1961
February slump is again upon us. Everybody is so busy trying to face another whole year that they forget to write their lovable old secretary with notes of good cheer and information. Selfish lot if you ask me .. . alright, alright, nobody asked me. If you won't write to your lovable old secretary (see Medicine), at least you could go out and do something of adequate significance (see International Business) to get your name in the paper.
Those who were significant lately are: Rapid Rog McArt who, with the help of 58 academic degrees (the result of ardent draft avoidance) has received a promotion of importance within the Packard Electric division of General Motors. Rog is now General Supervisor of Production Control for Plant 10. The clipping didn't say but I assume Plant 10 is the one that makes those neat little electric gorillas that roar, pound their hairy chests, and scare people (sounds like Dick Marrone doesn't it?).
Another newsmaker is Bill Bailey who, because he had accumulated the world's largest phone bill, was named manager of the Oneonta office of the New York Telephone Company. Bill has taken it upon himself to increase sales of Princess phones and has pledged to have "a Princess phone by every chair, in every room in every house in Oneonta." Wonder if that includes the john?
Newsmaker number III is Ed Thornton who, because he is a member of the Alton Bay Water Ski Club in Alton, N. H., has entered into a law partnership in that city. Ed married Miss Jeanie Raymond of Manchester last August 21.
Here's some of the hottest news of all - Lance Stoker who, you will recall was studying Osteopathy at, of all places, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy has now graduated and is ... (this'U floor ya)... an osteopath - with his D.0.!! Even fumble-witted Dutton Foster can figure out what a D.O. is Oust in case you can't, Foster, it's a Doctor of Osteopathy). Lance is now working in Detroit at.. . (can you stand it) ... the Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. I think this is all swell, Lance, baby, but don't you get tired of seeing osteopaths all day, all year? I think this whole thing is carrying specialization tooooooo far. It's ok to concentrate on a field, but to eat, drink, and breath osteos or pathys or whatever is stultifying. ... Hang in there, Stoker, and next time my osteys are pathetic I'll bring 'em to you.
And that, fellow seekers after truth, beauty and a free lunch, is the pass and fell nonsense point of the news this month. Do not forget REUNIONS. Answer the correspondence that's sent along to you and keep alert so's we can all be impressed by your sangfroid and all that jazz come June. Keep it cool.
1961 Class ReunionHanover, June 17-19, 1966
Secretary, Box 599, Cincinnati 1, Ohio
Treasurer, Minneapolis, Minn. 55408 2708 Irving Ave. S.
