1939
By the time you read this it will be spring, but at present writing we doubt it. WarnerKiefaber flew up to Hanover for Freshman Fathers' Weekend in mid-February to visit Tad. He reported three feet of melting snow capped by rain. He promised to take snapshots of other '39 fathers of freshmen. He didn't. He reported seeing Bill Goodman and John Boynton's wife Millie. He wasn't much help, but on the other hand we didn't pay him much.
During the February airline strike we were stranded in the Atlanta airport for many hours aided by what weather reporters call inclement conditions. Amongst the many milling about we chanced onto the class of '38's Henry C. Beck, general contractor, balding builder of many buildings, from Dallas. We know Henry belongs on the preceding page, but business isn't so good in our own class that we can afford to ignore a warm body when we stumble on it. He is by now the father of four kids spread from twelve to less than two. Sees "Mai" and "Whitey" from time to time.
In "Periscoping the Nation" section of Newsweek for February 20, under the "Where are they now?" heading, Dick Durrance comes in for a plug. It tells of his winning seventeen national ski titles in the late '30s and early '40s; how he was twice on the Olympics squad, is now a motion picture photographer-producer specializing in promotional and educational films. Now 46, and long out of competitive skiing, "Dick lives with his wife Margaret, a former Olympic skier, in a new and spacious chalet-type home in Aspen. His hobby is golf. They have two teen-age sons: Dick Jr., 18, captain of the Andover ski team; Dave, 15, a member of the ski squad at Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colo. No part of the 'Periscope' may be reproduced without written permission."
H. H. Williams Jr. '49, secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Berkshire County, sent us a clipping from the Berkshire Eagle dated January 31, announcing that Pittsfield's radio station WBEC has been sold to WBEC Inc. whose president is none other than DickJackson. Dick is listed as living in Greenwich, Conn. - married - with children Richard Jr., 17; Bonnie, 15; James, 10. His hobbies are sailing, golf and skiing. Associated with broadcasting since 1948, after a fruitful sojourn in the U. S. Navy, he served as director of production at station WAVE-TV, Louisville, and at the same time starred in a popular children's program titled, "I was an ape for the F. B.I." He later was vice-president and director of radio and TV for tising agency, and currently is associated with the Saturday afternoon live opera broadcasts over the Texaco Metropolitan Opera Radio Network. Considering Don Cobleigh '23 couldn't get him past Palestrina, we think our Dick has gone far. Doesn't RoyWhite operate a radio station in Lexington, Ky.? You two should get together and ham it up a bit.
Moreau Brown has sent us a sheet from the American Alumni Council Digest intimating that class notes are never read. At least the notes of the class of '44 are never read in the Princeton Alumni Weekly. A mythical classmate named Jones became an important banker, a yachtsman, archaeologist, all in easy stages in the class news. He discovered Phoenician glassware in Long Island Indian mounds planted by Elder Brewster. He finally died tragically in a sailing accident - all to the accompaniment of no comment. How sophisticated is the Tiger! Brownie also repeated his Christmastime skiing week of last year at Sugarbush and repeatedly ran into Lou Oldershaw again.
This business of repetition shows up in our Alumni Office clipping service. For instance: A year ago we reported that MooseWyman, prominent nurseryman in New England, appeared on TV telling people how their local nurseryman could "Help you have a colorful Christmas both In and Outside Your Home." Well, by golly, he did it again on December 19, 1960. Same subject, too.
Continuing to hit the lecture boards in selected eastern cities is Dr. Armando Chardiet of the Yale history and poly-sci department. Subject: Cuban-American Diplomatic Relations.
Continuing to receive press raves is the Ford Foundation sponsored series of televised programs (78 in all) on a fresh approach to the History of the United States. Lecturerproducer: Dr. Dave Long, Professor of history, University of New Hampshire.
Dave Smith: now Coordinator of International Studies, Columbia University.
Some new and some not-so-new addresses: Cornwall Miller, Holly Lane, Loudon Woods, Rye, N. Y. Perry C. Thomas Jr., 24 Southgate Lane, Annapolis, Md. Maj. Douglas G.Younger, 16 Pick Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. Harry Goodman, 4 Bertram St., Lowell, Mass. Robert B. Harlan, General Manager, Broadview Hotel, 5540 Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 37, Ill., and 1146 Brassie Ave., Flossmoor, Ill. Duncan R. C. Scott, 5602 Dorchester, Chicago 37, Ill. Philip F. Beaulieu, 215 South Ave., Whitman, Mass. William B.Cockley Jr., Roundwood Rd., Chagrin Falls, Ohio. James D. Cooper, 215 W. Park Ave., Mundelin, Ill.
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