1950

As the summer sped by, a small mound of mail accumulated concerning the activities of 1950's. Let's lead off the first column of the season with a couple of marital announcements which reached your scribe too late to be included in pre-summer columns.

H. Stewart Young took Dorothy Feise as his bride on March 8 ceremonies in Wynnewood, Pa: Dorothy is an alumna of Rollins College and the Katharine Gibbs School in Montclair, N. J. The newlyweds are domiciled at 610 Montgomery Street, Narberth, Pa. 19072.

One week later Richard D. Ziesing married Jane Haussman. Dick reported that they were looking for a farm in the Philadelphia area to accommodate four children, three horses, five cats, two dogs and a goat; apparently the quarters at 416 Youngsford Lane, Gladwyne, Pa., were not quite spacious enough, but at this writing we have not been advised of an address change.

Herb and Carol Ray have come forth with an another potential candidate for Dartmouth (assuming the College will become a coeducational institution within the next couple of decades). Katy made her appearance on June 24, making the Ray family a foursome; the other youngster in Apt. 7F, 2440 Lakeview Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60614 is Charlie, age one and a half.

Scott L. Probasco Jr. was the recipient of the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the May graduation exercises of King College. Chattanooga, Tenn. Scott has many educational responsibilities among his civic interests, including the vice chairmanship of the Higher Education Commission of the State of Tennessee and membership on the executive committees of the University of Chattanooga and the Baylor School. His primary business responsibility is vice chairman of the board of the American Bank and Trust Company.

William J. Cross has been promoted to the post of vice president of the Reader's Digest Association, Chappaqua, N. Y. Bill heads the Digest's accounting department. He, Judy, and their two children live in Somers, N. Y.

Eugene A. Ulrich left the Chappaqua scene late in the spring and now is getting acclimated to living in the sunny south. That may be literally true if the new address for Gene, Carol, Lisa, and Greg is any indication, for it must be but a short distance to "tee off" from their new residence at 970 The 16th Fairway, Dunwoody, N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 303.17. However, Gene's travels take him considerably further than the golf course in his capacity as comptroller of the B. P. Oil Corporation, U.S., which firm is better known as British Petroleum.

Adman Norwood T. Smith has joined the Lloyd Mansfield Co., Inc., an agency located in the Marine Trust Building, Buffalo, N. Y., as vice president and creative director. Woody formerly was a vice president and regional director of BBD&O. 113 Lexington Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 14222 is home for Woody, Betty and their three children.

Harry VanBenschoten has been promoted and elected to the post of controller of the Newmont Mining Corporation. Harry, a CPA, joined Newmont in 1967 after having been associated with Price, Waterhouse & Co. His professional affiliations include not only those of his accounting profession but also membership in the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. 45 Silver Ridge Road, New Canaan, Conn., is where this classmate with the sharp pencil joins the rest of us Nutmeg State residents in hoping that we continue in the minority position of having no state income tax.

Joel Leavitt, director of distribution services at Sweet Life Foods Company, Springfield, Mass., is head of the 1969 Greater Springfield Area United Jewish Welfare Fund and Israel Emergency Fund; he also serves as administrative vice president of the Jewish Community Council, and was recently appointed to the National United Jewish Appeals young leadership cabinet.

Joel will be among the class executive committee members who will be in Hanover on October 11 for the committee s annual meeting. Of prime importance at that meeting will be a report by Reunion Chairman Gerry Sarao on the progress of preparations for the June 19-20-21, 1970 event. Gerry and his volunteers, including committee chairmen Jim Lyons, Cul Modisette, John Brotherhood, Dick Dale, Joe Medlicott, Nev Chamberlain, Kim Swezey, Paul Canada, Frank Dickinson, and Dick Echikson hope you all have marked the June dates on your calendars and are planning to be in Hanover for a rewarding Twentieth Reunion.

Edward A. Sutton, publisher and executive vice president of Sutton Publishing Co., Inc., 172 South Broadway, White Plains, has been elected a trustee of the Home Savings Bank in that community.

Eugene P. Carver recently assumed broader responsibilities in the real estate field by accepting the presidency of Hoffman Properties, with headquarters at 626 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90017. Gene, Patty and their children have moved from the Bay Area to 30032 Avenida Esplendida, Palos Verdes, Calif.

New England sent California some scientific assistance in connection with the Santa Barbara oil slick problem when Galen Jones, director of the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire, was appointed one of 14 scientists on a panel reporting to Lee A. Dubridge, science advisor to President Nixon, on shortand long-term measures to cope with and prevent oil spill damage and occurrence. Galen, a professor of microbiology, was asked to determine how long it would take bacteria on the ocean floor to break down the hydrocarbons in crude oil naturally. He estimated that the sea would be back to normal by summer, but that visual evidence would remain on the coastline for several years; he cautioned that the use of detergents to disperse the oil might adversely affect the bacterial action on the oil, as well as the lives of higher plants and animals.

Concluding this month's column with another item regarding the sea, we find that Gary Earle is owner of the 70-foot fishing dragger "Stephen R." whose home port is New Bedford, Mass. Gary, who also is the owner of Lloyd's, a woman's specialty store in New Bedford, grew up on Martha's Vineyard and is well versed in maritime mat- ters; he is planning to have a three-to-five boat fleet, in the belief that a well-run fishing business will be economically sound and profitable.

Rocky Stinehour '50 (r) examines "YourSon, Calvin Coolidge," printed by hispress and chosen one of the "Fifty BestBooks of the Year" by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Edward ConneryLathem '51 (I) was the editor of the book.

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