1951

REMEMBER REUNION!

June 16, 17, 18

The November elections are long past now, but returns of special interest to '51's are just trickling in. Let's take a look.

Out in Colorado, a straw poll of the Denver Bar Association on the candidates for the city's juvenile judge came out two to one in favor of Bob Fullerton, who had challenged the veteran incumbent. It was a formidable undertaking for Bob. Though he has himself been on the Denver bench as a municipal judge for two years, his opponent had held the juvenile court post for twenty years and was a Democrat in basically Democratic Denver.

But candidate Fullerton did pick up the support of the "Rocky Mountain News," which noted in an editorial: "Members of the Bar believe that under present circumstances the 31-year-old energetic, imaginative and well-balanced Fullerton is better qualified for the job, and so do we He is young, vigorous, pays close attention to the job and has an intense interest in youth activities, notably the Boy Scouts." Central theme of the Republican campaign was the charge that the Democratic incumbent spent too much time traveling around making speeches and too little time on the bench, and Bob's slogan was "Give Denver a full time juvenile judge."

Unfortunately for our man, the endorsement of a majority of the Bar and the newspaper failed to influence enough of the electorate to turn away from their normally Democratic ways. But Bob writes, "The lawyers' poll was really heartening and encourages me to try again. I didn't get into the campaign until after the primary and only five weeks before election. Next time I'll start a year ahead."

A recent observer in Bob's municipal court, by the way, was attorney Wes Nutton, in from Palo Alto, Calif., to check some legal records in Denver.

The news was good on November 9, though, for the other '51 politician we've heard from. Jim Lowell got himself elected to represent the town of Canton in the Connecticut Legislature, squeaking by popular Lu Baldwin (son of former governor Raymond Baldwin) by 10 votes in the local Republican caucus and then piling up a 300-vote majority in the general election. If you go by the Capitol in Hartford this spring you'll find Jim hard at work serving, the people, and he'll be glad to give you a Republican's version of the state's current financial difficulties.

So much for the current political newsNext month we'll try to furnish a rundown of the '51's on the New Frontiers as well as those stepping down with the rest of the outgoing administration.

From Chicago comes news that Bruce Robertson has been made assistant advertising manager of the Kemper Insurance Group. Bruce joined the Kemper organization in 1958 and has been with the firm's advertising and business extension departments. Prior to 1958 he was employed in advertising for three years with merchandising firms and an advertising agency in Chicago. Bruce makes his home in Evanston, Ill., where he lives with wife Mary and their two children, William Bruce and Emily Marie.

Hank Nachman writes to bring us up to date, for he has a new son and a new job Little Robert David arrived at the household on Peter Cooper Road in New York about five months ago now and "manages to keep us well occupied," writes Hank, who adds, "I have just changed jobs and am now the assistant advertising director for Lanolin Plus. My previous association was with International Latex Corporation where I was the Media Director." The Nachmans had a pleasant trip to the Princeton game with Dr. Don Dworken, who is currently in residence at the Port Jefferson Hospital for Crippled Children. And Hank concludes, "We are looking forward to reunion next spring and hope there will be a goodly crowd." Well?

Got a good crop of Christmas cards from you all this year. One of the more memorable is the picture of Don Rand, Barby, and daughters Donna and Leslie, all in Japanese garb at their home in Yokohama, where they arrived last Valentine's day. A full accompanying note describes visits to mountains, shrines, gardens, and an occasional junket to Tokyo when Don's Navy communications schedule allows.

Dave and Ginny Henderson were too tied up to send their cards this year but it was thoughtful of Dave Jr. to scribble a note in his one-year-old scrawl, mentioning that he expects a brother or sister in March and that his hotshot father became a chartered life underwriter this past year.

The Pete Hendersons' card brought the first picture of baby John and (I was relieved to see that he has more hair than his pop) and also the news that they're on the move again - Pete goes from Cleveland to Cincinnati where hell be assistant manager of Inland Steel's Metal Buildings Plant.

"Sam Roberts pens a note on his card to note that while Howie Pearson may be the only lieutenant commander in the class thus far, a whole raft of you NROTC guys hit the promotion zone this March. Being exec of Naval Reserve Surface Division 4-36 in Philadelphia, Sam is one of those with his fingers crossed. And he passes on from the Philly area news of Franz Yeomans (selling polyethylene film for National Distillers and living over in Jersey) and Barry Spiegel (now second in command of the legal department of International Resistance Company). Says Sam also - "Hope to see you at the Big Tenth!"

And down the chimney have floated incidental tidbits about... John Higley, getting his Master's in business at Boston U. and named manager of the Grafton branch of the Industrial City Bank of Worcester.... Duke and Joan Carey of Denver, adopted a baby girl.... Dick Eigner, practicing law in San Francisco.... Charlie Breed, a special agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Billings, Mont.... Dick and Helena Barnes, moving back to Washington from New York.... Jim Culberson, moved from Winston-Salem to Greensboro, N. C., by Wachovia Bank.... Ray Mullin, director of library service at Central Florida junior College in Ocala.... August von Muggenthaler, an assistant editor of Newsweek. ... Dr. Al Holt, moved with Marie and family into their new home in the Mink Brook section of Hanover.

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