1952
As I sit cursing the minor annoyances of a day home with the kids, word comes from Jack Boyle that our classmate AlReich lies paralyzed in a Boston hospital. On Saturday, August 4, swimming with friends, Al had a very serious accident. While diving he unexpectedly hit the bottom of the pond in which he was swimming and became paralyzed, apparently from a broken neck.
On the Tuesday following the accident an exploratory operation on the spinal column showed that there was no break but rather a severe bruise. Encouraging as this was, the final outcome of an injury of this type cannot be known for weeks, possibly months. It will mean a long hospitalization and con- valescence at any rate.
Jack Boyle had a visit with A 1 in the hospital late in August and reports that Al’s spirits were remarkably good and that he was facing his ordeal with supreme courage and determination. At that time he had re- gained some use of his arms and feeling was returning to his feet. A 1 would, quite naturally, appreciate correspondence from classmates. And for those of you in the Boston area, A 1 can have visitors any day from 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Al’s address at the hospital is: Mr. Alan Reich, Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Robinson 7, 750 Harri- son Ave., Boston, Mass. The home address, for any of you who’d like to write Al’s wife, Gay, is: Old Coach Road, Sudbury, Mass.
Knowing Al, I’d say if sheer guts can lick an injury like this Al will be the guy to do it. Let’s don’t forget him! Let’s keep a steady flow of encouragement going his way until he’s back on his feet to stay!
From here on, I’m happy to say, the news does get a little better.
Terry Malone is waxing strong in the wax business, according to a recent release out of Racine, Wis. Terry has been named budget manager of S. C. John- son and Son, Inc. He started with Johnson’s Wax after serving three years as an officer with the U.S. Navy. His first assignment in wax was as inventory ana- lyst in sales service. Since 1960 Terry has been systems planning coordinator. There are two children in the Malone household.
Although the recent gyrations of the stock market have left some of us sucking wind they apparently haven’t dampened the out- look for our erstwhile Head Agent, JohnRosenwald. Rosey has recently been admit- ted to general partnership of Bear, Stearns & Cos., members of the New York Stock Ex- change. If Rosey’s as effective in making bucks grow as he was collecting them for Dear Ol’ D, might be a good idea to drop a few off with him.
Before you do, though, better check with Jim Fraser. Jim has just assumed the posi- tion of publisher of Fraser-Neill Letters of Contrary Opinion, an investment journal published twice a month up in Pawlet, Vt. What the letters are contrary to I have no idea, but if contrary to the opinions of one broker I know I’m all for them!
Insurance, too, seems to be a good thing for ’s2s. Bob Adams has been appointed regional reinsurance manager of Connecti- cut General in Hartford. George Domash has opened his own insurance agency in Denville, N. I. And Dick Pratt has been transferred to the New England regional of- fice of the Boston Insurance Group, where he’ll service agents in south suburban Mas- sachusetts.
Rowe Manufacturing Company of Whip- pany, N. J., is going all the way! Not only have they doubled the size of their plant with a 15,000 square foot addition, but they named our own HughLefkowitz as the new director of industrial relations. This division of the Automatic Can- teen Company of America first gained Hugh’s services in 1955. Most recently he has been assistant to the president. He is also a member of the firm’s executive committee.
As you who got to reunion know, Doc Dey has taken a year’s leave of absence from his post as associate dean of the Col- lege to serve as Sargent Shriver’s Peace Corps training officer in Mindanao, the wild, southernmost island of the Philip- pines. Those of us who have fond mem- ories of Army days in the P.I. hope Doc will find the Islands as interesting as we did many years ago.
Keeping our own natives in book learnin’ continues to occupy members of the Class, too. In Corning, N. Y., Herb Pickett has been named financial vice president of Cor- ning Community College. And the Ford Foundation has awarded a pre-doctoral fel- lowship to Frederick Neumann, who will study at the University of Chicago’s Gradu- ate School of Business Administration.
Then there are those who guide our youth to a richer, more rewarding life on the play- ing fields of New England. Notable among these is classmate Paul Sanderson. Seems Sandy has dedicated his life to the promul- gation of soccer as a popular sport in this country. A recent feature article in the New York Times told how Paul has been stumping for better soccer in Southern Mas- sachusetts where he hangs out ,hS,head coach of soccer and admissions, director for the Suffield School. Paul is one of the founders of the Western New England Preparatory School Soccer Association and has been the instigator of many soccer matches in South- ern Mass, between some of the world’s lead- ing soccer clubs.
I am always happy to see so many of our classmates still taking the final plunge in the sea of matrimony. And it’s nor that I want company in my misery. I’m far more vain. It makes me feel reasonably youthful! Imagine how it will be when, instead of classmates, it’s sons and daughters of class- mates we read about in these notes! Broth- ers, that time is not far off!
This summer saw a stack of nuptial news. Vic Trautwein, our new money grabber, wed Miss Joanne Murphy of Brogueville, Pa. Dr. David Adler wed Miss Gloria Miller in East Orange, N. J. Dr. Paul Black ~wed Miss Sandra Merkin in Huntington Station, N. Y. Christopher Wilson wed Miss Doro- thy Kelsey of Tenafly, N. I. Ralph Polley wed Miss Melitta Ann Conner of New York. And Bob Prcw is due to tread the primrose path October 6, with Miss Betty Lou Ledger in Springfield, Mass.
On the other hand, A 1 Jackson wants to make it very clear that, contrary to some classmates’ opinion, he is still unattached and eager albeit his eagerness is confined to Western Europe.
Most interesting correspondence to come my way so far is a letter which Bill Mont-gomery who incidentally has just moved from the San Francisco area to Kansas City, sent to Ray Buck, who passed it on to me. It’s from Bill Huey who was called back into the U. S. Navy last year when things started to boil over in South Vietnam. Ac- cording to Bill, modern warfare, Vietnam style, is a far cry from the pushbutton ICBM holocaust our experts tell us in in store. “The karate kick and ,the machete are the weapons and any supersonic missile zooming overhead wouldn’t mean a damn thing,” says Bill. So I guess we frail humans will continue to hold the balance of power for a while yet, anyway.
I’ve been told by many classmates that in Ray Buck I had a hard act to follow. I feel the full weight of the burden. Ray has done such a great job, not only on the notes, but looking after the general welfare of the Class up there in Hanover that we all owe him a hearty round of snaps. Hope he al- ways maintains an active interest in the Class.
With fall in the air we’re looking forward to seeing many of you at football games. And if any of you need a way station to or from the Yale game try the Blakemores’ in Riverside, Conn.
So long for now. And please, please don’t forget A 1 Reich!
Secretary, 168 Riverside Ave. Riverside, Conn. Treasurer 221 Maxson Rd., Lancaster, Pa.
