1944
Ro and Pinky Corroon went up for that fall reunion over the Princeton weekend with the "Needle" Aliens. To hear the Pink tell it, that informal fall get-together has the big formal reunions beat a mile. There was a big '44 contingent. Wemo Epply played host Saturday afternoon after the victory, at his beautiful new hilltop home in Etna. Bill McElnea confirmed Pinky's impression of Wemo's wonderful home and concluded, "I don't believe I'll ever see a more spectacular view than from Wemo's hill." I can't remember all the '44s who were present, but do recall the Greenwich contingent of Glines, March, and Penberthy were there along with McElnea.
U.S. Steel's new central region marketing representative for architectural products is Mac Corner. Mac will work out of Chicago, promoting and selling stainless steel wall framing and a new type of curtain wall. He joined the company in 1946, served as Chicago contracting manager for the American Bridge division in 1959, and has been manager of fabricated sheet products for the division in Pittsburgh since 1963. The Corners live in Westmont, Ill.
Fritz Hier has been transferred from the field to HQ in Saigon. He'll wind up his 18-month tour sometime in March and then back to the States. Ex-Colonel Dick Paul retired from the Army after 24 years' service. He's now working on his M.A. at the American University in Washington, in preparation for a new career in the education field.
Harry Schoenhut is now down in Durham, N.C., where he's plant manager of the Durham Hosiery Mills. Food broker. Mike Costa, is now making his home in Cape Elizabeth, Me.
Commander Bob Gifford and his wife, Helen, have located a comfortable flat in downtown London, a few doors away from Tony and Meg's pad. Bob has extended an invitation tOI any wandering '44s in the London area to give him a ring. He has ice cubes, "always at the ready."
I think you'll be very interested in Rog Feldman's letter following his return from Hawaii: "I heard that John Peacock is running the Royal Hawaiian Airlines throughout the State of Hawaii, along with charter fishing boats. I also had the opportunity to get together with Sherry Dowsett. The last time I saw Sherry was the morning of December 7 when we were both working out at Spaulding Pool. We received the news of Pearl Harbor - Sherry's back yard - and he left immediately for service. A telephone call to S.H. Dowsett after 25 years gave me three wonderful days as his guest.
"Sherry has been extremely active in all phases of business over the past 20 years. He has the Pepsi-Cola bottling and distributing for Hawaii and the Fuller Brush franchise. He has Pantheon Company Limited which is a holding company for several large concerns of which Sherry is on the board of directors. He is developing land in California (brochure enclosed), which he is selling to Hawaiians, and is developing land in Hawaii and selling it to Californians. I had the pleasure of meeting his lovely wife, Carol, and his latest addition to a family of five children — Tia 14 months old (he plans to send Tia to college on his Social Security).
"For the past seven years Sherry has been the outstanding sports fisherman on the island and I spent a day on his 60-foot fishing boat the Hula Kai. It was a very poor day of fishing according to Sherry - only 52 fish caught - assorted dolphin and tuna.
"Sherry's children range from Sherman 23, Melvie 13, Barbie 11, Keawe 7, and Tia 14 months. He fills up the rest of the house with a dachshund, parakeet, and parrot.
"Life in Hawaii is certainly at a relaxed pace compared to what most of us have become accustomed and it was certainly wonderful to see a classmate with a full head of hair still black, a 32-inch waistline, and able to do 60 laps a day in his back yard swimming pool.
"So long as I am bringing you up-to-date, I am living in Weston, Mass., and occasionally see Perry Banghart and Bill Saunders. Al eyers is an active stockbroker with Bache and Company in Boston and I can usually be found at Kennedy Airport-Serv-air Incorporated — in my aircraft cleaning business.
"I have three children, Nancy a sophomore at George Washington University; Michael 16, hoping that he will be at Hanover for the class of 1972; and Judy age 13."
I believe we've reported that Rog is president of Servair Incorporated. He's got a wonderful business. He specializes in washing airplanes.
Wes Shell and Judy Goslin were married here in Cincinnati last weekend.
Al Howland was recently named the new Secretary-Treasurer of Akron Standard Mold Company, a division of Eagle-Picher Industries, makers of tire and mechanical molds. After graduation and three years in the Navy, Al served the Hitchcock Clinic as executive secretary. He has been with Akron Standard since 1959. He and Dorothy and their two daughters live in Akron where he is also vice president of the board of trustees of Akron General Hospital.
Newton Mayor, Monte Basbas, was awarded the 1966 Achievement Award at the Eighth Annual Achievement dinner of the Newton Chamber of Commerce. In the newspaper article they then go on to list all the organizations in which Monte has served. He should get another award just to have remembered the hundreds of civic services that he has performed over the years.
I hope that those of you who weren't able to get up to the Princeton reunion game at least got up for one other game.
Secretary, 1109 Center St., Milford, O. 45150
Treasurer, Van Alstyne, Noel and Co. 40 Wall St., New York, N.Y. 10005
