1937

We had a delightful lunch hour with Harty Beardsley one day last week while he was here in New York on business. Until just recently, Harty has been running the show as president and chief executive officer of Bryant Chucking Grinder Company in his home town of Springfield, Vt. About a year ago, he was instrumental in the purchase of the Bryant Company by Ex-Cell-O of Detroit, and agreed to remain as president of Bryant until the problems which accompany such a change-over could be resolved. Early in the summer Harty resigned from his position, and took a well earned long vacation relaxing at his summer place on the Maine coast. When I talked with him last week, he was actively following up a number of interesting business prospects, but still had not decided just what he would tackle next.

Harty mentioned a number of the New England contingent whom he had seen recently. We talked about Bill Rotch, our respected New Hampshire newspaper publisher, who has been extremely active in the "Experiment in International Living." Bill had a letter the other day from a Norwegian student who had been a guest in the Rotch household and who had recently met in Norway three American visitors who admitted they knew Bill Rotch. One was none other than Will Brown, and another was Kip Beardsley, Harty and Peg's number two son who has been living abroad under EIL and who hopes to enter Dartmouth next year (their eldest son is at Ohio Wesleyan). Bill Rotch's son Peter is now at Dartmouth. Class of 1963, as is Rog Keyes' son, Lawrence.

Not that we want to dwell too long on Mr. Rotch, but by coincidence we have a letter from him today from which we quote the following:

"A week ago a number of us from New Hampshire newspapers were flown out to the carrier USS Independence off the Virginia Capes, to inspect the ship and glimpse the modern navy in action. Highlight of the trip for me was to be welcomed aboard by one Commander Robert P. Fuller, looking no older than he did back in 1937. Whitey is Senior Air Intelligence Officer on the staff of Rear Admiral W. A. Sutherland Jr. who in turn commands Carrier Division Two, and has made the Independence his flagship. The Independence is based at Norfolk, and Whitey was going ashore last weekend to try to find a house for his family. It looked to me like a glamorous, exciting life, with a heavy burden of responsibility. I got the impression he would exchange a little of the glamour for a chance to see a Blackman football team in action."

From Harty Beardsley come several other bits of gossip for your intelligence. He stopped in to visit Larry Brooks at the office of the Smaller Business Assoc. of N.E. in Boston, only to find Larry out but his good wife Katherine filling in as temporary secretary and running the show in his absence. You will recall reading the story in last month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE about the Glee Club's appearances at Radio City Music Hall last summer. Among the group who took part was Larry's son, Pete '62. We learned that Russ Stearns, as well as Lee and the whole family, spent the summer in Winnetka, Ill., where Russ continued his summer efforts for SIPRE (Snow, Ice & Permafrost Research Establishment). By the way this organization is moving its headquarters to Hanover, and will shortly build new office facilities out on Lyme Road. Jack Lovely reported to be well, and that the oldest of his five children is at Vermont Academy. Fran Finn - recouped from the injury to his Achilles tendon suffered in a tennis tournament. While this permanently restricts his tennis and skiing, he now has become a golf addict with the excuse that this is a necessary adjunct of his insurance business.

Recent appointments: Boz Bosworth named president-elect of Hospital Industries Association, a group of 225 companies marketing in the hospital field. Arthur G. Whyte boosted from v.p. to executive vice-president of Art Metal Construction Co.

As a final item for this month's jottings, we were hailed on Madison Avenue yesterday by Mort Berkowitz. He and his wife are heading to Hanover for a long weekend with Carl and Ruth Ray to watch the Brown game as well as enjoy the beauty of New England at the height of the fall foliage season. Mort took his boy to enter school at Hotchkiss a few weeks ago and one of the lads he met there belongs to Giles St. Clair.

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