1961
Credit for this month's column goes to KenKolb's wife Pani. She writes: "Just got the January issue of the Alumni Magazine and decided that I would write myself because Ken hasn't gotten around to it and I seem to have the time. Last I saw of him he was on his way out to the Fair Grounds race track, racing form in hand, and in what he still calls a "blow lunch" outfit. So, while papa is out hopefully winning, I will tell you about the prize we've already got - a little girl: Pherabe (pronounced feraby) Elizabeth Hardin Kolb, born November 17.
"We did the Lamaze thing - classes beforehand - so Ken was present when I had her. It was really a great time for us and the whole hospital staff - especially that ecstatic moment when we first saw that she was a little girl and Ken cracked up the delivery room by leaping up and down screaming "It's okay! It's okay! Dartmouth's coed!"
"At any rate she's our first and we're really proud - would you believe Ken took 144 slides of her on Christmas day alone? He has prepared a thrilling six hour slide show for all visiting Dartmouth friends to watch.
"Other than Pherabe I'll fill you in on what Ken has been doing. He opened his own advertising agency in 1965 (also remembered as the year hurricane Betsy hit) and is still going strong. He handles a great many political accounts and I'm happy to say had a string of winners in local November elections. Currently he is handling a bond issue election on a federal-local funded suburban park and by the time you read this should have another winner. Also he does a great deal of television production, which in this market is mostly videotape, however, he has managed to get some good film experience. Even did a nice short on drag racing which has been shown in other places around the country. So, besides politics - his first - love - he gets to do work with consumer productions and some varied public relations accounts, too. The McGovern campaign in Louisiana was a client (talk about public relations needs). Anyway, advertising so far seems to be Ken's special niche and he certainly has the talents to fill it.
"Besides that we both like to eat, drink wine, and travel, we've taken up birdwatching. So, our ideal vacation is slogging around mudflats with the roseate spoonbills all day and hovering around the Romanee Conti at night.
"We are both still remembering our good time at the tenth reunion. Ken especially liked crawling under the Union Village Dam with Power JohnStowell and then following Tom Conger in the car as Conger tried to jog all the way back to Hanover handicapped by five interior six-packs. Also, I think Ken at one point tried to change clothes in the back of Sam Nuckols' car and left a belt and some shoes somewhere under a bridge in Vermont.
"We see Morey and Annalies Sheehan; in fact, they were over toasting the baby for a night and a day not long ago. Morey is the regional representative for Doubleday books and, if I recall correctly, had just read something about the end of planet Earth and seemed very concerned but recovered with a few more glasses. Morey is also, I sincerely hope, spending lots of time pushing my book - New Orleans: An Invitation to Discover One of America's Most Fascinating Cities - which Doubleday published in 1972. It's paperback ($3.95) and is a guidebook intended to combine all the best of the $5 a day type plus the Michelin variety. It's long and took a couple of years to complete, but I think you would find it enjoyable anywhere and especially useful visiting here.
"Jim Roussel, his wife, Puddin, and three boys and also Henry Sarpy '62 and his wife, Fran, are all in New Orleans. Jim and Henry are lawyers. Jim hears from Bill Haynsworth with some regularity (we had a great time eating lobster with the Haynsworths in Boston, by the way).
"The day the baby came home from the hospital, Ken called Fats Miller so he could talk to her. Of course, the call was made about 4 a.m. here so it must have been a bad time in Santa Monica, but Fats and Native seemed well and able to cope with such calls. Fats and Pherabe had what they both thought was a great conversation
"I hope this is not the last letter for eleven more years. We are both looking forward to the Fifteenth Reunion."
Thank you. Pani, for bringing us up-to-date on the Kolb household. Okay, all you other '61 wives, now it's your turn to write and tell about your adventures!
Neal Davis has changed advertising firms. He is now with Lang, Fisher & Stashower of Cleveland as vice president and account supervisor. He will supervise the American Greetings, Blonders, and Metalphoto Accounts. A graduate of Columbia's Business School, Neal had been with McCaffrey & McCall, and Young and Rubicam in New York, and with Griswold Eshleman in Cleveland. The Davises live at 2826 Pease Drive, Rocky River, Ohio 44116.
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