1952

Another short, sweet summer is over. The golfers are almost ready to hang their sticks in the closets, the sailors to stow their sail bags in lofts, and the fishermen to settle back for a long cold season of gab during which they'll undoubtedly catch bigger ones than they ever hooked in the heat of summer.

Over the past three months or so '52's have made quite a lot of news, some of it important enough to make the major national news magazines. There have been a couple of new babies, a wedding or two, and some of our colleagues continue to garner academic awards. But before I get into that I've been admonished by our leader, JohnJ. Boyle Jr., to give you a rundown on the schedule of class activities planned for this fall in connection with the Green football season.

First, there's the big weekend of the Princeton Game in Hanover on October 10 and 11. At that time we will hold a fall meeting of the class executive committee in the morning before the game at the Sunset Motel. Everyone's invited. At noon there will be a class table at the Alumni Lunch- eon in Leverone Field House. Following the game there will be cocktails on the lawn of the Sunset Motel followed by a class dinner at the Montshire Restaurant a short distance away.

Next is the Harvard weekend in Boston, October 24. As in past years the Class of '52 will get together with the Class of '53 in the Hotel Continental following the game. And finally there'll be another to-do with the '53's right after the Yale game in New Haven on October 31. This one's at the Grassy Hill Lodge about 5 minutes from the Yale Bowl and you'll get more information and directions on how to get there from MarcelDurot in the Newsletter. Look for it.

In the past three months three of our classmates made the pages of the national news magazines. In July we practically dominated the education section of TIME. One week there was a story about Bob Binswanger's PACE program for better schools in Cleveland. Seems Bins set up a group of learning centers where 2000 elementary students got remedial help from 500 Greater Cleveland high school students. So Bins' experience with the Peace Corps has obviously helped him with his PACE corps.

About two weeks after the article on PACE, TIME had an article about the ABC program at Dartmouth. Featured in the article was Dean Doc Dey, director of the program. This is another program of remedial education aimed at preparing high school students for better schools than the ones they've known. ABC stands for A Better Chance, in case you haven't read about it before.

In August, NEWSWEEK had an article in the religion section about the revival of Conservative Judaism in Latin America, and in it they gave credit for a resurgence of the faith in Buenos Aires to Rabbi MarshallMeyer. Rabbi Meyer helped found Beth El Synagogue and now directs a new Latin American Rabbinical Seminary in Buenos Aires.

The newspapers, too, were full of news about '52's. Up in Hartford the Courant ran a lengthy article about Dave Neiditz as his candidacy for the State Senate was announced. Dave's credentials include a list of volunteer organizations, which would fill out this column if I listed them all, as well as terms of employment in the offices of two U.S. Senators from Connecticut. Dave's running on the Democratic ticket.

The Hampshire Gazette out of Northampton, Mass., informs us that Dr. AndrewStewart, late of Hanover and the Mary Hitchcock Hospital, has opened an office for the practice of pediatrics in Northampton. "Ronald" and his wife, Eleanor, have four children, two boys, two girls.

From Boston, the Morning Globe informs us that Jim Wright has been named associate counsel of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. Before joining the bank's legal department Jim was associated with the law firm of Hutchins and Wheeler.

Also from Boston we learn that Ev Parker has been named a partner in law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould. And from all the way down in Miami we get news that Jack Hart is the new District Group Manager for Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. The old Sarge was formerly manager of the Springfield, Mass., office, but it sounds to me as though Miami living could be more interesting since Jack informs me his new house down there has an enclosed swimming pool!

We continue to multiply, with three births reported over the summer. Most recent was right here in Riverside where Pete and Barbara McSpadden had their third son just the end of August. They named the young'un Pete, too, poor fellow.

Mary Hitchcock in Hanover was the scene of birth for Lynn Ellen Edson, new daughter of Dave Edson. Time of arrival: May 2. And on June 9, Ted Lewis became the proud father of young Richard Burnham Lewis in Madison, Wis.

I see no end to this procreation business in the near future, either, as I have one wedding and one engagement to report. The wedding occurred nearby, in Stamford, Conn. There, Burt Flounders took as bride the former Jane Consolino. This was the end of May so Burt is safely back at work at Ted Bates, advertising, where he's a vice president and account supervisor.

The engagement involved Dr. LawrenceWilson Jr. of Cleveland, and Miss Ellen Ann Spangler of McKeesport, Pa. My information didn't give me the date for the impending event.

Another announcement tells me that FritzJohn got, from Rutgers, that Master's Degree he was working toward last time I saw him. Fritz was awarded the degree in Library Science last June 3 and I assume he's still working for the Brooklyn Public Library.

Out in Setauket, Long Island, Dr. JohnRiggio is leading a double life. He spends most of the day poking around in people's mouths as a dentist in Port Jefferson. His spare time he spends poking at a canvas with paint, and he's winning himself quite a reputation in Suffolk County as a painter. Twice he's won first prize in the annual amateur show at the Suffolk Museum in Stony Brook.

Another classmate who's been winning honors in his spare time is my old roomy, Dort Bigg. Dort, a lawyer in Manchester, N.H., has taken second place in the International Scuba Competition for the second straight year. This year Dort bagged the biggest barracuda in the meet - a thirty-six-and-a-half pounder.

I got a nice note from Bill Kaye a while back. It came from Wilton, Conn., whence Bill travels daily to Norwalk to work as vice president of the Pepperidge Farms Division of Campbell Soup. And I could have told you more about him and his family if I hadn't misplaced the letter.

Over the summer we saw quite a few '52's we hadn't seen in a while. We hope to see lots more this fall as we make a couple of the shindigs I mentioned above. Come prepared with news and anecdotes, for you, too, can easily find your name in print.

Oh yes, one more thing. A, great big thanks to all of you from Johnny Klein and all the rest of us class agents for making this our best year ever in the Alumni Fund. And I leave you on this happy note.

Secretary, 168 Riverside Ave. Riverside, Conn.

Treasurer, 221 Maxson Rd., Lancaster, Pa.