1936
This last column before the summer vacation will probably find you preparing for a graduation, stamping names on camp shorts, trying to rent a vacation house or babysitting for your grandchildren. Vacation will be anticlimactic for Gil Sykes who has been fishing in British Honduras. The fishing was really incidental since Gil is an executive with the Metropolitan Petroleum Co., Division of Pittston Co. and he made the trip in the company of other petroleum execs to visit the South American Oil Fields.
Tohn and Nancy Sawyer would like to babysit for their first grandchild, but the little fellow is far removed from Darien, Conn. He was born on April 7 in Frickenhausen, Germany, to Margaret Sawyer Vick. Her husband, Lt. Jonathan Vick, is with the Air Force and was previously stationed in the Philippines. The Sawyers are planning a trip to the continent in July to become acquainted with young Joel Vick. The Sawyers had an exciting April, for their second daughter, Sarah, was wed to Michael O'Mahony of Hyattsville, Md., on the thirteenth, sarah is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Michael obtained his degree from De La Salle College in Waterford, Ireland, they will reside in Suitland, Md. The bridegroom is with the Washington (D.C.) Daily
Dick and Madine Morton are planning for a June wedding at State College, Pa. Their son, Bob, is engaged to Margaret Alison James of Aukland, New Zealand. Both of these young people are student-instructors at Penn State working for their doctorates in mathematics. Margaret is a graduate of the University of Aukland where her brother is on the teaching staff. Her parents will journey to the U.S. for the wedding in the Penn State College Chapel on June 13.
The first notice of a visit to the Hemisfair has arrived on a postcard from Pete andBarbara Fitzherbert. They were in Houston to visit with their daughter, Nancy, and took in the exposition in San Antonio. Pete called Bill Essex who has been living in San Antonio as Senior Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston.
A Dartmouth Directory was recently published for the Metropolitan New York Area. There were some business address changes noted. Chuck Sims, president of Express Electro Plating Co., has relocated his plant from Third Avenue to 1401 Blondell Ave. in the Bronx. Art Wasserman is now executive director of Bloch Winitz Co., textile manufacturers in Union City, N.J. His office was previously on West 39th St. Briant Patterson, sales manager of the Mergenthaler Linotype Div., Eltra Corp. is conducting his business from the company's new offices in Plainview, Long Island, after many years opposite the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Briant and Harriet Patterson reside in Huntington on the Island. Their daughter, Mary, received her B.S. in education from Adelphi University.
In March President Brewster of Yale University named Professor Joseph W. Bishop Jr. to a major chair at the Yale Law School as Richard Ely Professor of Law. Prof. Bishop has concentrated on military and corporation law and has been on the Yale faculty since 1957. After receiving his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law. he worked for the War Department, the Judge Advocate General and the Attorney General of the U.S. He also served as assistant to the general counsel of the U.S. High Commission in Germany and acting general counsel for the Dept. of the Army. At present he is special counsel to the New Haven Railroad during its reorganization. As a longtime commuter on the New Haven, I would like to put in a good word for its speedy assimilation into the Penn-Central. We're travelling on borrowed time. Joe and his wife, Susan, have a son, Joseph III, who is thirteen.
The Massachusetts G.O.P. has the able assistance these days of State Representative Chet Young. In March he shared the platform with former Senator Saltonstall in Scituate as speakers at a Forum on Responsibility to Government. This should be an active year for the politicians. Over in East Longmeadow, Mass., Al and Eloise Gibney have moved back into their home. A few months ago the interior was completely gutted by fire and it now boasts a modern interior enclosed by the original charming exterior. Vin Wentworth has sent word from California that he hopes to see his friends in the East before too long since he will be moving to Virginia during the summer. John and Mabel Stiles will be attending graduation at the University of Wisconsin this month to see their daughter, Christine, receive her degree.
In case you missed the gifts to the Col- lege acknowledgements in the April MAG- AZINE, Herb Beskind has presented four Indian stone sculptures to the Hopkins Cen- ter. Herb had previously given the Japanese stone garden to the Center and it graces the atrium opposite the art galleries.
On March 29 Anna Shurts, wife of FredShurts, passed away in Waterford, Conn. Anna was a graduate of Vassar '38. A few years ago she had suffered a lung removal as a result of cancer. Our sympathy is extended to Fred and their daughter, Sharon. These are difficult years for our parents who are reaching on already in their eighties. It is with sympathy that we note the passing of Mrs. Agnes Jackson in Hanover, N.H., mother of Davis Jackson, and Mr. Eugene J. Anspach, of New Jersey, father of GeneAnspach.
The spring meeting of the Class Executive Committee was held in Hanover on May 11 concurrent with Class Officers' Weekend. Members of the class residing in nearby Vermont and New Hampshire were invited to meet with the committee at the home of Phil and Leslie McInnis for cocktails. Dinner followed at the new Hanover Inn.
I hope everyone has a pleasant summer. Maybe you'll find time to drop me a letter and bring everyone up to date on you and your family.
Secretary, 90 North Cedar Rd. Fairfield, Conn. 06431
Class Agent, 28 Dunbarton Dr., Nashua, N.H. 03060
