Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 27, No. 04 -- July - Archives - University ...

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his home town of Newark, O. >Vhtch brings to
mind his fellow to%vnsman, FRANK FOX, now of
the A.P., I bclte\'e; destination uncertain.
Taking Jerry in tow, which is quite a feat, con-
^dering he is a member of the air na\'al reser\'e,
"wc sailed dead ahead for the Alumni offices in the
Afain Building. There, squirrel gun unlimbercd and
•com cob a'dangling, u-e spotted JOHN '*ZEKE**
CACKLEY, also '37, now attached to the Foundation
(No Wonder the Thing is Booming Along!)
John allowed as how he was glad to see us and
recalled seeing RICHARD RILEY of Westport and
Youngstown, O. Speaking of postu-ar expansion, and
who was? Zeke saj-s Dick is looking extremely well,
which is high compliment to a veteran neu-spaper
man.
Getting back to "Zeke," who is comfortably settled
in South Bend with his charming wife and
three ^'oung kiddies, all of whom were very delightful
hosts to me for Sunday dinner, John is doing a
fine job at N.D. through his alumni club contact
work on behalf of the Foundation and \ia "Notre
Dame," the \'=ry handsome medium for interpreting
Notre Dame to its actual and potential benefactors.
"Zeke" (or John, in case you're confused) recalled
for us a meeting with BOB DUCEY in Chicago,
wherein the bo\*5 telcohoned their old side-kicks,
JIM McHUGH and HANK WHIRRY, at some
weird post-midnight hour. It costs less at that time,
or the reception is better, I think "Zeke" said.
Incidentally, "Zeke" lives about a block away from
cur Prof. ED FISCHER, of the Journalism Department,
who resides in a house once occupied by the
ROCKNES.
LARRY D.\NBOM was on hand Sunday for the
ifonogram Club luncheon. He's much the same as
when last seen by us in 1947,3nd is still associated
wth JERRY CLAEYS in the wholesale candy business.
Jerry, JOHN BRASSELL. whom I didn't
ha\-e an opportunity to see, and JERRY D.WEY, all
of South Bend, \%:ere not around for the Reunion,
I'm sorry to say.
My post-Reunion excursion to Chicago included
lunch with JOE DORGAN, he of the' national ad-
\"ertising department of the Chicago "Daily News."
T phoned ARCH GOTT and BOB McCLAIN to
make it a foursome, but Arch was meeting his wife
for lunch and Bob, at his office in the Merchandise
Tklart, w*as about a sleeper jump away from my
temporary* quarters in the LaSalle St. railroad station.
Joe and Arch almost went to the Reunion,
Joe told me, and probably would have if they had
recei\-ed a little prodding on my part. Joe said he
had received an announcement from the ED HOYT's
of the birth of their litde girl earlier this spring.
The Hoi-ts also hav-e a son.
The week before going out to N.D. we had a
\^it from Father CRONAN KELLY, O.F.M., better
remembered as Bob Kelly of the class of 1937.
Father Cronan is back from Rome for a brief \'acation.
He has been there for the past two and onehalf
years, and rettims sometime in .\ugust. He
hasn't changed materially since the carefree dajv
at N.D., except that, like most of us, he has turned
a degree more serious and broadened spiritually. He
makes a wonderful priest, and one of whom we can
all be proud.
Through the maze of unfamiliar faces at the
basketball luncheon in New York, prior to the
N.Y.U. game, quite a bit earlier this year, one face
stood out: that of ED GANNON, whom I haven't
seen in a long time. Ed works in Stamford, Conn.,
and while BOB WILKE used to mention seeing Ed,
I think the basketball luncheon was the first occasion
I had to see him in quite a while, maybe as
far back as *37. Eddie is another of those lads who
has changed little. He looked much the same as in
those daj's ivhen we used to hax'e a catch on the
lawn in front of Corby Hall.
Speaking of Corby, if I may digress for a minute,
while down at the Grotto in back of justly famous
Corby during the Reunion, I bumped into CHUCK
SWEENEY, who, although a >*ear behind us, was
probably as well known to the '37 as to the *38
class.
PINK CARROLL sent me a clipping recently on
the election of AL SCHWARTZ as president of
the Chamber of Commerce of Salina, Kans. Al has
been on the board of the chamber oS and on since
1942, when he resigned to go into service. Pink
sa>-s that Al is really doing a bang-up job and is
a tremendous credit to Notre Dame for the work
he is doing in Salina, not only in a business way,
but also in a ciWc and religious way. Since sending
me the clipping Pink, with his family, spent some
time in Salina.
JACK GILLESPIE of Merck & Co. telephoned the
other day. We're supposed to ha\-e lundi together
this week, but unfortunately not in time to register
the proceedings in this issue of the ALUMNUS.
Father JOE ENGLISH, M.NL, called last month.
He's still stationed here in New York and worldng
with Father Keller, who is doing such splendid
work with the "Christopher Movement." Joe also
\-isited Notre Dame recently, whence he sent us a
postcard.
JOHN McKENNA has been appointed head track
coach at DePauI University in Chicago.
1937—Reunion T£gtstrants: G. E. Besanceney, A.
D. Cronin, Jr., F. J. Reilly.
1938
Harold A. Williams, 4323 Marble Hall
Rd., Baltimore, Md.
From H.AL WILLIAMS:
We are saved from a shutout by two letters.
First, Lieut. GEORGE A. SMITH, USN, of the
Charleston Group, Atlantic Reserv'e Fleet, Sub Group
Two. He writes: "Just received a letter from mother
Buiiale hoc a dub meeting at the '39 leunion party. From the lelt: Joe Byan. Nonn
Andenon. Carl Nagel, John Gilmour and Dan Sheedy. All except Gilmour (who ia bom
Glen Beck. N. I.) are from Buffalo. Sheedy is president of the local Notre Dame club.
The Notre Dame Alumnus
with your JOHNNY FOX article in the ALUMNUS
endoMd. I guess it has been many moons unce I
dropped you a line. I believe I was in New Zealand
the last time.
"Like Johnny, I'm still with the Navy, though
believe I'U try to get out this summer. At present
I'm with the abfive group doing sub work. Since I
went to Harvard with the Navy, this is the first
tinw I've been on the east coast. I'l-e been here
about hve months.
"Was most interested to hear that FENTON MEE
is in the JAG's oflSce in Washington. Speaking of
Pent, reminds me that his old buddy, MIKE
CROWE, is getting ready to head for the West
Coast lor a coaching job. As you know, Mike
has a family ol some proportions now. I had hoped
to get back to ND for the ten-year reunion but I
found myself some 50 miles north of Midway Island
at that time. (Long swim.) The last time I saw
any of the old gang was in '45 when we all seemed
clustered around Pearl Harbor. I recall that JIMMY
MURPHY, JOHNNY O'CONNOR, and quite a
few others from x-arious classes were there and we
had a reunion in the basement of a church near the
beach. CHARLIE BROWN was there, also.
"Inasmuch as I'm a 'southern gentleman' now,
I've been tn^ng to find out where ROGER SULLI­
VAN is. I'd like to get in touch with the old
rebel and refight the Civil War. . . . Can't think
of any more dope except that I'm sick and tired of
roaming the seas or roasting on some tropic island.
Guess I've been on every island in the Pacific and
elsewhere except off the coasts of India and South
Africa. I'm ready to go back to Indiana to become
a farmer."
And now a brief note from CHARLIE CALLA-
HAN who writes: "On Easter, April 17, JOE CAL­
LAHAN, of New York, was married to Miss Mary
Hall, also of New York, in the Log Chapel. Best
man and lady were Mrs. G. and me."
That's it.
Just can't get any more information on or out
of you boys.
Now a special appeal to the wives of the classmates:
Girls, won't you write a line about your
husbands, your children, etc? Please!
JACK SCOTT was appointed director of the newly-created
department of industrial relations and
personnel at the "South Bend Tribune." John, his
wife and two daughters reside at 902 Roosevelt St.,
South Bend. He was until Aug. 1 director of public
relations for the school city of South Bend.
Capt. JOHN R. KELLEY has recenUy been
assigned to headquarters. New England ^lilitary
District, at the Army Air Base, Boston. On active
duty with the Organized Reserve Corps, he is a
member of the Massachusetts Reserve Facilities
Board. Captain and Mrs. Kelley with their daughter,
Sharon, live at 83 Marshall St., Medford, Mass.
193S—Reunion realstrants: J. F. Anton, G. W.
Keegan, J. P. Monteverde, C. A. Sweeney.
1939
\Tncent DcCoursey, 1917 Elizabeth,
Kansas City 2, Kans.
From VINCE DECOURSEY:
If this is writtea a little more incoherently than
usual, the fault must reside with BILL DOOLEY
for malung the deadline so close to the Reunion.
So blame hjm for the results—and the Terre Haute
Brewing Co.
The 120 or so who attended the reunion ought to
be in position about this time to relate their experiences
at the best 'ol get-together you ever dreamed
about. To HUGHIE BURNS, trainer, after-dinner
speaker extraordinary, and all around hard worker,
goes the thanks of the class of '39 for a terriffic job.
We heard more comment on our reunion and on
the way the '39ers had things set up than on any
other reunion party—e\er. One of the "old timers"
compared it favorably with the '28 reunion a year
ago—^and that was high praise.
From beer to accommodations Hugliie did the job
first dass all the way. And, incidentally, if your club
wants a real speaker at one of your get-togethers.
Bums is your man.
No casualties were reported at either Friday night's
shindig at the LaSalle (and assorted other points)
or Saturday's day of recollection. Alumni Hall was