1913
Two of the class were elected to membership on the Alumni Council—Jack Nelson of Manchester, N. H., and Parker Trowbridge of Worcester, Mass. They attended the meeting of the Council on June 8 and 9 when Hap Atwood presided as the retiring president, who, by the way, has made a most interesting presiding officer. You know the accomplishments of each, both private and civic, so we'll just congratulate them at this time and wish them much pleasure in this opportunity for greater work for the College.
Hap Atwood, on his return from Hanover, June 29 to be exact, was elected to the presidency of the First National Bank'of Minneapolis. Lyman E. Wakefield, president since 1926, was made chairman of the board and will continue an active officer in the bank. Hap was a vice president of the bank from 1933 to 1936 when he resigned to become vice president and a director of the B. F. Nelson Manufacturing Co. of Minnesota. He has been a director of the bank since April 1943 and has served on its trust Committee. He took over the new executive duties after a brief vacation and continues to be a director of B. F. Nelson Co.
Major Tom Sullivan has moved in Arlington, Va., to 2366 No. Quincy St., but is still with the Provost Marshal General's office in Washington, in spite of his attempts to "land a job" overseas.
Bob Johnson has been a guest at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital for the past several weeks, but in June was in the best of spirits. .... Matt Gately also has been ill down in Buenos Aires, an operation followed by an attack of pneumonia which laid him up seven weeks. We had hoped to see him here in the states in October but the doctor has not fully decided if he can stand the vigorous northern winter this year.
Carl Pfau is located with Glore Forgan & Co., 138 South LaSalle St., Chicago, and still enjoys singing—wonder if he is a member of. one of the newly formed Barber Shop Quartet groups.
Bill Towler in June tripped north, stopping in Burlington, Vt., to gather in Bill Appleyard on his way to see Dutch Barends. They arrived in Quebec all right, for a card from them from Dutch's Camp at Notre Dame du Laus said "fish everywhere (like hell)."
Lt. Commander Alvin H. Dessau USNR, was recently released from active duty and was returned to his post on the advertising sales staff of Look Magazine.
Lt. Col. Bart Shepard is Chief of the Manpower Division at State Hdqrs. for Selective Service in Boston. Ensign Alan Jr. is back in the Pacific on his destroyer. Louise, his wife, has been visiting in San Francisco and meeting Conference delegates from Egypt, Peru and Africa (undoubtedly some friends of Kippy Tuck). Bart and Renza's daughter Polly has finished her junior year at Principia College in St. Louis and has spent some time in Nebraska this summer.
Victor A. Olsen is in the Detroit Transmission Div. of General Motors—5140 Riopelle St George Davidson is now at Grand Rapids, Mich.,—60 North Division Ave
Word from Nat Thayer gives an address of Box 708, Marshall, Texas. He is in Texas with the Monsanto Chemical Co.
Earl Barber has opened a Service office in Washington. He and Phyllis are still living in Alexandria,. Va.
Marc Wright, while stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y., now, gets home to Reading frequently on weekends and Frances says that more odd jobs around the house can be kept up. The garden also is progressing.
Albert Kilbourn has a remodeling program in his church well under way. His is the only rural church in an area of fifty square miles with a resident pastor, Denmark, lowa. Their second and third daughters have been at Burlington, lowa, at school; Mary Lou at the Junior College and Dorothy at the Burlington High School.
Secretary, Box 2057, Boston 6, Mass. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
