1952

Though they tried awfully hard, those Princeton cats couldn't spoil a whole weekend in Hanover. The preliminaries to that dread debacle were all quite enjoyable and after we'd recovered from the shock of the 37-7 score we settled down to a fine evening of jollity. There were a passel of '52's up in Hanover that weekend, and I hesitate to start mentioning them lest I forget a few.

Johnny Bartlett and spouse, Jean, came all the way from San Francisco and stayed with Tony and Emily Quimby out in Meriden where we enjoyed a long visit, catching up on West Coast gossip, most of Friday evening.

At the luncheon in Leverone Field House before the game, at the game, or at the various gatherings afterwards we rubbed elbows with Jack Boyle, Steve Parkhurst, Ted Haskell, Howie Smith, Bob Callander, Roy Abbott, Bill Breed, Ed Baldridge, Dek Davidson, Marcel Durot, Nelson Ehinger, John Klein, Don MacLeod, Phil Trowbridge, Herb Drury, Cliff Fitzgerald, George Hibben, George Pandaleon, John McDonald, Al Reich, Doc Dey, Joe Baute, Don Myers, Jack Kenily, and, I suppose, some others I've missed, as well as wives and girl friends of those above.

The Yale game was almost as painful as Princeton but, there again, we were cheered by the jolly companionship of many '52's. Among those present at the game or at the fine soiree Chairman Boyle arranged afterwards were: Larry Schiffenhaus, Jock McClintock, Hal Morse, Chet Wiley, Steve Mandel, Pete McSpadden, Rogo Pierce, Gene Teevens, Jack McNary, Bill Thornton, Bob Jelley, Dick Brown, and a few of the crowd left over from Princeton weekend.

Also saw Pete Taylor who stopped off in transit from somewhere in England to Monaco where he'll be hanging his hat for the next few years.

Bill Kay was there, too, and I found out some of the pertinent information that was in that letter of his I lost last summer, to wit: his wife, Sandy, presented him with his firstborn, a little girl, way last winter sometime. So belated congratulations are in order.

And speaking of that kind of honor, a very special one goes to Nels Ehinger (or rather to his wife), for twin boys, Jeffrey and Christopher, born last June 27.

The third such announcement of joyous news comes from Ed Sumner in New Jersey. It was also in June, the 18th precisely, that his wife presented him with a new daughter, Elizabeth Master Sumner, their third child, second girl. Ed is The Reverend Sumner now, of which denomination, what church he doesn't say, but his home is in Woodstown, N. J.

A second classmate who is a member of the clergy also made news recently. TheRev. Richard A. Ellis left his post as vicar of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield, Mass., to accept the appointment as vicar of the Church of the Holy Communion in Lake View, N. Y., and priest-incharge of St. George's Highland-on-the-Lake.

Also, from Birmingham, Ala., comes news of The Rev. Calvin Rumph who is assistant pastor of the Emanuel Temple Holiness Church in that city. The Rev. Rumph and his wife have plenty to keep them busy with five youngsters about.

As usual, in the field of business and finance Fabulous '52 marches upward. Way back in March, Howie Carter was appointed vice president and general manager of Parfums Revillon, Inc., a subsidiary of Revillon Freres, of Paris (never to be confused with Revlon of U.S.). Howie was with Elizabeth Arden last time I saw him and I wouldn't have learned about this switch if MarcelBurot, durable and thick-skinned newsletter editor, hadn't sent me some notes of his. Also on the note Howie had indicated the expectation of a new Carter, number four offspring, in September, so probably congratulations are in order by now.

Way, way out in the West, the United States Leasing Corporation has announced the election of BillMontgomery as vice president and Southwest Regional Manager with offices in Los Angeles. This will mean another move for Bill and family as he had been manager of the company's Lease Merchandising Division in San Francisco. This makes about the third or fourth move in the past couple of years for the Montgomerys, but when the world's largest independent leasing organization calls, well, what can one do!

Down East in Maine '52's George Scully made the news from Lewiston. Though Geo lives and works in Portland, where he's vice president in charge of operations at Portland's Casco Bank and Trust Co., he's been commuting to Lewiston each Monday night to conduct a class in Chartered Life Underwriting at Bates College.

Midway between both coasts, in Chicago, the Paslode Co. division of Signode Corporation has announced the promotion of TomSchanck to assistant vice-president and General Sales Manager.

From Washington a release by the Housing and Home Finance Agency informs us that classmate DornMcGrath has been appointed a principal urban planner in the Urban Renewal Administration. This meant a move for Dorn and family from the Boston area to the Washington area, but since his wife is from Richmond, Va., the whole family should be pleased. Before taking the appointment Dorn. who got an M.A. in City Planning at Harvard, had worked as a partner in a city planning firm in Boston.

Most distant communique of recent months comes all the way from Taipei, Formosa, where Ned Sullivan is stationed with the Air Force. Ned is doing liaison work, teaching defensive driving techniques (I suppose to the Nationalist Army), and reports that his efforts can be considered quite successful in recent months since he's cut his accident rate from three per every six months down to two for the last six months.

New Canaan, Conn, (practically my back yard), is the new-home of Fred Hill, long time employee of IBM, who finds himself in a new position. He's now manager of IBM's Market Development for the insurance industry. And Fred reports he sees Em White, a fellow IBMer, quite often. Fred says Em is part time worker in market research but full time manager of the IBM Softball team.

From the Hanover area comes a note from Bob Folley (or rather from his wife, Nancy) which informs us that he's Director of Development for Kimball Union Academy and also coach of varsity soccer and J.V. lacrosse. Nancy reports that TonyQuimby referees Bob's lacrosse games and that Bob holds down the part time job of summer postmaster in Meriden.

In sharp contrast with last month it seems I have an over-abundance of juicy items this time. Some will have to wait for January. But before I leave you with a Ho! Ho! Ho! and a Merry you-know-what, let me enlighten you with some charming trivia which will impress upon you the deep feeling of responsibility I bring to my humble position as scribe to this august group, to wit: My tireless digging into the whys and wherefores of '52 lore has uprooted the astounding fact that in the past two years members of our class have moved domiciles a total of 292 times! The "S's" get the cup for the most moves with 34, followed closely by the "B's" and "M's" with 27 moves each. (And you can make a joke out of that last bit if you say it fast enough.) Think of it — 292 moves! It boggles the mind! So along with wishes for a happy holiday season I also wish a more stable 1965 for each and every one. Hi-ho, you'uns. Be back next year.

When LCDR Bill Huey '52 took commandof a Naval Reserve training ship basedin Alameda, Cal., he became the youngest commanding officer of an in-serviceReserve destroyer escort in the nation.In civilian life Bill is a partner in ameat brokerage firm in San Francisco.

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