1935
So it's March! Hah! It should be better named Mud. But if anyone's in the phrasecoining business he could concoct a dandy about the "back of winter is now broken." And, if he wanted to glance ahead to the fifteenth, he could add a similar crack about the pocketbook. But what the hell—it's just money. All you can do with it is spend it. So what's the news? "
A press release from Wilmington, Del., brings word about a man we've had no news about in some time: "J. Henry Topkis has been named one of the two vice-chairmen of the Wilmington Parking Authority, appointed by the Mayor in accordance with a recent bill passed by the Delaware Senate. The Authority will deal with the acute problem of lack of sufficient off-street parking in the central business district." The report adds, "Although Mr. Topkis' name seldom appears as directly connected with any civic enterprise, he is in fact connected with and very active in practically every major activity that affects the community as a whole."
Another release and another newcomer: "Lloyd R. Townsend has enrolled as a member of the June, 1952, class of the American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Ariz. Specializing in Latin America, he will take the school's intensive training course in preparation for a career in American business or government abroad." After Dartmouth, Lloyd received his B.A. in political science and later a degree in law at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He's been in the employ of the Dollar Savings and Trust Company in Youngstown as a trust counsel for the past six years. Fortunately his wife is able to accompany him to Phoenix and she has an opportunity to enroll in classes herself to become familiar with the characteristics of the country in which Lloyd will eventually work. Sounds like a real back-to-school movement.
Seems only yesterday that we reported the promotion of George Cook to manager of the trimmings department of the Palm Beach Company out in Cincinnati. Now comes another move. As of the first of the year George was stepped up to assistant to the vice-president in charge of sales and merchandising. Congratulations and best wishes, George, on your new work.
Si Millstein, who has had his own exportimport business for several years, has just reorganized the company. The new firm is called Kratzer & Millstein, Inc., with main offices at 55 W. 42nd St., New York. They will sell Japanese woolen gloves and slipper socks made exclusively for them via offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Calcutta, Manila and Paris.
Don Cameron has supplied us with some interesting word about Galo Putnam Emerson. Last July Galo left his long-time work with the New England Council to join his wife in a candy making enterprise. Headquarters for this operation is the old General Israel Putnam birthplace on U.S. Route I—2o1—20 miles north of Boston. Not only is the candy business growing well and rapidly but Galo's children are the tenth consecutive generation of Putnams to live in the house ever-so-great grandpappy built more than 300 years ago. Anyone traveling along Route 1 through Danvers, Mass., is invited to stop in, say hello to the Emersons and buy some of that old New England-style candy. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but they say it's mighty delicious.
A recent note from Sax Zieman reports a new job as of the first of the year. He's now with Curtis 1000, Inc., 380 Capitol Ave., Hartford, in local sales. His new home address is Sunset Drive, Glastonbury, Conn.
Had a class Dinner in New York on January 16 with the following old and new timers attending: Diamond, Steele, Sherwood,Richter, Fisher, Draper, Spengeman, Bamford, Karch, Hall Colton, Heye and Bankart. Hall Colton reported that he will have a permanent place to live by mid-February in No. 8 Mohegan Village, Tuckahoe, N. Y. He's just in from Chicago with Continental Can Co. Carl Heye, who is in the real estate business in Scarsdale, N. Y., was just as discouraging as all the other agents about housing prospects, but he's going to keep an eye open for us. Art Fisher had just returned from a Grace Line trip through the Carribean with his o-ood wife Naomi. They survived the worst storm the skipper had seen in two years and brought back a load of fancy liquors which are now being sampled by all and sundry visitors to the Fisher menage. Ted Steele surprised us by announcing his return to the Navy as a Commander to take place the week of January 21. Ted is on a two-years' leave of absence from Columbia and will head for Tokyo after a couple of weeks in Washington o-etting re-adjusted to Navy life. The day before Ted departed several of us gathered at the Dartmouth Club to give him a farewell lunch. Unfortunately we had to break it up at an ungodly hour to get back to an afternoon's work.
Mac McCarty, vice-president of Leigh Foods, Inc., as well as Vice President of Leigh's Spectaculars, received a bit of publicity in Printers' Ink, January 25 issue. The opening feature was concerned with the' amazingly successful premium offer of Flamingo frozen orange juice recently conducted in Ndw York and three other major markets. For 30 can tops and the housewife could get a $4.98 wall-type can-opener and little Mac wound up with an office full of 451,290 tops.
Recent visitors to the Hanover Inn included: Bob Lowell from Rye, N. Y., Mr. andMrs. George Goodman and son Peter from Andover, Mass., -and the whole Lou Niles family from Hingham, Mass.
Well, gang, that's the news for another month. See you in April.
Secretary, Compton Advertising, Inc. 630 5th Ave., New York 20, N. Y. Treasurer, „ 67 May St., Needham 92, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, 598 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y.
