1927
There are only several things that seem wrong about this deal. Here it is, Labor Day, and a fellow ought to be lolling on a nice cool beach somewhere. Charlie and BarbaraBartlett asked us to drive down to Plymouth for the day. We didn't dare tell them that a column for the MAGAZINE had to be written this week end. They are pretty well fed up with that alibi these past twenty years. Some might say it is pretty early to be getting ready for the October issue of this noble publication, and we might agree. However, you've got to admit that summer is over. Furthermore the New Deal regimentation seems to have spread to Hanover and the latest edict warns us that copy for the MAGAZINE must be in Hanover not later than the fifth of the preceding month. This one probably won't get there until the seventh, but that's breaking par for the course as far as this procrastinating correspondent is concerned. In all fairness we must admit that the new edict is entirely in the interest of getting the MAGAZINE to you not later than the first of the month.
A swell long letter from Chuck Field brings us up to date on his interesting activities. "The past twelve months have been extremely busy ones. With young Fred arriving April 18, 1947, our household had to do a lot of adjustment and Jo and I had to learn baby care with its special hours all over again. At our age and with a 10 year interval it was quite a task for us.
"Dee, my youngest daughter, was 11 years old yesterday and my other daughter, Jeanne, will be 13 years old in August. Nothing like having your own baby sitters—there is no difference in the rate, merely more convenient.
"Our business (Chicago Vitreous Enamel Product Cos.) has been particularly good this past year but as true of many companies, sales have been limited by the amount of steel our customers obtained for stoves, refrigerators and other appliances.
"For extra curricular activities I have continued to be very active in my home town of Westchester, Ill., and have been on the Zoning Board of Appeals for the past year and am now on my fourth year with the Board of Education, having just been reelected as President.
"Shortly before Christmas my old room mate, Merle Brush, made us a brief visit. He was in Chicago on business. It was the first time I had seen him since 1932. We had one enjoyable evening looking at photo albums showing events of our college years. Needless to say, we got a laugh from the pictures of you and others taken on Old Timers Day. It made us both want to get back to Hanover again."
We had a very pleasant week end in Hanover last May with Uncle Gus Cummings, the very busy executive of Tar Products Division of Koppers Company, Inc. There was time for a few holes of golf, despite the rain, and we seem to remember collecting a few shiny new dimes. We are sure old Gus was in no mood for arguing on the first tee or that never would have been possible.
George Friede writes anent the publicity we gave him (It didn't come from George. Ed.) in a recent issue and reports that he was elected as a delegate to the Democratic Convention. With his usual good humor he adds: "you may be more in accord with the fact that I am heading the Hopkins Center drive committee for Oregon than with my political views."
Visitors to the Inn in Hanover during July included Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hyatt of Andover, Conn., Mr: and Mrs. Stuart Cleaveland of Torrington, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. Asher Margolies of Norwalk, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dreher of Chappaqua, N. Y., and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lyman and daughter of Detroit.
On June 30, last, Bill Munnecke, Vice-President of the University of Chicago and Secretary of its Board of Trustees for the past four years, became Administrative Vice-President of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. He will supervise the general administrative functions of the company. At the University of Chicago Wilbur served as coordinator of administrative affairs and, from the time he joined the University in May 1943, was one of the principal administrative personnel in the project that resulted in the development of nuclear fission and the atomic bomb. Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins appointed him advisor on war projects at the University of Chicago. He was elected business vice-president of the University July 1, 1944. When the wartime veil of secrecy was lifted, it was revealed that his duty had included the position of Associate Director for Administration of the "Metallurgical Project" which was headed by the physicist, Arthur H. Compton. The "Project" consisted of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago where the first sustained nuclear chain reaction was achieved, and of the Clinton Laboratory at Oak Ridge.
Willard Smith, Principal of Concord, Mass., High School has been appointed principal of the High School, Beverly, Mass. Formerly headmaster of the Tilton and Northfield High School, Tilton, N. H., Willard has been principal of Concord High School since 1943.
We must thank Howie Mullin for learning that the beer which Cliff Randall of Milwaukee will make famous is that brewed by Foxhead Brewing Cos. of Waukesha. Howie sends us a clipping from the Chicago Journal of Commerce announcing that Clifford A. Randall has been elected secretary of that company. Howie thinks the location is a bit far away for a pipe line to our twenty-fifth reunion.
Ken Andersen and his family consisting of wife, Mildred, and the two children Ty, age six, and Gay, age four, moved to Chicago from Westchester County a little over a year ago. They are now living in Winnetka. Ken has been made president of Scientific Apparatus Makers Association. He has been executive vice president of this association for the past year and has had fourteen years of experience in association work as administrative secretary of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, as well as secretary, and later assistant to the president, of the American Management Association. Ken reports that among the membership of his association is John Sheldon of E. H. Sheldon and Company, Muskegon, Mich., and that he and his good wife attended the annual meeting recently.
Please, somebody, tell us where William L.Starr Jr. is hibernating. Last address was Flushing, N. Y., but mail was returned from there in 1945. Anyone knowing his address will greatly oblige your secretary.
Bob Birch is now located in San Gabriel, Calif., at 470 N. Segovia Ave. Dud Bonsai, New York attorney, is living out in Bedford, N. Y. Hope it won't take another christening to bring him up here for the Harvard game this fall.
Dick Mooney is an engineer with John Deere Cos., in Des Moines, lowa. Dr. LowellWormley is now practising medicine in Phoenix, Ariz. Carl Christman is vice-president and manager of Bollman Industries of Texas, San Marcos, Texas. Frank Senn is living in San Francisco, where he represents Brightman Nut and Manufacturing Company of Sandusky, O.
Bill Abbott and family have moved from Chicago to California and now live at 2065 Oakland Avenue, Piedmont. Mark Copeland has moved to Cleveland, O. Dick Bowers Fox has left New England and is now living in Toledo, where he is president of Orex Laboratories, Inc.
Before closing we want to announce with pleasure that again the Class of 1927 went well over its objective in the Alumni Fund Campaign. Our percentage of contributors, however, could have been improved upon. Sincere thanks are due from all of us to George Howell and his hardworking crew of assistant agents. They did a grand job. And to all you loyal contributors, thanks for keeping 1927 in a proud position.
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Mass. Treasurer and Memorial Fund Chairman Box 101, Westfield, N. J.
