1942

REUNION - LAST CALL - in the vernacular of P. T. (Lipp) Barnum, the tremendous, stupendous and gigantic 20th reunion is here. This is the month and now the coffee break is over let's get on to the '42 tent. You can rest assured that everything has been thought of to make this a memorable occasion 'as the final details were reviewed, edited and correlated during the May class officers' weekend. The Chieftain Motel served as headquarters where. Charlie Brown and reunion chairman, George Clark, outlined expenditures for approval of treasurer, Ira Berman. At this point, Dick Lippman mentioned the Directory expense, whereupon WarrenKreter opened the doors for enough fresh air to revive Ira. Sid Bull and your scribe nodded our heads in agreement when a final vote was taken on who should get some more ice. On Saturday afternoon around Kentucky-Derby time after the baseball game against Navy, Ad and Kiki Winship's hospitality was enjoyed by the visiting firemen. For an unbiased opinion of the weekend, I'd refer you to Margaret Kreter and Dot Baldwin who chaperoned the gatherings.

For five years, your class officers have worked to maintain '42's preeminent status among her contemporaries, to keep you in close touch with all events as they occurred and to do our best to justify the trust given to us in 1956. Under the leadership of Charlie Brown, we have continued to move ahead, accomplishing more each year. The treasury, alias Ira Berman, has remained strong so that when called upon for special projects we were able to appropriate the funds. Such requests as monies for the memorial book fund at the Library, mailing of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to widows and publication of the Class Directory have not been denied. And each year, during the Alumni Fund campaign, our head agents, first RustyHartranft for three years and now WarrenKreter, gave of time and energy to organize and direct our diligent assistant agents toward successive Green Derby triumphs. As an unequaled medium for class news, we have had out of Philadelphia since January 1957, the Newsletter edited by Dick Lippman, sprinkled with humor and timely items of class interest. Although you have heard relatively little of the Memorial Fund, SidBull has worked steadily on this subject to develop a foundation for the years ahead when we will, as a class, be more concerned with this subject.

It was December 1957 after nine months of meticulous compilation of details, that Lipp sent to print the first Class Directory covering all the known facts about the 630 men of the Class of '42. Today, you have the first sequel to that original publication.

The record for constant distance from Hanover probably resides with Tom Danes who has been in Bangkok, Thailand with the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. Among those who have gone overseas in the last five years are Alex Fanelli with the USIS in Rome, Italy; Dick Geppert as Consular to British Honduras and Carroll Woods on a State Department assignment to Moscow.

In the meantime, most of our families have grown in size with several reaching a houseful in anyone's opinion. Counting nine children each are Bob and Beth Campbell and Lindy and Helen Di Fabio, followed closely with eight by Bob and Catherine Garwick and Hans and Mariot Huessy. Backing up such contingents as these are three families of seven, Dick and Winnie King, Billand Mary McMahon and Don and JaneMeads.

On the business front there has been constant news or promotion, changing affiliation and in some instances, a move into business for oneself. Notaible in the latter category is a rather broad field of interest including such as Bob Campbell establishing Campbell Films (remember the "Dartmouth College Case — 1958" during the capital gifts campaign?); Ed Millikin acquiring the Chevrolet-Pontiac agency in Middlebury, Vt., now known as Millikin Motors; Ronnie Westgage moving to Wausau, Wise., where he became a distributor for Texaco Oil products with his Wausau Oil Co.; George Rounds creating G. M. Rounds and Co. as manufacturers representative in plastics and machinery, and Charlie Sturz acquiring the Linden Cake Co. in White Plains, N. Y.

Do you remember the news from the year 1957? Revlon's $64,000 Question was much in the limelight and we were all rooting for Ed Stafford and success in his category of American Literature. He made it, too! And that same year Bob Hill went to Mexico as the United 'States Ambassador. There was the unforgettable National Alumni Dinner in honor of "Hoppy" and his 80th birthday held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in February 1958, an event attended by more than twenty '42s, many of them with their wives. It was 1959 when Bob Grimm, as president of Hobbs Hall House Inc., became a member of the Young Presidents' Organization having built his company to more than six million dollars in sales. And it was just last fall that Ed McLaughlin was elected Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after serving many years as councilman for the City of Boston.

As one peruses the records of the last five years many names evoke recollection of previous events in past columns. Among the names highlighting these years are HarryJacobs admitted as a partner to Bache and Co. — Bob Crane elected as a New Jersey State Senator - Don Meads becoming a 2nd V.P. of New York Life Insurance Co., investment division - Proc Page acquiring half ownership of the Essex Publishing Co. - Bob Strasenburgh elected as a director of Wallace and Tiernan - Neil O'Donovan named Director of Medical Specialties of Merck, Sharp and Dohme - Joe Wilder, heart specialist, elected Director, Department of Surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City — a new special assistant to President Dickey in the field of corporate giving was Ad Winship - the election of Irenee duPont as a director of E.I. duPont - Dick King returning to Honolulu as senior V.P. of Aloha Airlines — a new chief psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the person of Dick Peebles - JohnKelsey moving to Villanova, Penna., as he became a partner of Price, Waterhouse and Co. in Philadelphia - Ralph Falk elected as Chairman of the Board of Baxter Laboratories - the National Bank of Detroit announcing election of Phil Moon as vice-president - Mel Figley moving to the west coast as professor in the Radiology Department at the University of Washington - announcement of Walt Elcock assuming the presidency of the Progressive Fire Insurance Co. in California - and so the news developed, year after year.

In turning to the present, which means events since the last column, we received an informative note from Joan telling of Harry Rollins' return to the New York area although the family has not as yet joined him from their home in Grosse Pointe, Mich. It was January when Harry left his association with McGraw-Hill in Detroit to work for Mediascope Magazine published by Standard Rate and Data. In the middle of this upheaval, their fourth daughter out of six children arrived in the form of Megan Greyon March 15 so that Joan has more than had her hands full at home in Harry's absence.

In February, Allied Paper spun off to its stockholders two divisions, one of which was Max Eckardt and Sons engaged in the manufacture of Christmas tree ornaments. This operation, combined with a small electronic firm, is known as Pliillips-Eckardt Electronic Corp. It was in 1945 when Hal Eckardt became associated with Max Eckardt and Sons as secretary and following merger with Allied Paper in 1955, a vice-president of the then parent company. Two years ago, Hal was elected president of Max Eckardt, which position he continues to hold today, directing operations from his office in New York City.

As chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the 100th Legislature of the State of Maine, Jim Erwin, elected to the Senate last fall, is one of the promising younger members of the Republican Party. Jim turned to law after a brief period of farming immediately following the War and proceeded to graduate from Columbia University Law School in 1949. Since that time, he has been most active in York public affairs and worked diligently for the GOP party councils. When not engaged in state affairs, he is busy with his partnership in York Village where his practice started over a decade ago.

Keith Prouty, research director for the Connecticut State Labor Council, addressed a seminar on foreign competition and methods improvement held in Waterbury, Conn., in March. Prior to his association with the Labor Council in 1958, Keith had spent seven years with the Lycoming Division of. AVCO Manufacturing Corp. in Stratford where he now resides with his family.

The State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass., announced in March the promotion of Joe Nason to associated counsel on the financial operations law staff. Hired as an attorney by the company in 1949 following graduation from Loyola University Law School, Los Angeles, Joe was elected five years later an officer and named an assistant counsel.

The sudden death of Dr. Charles R. Thomson after a brief period of hospitalization on April 30, 1961 came as a shock to all of us during Class Officers' weekend when George Clark, who represented the class at services in Amesbury, Mass., told us the news. As a local physician, he will be missed by mam and I know I can speak for the class in extending sincerest sympathy to Lavina ant her three children.

Secretary, 209 Beech St., Cranford, N. J.

Class Agent, 135 Harbour Lane, Massapequa, N. Y.