1944

This should be a great column. I'm about as exhilarated tonight as old Golfbag Eichmann. Not that it's just Class Notes night (which is depressing enough), but my wife is away and I had to cook, a matter as disagreeable to our two-year-old son as it is to me (and I got dusted with a lamb chop for my efforts); it's hovering about zero outside, the oil burner is hovering about failure; one car has a flat, the other a battery allergic to chilly weather; I've got an important meeting in the morning for which I'm not prepared; and despite my shuffling I've been unable to conjure up an abundance of news for you.

However, one should always be thankful, and tonight I am to Mac Morse whose kind letter arrived today. A partner in Jas. F. Morse and Co., oil prospectors in Dallas, Mac tells of recently diversifying their interests by developing Gulf States Yachts, a dealership for large cruisers at Galveston Bay just outside Houston. Over Labor Day weekend he ran a 35-foot Pacemaker cruiser over the waterway to New Orleans for demonstration and had the pleasure of getting together with Bud Troxell and his wife. Mac and his partners came out reasonably well in the devastation of Hurricane Carla, suffering damage to only two demonstrator boats which were in the water. He further reports of visiting with Dick Rondeau at an alumni luncheon in Dallas and the fine job Dick is doing in the concrete business down there. Also how impressed he was with the conscientious and excellent job Oscar Goedecke did down there in last year's Alumni Fund Drive. Malcolm was able to sneak off for a few days last fall and take in the Holy Cross game. Jim and Tommie Donnelly had seats almost directly in front of them. Although their combined cheering efforts failed to pull the game out, Mac was well impressed with the Dartmouth squad (which coming from a Texan is encouraging) and he predicts plenty will be heard from Dartmouth in '62 and '63.

Last summer Bob Hyde and his sons, Johnny and David, spent a weekend with the Morses at their summer place at Chatham on Cape Cod. Mac reports that Bob has been brought to the home office of St. Regis Paper in New York.

In Buffalo, N. Y., the Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company has announced the election of ClaudeShuchter as Senior Vice President. Claude is in charge of the Trust Division and is a member of numerous professional organizations both locally and statewide. His civic activities in Buffalo include work for the United Fund and the Philharmonic Orchestra. He is president of the Buffalo Chapter, Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, and is a member of the Buffalo Club, Mid-Day Club and Buffalo Country Club.

"Doc" Schultz recently received his diplcmate in surgery. While taking his exam in Boston he met Jack Riley at the Mass. General Hospital where Jack's father was a patient. I picked up a copy of Sporting News last week, and while it might seem I'm plugging a pass by mentioning his name three months in a row, I learned for the first time that Lefty Bogan was among that syndicate of young "Whiz Kids" who broke down Chuck Comisky and purchased the White Sox. If they win the pennant this year don't say you don't have connections for ducats.

In the past I've mentioned some of the unusual vocations and avocations of our classmates. Dick Ostberg's current joy m life, now that he's a country squire, is a personable young Abyssinian ass named Honky. The skiing, camping, canoeing, and children's activities all have their place, of course, but apparently the welfare of Honky leads all the rest. Have you ever wondered who the guy is that excites your sons to want to join the romantic, thrill-packed Air Force? I found out late one night in New York when I had a brief but pleasant chance meeting with Dave Nutt, advertising executive for McManus, John and Adams, who was hurrying back to the office after a cup of coffee to grind out more excitement for one of his better accounts, the U.S. Air Force.

Pleasant New Year's news was the announcement by Eastman Kodak that TonyFrothingham has been appointed Assistant General Manager of that corporation's international division. With Eastman since 1948, he has been largely concerned with the overseas operations for the last ten years. The Frothinghams and their two sons live in Irondequoit, N. Y. Tony is currently a member of the Rochester Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Dartmouth Club of Rochester. Heartiest congratulations to you, Tony, on the new appointment.

Pinky Corroon (New York Giants) and Butty Hills (Cleveland Browns) will be getting together this week to settle up on their age-old ever running bets. Buff will possibly smile as he's coughing it up if only to keep a bad thing going now that his club has Ernie Davis. Joe Vancisin is in his sixth season as varsity basketball coach at Yale, and early season predictions indicate he should have a good year with the addition of a strong flock of sophomores. I still see his running mate, Jim Briggs, at his same reserved seat and table every time I have lunch at the Top of the Ridge in Cincinnati.

Speaking of coaches, Charles Keady, a member of the faculty of Wilmington High, is assistant coach of their top notch football team which went undefeated in '61 and won the Lowell Suburban League title. Attorney Monte Basbas, who has long been active in civic affairs of Newton, Mass., was recently appointed chairman of the Association for Retarded Children drive. A past commander of the Newton American Legion post and a member of the Elks, Monte has been especially active in sponsoring election law legislation, serving two terms as president of the Mass. City Clerks Association.

When Herb Storfer left school he was undecided between industry and a musical career. He chose industry and today is president of Parfums Corday, now a subsidiary of Max Factor. Sounds like a good choice.

Bank president Dave Ferguson has moved from Colby, Kan., to Boulder, Colo. The Bill Hufstaders have hit the trail again, are now in Pittsburgh. Du Pont's Ralph Beam has moved to Boothwyn, Pa.

That's about it for now. I have to go down and pour some more gasoline in the oil burner.

Secretary, 1105 Center. St., Milford, O.

Treasurer, River Road, Cos Cob, Conn.