1935
The chairman for our FABULOUS 40TH Reunion, Harry Ferries, has asked me to sound we clarion call - '35 UP!
Our reunion dates, as many of you know, are June 9, 10, 11, and 12. Four never-to-be-forgotten days! So, get out your calendar and circle them now. Resolve to make them the focal point of next year's summer vacation. You'll never regret it, for, as our official reunion slogan so pointedly reminds us, "Life Begins at 40" - or perhaps we should say the 40th!
Harry has completed his committee and, in fact, held several meetings this summer. With plans in such able hands as these class stalwarts', you know the event will top even the most successful reunions we have enjoyed in previous years.
Bob McLellan will handle the all-important assignment of finance. Uncle Reg Bankart will beat the publicity drums. Our Prexy JohnWallace is in charge of protocol and receptions and will do his usual able job as master of ceremonies. Other assignments: Dero Saunders, a seminar on pertinent issues; Maury Rapf, a special film program; Dick Muzzy (he's coming along great, after his recent hip operation), the class banquet; Bob Hage, the class tent and attendant activities; Ruby Field, wives and widows; Ernie Draper, the class outing and barbecue; Dave Buxbaum, uniforms and/or suitable class identification and regalia (remember our snazzy 35th Reunion shirts - they still shout from otherwise silent closets); and George Colton, the Memorial Service in memory of deceased classmates.
Need I say more?
The full committee is meeting again on Friday, during the fall reunion weekend (September 26-28) to put the final polish on plans. Uncle Reg and I will keep you posted on developments in the months ahead. All you have to do is make your resolution now. You will be there!
Fall reunion (it will have occurred by the time this column is in print) looks like another smash performance. All the regulars will be there and a sizeable contingent from the hinterlands. RudyPacht writes that he, his recent bride Helen, and Harry and Eleanor Ackerman will be coming in from L.A. Fred and Dottie Haley will represent the Northwest, while Sid Diamond will be coming in from Tucson to show off his new bride Mary. We'll have full details of the festivities next month.
This has been a momentous summer for the nation, and a sad one for the Class. Word was received of thèdeath of four classmates and two wives. News that Phil Bear died of a heart attack February 17 arrived too late for our last column. Also, the Class has been advised belatedly that Harry Griffith succumbed to cancer May 2, 1972. Rollin Mack was stricken with a fatal heart attack June 9. We also have been advised that George Chamberlain died July 9, but have no details. The column extends, in behalf of the Class, heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved families. We also extend our condolences to Joe Sholkin and Jim Pierce, who lost their wives in recent months.
We would be remiss if we did not mention at this time the superb job which Jack AuWerter did as head agent in this year's Alumni Fund campaign. No class ever has raised so much in a non-reunion year - $80,935.86! While Jack will insist on passing the credit around, a great deal belongs on his broad and able shoulders. His tenacity, tireless efforts, and abiding faith made the job possible.
Several classmates moved ahead in their careers this summer. Keith Rogers became assistant secretary of New Hampshire Insurance Group. Neil Roberts moved up to chief executive officer of United Banks of Colorado. Al Brush was made executive vice president of General Motors Acceptance Corporation. HerbShuttleworth became chairman of Mohasco. BillBlakeslee was appointed group vice president of Chrysler, with responsibility for defense, space and marine divisions.
From overseas, Ed Mitchell reports that his youngest daughters (twins), graduated with honors from the American High School in Paris, and will be attending college in the States this fall. Margaret will be at Brigham Young and Martha at Bard, so this should give Peg and Ed excuses to get Stateside more frequently. Ed reports that Curt and Michele Lamorey visited them for a week in Paris this spring, and they also spent a hilarious evening with the peripatetic Bill Hands.
Jim Huntley writes that he is back in White River Junction, and plans to stay put for a while. Four of his poems written during his sojurn in Deming, N.M., have been accepted for recording, and a budding career as a lyricist (religious music) may be in the offing.
Dick Hurd, who has retired from the military, is now permanently located at Alicante, Spain, where the climate is more suitable for his wife, who suffers from asthma, osteoarthritis, and emphysema. Hurdo reports "sun 325 days a year, minimum humidity - quite a colony of ex-patriots here, whose doctors have recommended the climate."
Finally, note from Bill McClarin "Sold our home of 26 years in February, sold my interest in the business in July. We've moved in permanently to our former summer home, right on the bay at Haven Beach, N.J. Son and daughter now both in the Boston area, and we hope to have several pleasant trips to New England this fall and winter."
See you next month.
Secretary 840 Westcliff Lane Deerfield, Ill. 60015
Treasurer, Apt- 323, 9820 Crawford Ave. Oak Lawn, Ill. 60453
