1930

Just before starting to write this column came the sad news of the deaths of two classmates on February 2, Al Trostel and Ed Warren. In Memoriam notices will be printed as soon as possible. Ed's passing is particularly a shock to your secretary who roomed with him in Chase House in 1930- 31, the first year the present Tuck School buildings were in use. That was a never-tobe-forgotten year in sumptuous new quarters, enlivened by the presence of a notable group of Thirtymen, such as Herm Schneebeli,John Tiedtke, Brad Carnell, Bob Bottome,Sam Stayman, Bill Blanchard, Hank Ekstrom, and others who stayed for the extra year.

A larger contingent than last year rallied 'round for the annual Boston dinner, February 1, and Dick Barnard saw to it that the table place card was autographed by all present (except Godwin who was at the head table) and duly mailed to your secretary, to wit, by Rolie Boonia, Hal Booma, Bob Jordan, Harry Condon, Dick Barnard, PeteLillard, Pete Davis and Snub Poehler.

Do you remember all the rain at our 30th reunion? Despite it, one romance blossomed. Al and Esther Marsters write that they have announced the engagement of their daughter Melinda to John Mitchell '60 whom she met at that time. He is the son of Jim and Genevieve Mitchell, graduated from Tuck School last June and is with Ernst and Ernst in New York. Melinda is a graduate of Briarcliff College and earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester last June.

Harry and Kathleen Dunning's son Harrison '60, who is studying at Harvard Law after a year at the London School of Economics, has become engaged to Jo Burr Frederickson of Birmingham, Mich., a senior at Mount Holyoke.

Bob and Helen Jordan have announced the engagement of their daughter Deborah to David Allan Grant, Trinity '62. The prospective bride graduated from Connecticut College in 1961.

Congratulations and good wishes to all these young people!

In January Mickey and Louise Emrich suffered a substantial loss of valuables taken when thieves broke into their home in the morning, tied and blindfolded Louise, ripped out the phone and ransacked the house.

Hank and Ruth Embree have departed on an extensive trip to Hawaii and the Orient.

Another Chica'goan, Bill Swartchild, was again seated on the dais at the December annual dinner of the American Ordnance Association at the Waldorf-Astoria.

Pat Weaver has been designated by Secretary of Commerce Hodges as a member of a Citizens' Advisory Committee for Federal Participation in the New York World's Fair of 1964.

A seasonal note from Jess Lichter shows that he, Barbara, and the girls are still in Mexico, but have moved to Sierra Gorda 83-1, Mexico 10, D.F., Mexico.

It would be simple to fill our allotted space with accounts of Governor NelsonRockefeller's activities, but this is not intended to be a political column, so we will merely note that recently he has been in energetic controversy with Mayor Wagner of New York City, has dedicated an addition to a Buffalo Art Museum, has addressed the New York legislature at the beginning of its session, has addressed dinners in lowa and Hartford, Conn., has preached from a Harlem pulpit, and with all his activities and responsibilities seems to keep his robust health through a schedule that would down most of us.

Last month we reported on Howie Heimbach and this month can add that he has recently been named vice president for administration of the Rockwell Manufacturing Company.

In New Hampshire there has been some effort to reconvene the Constitutional Convention, of which Dean Wiggin is president, to consider a question of possible excess mileage, payments to some of the state legislators in the last session. As far as we can tell at the moment, the whole matter is at a standstill because it is believed the cost of the convention would greatly exceed the amount of mileage that may have been overpaid and there is no certainty that funds to hold a specially called convention would be voted or otherwise available.

One of the unexpected address changes noted last month has been explained by an announcement in the Eastern Underwriter, "Willard M. Brown Jr., manager of Glens Falls Insurance Co.'s Louisville office, has been promoted to casualty underwriting department manager of the newly-formed Western department of Glens Falls Group in Kansas City." Brownie has been with Glens Falls since 1945 and this sounds like a fine advancement.

Little has been heard in recent years from Merrill Bush, headmaster of the Friends Central School, Philadelphia, for the past ten years. However, he did break into print recently by reason of addressing the Main Line Unitarian Fellowship of Devon on the subject "The Making of a Free Man." Prior to his present position he had been on the faculties of the Oak Lane Day School and the Teachers College, both of Temple University. Some years ago he was director of adult education for the American Unitarian Association and executive secretary of the Unitarian Committee on World Order.

We hope you will heed Art Browning's early letters for the 1962 Alumni Fund. An early gift relieves the pressure upon those who give of their time, when the end of the Fund year rolls around in June.

Secretary, 30 Boxwood Dr. Stamford, Conn.

Treasurer, 9420 W. River St., Schiller Park, Ill.

Bequest Chairman,