1939
We refer you to a headline which reads, "Famed Organ Artist with Area Chorus." The area is Granville, N.Y., and the organist, Bob English. He played at the performance of Messiah on Dec. 13 at the Presbyterian Church. Bob not only holds the "skin" from Dartmouth but an A.M. and Ph. D. from Boston University. A member of the faculty at Green Mountain College since 1957, he teaches courses in theory and history of music and conducts the college chorus and madrigal singers. Not only do his publications for organ and chorus receive a good play, but we have it on good authority that Bob is a skilled golfer known for his tournament nerves. A good partner for the reunion circuit.
Dave Lilly was a year-end appointment as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. You know by now that Dave holds the same title with Toro Manufacturing Company. He has also served as chairman of the Minnesota Governor's advisory commission on business development, chairman of the board of overseers of Thayer School of Engineering, and is a trustee of St. Paul Academy as well as a number of other organizations. Another announcement of recent vintage is Lou Highmark's election to the board of Trustees of Hanover College. Lou is a partner in the law firm of Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer and Boyd in Indianapolis. A handsomely bearded pic (a bit sparse on top though) of Ed Cummings in the Boston press tells us that Consolidated Graphics has appointed him chief estimator. He had held the same post with Recording & Statistical of Boston, previous to the move.
Ex-chief of the Dartmouth Club of New York, and loyal adopted member of the clan of '39, Jim McKeon was recently in the news. A member of the Yorktown, N.Y., planning board, Jim has been chosen president of the Westchester Planning Federations board of directors. Being on the planning board of the City of Pittsfield, we have a faint idea of the problems that are being placed at Jim's feet of late. Everybody's in the act! But then, Jim has served for ten years. Professionally he manages the Knickerbocker Club, the oldest private club in New York City.
Another favorite in our column of late has been Bill Bachman, who we reported a few months ago was elected president of the national AAA. Now his advertising agency, McManus, John & Adams has merged with D'Arcy, and Bill heads up a division called Intermarco International, owned jointly by the newly merged agency and Intermarco. We asked via postcard, for the story behind some of the moves that classmates have made of late. We got an answer from Bob Davidson. He called it a "change of life pickles at midnight," while his wife Cocky is less obscure with her comment, "who needs six bedrooms any more?" The fact is three of their four youngsters have left the nest to develop homes and families of their own, leaving only Susan, aged 14, to parry her father's jokes. They moved four blocks, but within four days, three families were all in the process of restablishing, and they paint a picture of chaos. Then there was something about Davidson going off to Jamaica on a "business trip" and contracting the flu. No mention as to whether the disease was more burdensome to him, than the move was to Cocky.
They did some training for their winter upheaval, however, by taking the entire family to the August wedding in California of second son Roger, who was called out of his second year law School at U. of Colorado to serve with the army as of Dec. 28. Oldest son Bob Jr. is a captain in the Air Force (at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton), and daughter Anby is with her husband who attends the U. of Cincinnati.
Our prexy, Bert MacMannis sent us a thoughtful note after attending HavenFalconer's funeral, along with Bill Cunningham and Sam Thurm. We quote excerpts: "The ceremony was simple and most refreshing. It was well attended by several hundred friends and relatives ... The sermon was a beautiful eulogy recounting Haven's accomplishments and attitudes without overstepping the bounds of sentiment. I was delighted to have had the opportunity to attend and felt strongly refreshed." Your scribe had planned on attending, but in fact, was in attendance at his 87-year-old father's funeral on the same date.
We close with some change of addresses: A street change in Akron, Ohio, finds Dr. William Fairweather moving from Martadale Dr. to 534 North Portage Path, with a zip of 44303. Professor Harriman Jones goes abroad from Canton, N.Y., to 2, Pare de la Durdent, 76- Mont Saint Aignan, France. Chuck Maher can be reached at Agencia S.H. Liang, 6A Av. 15-01, Zone 1, Guatemala, C.A. Charlie Neer should still be addressed at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, but at 161 Ft. Washington Ave., NYC, N.Y. 10032. And finally, could it be a correction in Paul O'Brien's recent move? New address is 8718 Riggs Dr., Overland, Kansas.
A Darien gathering of '39ers brought together (from left) Bill and Bunny Webster,Bert MacMannis, Math Jackson, Sally MacMannis and Dick Jackson.
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