last of the bachelor hold-outs.

Ted Harbaugh reports that he spent an evening recently visiting John and Lee Howe, who are temporarily back at their home on Long Island after a sustained tour abroad for the United Nations. "John has done a great deal to build respect for the United States among foreign people who don't know us well," reports Ted. "I think the class should take note of men like him who have performed a service which benefits us all."

Dick Muzzy, mentioned recently as an officer of the Daggett Chocolate Company, has, according to a late report, been made president of the Cambridge, Mass., candy concern.

Stan Britten, sales director of the Rubberset Company of Newark, N. J., has been elected second vice president of the Sales Executives of Northern New Jersey. Stan also serves on the board of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Westfield, N. J.

Nationally known ski consultant Sell Hannah has been one of the developers of the new million-dollar ski center scheduled for Saddleback Mountain at Rangeley, Me.

Al Sherwood, New York CPA, was recently publicized in the Westchester newspapers for his fine performance in an amateur production of "The Man Who Came To Dinner."

Doc Cliff Mills elected President of the Norwald Medical Society, also appointed to the Westport Advisory Board of the Connecticut National Bank.

Brad York left McCall's Magazine to become a sales executive with Life.

Helen and Morris Sherman '35 entertain Nell and Milburn McCarty '35 (center) at the Shermans' mountaintop home outside of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

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