1949

In Minneapolis on February 26, Paul Denecke married Miss Diana Pallett. Diana is not only with Paul, but with General Mills. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Paul is with Carson Pirie, Scott in Chicago.

Zandy Taft is further pursuing the candidacy of Mr. Nixon by filing as a delegate for the Republican convention in Greenville, Mass., where he has been active in Republican politics for ten years. He is vice-chairman of the Hillsboro County organization. Zandy runs an electric lighting company and a pharmacy in off moments.

Matt Fenton has been named a vice-president of Chesapeake Cadillac Co. in Baltimore, more, where he has retired from the Marine flying business to the selling of autos.

Fred Springer-Miller was in charge of producing the official daily programs for the Squaw Valley Olympic Winter Games. He was assisted in this task by his wife Glenn.

Bill Jones has exacted a promise of marriage from Miss Edith L. Herman and plans formalities for June. Miss Herman is no less than assistant curator of prints at the Museum of Modern Art and was educated at Goucher and Columbia. William is eastern sales manager for the Jones Dairy Farm, whose sausage and maple syrup all readers have probably eaten with some happy accompanying thoughts.

Skip Ungar received an honorific plaque from the Scotch Plains (N. J.) Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was named for the Distinguished Service Award because of work done over several years with the Fanwood Recreational Assoc., the Cub Scouts, and the Plainfield League for the Handicapped. Skip and Manya have two sons, Paul and Michael. Father is chairman of the board of Ungar Industries, makers of cigar boxes. This information was passed by Howie Kresge, our agent in Westfield, who is Regional Manager of Thermador.

Bill Grant, assistant professor of biology at Williams, is engaged in research sponsored by the National Institute of Health on the exotic topic of the endocrine gland goings on in such beasts as salamanders, frogs and toads. This all has to do with the effect of hormones and" is part of a long-range study which Bill has been engaged in for several years. He and Joan have a daughter, Cynthia, 2.

Gordon Parsons of Marshfield, Mass., has recently opened his office to practice of general medicine and pediatrics, and will maintain his association with the Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital. He and Lorraine have three daughters, Elizabeth 5, Sarah Jane 4, and Carolyn 2.

John Gallup of West Springfield, Mass., has been promoted to the position of assistant manager of product development in the sales division of the Strathmore Paper Co. John had been with another division of Strathmore, the Old Colony Envelope business. He is a director of the Advertising Club of Springfield and has been active in Rotary, Scouting, YMCA, the Church, Community Chest, and numerous other civic enterprises. John and Paula have three children.

Jim Braunworth, 206 Bellevue Ave., Montclair, N. J.:

Last fall I moved from Diamond Gardner (matches, lumber, pulp) to the advertising world. I'm now assistant employment manager with Kenyon & Eckhardt, and talk with such as Bill Ballard. Still living in Montclair, but am now in the "upper" section. I have no special tricks to cite for being able to remain single.

Dave Bergamini, Life, Rockefeller Center: You ought to know that if there's one thing a writer hates to do it's to write. And if there's one deeply ingrained prejudice in him it's against communications — not just against telephones and the other modern tele-terrors either, but against old fashioned pencils, blank sheets of paper, people who are listening, women who aren't listening and little green men who may be listening.

However, since you shame me into going on record, here it is. Penny and I have three children: David or Pic, 7, who draws well, Alec, 6, who talks well, and Jack, 4, who sings well. What more could you ask? We also have several hundred records, stereo and monophonic, a dozen loud speakers and two four-wheeled heaps which still run most of the time. For my daytime living I write science stories for Life. For my moonlight living I write oddments for other magazines. For my weekend living these many years I have unsuccessfully peddled plays up and down Broadway. Last year I grew tired of peddling, so I left my sandwich board and my trayful of manuscripts on the corner of 45 th and Seventh on a Sunday morning, and went home to write a novel. It is now finished and will appear, all 140,000 words of it, under the aegis of Simon and Schuster early this September. What it will be called I still don't know. The title for this week is "The Fleet in the Window," which my agent calls cryptic. He says he wants something clear like "Forever Amber" or "Gone with the Wind." Predictably the book is about a juvenile delinquent who is fortunate enough to become a Jap prisoner of war and turn his delinquency to good purpose. Anyone who comes up with a winning title will receive either 1) two free copies of the book with my undying gratitude or 2) a year's subscription to Life with a cool note of thanks. Please specify.

About once a week I say hello to Bob Shnayerson in the Time-Life elevators. About once a fortnight Ted Nickerson and I go to a sleasy slot-machine joint on Broadway and play a mean game of ping-pong on the cracks and rounded edges of some old tables they have in the basement. About once a month I have a drink with or near Bob Kelly in the bar car of the 6:02. About once every three months I see some other Dartmouth friend and if I can't remember his name, it's only because I'm an overworked writer trying to think of a headline or another damn title for that book.

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