1941

Secretary, 3 Nassau Rd., Great Neck, N. Y.

Treasurer, 30 Summit St., Chestnut Hill Philadelphia 18, Penna.

Hello, everybody! It is good to be back reporting to you again. I hope that a very enjoyable summer was had by all. It seems that with every passing year the summer speeds by with increasing rapidity. Maybe it is because we are all getting older.

But now that the tenth layer of skin has been replaced and the freckles on the little ones are fading fast, thoughts turn to the crisp fall Saturday afternoons, nature's annual panorama of color, and the anticipation with which the youngsters are looking forward to Hallowe'en.

Since we have all recently received a statement from our able Treasurer for class dues for the year 1957-58, Stu Steffey's change of address from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia is certainly not a hot release. The reason for this change is that Stu's employer, United States Steel Corporation, has awarded him a well-deserved promotion by naming him assistant to the sales manager of its Philadelphia district.

My thanks to those of you, who, during a busy summer, took the time to bring me up to date on your whereabouts and doings.

Vince Else wrote to me from his home in Hopkins, Minn., about his hopes of being appointed Treasurer and Comptroller of the Merchants Motor Freight Company of the Twin Cities, a Class I common-carrier of general freight with operating rights to ten large mid-western cities. For the last five years Vince has been systems and research director of the Patterson Dental Supply Company of St. Paul. Prior to this he was in public accounting for three years and served a threeyear tenure as comptroller of a music concern in Minneapolis. Vince and Mary Ann now have four daughters ranging from four to fourteen years old.

Last May Monk Larson, as moderator of the annual school budget meeting, ably performed the momentous task of keeping a shouting crowd of two thousand Levittown, N. Y., taxpayers from rioting.

During the Alumni Fund Drive, Dr. Lan Brown reported to Bruce Friedlich that he is now an Associate Professor in Neurology at the University of Minnesota. Doc Brown received his medical training at McGill University and his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. He is a regular attendant of functions of the Northwest Alumni Association, along with John Kelly, Don Norton and Bob Krieger.

I recently heard from Ed Stone in Rockport, Mass., that during the horse racing season last winter in Florida he visited the home of Dr. Walt Winchester in Dunedin, Fla., and attended an alumni meeting with Walt in St. Petersburg. At about the time that Ed was in Florida racing his blue-chip fillies, Walt was installed as Worshipful Grand Master of the Dunedin chapter of the Masons.

After spending the last four years in Tokyo and Hawaii with the Air Force, Col. Frank Tomlinson has been recently transferred to Eighth Air Force Headquarters at Westover Air Force Base, Mass., to the post of Deputy Director of Intelligence. Having been out of the country for nine of sixteen years of military service, Tommy has not encountered many '41ers, but now that he is back in New England he should be surrounded by them.

Bill Lawrence of Avon, Conn., recently formed a three-man partnership for the practice of law in his home town of Hartford. Prior to starting out on his own, Bill was connected with the American Associates Insurance Companies. I imagine that Audrey and the four children haven't seen too much of him because of his heavy extra-curricular schedule as former commander of the Avon Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, deacon of the Congregational Church, president of Avon Volunteer Fire Department and as a grand juror.

George Denny was recently elected underwriting secretary of the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of Pittsfield, Mass. In his position George will be responsible for the operation of his company's new business department, which encompasses the underwriting and issuance of new policies. George's insurance career began in 1946 with Union Mutual Life. He joined his present company in 1952 as supervisor of new business and in January of 1956 he was named manager of the application and policy division. In October, 1956, he was appointed assistant underwriting secretary and he became a member of the official staff of the company. He was also appointed to his company's examination committee and recently received certificates of proficiency from the Home Office Life Underwriters Association and the Institute of Home Office Life Underwriters.

Dutch Cotton has been recently appointed comptroller of Edgcomb Steel of New England, Inc., a leading warehouse distributor of Manchester, N. H„ which serves New England industry with its metal requirements. Dutch is a certified public accountant in both New Hampshire and Connecticut. In order to accept this new position, Dutch resigned as resident manager in Manchester for Charles F. Rittenhouse Company, certified public accountants of Boston. He is one of those lucky guys who has solved the commuting problem by living in Manchester.

Fred Spencer, a resident of Arlington, Mass., recently received his degree of master of business administration from Boston University. He is in the employ of the Employer's Group of Insurance Companies of Boston.

Workhorse Dick Hill has recently taken on another task, that of chairman of the Marblehead, Mass., Red Cross Chapter. How do you do it, Dick? Don't you have enough to do as vice president of the First National Bank of Boston, an active member of the local taxpayers association, Yacht Club, North Shore Dartmouth Club and Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston?

Heartiest congratulations should be extended to Bruce Friedlich and all of his hardworking assistant class agents for the fine results produced in the last Alumni Fund Drive.

And while I am on the subject of money, please do not forget that class dues check for Stu Steffey.