1950
"April showers bring May flowers ... so what do May flowers bring?" Your answer may well be June bugs, back aches from weeding, or hay fever, but less cynical preteens will quickly tell you Mayflowers bring pilgrims. And if that snappy repartee doesn't convince you that we suffer a paucity of noteworthy intelligentz, nothing will. Undaunted, how-some-e'er, we direct your divided attention from the fifth inning at Fenway to the ...
GALA GATHERING - Yeah, yeah, yeah, beetles! A few weeks from now (June 18) the Fabulous '50's find fun and frolic fomenting from fancy fixin's and fortuitous fandangos furnishing frothy fizzies for famished femmes and fellas at the Fee-nomenal Fifteenth. Who says Fibber McGee was the only alliterationistical type, huh? Well, anyhow, time's awasting and we want you to know more stalwarts are signing up daily and you'd best get on line soon. For example, Pete and Lois Nottage (**) confirmed our earlier rumor that they'd be back. To the surprise of no one, their four kiddies will not make the trek. Pete is expecting to block off the bottom hall of Top-liff and establish a swimming pool filled with beer for Emil Hudak (*) and WesField (*), but he's not sure whether DickRibble will be there. In case you forgot your lesson from last month, the (*) means said Injun is on the list for June 18.
At the President's Dinner here on the western shores of Lake Michigan in March, we ascertained that Red Rowe (*) intends to be in Hanover next month. He couldn't speak for Stew Young, but said it was great to see him in Nassau (Bahamas, not Tiger Town) recently! Dick and Mary Frey (**??) are probables, they said, and Si Morand (*) seems sure. Elsewhere in a very large crowd we found some no-goers such as Hugh andJane Brower ("Who'd take care of Hughbert, the Harris lion?") and Jay and MaryBuck ("We would - just send him over to the Northern!"). Jack Tull indicated he couldn't break away from Chicago's First National Bank either, and we began to wonder how good their hours really are! Jim and Caro Gregg weren't very hopeful of getting east before August, but you can tell the annual banquet turned out a goodly contingent.
From Alex Hoffman (*), publicist par excellence who doubles as merchandise manager in Lever's household products division when not tooting about the reunion, we learned that Rick Miller (*) added some new talent to his committee. Mai Hill (*) is working on plans for a Sunday morn brunch to top the delightful affair that capped our weekend five years ago. DickDale (*) is in charge of plans for the tent. Demolition, anyone?
Alex went on to reveal that Joel Leavitt (*) "will see to it that the cocktail party is a smash (if you'll pardon the expression)." We will. Bill Turino (*) sent out letters to about 80 men asking that they round up neighbors and answer questions for anyone silly enough to have said no or said nothing so far. Concludes Br'er Hoffman, you can forward a fin to Eric Miller, 281 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, N. Y., and you're in line fomenting frolics, fancy fixin's, frothy fizz ... you get the idea.
Speaking of Bill Turino, we talked to a threesome of his cohorts on the follow-up squad. Swede Swenson might or might not make the grade, Don Kirkland thought he couldn't get away from Metro Media in June, and Parke Taylor said after three of their own they were adopting a baby this month. Despite other personal plans, all three were pitching in to make our affair an outstanding success. Why don't you get to Hanover to see???
ATTAIN AND ACCLAIM - Many moons ago a Middlebury man who purloins the Alumag from a relative to spy on our reports suggested we upgrade this monthly mess by plagiarizing the London Times' "Hatches- Matches- Dispatches" lead to point out who'd had a new bambino, wed, or otherwise made news. He'll know we had no compunction to borrow a good idea; it's just that all of you have either done all of the marrying and procreating you're going to, or else you're keeping it to yourself. If we can't hatch and match, at least we can dispatch Congrats to '50's whose careers have moved forward of late.
The New York Times (March 10) included glad tidings about Duke Duffy who was recently appointed mid-western manager of the Chicago office of Harper-Atlantic Sales Inc. You're slow, Times, we knew it in January!
Equitable Life honored Bill Christgau in Miami Beach as a member of the President's Club for production of at least a million clams in life insurance for two consecutive years. Bill toils for the Milton Weiner Agency in Manhattan.
THE EDITOR BUTTS IN: We have been waiting several months for Class Secretary Scott Olin to report that in January he was made Sales Manager of the wholesale department of Flexonics, a division of Calumet and Hecla. Prior to his January promotion he had been Distributor Sales Manager. When not traveling all over the country Scotty also serves as Republican precinct captain in Evanston, a political switch from his activities as chairman of the social relations committee of the First Congregational Church. To keep busy he has painted the house and is now building a recreation room. He and Elizabeth have two small baseball fans in the family, Eric (8) and Dirk (5).
Bill Sholten became veep at Chicago's Drexel National Bank the end of March. ... John Johnson has moved from Scarsdale to Stamford, Conn., where he's been made manager of the Price, Waterhouse office. ... Ned Petrequin was elected vice prexy of the Petrequin Paper Co. in Cleveland in January. ... Sandy McCulloch (*) was elected a director of the Old Colony Co-operative Bank in Barrington, R. I., where he's also on the board of the YMCA. Other duties? He's got a raft of 'em: prez and trez of Micro-fibres Inc. in Pawtucket, member of the Young President's Organization, trustee of the Providence Country Day School and St. Andrew's School, and on the board of the St. Mary's Home for Children.
More good news? Oh, yes. Example? Jack Newby (*) has been made president of Whetton Oil Company, Inc., in Needham. He's been there for ten years, a vice president since '58. A past president of Rotary in Needham, he's a director of the Better Home Heating Council and works for the Y as well.... Pat Brewster was elected assistant secretary of the Central Maine Power Co. in February. He's been associate counsel since 1961.... And another who has been elevated to the top of the totem is Kim Swezey (*), new president of the Patchogue department store that's been doing business out on Long Island for 71 years. The father of six, Kim has been salesman, buyer, and merchandiser at the store, holds a master's from NYU in retailing (1951), lists a real string of civic duties for local hospitals, Y's, Rotary, church, and Red Cross.
Our own kudos may pall in face of the five-oh-oh-oh bills given John Morrissey by I. B. M. for the design and implementation of a system for scientific computing involving the use of multiple remotely located terminals in conjunction with the 7090 data processing system. Known as QUIKTRAN, it sounds impressive. Oh, to be freshman again and understand these things! John's been with IBM since 1958, works in White Plains, lives in Chappaqua, holds a math M.A. from Cal, is proud father of one child.
Well, wah hoo wah, y'all! Besides a final encouraging word about reunion, we want to note the cogent com- ments of Class Agent John Dwyer (*): "The College wants and asks for realistic giving, but most of all, it wants the support of every alumnus." That's you!
That's it.
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Class Agent, 445 East Glen Ave., Ridgewood, N. J. 07450
