1925
The approach of Labor Day is always viewed with mixed emotions. For some it's the end of the vacation period; for others it's the end of the hot weather. Regardless of the viewpoint, it's the beginning of another academic year, which includes resumption of these notes. And as we approach the task of composing news items, we wonder if the secretary is expected to serve as a central clearing house or as an aggressive newshawk. If it's the latter, then he pleads guilty to the charge of being a shirker.
The Wallis' have been travelling again. Late last spring Frank and Ellie sailed on the American Export Liner "Exeter" for visits to Cadiz, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Marseilles and Naples, where they disembarked and remained long enough to get rid of their sea legs. They then flew to Athens, on to the Isle of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea and back to Athens, following which they engaged a car and driver for a week's motor tour of the Peloponnesian country. Then on to Paris for four days and return to Boston by plane. During their stay in Athens they enjoyed luncheon with Ellis Briggs '21, U. S. Ambassador to Greece. Upon resuming his law practice, Frank learned he had been appointed to serve as a trustee of the Whiting Milk Co. and assigned the task of instituting a $20 million anti-trust suit against a competitor.
If our mates do nothing else, a certain number are inevitably on the move - geographically. Milt Emerson, for example, has returned north and is living at Valley Park Rd., Valley Forge, Pa. Ed Kirouac, more about whom appears below, has moved a few miles north of Greenwich and is living at 5 Abbotts Lane, Westport, Conn. Howard Hevern has returned from Caracas and resides at, cf all places, the Harvard Club, Box 87, 27 West 44th St., New York 36. Charles Annis still lives in New Castle, Indiana, but at a different location - 1114 Mourer St. Our entertainer, Hal White, has moved to a piano in Toronto, Ontario (Ford Hotel). Newt Tobey is another who has moved in the same town of Winnetka, Ill., to 560 Ridge Rd. Beany Statzell is now at 104 ICent Way, Reading, Pa. Roger Stephenson can be reached at 853 21st Ave., North, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Paul Hartsall recently changed jobs and embarked on a "third career." His first was as a French instructor; his second with the National Security Agency for more than 17 years. Now he's in "private industry" - with the Electrada Corp.
Dr. Eddie Gardner was the commencement speaker at the Howard School for Girls, West Mass. He urged the graduates to recognize at an early age the necessity for "collaborative inter-personal relations, both for their own advancement and satisfaction and for the progress of the social institutions essential to a free world." Eddie is president of the board of trustees of the school, and as most of you know, is one of the country's foremost authorities on psychiatric guidance in the fields of youth and education. Chan Walker has moved his lumber business from Washington, D. C., S. W., where it had been since 1898, to a three-acre tract at the intersection of Lee Highway and Route 50 in Fairfax, Va.
Llewellyn White, president of Bryant & Stratton School of Boston, was elected last spring to presidency of the North Shore Dartmouth Club. A news release on this election indicated that Whitey is serving as chairman of a youth committee, established by the Rotary Club, to aid worthy high school students find their proper niches in life. Janet and Bob Misch were featured in an issue of the N. Y. Herald Tribune last spring on the planning of a "menu and wines for small dinners." A five-column picture showed the couple selecting the glasses for the various wines to be served at dinner. Bob is a writer on food and wine. His most recent book, a foreign dining dictionary, is a guide to menu reading in five languages. Bob, a charter member and chairman of the New York Wine and Food Society, has made a thorough study of wines and has a small cellar of notable bottles. "Never a dinner party," it is reported, "but one unusual wine is opened as a conversation piece."
The Burroughs Corporation has announced that Al Kirouac has been named manager of its Bridgeport, Conn., headquarters. Al has been with the firm for thirty years, joining it in 1930 as a sales trainee. Until recently he had been financial sales manager for Burroughs' New York office. You may remember that following graduation Al remained in Hanover to receive a master's degree from Tuck School. Prior to joining Burroughs he spent four years with the National Shawmut Bank of Boston.
Since the last issue of these notes, our number has been reduced by three: JackReeder in June, Ford Allen in July, and Lon Milton in August of 1959, belatedly reported. More details on their lamentable passing appears in the In Memoriam section of this issue.
Lest you are not aware of it, the annual fall meeting of the executive committee of the Class will be held at Hanover on Friday, October 14, the evening before the Holy Cross game. The meeting -is not restricted solely to members of the committee; any member of the Class who is in town at the time will be welcome to join in the proceedings. Mark the date on your calendar now and plan to join us. There will be an informal reception following the Holy Cross game at the Norwich home of Ford and Gertie Whelden. All '25ers are invited.
Secretary, 225 Wyman St., Waltham 54, Mass.
Treasurer, R.R. 1, Box 134, Chester, N. J.
