1953-06-26

              Supplement to THE RECORD

Volume 66

Collegeville, Minnesota, Friday, June 26, 1953

Number 11

Who's Doing What And Where

By Leo J. Lauer Class of 1886

A retired farmer and hotelkeeper, William A. Bement, has returned to his home at Waubun after hospitalization in Minneapolis.

Class of 1890

Edward P. Funk, '90, has been confined in St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, Wis., since September of 1949. Kindly remember him in your prayers.... St. John's was happy to be of assistance to Oscar F. Soder-man, '90, Pembina, N. Dak., when in response to his request in a letter, the school was able to supply him with data from his registration files here which he was unable to get from Winnipeg, Canada, because records there do not go back further than 1882.

Class of 1891 to Class of 1900

Joseph A. Bartl, '91, 1515 State St., La Crosse, Wis., imparted the information concerning Edward Funk, '90, above, when he ordered his 1952 Alumni Directory... .Daniel V. Moore, '98, M.D., passed away in Iowa in early February of this year. Burial took place in Yankton, S. Dak... ."I enjoy every copy of the Record as well as the new directory," writes Felix P. Bertrand, '99, 4242 Illinois Ave., Fresno, Calif. "Everything is grand in California; peaches and apricots are ripening and soon we'll have lots of fruit.".. .Leonard J. Fazen-din, '99, 137 Fulton, Mankato, is owner and manager of Little Giant Foundry in that city....Now Executive Secretary, Stearns County Welfare Board, John A. Krause, '00, 1004 11th Ave. So., St. Cloud, has rendered many years of excellent service to the public___Retired as president and general manager of Western Oxygen Co., Los Angeles, Calif., Aloysius H. Pier, '00, lives at 2362 No. Cameron Ave., Covina, Calif.

Class of 1901 to Class of 1910

Johnnies of 1901 can contact Henry Asbre, '01, at Norfolk, Nebraska, an employee of State Hospital in that city... .From Route 5, Holden-ville, Oklahoma, the Rev. Maurus Fuerstenberg, OSB, '01, writes that after touring about that state for 63 years and doing parish work for 52 years he is still carrying on as a pastor of a good sized parish. Congratulations!.. .Henry J. Adrian, '02, has summed up a few of the events of his life since leaving St. John's. In 1904 after attending St. Cloud Normal School he taught for 24 years in the Stearns County district schools, farmed during the next 17 years, and retired five years ago to live in the city of Sauk Centre. Eight of his eleven children are still living... .For the 20th time Joseph Koshiol, '02, of St. Cloud has been elected treasurer of the. postal supervisors group of the state, a recognition that denotes the esteem in which he is

FUTURE JAYS AND BENS

The Alumni Office will send a St. John's T-shirt for the new baby in the family of any alumnus. Notify us about the new arrival—date of birth, name, and the number of brothers and sisters the baby has—and your T-shirt will be on the way, compliments of the Alumni Office.

Press Promotes Pamphlets

"The most pressing duty of Christians is to live the liturgical   life,    and   increase   and cherish   its   supernatural   spi-it"—Pope Pius XII. The   Liturgical   Press   at   St. John's is the pioneer publisher of pamphlets  for  enabling  one  to gain a deeper understanding of and a fuller participation in the Liturgy of the Church.

The Alumni Office has arranged to send the following publications to any alumnus for one dollar, postpaid.

Just ask for the ' 'Liturgy Packet" and enclose a dollar.

The Gift of Life (Baptism). English and Latin text, with full explanatory notes. Space in provided for names and dates. Printed in red and black. 32 pp., $.15.

The Seal of the Spirit (Confirmation). The full rite, with a commentary by Rev. Emeric Lawrence, OSB. 31 pp., $.10.

God's Healing (Extreme Unction). A translation of the last sacrament; also contains prayers upon a Priest's Visit to the Sick; Communion for the Sick; Man-

held by his fellow workers and their confidence in him. Joe will soon ner of Assisting the Dying; Rite mark 48 years in the postal service... .Recently retiring after serving of Commending a Departing Soul in the capacity of banker and Secretary-Treasurer of the St. Cloud —with additional notes on how

National Farm Loan Association, Reinhard G-. Neils, '02, resides at 22 2nd Ave. So., Sauk Rapids. His host of patrons and friends wish him many more happy years within the community which he served so well.

Still active as a salesman for Gilnllan Hardware Co., Edgar Koop, '03, resides at 327 So. Cleveland, St. Paul... .After leaving St. John's 49 years ago, Sylvester J. Smith, '04, R.F.D. 1, Box 29A, St. Paul, Oregon, a brother of Peter N. Smith, '06, Mt. Angel, Oregon, writes to us: "Retired to our farm 2 miles east of St. Paul, Oregon. Still serving as a director of the Commercial Bank of Oregon, headquarters at Hillsboro. Also serving as director of Hop Growers Fire Relief Association, Woodburn, Oregon. In our spare time we try to keep in touch with our 13 children, 11 in-laws and 41 grandchildren. I may possibly visit St. John's this coming August on my way to the K of 0 Supreme Convention at St. Paul. Served as State Deputy for Oregon from July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1950. Sr. Mary Blanche, OSB, our oldest

to prepare one's home for the Priest's visit. 64 pp., $.20.

Our Mass. The official pocket manual for the Dialog Mass. (And especially useful for parents to help introduce 'the use of the complete missal to their children), 75 pp., $.15.

Christian Married Love. Reflections on the bond between husband and wife from the viewpoint of the Church's teaching— by the great Dominican writer, Fr. Gerald Vann. 23 pp., $.10.

The Way of the Cross. The re-

Jdett&M Reveal

"Old Johnny Spirit"

John M. Kehoe, M.D., '40, 147 E. 6th St., Leadville, Colorado, former middleweight Golden Glove Champion and boxing coach at St. John's for two years as well as a member of the football squad for two years, has not lost a speck of his enthusiasm or his sense of value of wholesome participation in sports by all and especially young folks. We quote, in part, a letter he wrote to Father Walter, dated May 17, 1953. ".. .Leadville is wakin'g up. A board has been appointed to get a drive started for a new hospital. We have a fine recreation board of which I am a member. This year, for the first time, we have a recreation director. I went around myself this spring to get enough money to start up Little League Baseball. It is going over with a great bang. Baseball was never played in Leadville or community until I spread the gospel five years ago. It's wonderful to see about 100 kids, age 8 to 12 years, practicing baseball in Leadville. By the way I still play baseball, basketball, and weigh exactly what I did at St. John's.

"Father Louis Stovik, '38 and Bill Nesenson, '42, have been threatening to come up from Pueblo, Colorado, to see us some weekend but have never made the grade, as yet. Last summer Joe Forysthe, '37, came up to see us and we were happy to return the visit to Boulder last fall and at the same time to see a football game.

"I doubt whether we will be able to get back to Minnesota this year. Our seventh baby is due in June. It's hoping, I am, that it will be a boy. Instead, for Mothers' Day, my wife and I each sent checks to both our parents in amounts sufficient to cover round trip train expenses to Leadville. Now they have no excuses and all have indicated their willingness to come. We want them here at the same time so that they will meet each other.

"Wish you all could meet the family. Michael is our youngest. He is just learning to walk and now keeps us all in an uproar with his; attempts to talk...."

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Sherman Ave., Evanston, 111., that he is finishing up his work for his doctorate. "My prelims for the doctorate have been set for about July 20, though if I feel ready sooner I will have them moved ahead. I will finish all my classwork next week.... this quarter I have no exams, and hence all the pressure is off. As a result I am playing much bridge, going to plays and movies and concerts and entertaining a good deal in my apartment. Yesterday I had eight for a very good dinner.... guests included a young English couple, an invalided Catholic athropologist, and two faculty members and their wives. Cooked the whole meal myself and did well at it.

"I am still waiting for news about the Fulbright scholarship for which I applied. I had it approved here at Northwestern, then got it approved in New York, and ever since it has been in the hands of the Board of Foreign Scholarships, Dept. of State, in Washington. The present snag is finding a university affiliation in Africa. The only one within a thousand miles of the proposed project site in Tanganyika is Makerere College in Kampala, Uganda, and that place is so small that since they already have one scholar in geography sponsored by Fulbright they cannot accept another. .. .1 don't know where else to turn for affiliation, but hope something can be arranged. I still feel it might come through. If it doesn't, I have decided to borrow the money and go anyway. You know me when I decide to travel somewhere. I now have the attitude of Africa or bust, and I don't intend to bust yet... .1 plan to sail for England sometime in September and reach Africa in October or November. After about six months there, I will return via India, Singapore, and/or Australia-Japan."

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From Paris, 30 rue d'Astorg, Paris VIII, William Ibes, '49, writes that "after having finished my studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory with distinction in June 1952 (I must say that I have had to work hard to obtain that result in three instead of five years) I left for Paris the beginning of September to study here another year or two. I have had a really terrible time trying to find a room where I could make 'noise'; in fact, it is only because God finally—after I had searched for more than two months—had mercy on His poor 'Dutchie' that I found a place with friends of mine, who are extremely nice and hospitable, where in fact I have found a second home.

"I have of course met Andre Chaveton, '49, who, having conserved the St. John's family spirit, has been helping me a lot. Once in a while,

flections culled from Biblical and

daughter, keeps us in good standing with the Order of St. Benedict Liturgical sources—the same text  we get together to talk about those good old days at St. John's and at Convent Queen of Angels, Mt. Angel, Oregon."                              as used by students at St. John's  we both hope strongly to visit our University again. Personally I

for the past 15 years. 20 pp., $.10. Family Prayers. A practical brief aid for recitation in common of morning, evening and table    prayers,    with    a   special

Friends and buddies of Nicholas L. Mohs, '06, will find him at 718 5th Ave. S. E., St. Cloud... .Peter Schleppenbach, '06, has retired and lives at Chadron, Nebraska----Still practicing his profession of medicine, John A. Lapak, M.D., '06, 2183 Fairmont Ave., St. Paul, maintains his office at 760 Lowry Medical Arts Bldg... .When ordering his directory Sidney J. Rothschild, '06, 5443 E. View Park, Chicago said: "Wife and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary Feb. 25, 1953. Enjoy the Record very much and will the directory, I am sure."

Now a retired furniture merchant, Peter N. Smith, '06, lives in Mt. Angel, Oregon.,. .Rural folks of Dunbar, Nebraska, are receiving faithful mail service from the hands of Raymond C. Fazendin, '07. .. .Retiring at 63 after continuous service from 1912 to 1950, former salesman for Janney Semple Hill, Adolph H. Kemper, '07, resides at 6620 Knox Ave. So., Minneapolis... .Adding a comment to his order for the directory, Henry M. Lethert, '07, 2139 Stanford Ave. says: "I am still practicing accounting under my own name as O.P.A. Keep quite busy, too, especially during tax time."... Special mail delivery in Minneapolis is taken care of in part by Henry Moeller, '07, 3505 42nd St. E... .Having retired from active farming, Edward F. Nachbar, '07, now lives in Jordan.... Edward M. Fritz, '08,2201 Middle-boro Drive N. E., Grand Rapids, Mich., is president and general manager of the Grand Rapids Cabinet Co., 420 Alabama N. W., Grand Rapids... .Retired from railroad duty with the M. N. St. L. Ry. Co., Joseph Schroeder, '08, 1308 E. 154th St., Oompton, Calif., is now managing a trailer colony.... Storekeeper, Federal Naval Supply Depot, Henry J. Barret, '09, lives at 1411 4th St. W., Spokane, Wash___

Albert H. Klaeser, '09, a veteran salesman, lives at 1236 Wesley, Pasadena, Calif... .Sunnyrest Sanatorium at Orookston, has Joseph Lov-cik, '09, as its custodian... .August Jesse, '10, who was onetime partner in the Jesse Foundry Co. of Stillwater, has retired and is making his home with his sister, Mrs. Henry North, 566 Denning Place,

Chicago___Vancouver, B. C, Canada, claims H. J. Lafreniere, '10,

590 16th St. W. as one of its citizens. While a student his home was at Howell, Sask. He is in the shipping department of J. Eaton and Co., Vancouver.

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would love to play again in the auditorium where in fact I started my concert career. Maybe, as you wrote, it would be a great occasion for you, but for me it would be even greater: one of the most wonderful and happy moments of my life, because I would be able to give the best I have and feel in me to an audience not of strangers,

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but of well-known and dear friends."

REV. WALTER REGER, OSB, general secretary of the Alumni Association, welcomes the new graduates into the Association, with an assist from George Durenberger, executive secretary, and Rev. Dominic Keller, OSB.