1953
As we head off into a summer recess from writing, please mark your calendar now for the class events that have been planned. Saturday, July 12, the Class will sponsor an afternoon at the Stratford, Conn., Theater Playhouse to see Our Town followed by a picnic on the adjoining grounds. The play begins at 2 p.m.; the picnic at 5. Everybody should bring his own food and beverages. George Sarner is chairman.
Saturday, October 11, there is the Penn game in Hanover. Room reservations have already been made at the Suisse Chalet Lodge in White River "Junction. A class meeting will be held before the game and a cocktail party afterward. Tom Napoleon is in charge.
October 25 is the Harvard game in Boston. Fred England is organizing a dinner dance at the Harvard Club of Boston after the game along with the Classes of 1952 and 1954. There will also be a class meeting that morning to begin plans for the 25th Reunion. That's a sobering thought which is undoubtedly why the meeting is planned before the party and not afterwards.
Scrib and Ann Fauver report that all is well out in Elyria, Ohio. Their oldest son Scrib Jr. is at Andover. Last November, Scrib was elected to the House of Representatives of the Ohio Legislature. He is a Republican from the 54th District. He says it's been a great experience. He is serving on three committees - finance, local government, and the select committee which is dealing with the total energy problem for the state.
Bill McCarthy reports that his son Mike has been accepted as a member of the Class of 1979. Blake Hering dropped a note from the San Francisco airport with news from the Northwest. Pete Wagner just opened a new volume clothing store in Portland. The idea is no credit and all cash with the savings passed on to the customer. John Anderson is doing well in the farm world. He is growing lots of wheat. Spider Kendall has his own Chevrolet dealership. And on the home front, Dutch and Blake's oldest daughter Heather will go to Vassar this fall. With five more to go, they are sure that somebody will opt for Smith or Dartmouth.
There is an organization called CASE - the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. It consists of fund raising people from colleges, universities, and secondary schools throughout the country. This year's New England District Conference was held at Hyannis. It featured six different panels in ongoing sessions over four days. One of the presentations was "An All-Star Class - From Inside Out." It featured the story of the Class of 1953 and how we do it. Making the presentation were Fred Stephens, Ron Lazar, and Paul Paganucci. How about that?
Bob Lambert writes from Chicago that his daughter Robin '76, is presently studying in Sweden and son Lance was just admitted to the Class of '79. He also mentioned that all contributions would be gratefully accepted.
At the April 12 meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dick Lombard was reelected to a five year term. Dick continues as chairman of the board of the New York investment firm of Lombard, Nelson, and McKenna, Inc. and is a trustee and vice chairman of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Freed Fedeli was elected to- the post of president of State Mutual Investors. This is a real estate investment trust of State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America. He had been vice chairman.
Bill Vitalis has left Smith, Barney and Company. Together with George Records '56, he has formed MMC Management Corporation with offices in Rockefeller Center.
The rave reviews continue on BurtonBernstein's new book, Thurber. Back in 1970 when he was asked to write this authorized biography, Burton was understandably reluctant until Helen Thurber promised him complete cooperation and complete control of the finished manuscript. The book completed, an imbroglio was inevitable. "I was after the truth and when Helen saw it she really blew her stack," Burton says ruefully. "She felt the tone was overly negative. We haven't spoken since, and I feel bad because she really is a marvelous woman."
We are sorry to report the sad news that Sandy Learnard passed away in April. The cause was one of those lightening fast cancers that was first detected around Christmas. Sandy is survived by his parents, two sisters, and his bride of last fall, Maggie.
That's it until October. Have a good summer. Keep in touch.
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