1950
For those of you who are taking five from the chore of repainting screen doors or other hinged hardware, it might be well to remind you that the metal pins always swell up and the metal holes always shrink even if you chipped away the old glop and the danged door never hung right in the first place and why the devil is the transom warped and ... ah, forget it!
RATTLE PRATTLE
Here's a quickie from Bergenfield, N. J., before the onslaught of vernal repr.o reports: Ken and Jill Edelson honored Abe Lincoln's natal day (or vice versa) with the arrival of Andrew John Edelson. We've lost count, kids ... two or three now?
Anyhow, congrats!
DINNER FOR DICKEY
No doubt many of you had the exhilarating experience of a dinner with the President in the past month, so you know what a highlight of the alumni year such an event becomes. Frank Harrington has already reported on the more-than-a-baker's-dozen who Sathered in Beantown and we'll probably hear of a large group in Manhattan. The turnout of 50's in the Windy City was not as numerous as we might have expected, although the function did attract about half again as many as a year ago. Naturally the quality made up for any minor deficiency in quantity with the likes of Si Morand and Swede Swenson to keep things perking. The wedded ones in two's included Tom and Suzanne Rowe and Jay and Mary Buck as well as the Hugh Browers and Dick Freys. Hugh let Jane fend for herself while he collected fins for fire-water, a very noble gesture. Dick, treasurer of the local greenie group, sat at the head table thus affording your scribe and bride the pleasure of Mary's company throughout the meal and speechifying. Inkadentally, the Red Rowe family will watch candles on a couple of birthday cakes this month. Robert Y. will be a year old on the 30th and Anthony W. is four on the eighth. Leslie is halfway to nine and Tom is ten-and-a-half. The Redhead has been with Equitable since 1950.
SAHIB SIXTY-THREE
The Junior Chamber of Commerce practically everywhere has one favorite project known as "Young Man of the Year" or words to that effect. Some wives whose husbands have been so honored but whose names are overlooked in this column may take us to task for the omissions, but as this ALUMAG goes to press we can recall only two of our clan who have made the grade. Tom O'Connell, the Berkshires' George Jessel and head of Massachusetts' first community college in Pittsfield, and Jim Birney, preacher and administrator in the Delaware diocese of the Episcopal church, were lauded of late. Now we are delighted to record similar accolades for two more loyal sons.
Scott Livingston Probasco has a string of credits and good works a yard long. In business he's vice chairman of the American National Bank & Trust Company. In family affairs, he and Sparky boast four youngsters, Scott III, Zane, Ellen, and Ben. In his church he is a member and past chairman of the board of deacons and chairman of a Bible school. In Chattanooga community affairs his most recent and outstanding service was heading up the commission that drew up a new metropolitan government charter. His active participation has been seen in the Chamber of Commerce (he's first vice prexy), the Opera Association, YMCA, Red Cross, University of Chattanooga and campaigner for Radio Free Europe and the American Cancer Society. No wonder the Jaycees gave him their Distinguished Service Award!
The other "outstander" is Kennon Valentine Rothchild, St. Paul's "Young Man." Rock is exec. v. p. for H. & Val J. Rothchild Inc., mortgage banking firm in the Twin Cities. He's been active in Jaycees, United Arts and Sciences Fund, Minnesota Historical Society and the United Fund. Ken was recently elected prexy of the St. Paul Urban League, appointed chairman of the state commission against discrimination, and is a member of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. He and Nina live on White Bear Lake with their three children.
GRAPEVINE REPORTS
Although there are few items for this go-round, they come from afar. For example, just about now Major Frank Lion and his brood are getting settled in Koblenz, West Germany, where they'll have a house on the Rhine. Frank's most interesting assignment is liaison officer with the German III Corps. Thanks for the news, Stephanie!
On the other side of this old terrestrial sphere, Bill Dunford reports from Honolulu that he and Elizabeth are parents to a ten- year-old boy, Richard, and two daughters, Dorothea, eight, and Elizabeth, six. Bill is staff assistant to the regional vice president of Matson Navigation Company. He also relates that Pete Nottage is veep and general manager of Associated Masons, Inc., the largest concrete subcontractor in the Islands.
Philip. Chamberlin is co-ordinator for art, lectures, and conferences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He'd been director of the evening college at Monterey Peninsula College until recently. Phil and Pat started their family with two girls, Elizabeth born in Hanover in 1949 and Susan who first saw light of day in Denmark in 1954. Since then they've added three lads, Russell (1956), Thomas (1957), and Mark (1959). Phil said Mark Lansburgh '49 is lecturing April 14 on "Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts." Mark is consultant to the special collections at the University library in Santa Barbara.
Two miscellaneous tidbits haven't been noted previously, both from the concrete jungle of Gotham. Dolph Cramer, it says here, is an ore trader with C. Tennant Sons Co. Too bad our newsletter editor doesn't give a golden pick award, Dolph would be a natural, naturally. ... The other newsy note reveals that Gene McCabe is back off the Indian reservation in New York (he'd been in Shawnee Mission, Kan., for three years) and co-ordinating oil sales for Mobil. He's called a resale associate in the market planning department.
Fanfare! Fanfare! Fanfare! With a blare of horns and a toot of the trumpets we announce the appointment of a new Head Agent for the 1950 Alumni Fund. JohnDwyer is the man, and the name will be a frequent visitor in your mailbox till he learns that you've made your generous contribution to this year's campaign. "Monk" volunteered - which means you didn't get trapped into the thankless task - and he needs help and moral support and mostly much money! We should be financially fine after fourteen years. We should be grateful for the benefits we received a decade and a half ago and anxious to do our part in helping others enjoy the same good fortune.
End of sermon.
Come 'round again for Green Key, 'kay?
John L. DwyerNew Head Agent for the Class of 1950
Secretary, 2617 Thayer St., Evanston, Ill.
Class Agent, 445 East Glen Ave., Ridgewood, N. J. 07450
