1954

Ordinarily, setting out to write this column for the first time would be a formidable task, but my job has been made easy by the knowledge that the first order of business should be a special tribute to my predecessor, Bill White. Bill in his years as class secretary wrote a really fine and informative column in this MAGAZINE. Moreover, he has given unstintingly of time and energy to promote our various class functions, especially those in the metropolitan New York area. Now that he has moved up to the office of president, we thank Bill for his past achievements and wish him well in his future endeavors.

The summer has slipped by so quickly that it seems only yesterday we were chatting with one another at our "terrific tenth." The reunion afforded me a great opportunity to gather news for this column, but unfortunately we don't have class get-togethers before each column deadline so please keep the news coming to me. To corrupt an incorruptible journalistic motto, if the news fits, we'll print it all.

My family and I enjoyed a most pleasant summer escaping the Manhattan heat in Westport, Conn. While basking on the beach, I had occasion to talk with Braceand Willie Classon, Tony and Barbara Kane, and Dave and Rosemary Mandelbaum. I was not able to chat very long with Dr.Jerry Barton, a year-round Westport resident. He was too busy being paged for one emergency or another. In the course of one year Jerry has established a very active practice as an orthopedic surgeon in Norwalk, Conn. I literally ran into Hugh Nolin who lives in nearby Southport, Conn., while we were both dashing for the 5:25 train from Manhattan. Hugh commutes daily to his job with the Riegel Paper Corp. in New York City.

I am certain that this summer was a most pleasant one for quite a number of our classmates who joined the ranks of the marrieds. In July Milne Holton was wed to Sylvia Crowell Wallace in Detroit, Mich. Sylvia is a graduate of Radcliffe College and holds a Ph.D. degree from Yale. Milne too expects to receive a Ph.D. degree from Yale shortly. Carrying this togetherness even further, each of the Holtons will be teaching in the English department of the University of Maryland this year. Also in July, Jim Clark was married to Claire Brown Nixon, an Emerson alumna, in Marblehead, Mass. Attending Jim as an usher was John Pope. The Needham (Mass.) Congregational Church was the scene of the June wedding of Sinclair Hitchings and Catharine Hill Farlow, a Goucher graduate. The Hitchings are residing in Boston where Sinclair is Keeper of Prints at the Boston Public Library. A specialist in early American printing and graphic art, Sinclair has been interested in the history of New England Town development and has delivered a considerable number of lectures on this subject before various historical organizations.

Earlier in the spring Phil DeTurk and Barbara Jeanne Smith were married in Garden City, N. Y. Phil is a teacher at the Herricks School at New Hyde Park on Long Island.

Doug Smith's engagement to Frederica Gardner was announced in May. The wedding date was set for September 19, 1964. Frederica is a graduate of Centenary College. Doug chases bulls and bears for E.F. Hutton & Co., stockbrokers, in Chicago.

Others of us spent the summer with new family responsibilities of a different sort. Don and Lori Miller in May added 8 lb. 2 oz. Charles Brian to the list of the nation's unemployed. The arrival of baby Susan just before the reunion kept Cliff Hayes busy dashing between Hanover and his wife Gladys' bedside in Concord, N.H.

This summer was certainly one of special significance for Dr. Bill Cohn who hung out his shingle for the practice of neurosurgery at 80 Park Avenue, New York City. Hanging out a different shingle is Bob Delaney who announced the formation in Hartford, Conn., of a partnership of attorneys under the name of Zaccagnino, Linardos & Delaney. Assuming new duties during the summer was George Morris who was named assistant manager at the Dothan, Ala., production plant of Warner Slimwear, a division of Warner Brothers Company. Fred Alpert, vice president of Alpert's, a furniture company in New Bedford, Mass., was recently appointed to that city's Industrial Development Commission. Fred is also chairman of the Retail Division of the New Bedford Board of Commerce.

I read of several of our classmates in the press this summer. Bud Martz, a general editor at Newsweek, in a July issue of that magazine, wrote an excellent feature article about reconstruction in earthquake shattered Alaska. In June the New York Times published a "Man in the News" column about Rod Rockefeller in connection with his leadership of a new civic organization known as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity which will seek to provide technical and financial assistance to Negro businessmen in New York City.

Although it has been a good many months since our reunion, I'm sure that most of us who were there still have those terrific class hats. These handsome cocoanut straws, which were certainly the finest reunion hats on campus, were supplied by Gary Rosenthal of Stevens Hat Corp. of 7th and Sylvanie Streets in St. Joseph. Gary was unable to attend the reunion but said he'd like to receive any photos taken at the reunion showing these hats being worn by our classmates, their wives or children. Let's show Gary our appreciation for his efforts by mailing these photos to him.

Since this is my first column, I'll take the liberty of repeating myself with a plea for news. The more items I receive about our various classmates, the more interesting this column will be.

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