1948

At this time I'm in a position that I'm sure is a class secretary's heaven. The wonderful response to the post cards I sent to all of you has so deluged me with news that I promise I'll never plead poverty again. As usual the most significant news fact about our class is the number of children born every year. It seems the older we become the faster the rate of production. If you have four, and sometimes „ swear you don't see how you can stand the noise another minute, you are just about average and many have five, six and even seven. Anyway if you have returned your card and I don't mention your latest arrival for a few months, please don't be concerned because you are one of about a hundred with new offspring during the past year.

Well believe it or not, Abe Abrahamson lassoed down there in Amarillo, Texas, on November 25, 1961 by a gal by the name of Bettye. Abe, who is in the general insurance business, not only got a girl, but was lucky enough to get a son Richard, eight, in the deal at the same time. Hope you can keep those spurs out of your sides for awhile, Abe.

Bill and Jane Standen are living in Exeter, N. H., now, where Bill is Assistant Headmaster of the Emerson School. They have three sons, Bill III, five; Brad, four; and Dave, almost three.

I just received Tad Blalock's card and see he and Ann have moved to Bethany, Conn., from Ann Arbor, Mich., as Tad is now teaching in the sociology department at Yale. We hope to see more of Tad and Ann now that they are living in the East. Their family status is two daughters, Susan and Kathleen, ages six and three.

Keeping up with the class average are Foster and Nancy DeGiacomo. Their family includes Keith, ten; Paula, seven; Barbara, four; and Vincent, one and a half. The DeGiacomo's live in wooded Lexington, Mass., near where Foster works as an engineer in the missile and space division of Raytheon Company.

Dick Dahl informs me he was elected president of his firm, Housing Industry Advertising Inc. on December 1, 1961. Congratulations Dick! He and Dot are living in Princeton where the company is located.

Last November Jere and Dee Poole had their first child, a daughter, they named her Amy. Jere is a residential builder in the Philadelphia area.

Art Niederbuhl is now vice president of the Norman Wholesale Grocery Co. in Bloomingdale, N. Y. He and Norma are kept busy with their six children John, Claire, Arthur, Casey, David and Margaret, ages thirteen down to a year.

It has been a long time since I've reported on the activities of the Viereck family. After living an interesting life in remote places such as Alaska for several years, Phil and Ellen are now well entrenched with Jenny, Tim, Pam, and Meg in North Bennington, Vt., right near the ski slopes which the whole family loves. Phil is a social studies teacher at the Bennington High School.

Al and Dottie McKee are planning to be back at Reunion again this year. I'm sure that pressure is being brought at home to bring the rest of the family as Brenda is now sixteen and would have a terrific time in Hanover. Bonnie is now twelve and Steve eight. Al is with the Armstrong Cork Co. in Lancaster, Pa., as a chemist.

Last June Doug Warden's wife, Joyce, gave birth to their second son whom they called Robert Edward. Andy is now four and a half and is happy about having a baby brother. Doug is with the U.S. Weather Bureau at the Municipal Airport in Daytona Beach, Fla.

As long as we are in Florida we might visit the Ed Curtis family in Hollywood. Ed and Henrietta now have three sons, Eddie, John, and Jim, who are nine, six and almost three respectively. Ed is with the Hollywood Finance Corp. where he is Secretary-Treasurer.

It is about time that we now stop in and see a couple of classmates up in Springfield, Mass. Bill Burke is a chemist with the Monsanto Chemical Co. working with plastics. He and Enid announced the arrival of Alison last November 21. She joins Stuart, eight; Diane, six; and Greg, three. LouClarke lives near Bill in Springfield where he practices obstetrics in association with another doctor. He and Ann have three children Tim, Kathy, and Tom.

Dave Karukin is now a Major in the Marine Corps stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Dave and Viviane live off the base in nearby San Clemente.

Anyone living in Connecticut needing curtains better stop by and visit Bob MacKay who is vice president of the Wellington Curtain Co. in Putnam. Bob and Hilda live out in the country not too far from Putnam in Thompson, Conn. Bob Jr. is now nine, Carole, eight, Peter, six, and lan one and a half.

Not too long ago, Bob Rubino joined Republic Aviation Corp. as an engineer after having been with Sylvania. Bob is living in Old Bethpage, Long Island. Marianne is now keeping busy with Glenn born last July, in addition to watching over Dennis, five, and Susan, four.

Herb and Barbara Shulman are living a very active life these days. Herb is president of the Tri-State Container Corp., a corrugated box manufacturer in Elizabethton, Tenn. He is active in many civic affairs in nearby Johnson City where he lives. Barbara doesn't have much free time as they have five children now, two boys, Bill and Jim, eleven and one, and three girls, Bette, Susan, and Constance, ranging in ages between the boys.

As a pediatrician working with the medical group in town, we find Bob Hoeckelman living up in Canandaigua, N.Y., on the shores of the lovely lake of the same name. Bob and Ann have four daughters.

Even though I'd like to keep on for a few more hours giving you news of our classmates, I'm afraid I'll have to wait for our next issue as I've already borrowed space from some other class. From all of those who have indicated they will be there for our reunion, we really should have a real ball especially since we will be there with the classes of '46 and '47. See you all then.

Secretary, 110 Old Farm Rd. Pleasantville, N. Y.

Treasurer, 132 South Morningside Dr., LeSueur, Minn.