1941
If this isn't the first time a class notes column was written in Nagoya, Japan, the Mets will win the National League pennant. Northwest Orient whisked me to Tokyo two days ago on another swing around the world for First National City Bank. Then a train to Nagoya and suddenly I realized there was a May ALUMNI MAGAZINE deadline creeping up on me. So I am writing this long hand on air-mail paper and will send it back for my wife Sue to type. If all goes well, I'll make the April 5 deadline.
The super deluxe express train ride from Tokyo to Nagoya is an unforgettable experience. It covers 227 miles in less than 2½ hours - all electric and right through the heart of Japan. Looking out a large picture window, I saw it all from a close-up postcard view of Fujiyama to the fantastic industrial complex of Nagoya. I won't see the National League opener this year, but in a few days I'll get a look at the Osaka Tigers, last year's Japanese champs. But enough of this travelogue and to the business of class news.
A recent edition of the Paterson (N. J.) Evening News displayed a photo of Abe Lydecker who has been appointed to the advisory board of the First National Bank of Passaic County. Abe and I were roommates for two years in Middle Fayerweather before he transferred to Muhlenberg. He operates Lydecker's Restaurant, located on Route 23 in Butler, N. J., which is near his old home town of Pompton Lakes. Abe went to Harvard Business School and during World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant on the staff of Admiral Gunther in the Pacific Ocean. He, his wife Helen, and daughter Gail live in Lafayette, N. J.
I have another clipping from the Medical Tribune and Medical News which reports "World News of Medicine and its practice - fast, accurate, complete." The story concerns the work being done by Dr. TimTakaro, Chief of Surgical Service at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Oteen, N. C. Since I'm an advertising man and not a medical man, I'd better quote the article verbatim so it will make sense to the many doctors in our class: "A rare pulmonary neoplasm, said by the investigators to be hitherto unreported in the American literature, was described by a North Carolina team at the first annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons here. Variously called carcinosarcoma, malignant hamartoma, embryoma, and mixed tumor, the neoplasm "Strikingly resembles fetal lung and varies greatly in degree of malignancy," it was reported by Dr. Timothy Takaro. The surgeon disclosed that one case has been detected at his hospital and one other at another V.A. hospital, bringing the total number of known patients with this tumor to eight. A remarkable feature of the tumor. Dr. Takaro said, is its "resemblance to embryonic lung. This tissue seems to have been arrested at a certain stage of development and become malignant." A study of the metastatic cells in two patients showed that they resembled malignant fetal lung cells. Most of the tumors have occurred in men, and half of the patients presented themselves with hemoptysis. "An odd thing is that all the patients are adults in their 20's to 50's," he stated. His own patient had had a chest x-ray six months prior to the finding of the tumor, and there was no evidence of the lesion. This patient has undergone a left pneumonectomy and is living and well two years after surgery."
Yes, we are still reporting weddings in this column! Ed Anderberg was married to Miss Mary Meehan of Philadelphia, on January 9. The wedding was in White Plains, N. Y. Ed was an economics major who has a master's degree from Columbia. An economist with the United States Tariff Commission from 1942 to 1945, he also served for several years as American Consul and attache in Jamaica (8.W.I.), China and Japan (very fitting that I report on this from Nagoya). Ed is now co-manager of the White Plains office of Shields and Co., N. Y. Stock Exchange members. He is a member of the board of directors of the White Plains Chamber of Commerce.
Dick Hill appointed to special advisory committee on comprehensive planning of the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Bob Chisholm is executive vice president of Carbon Limestone Co. in Youngstown, Ohio. Lloyd Fishman of Standard Overall Dry Cleaning Co., Inc., Manchester, N. H. was elected to a second term as treasurer of the Institute of Industrial Launderers, at a San Francisco Convention. The Institute represents a $400 million industry, providing work uniforms, dust control systems, shop towels and other services on a rental basis.
Well, that's all from Nagoya. Now for our special "24 years ago this month" and I'll see you again in June. Cliff Stratton won $100 in the Barge Oratorial Contest for seniors; Brodie Bjorklund pitched a two-hit shutout as the Tri-Kaps beat Pi Lam in baseball — 4-0; Jim Andrews had the lead in "The Male Animal"; Bill Clark and HarryMaxwell were our representatives on the golf team; Pete Keir won the Barrett cup - Mouse Hall had the privilege of presenting the Dartmouth Cup for "the athlete who on and off the field reflects the most credit on the college" to Gus Broberg.
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