1930

It is still not. too late to make the decision to attend our 45th. Ed Brazil can be reached at 603-524-5756, and you can call him for a maximum of 70£ within the continental USA (on Saturday or before 5 p.m. on Sunday). Don't wait until our 50th to relive the Hanover experience.

Lee Sturman and Ev Low have done a great job on the Reunion Giving Program. As of April 1, $159,000 had been raised against $35,000 in 1975 from the same group of classmates, a multiple of almost five times. If everyone conforms to this multiple, we will exceed our goal handily.

Clifford W. Michel died in New York City on March 8. Our sympathy is extended to Barbara and their family.

Bill Hirschy (Minneapolis). "No news except that I am concerned (as I am sure most of 1930 is) about the slowing-down process and with finding a satisfactory new niche to occupy for awhile. I keep this very small business (Woodcraft Sports Store) active mostly because of habit and the necessity to go someplace every day." Bob Winter (New Castle) will attend Reunion. "My daughter Mary Hausman and family live in Connecticut so I no longer have to take a trip each year to San Francisco to see them." Buzz Morley and Jack Dean expect to reune in June. Gene Seagle (Weston, Conn). "Jessie and I had our 42nd wedding anniversary in March. We have four grandchildren. Haven't won a Nobel prize, Pulitzer, Davis Cup, or an election - but working hard, feel fine and happy - what else is there?"

Nat Blumberg (Pasadena). "Have retired after 45 years with Lightolier, vice president, western sales. Will miss Reunion as we will be abroad most of June on my first retirement vacation."

Post-College Humor, 25 years ago, like January 1951. Cast of characters: Borella, Haffenreffer, Rockefeller. Memo, Victor to Nelson:

"While you were on the way to Brazil, some of your classmates, known as the executive committee of '30, gathered at Bob Keene's Ski Lodge for the weekend, transacted some weighty business for the Class. One of those present, Senor Don Carlos Haffenreffer, made a motion that all the odd change everyone had be placed in a kitty toward buying you a haircut. He apparently noticed this technical detail in a recent issue Of the Saturday Evening Post. A collection of 75 cents was made and although I told them that the price of haircuts in New York had gone up to $1.25, it would seem that they felt they had gone far enough. So any time you are ready to get a haircut, please, remember I have 75 cents in escrow for you from the committee."

Memo, Carl to Victor:

"I notice that there was one omission in your letter to Nelson. You failed to tell him that we had offered him a choice of getting either a Crew, Dutch, Pineapple, or Longhair Intermediate. If he is to be clipped I feel he should be given a range from which to make his choice.

"The matter of haircut costs has long dis- turbed me and I had hoped that DeSalle would cover the subject in his recent freeze order. My reasoning was that if hockey rinks - why not haircuts also.

"When the original order was issued haircuts were omitted. I thought that these men of boundless wisdom in Washington probably considered haircuts a farm product - one which had not reached parity perhaps - hence the omission. However, I was pleased beyond description this morning to notice on page one of the Wall Street Journal at the bottom of column three that the Office of Price Stabilization had at last worried its pretty head about haircuts and has issued an order which not only covers them but also shoe shines.

"If, however, Nelson is still south of the border, it might be worth his while to get cost estimates from our good neighbors for the project. Perhaps, for instance, from some hard currency country."

Ted Wolf reporting from Tehran:

"The Iranian rials (money) are an adventure, so flimsy the notes were frequently patched with scotch tape and/or as many as seven staples. Coins in short supply, so even at a bank you might get chewing gum sticks, bandaids, or bus tickets in lieu of coins. Phone book not very helpful, it being ten years old. And the phones are listed in the name of the owner, not the occupant. No sewer systems in Iran. Septic tanks only. Most of the city streets have 'jubes' on either side - an open ditch (not a sewer) one foot wide, one foot deep. No guard rail so you park your car very carefully. Prices vary widely: a block printed necktie for $1.00. But a bottle of Scotch cost $20, champagne $35. Our friends paid $5,000 duty to bring a three-year-old Chevrolet into Iran, plus $1,000 road tax. Yet the traffic in Tehran is the worst I have seen anywhere. Parking impossible. Most Americans in Tehran have to have drivers. Construction workers move into tents on the job site for the duration rather than commute."

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