1936

The reward in doing this column, and now also Tithe, is the renewal of old friendships. I called Nicky, Dick Spong's widow, as we both were in the news business in Washington, D.C. They had no children. "We knew Budd Schulberg fondly, and Joe Cunningham." He died in Puerto Rico last September. (Joe and Alice visited us in Berkeley after our 60th.) Nicky does "a lot of scholarship work thanks to the booming stock market." She is in touch with the College's fundraising office.

I saw Dick Hefler at press conferences when he was V.P.-finance for American Potash Co. He got into the oil business when Kerr-McGee took them over, lives in Oklahoma City. Dick's wife, Edith, died years ago; he married Dana Burdock, a psychologist, last year. Dick has sons in St. Louis and San Diego, with three grandchildren. "We see them regularly." Dick is active in real-estate investment, remains a Bohemian Club, S.F., member.

Bill Hall, a fellow DTD member, is deep in antique toys. "I started as a kid." He and Mary attend shows at Newington, Conn., and Hershey, Pa. There, "if you do it all, you walk 27 miles of antique autos." He has traded toys with the head of Paris' Toys Museum. "We see our son and twin daughters a couple of times a year, in Hartford or in Denver, Dallas, and Seattle."

Larry Marx still lives in Purchase, off the Hudson. He remains active in community efforts to help the needy. He lost Mary years ago, he does see daughter Lynn and son Lawrence and four grandchildren "quite a bit." He accepts, as must we all, having to "know when to step down and let young people do it their way." He was in Hanover recently. "It was a nostalgia trip," as most of us I'd guess do in our minds, if not in fact.

Bob Bullock and Carmelita "came to Sonoma, the wine area, to retire, but..." They spent a year in Spain. Now are involved in the General Vallejo Memorial Association to get a historically correct opera done about him. Bob lived in the Randall Club on West Wheelock, where Professor Lew Stilwell lived. He was killed in a car accident. (He was my favorite teacher.) Send me news!

Edwin Drechsel, 170 Hillcrest Road, Berkeley, CA 94705; (510) 655-9599

Bill Hall has traded toys with the head of the Paris Toy Museum. EDWIN DRECHSEL '36