1941

By now the 1959 World Series is history; the "Braves" and "Giants" fans have recuperated enough to begin thinking about the "fixings" for Thanksgiving dinner: the Hallowe'en costumes have been put in mothballs until next year and "trick or treat" is just a fond memory for the "kiddies," except for those who rationed their loot so as to still have some to munch on when Mother is distracted by household chores; and it is almost time to wrap up the 1959 collegiate football season for the winter.

Fortunately everything that comes out of Worcester, Mass., does not wreak havoc. Constructive accomplishments are possible in the home of the "Crusaders." One of the most notable records of achievement established there in recent years has been produced by George Sexton as joint owner and operator of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Worcester. George and his partner bought this ailing Pepsi plant in 1955, and since then increased its sales by one hundred per cent. George cultivated the acquaintance of his business associate in the enterprising venture that is now reaping its reward after four years of reorganizing and re-routing the trucks serving the area so as to provide maximum coverage of Pepsi-Cola outlets as a neighbor on Long Island, where George lived when in the employ of a petroleum company. In Holden, a suburb of Worcester, where he and Ethel live with their son and daughter, George is an ardent supporter of the Little League. I'll bet our ace twirler still does pretty well throwing up a few now and then to the World Series heroes of tomorrow. He is also a member of the local Men's Club and the Worcester Executives' Club.

Massachusetts seems to be running off with all the top honors. Ace Jack Meyer was recently appointed Commander of 57th Air Division at Westover Air Force Base, where he organized and activated a fighter squadron, back in 1943, which later made an enviable record for itself in World War II in Europe. Jack became the leading American ace in Europe on Christmas Day, 1944, when he brought his total air and ground kills to 32. After the end of the war he was assigned to the office of the Secretary of the Air Force as house liaison officer. When the Korean war broke out Jack returned to combat again as a Deputy Commander of a Fighter Wing, in which capacity he later returned to Larsen Air Force Base, Wash. After graduating from the Air War College of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, he was made a member of the evaluation staff of the college and director of operations in training in Headquarters Continental Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colo. Jack and Mary, a former Navy lieutenant, have five children. As a result of this new assignment Jack was recently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Quite a record — in all departments!

Beverly Farms, Mass., Baptist Church welcomed a new Associate Pastor in June when Lee Cone joined the staff in this capacityLee will be chiefly engaged in the community visitation and counseling program of the church. He frequently addresses other church groups on what the Christian ministry means to him. Before joining the ministry in 1957, Lee tried his hand in business with the Dewey and Almy Chemical Company of Cambridge, Mass., subsequently becoming manager of their Container Sales Division in Chicago. He has just completed his first year at Gordon Divinity School. Lee, his wife and their four children have taken up residency in the Baptist parsonage, which was renovated for their occupancy by four Trustees of the Church.

Seems that we cannot get out of New England, but who wants to this time of year with the golden glow of the foliage radiating its breath-taking splendor? Dutch Cotton, now a resident of Amherst, N. H., with his wife and two children, - was recently elected Treasurer of Edgcomb Steel of New England, Inc., of nearby Nashua — a company with which he formerly served in the capacity of Comptroller. Dutch has been active in public accounting in Connecticut and New Hampshire since 1946. Prior to affiliating with his present employer, he was manager of the Manchester Certified Public Accounting firm of Charles A. Rittenhouse & Co. He is a member of the American Institute and the Connecticut and New Hampshire Societies of Certified Public Accountants. Dutch is also the present President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Association of Accountants.

Connecticut's public school system was recently given a "shot in the arm" by the appointment of Joe Ozanne, as principal of the Newtown High School. Joe is also an active association affiliate as a member of the Connecticut Education Association; the Newtown Teachers Association, which he headed five years ago; and the Housatonic Valley Schoolmen's League. Prior to accepting a post in Newtown in 1948 as a teacher of geography, history and economics, and later Latin and French, he was an instructor at Admiral Billard Academy in New London, and Master at the DeVeaux School at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Joe does not believe in summer vacations, - at least he has not for the last nine summers, during which time he has been busily engaged as Recreation Director at Fairfield State Hospital. Like George Sexton, Joe is an ex-twirler who still likes the feel of the "diamond dust."

Nor is Joe our only classmate doing noble work for unfortunate inmates of mental institutions. Alexis Tarumianz, business administrator for the mental institutions of Delaware, was recently elected the first President of the American Society of Mental Hospital Business Administrators. This is a new organization, formed under the auspices of a committee of which Alex was Chairman, for the development of business administration in psychiatric institutions as a career service. "Like father, like son," Alex's dad is superintendent of the Mental Institutions of Delaware, and Alex has been on his staff since 1946, beginning as assistant business manager. He is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Association of Business Managers in Public Health. Alex is also Director of the Delaware State Agencies for Federal Surplus Property, in which capacity he directs the distribution of surplus commodities in Delaware for the United States Department of Agriculture.

The allusion to Federal agencies reminds me of the fact that in the course of trying to ferret Brodie and Fran Bijorklund out of hibernation to attend a Dartmouth alumni affair at Jones Beach this summer, I learned that Brodie is head of the Mincola, N. Y., office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Best wishes to all for a very happy Thanksgiving. I wonder how many will be enrolling in one of the fifty-cent-a-week health clubs a week later to take off some of the excess poundage produced by the "good woman’s" culinary delights.

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