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Your Executive Committee met on November 28 in Boston in its annual fall get-together. We had to forego our usual football weekend because of complications (mainly mine), but anyway we get much more accomplished when there is no such distraction. This column will give you a summary of business in the January issue. Stand by.
With elections over, campaign banners and pledges put away for another year, I wonder how our more political-minded classmates did in their attempts for election and re-election. I note that Bob Lee was running for selectman in Westport, Conn. How did it go, Bob? Hank Dutcher is usually a busy man at this time of year, also, up in upper New York. What luck? Bob, incidentally has an M.A. from the University of California in public administration, qualifying him to be a city manager. He is a member of the Democratic Town Committee and district leader in the 10th district. Otherwise he is occupied in representing an investment banking and brokerage firm plus being treasurer of a retail furniture corporation in Derby.
Many of you are probably aware that there is a degree of frequency in the names of your classmates that appear in this column. I try to be as varied as possible but the news just doesn't get to me. Occasionally, however, I do run across some people whom I'm sure haven't graced these pages with their presence for some time, if ever. I don't have much info on them, but perhaps you would like to know at least, where they live. Here goes. If you would like more, write them directly. While you're at it, ask them to drop me a line.
Dave Kingsbury lives in Berlin, Conn., where he is foreman of the New Departure Co. of Meriden. George Bliss, also a Nutmegger resides blissfully at 63 Wesskum Rd., Riverside. Other Connecticut residents include John McCauley, Suffield; Art O'Donnell at 22 Carriage Drive, Glastonbury; Tom Murray, a winner in everyone's book, at 18 Blue Ribbon Drive, Norwalk; Lew Steenken, who hasn't soured on life even with provocation, working in sales and production for the Silver Lane Pickle Co. of East Hartford while residing in Bloomfield; returning to Norwalk we find Paul Caravatt (if he doesn't see us coming), at 9 St. Mary's Lane. Paul pulls the big commute to New York and his office as Vice-President and Account Supervisor with Olgivy, Benson & Mather.-A joyful stop when drifting through Danbury would be the house of Bob Joy, go Driftway Rd. Over in Ridgefield, Fred Johnson holes out at 53 West Lane.
And try these for size: Knox Armstrong, Salesman for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., working in The City and residing in Saddle River, N. J.; Gwynn Elias, 4856 Louisiana North, Crystal, Minn.; Jim Grant, a member of that rewarding but unrewarded profession, teaching at the Sierra Jr. High School in Riverside, Calif.; Wiley McMinn, basking in the balmy breezes of St. Petersburg, Fla., as he stretches out on his chaise-lounge at 6281 41st Ave. North (you can expect a phone call or ten very soon, Wiley); Tom Maver, on the move again as a Representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Co. and living in Arlington Heights, Ill.; practically neighbors are Hugh Morris and Bob Samilson in the Bay Area of California, Hugh, in Menlo Park but working for Young & Rubicam as an Account Executive, Bob, an Orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco with residence in Tiburon; to the south, Passadena to be exact, is Rupe Ray.
In faraway places are Bill Rolph, Station Manager, Pan American World Airways, Auckland, New Zealand, and Tony Nicholais, c/o The Oasis Oil Co. of Libya, P. O. Box 377, Tripoli, Libya.
Our military members number Maj. GeorgeMerrill, USMC, Rm. 1130, Hq. U.S.M.C., Washington, D. C.; Lt. Comdr. Granny Beals, USS Wasp, Fleet Post Office, New York; JoeByron, Quarters 4206 A, USAF Academy, Colo.; and Lt. Comdr. Tom Evans, 1111 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, Va.
I'm sure that this sets a new record in the number of you that I've mentioned. But... there are over 700 of us all together and I'd like to mention everyone before I hand over this office to someone else. How about it? I'll have to have your help.
One of the items on the docket for our November meeting is the Treasurer's Report. I hope we'll all enjoy it, but again that's in your hands. If you want to receive more of this drivel, send your five to Barney. Send it anyway!
See you next year and a very Merry Christmas to you all.
Secretary,Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.
Treasurer, 5143 Stoney Ridge, North Ridgeville, Ohio
