1939
Winter closes in, and except for the Pros, the weekend football festivals are a matter of history. For the class, we can only assume that newsletter editor Walt Darby has documented our comings and goings. Because the Princeton weekend marked our annual fall reunion it might be well to record that our unofficial boxscore listed approximately forty classmates in attendance, making a group of some eighty on the traveling squad. In case Darby missed it, there was a vigorous golf competition on the Lake Morey links which featured a gross low-ball contest. Moose Wyman, LarryVulte, Ted Wolfe and George Hanna finished in a flat tie with Bert MacMannis,Jack Coulson, Bob Loughry, and your scribe. No money passed hands, but big Coulson received the golden tee for the most colorful hole of the round. In the meantime, Walt Darby and Jack Cathcart played a social round with their respective wives. The golf was a reward for the early arrivals who attended an executive committee meeting previous to tee-up time.
A report from your Secretary indicated concern on the part of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE re: the future of class notes, which precipitated a proposal by your committee that the Class Secretaries Association be informed that we preferred the status quo. Sam Thurm's treasurer's report indicated a current balance of $10,124 and an indication that all dues bills were out for the current year. Bob Kaiser, Bequest Chairman, stated that he is mailing a questionnaire to all members of the class, and at the same time reported our progress in the Bequest Program was "about average" for our stage of alumni life. A gift toward our Memorial Books Program, from a parent of the class, prompted the suggestion that Robb DeGraff, our Memorial Chairman, discuss the matter with the Librarian with an eye to coordinating any future gifts with our Books Program. The most protracted discussion centered about our dismal showing in Alumni Fund giving. Dusty Rohde, our Class Agent, confessed that his plan (to keep the 1970 mailings limited in the belief that they served as a annoyance rather than a stimulant) had not performed up to expectations. It was decided to reestablish the "Century" and "Two-Century" Clubs, to isolate potential large givers through the means of a special Major Gifts committee to be chaired by Jack Coulson, and to revert to the traditional intensive follow-up. Finally, it was decided to publish on April 1, 1971, a Special Report to the Class, dealing primarily with fiscal matters, and delineating various accomplishments and projects of our class over the past 31 years.
As a footnote to the Princeton weekend, we acknowledge the last-minute cancellations of plans to be with us of Wolf Naylor and Joe Batchelder: Wolf because of an unfortunate equestrian accident which broke both his legs, and Joe because of a pressing and unexpected trip to Belgium to interview the Minister of Economic Affairs of that country.
Bob Loughry reports that he has retired from active duty with the Air Force as a It. colonel after a career that started in Cleveland in 1941. Bob says he has visited 32 countries on his long stretch of service. He is residing at the moment in suburban Washington (Virginia), where he and wife Marian can enjoy an occasional visit from their two children. Their daughter works in the office of Congressman Price from Illinois and their son as a civilian in the Pentagon.
Larry Vulte is still flying for Pan Am, taking the 747's to Europe and back. He reports that he is now one hundred and fifty-eighth in seniority of some 4,000 Pan Am pilots.
Jack Coulson is back in Long Island after a year with the government in Indian Affairs. He is now associated with the Security National Bank of New York, working out of a Huntington, L. I. office. Ted Wolfe is with American Brass Works as production manager, and living in Bethany, Conn.
Bill Tucker has just taken over as President of Caltex Petroleum Corporation which has operations in 60 countries of the eastern hemisphere. Bill joined Caltex in 1944, was named vice president in 1964, and executive vice president in 1968. He is also a director and vice president of the Caltex subsidiary, Bahrain Petroleum Co., Ltd. During most of his quarter century in the petroleum industry, Bill has been directly involved in designing, building and managing the Caltex refinery system. A native of Chelsea, Mass., he and his wife Beryl now live at 7 Gracie Square in New York City, but Bill still enjoys skiing and the outdoor life.
John Evans, Protestant chaplain of Norwich University, has just joined the education department of the same university as an associate professor. He retired from active duty as a chaplain with the U. S. Air Force in 1965.
Dr. Joe Pyrtek participated this fall in the professional program at the Lahey Clinic in Boston and delivered a paper entitled, "Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism Due to Chronic Renal Disease on Chronic Dialysis." A member of the American College of Surgeons, Joe is on the staff at the Hartford Hospital and a clinical associate at the U. of Conn. Health Center.
Chet Wiggins, a retired aide to New Hampshire's Senator Norris Cotton, is the White House's top choice to become federal co-chairman of the New England Regional Commission, according to an article date August 21 out of Fitchburg, Mass.
Talking on a panel addressed to "The College Crisis" at the University of Bridgeport was its Dean of Student Personnel, Al Wolff. This in the latter part of August. Al joined the faculty at the U. of Bridgeport in 1946. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa National Honor Educational fraternity, is listed in "Who's Who in Education," was a past president of the Connecticut Personnel and Guidance Association, and was a two-term member of the Milford Board or Education.
A postcard from Endy and GeorgetteSmith indicates they enjoyed a golf tour of the British Isles in September. Home for the Harvard game.
Phil Sauer is a food broker with Food Sales & Marketing of Jacksonville, with a new home address at 620 Antigua Rd., Jacksonville, Fla. 32216. Ex-Mayor Sam Lav ton's new listed address is 230 Oak Knoll Terrace, Highland Park, Ill. 60035.
And finally our condolences to CharlieUrschel whose dad died in the latter days of September.
Because we won't be in touch before the holidays, may we wish you one and all a "Merry" and a "Happy."
Secretary, 777 West St. Pittsfield, Mass. 01201
Treasurer, 390 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022
