1961
I can't vouch for the truth of this but supposedly Jane King laid down the law to her not-too-alert husband John t'other day . . . she insisted that John put on a clean pair of socks every morning or she was clearing out. Well, everything was hunkiedorie for six days then Johnnie couldn't get his shoes on anymore. Too tight. While I'm fabricating lies about otherwise unassailable personalities, getta loada this: Larry Holden claims that he is married. Now we all know that Holden has always been far too interested in the manly outdoor pursuits to even trifle with the thought of domestication why, it'd be like trying to keep full grown buffalo in the house. Ridiculous attempt on the part of crafty Larry to force us to look at him in a new light. I wonder where he got the name, Sarah Cannon? Musta made it up. Crazy Larry went so far as to make up a background for his "wife" and select a late October wedding date and all that!! What a kidder. Ten will get you twenty that rugged old Moose is still cooking his own meals and putting on his own clean socks (take the old pair off first, Larry).
Hey, hey it's Ray! Wah-hoo-wah ... wahhoo-wah gooooo Blanchard! The foregoing is just my subtle way of announcing that Ray Blanchard, the Chubber's Chubber, has taken to wife. I know Ray isn't making up the details of his nuptrials with the former Miss Mary Arm Navatta of Lyndhurst (I dunno if that's N. Y., Maine, N. H., or Mass.). Ray is a lawyer-type in Portsmouth, N. H.
Gads, more clippings concerning clipped wings. George Harrington and Diantha Cushman became one last July. Diantha sounds much more interesting than George who was always the kind to get his finger caught in the tap and block the beer for hours. Be that as it may, the happy couple are both lawyers and living in happy precedents in Ithaca, N. Y. Can you imagine the arguments two lawyers married to each other could have. If it's anything like court conduct, it could provide a pretty amusing scene for the neighbors, for instance "Point of order, George, you know very well you can't accuse little George Jr., who's only two years old, for failing to carry out his filial tasks and obligations just because he threw his cereal on your new mohair." "Your honor, please ... is the defense attorney going to be permitted to continually refer to the age of the defendant in a pitifully obvious attempt to sway the jury away from their only reasonable verdict... guilty as charged and sentenced to confinement for the remainder of the day to the high chair," etc., etc., etc. Could be kinda fun to be surrounded by lawyers.
Richard Manero, original member of the Hitchcock Hall Mafia, is now on the other side of the fence. He too is a lawyer. In Greenwich, Conn., of all places. Here's a late blooming college romance for you. A Dartmouth man marries a Green Mountain girl but after he's been out of college for six years. Took George Davis a long time to realize that those Poultney girls were good dates for big weekends too. He and the former Miss Jean Shattuck are living in Chicago.
Big Business News Lever Brothers, my employer's most hated rival, has given some indication that their intentions are not completely dishonorable by promoting PeterStearns-Xisseyre to Product Manager. For the uninitiated, that means Pete will worry a lot more and get home later. I hope my secret ingredient eats his secret ingredient.
Big Education News Steve Grossberg, long known as a reasonably intelligent man as curve setters go, has once more established himself in the intellectual world. He has just received his Ph.D. from Rockefeller University in New York. This unique institution accepts only advanced students who wish to prepare for careers as university professors in the sciences and humanities.
Jeff Conn used to write me sweet little notes on his wife's flowery note paper. Now he has chickened out completely and forces his overworked spouse, liana, to write for him. They are the parents of two daughters, one brand new, and are abiding happily ever after in Muskegon, Mich., whilst Jeff is Treasurer-Comptroller of the American Store Equipment Corp. liana had some scoop about others too: Elliot and WendyWeiss are living in D. C. Jerry Kaminsky ("The Legend that Walks Like a Man") is a father again both sons both smart. Andy Cohen (probably totally grey by now) is a law student at Stanford.
Final Important Announcement Anyone going to the Princeton Game on the 25th? There will be a gathering of '61's sponsored by Pete Stuart and other rowdies. Unfortunately I didn't get the word in time to include an invitation to order block tickets through Pete, nor do I know where the gathering will be, but I know how to find out. Sit down right now and scribble off a post card to Pete Stuart, 509 West North Street, Carlisle, Pa., and he will immediately write back where the secret meeting place is. If that fails, you can go to the game and just sniff around on your own till the sweet smell of '61 fills your nosebone.
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