1947

The Alumni Fund is moving into high gear according to Townes Harris, but he still is looking for 100% contributors. Even if everyone and his uncle is breathing down your neck, at least be regarded as a giver regardless of how small - Try to make it big though!

Speaking of Townes, we received a delightful description of the Alumni vs. Big Green Varsity Hockey team where he was very much in evidence. Both Bruce Mather and Ralph Warburton were among the team members, and as usual it was a wild affair with a close score. Not counting this game, but in the last four games, Bruce and Ralph boast ten goals and ten assists between them.

In addition to the Alumni Game, Townes also attended the Sons of Alumni Game where the '47's were represented by RalphWarburton's son, Paul: Bruce Mather's son, Ronnie; Skip Stoddard's son, Sam; TowneHarris' son, Tim; Wink Crosen's sons, Richard and Doug. All played on the Green team and showed great promise for the future even though they bowed to the Whites 3 to 2. It is reported that all the dads cheered lustily, but there were certain rumors that the loss by the Green team was because the ages of the '47 boys were 11 to 13, which is really being over the hill in this league. We certainly should be looking to recruit younger members.

In the rising executives department, Kidder Peabody, members of the New York Stock Exchange, announced that BobSchlichting, who has been with the firm for 15 years, has been elected a vice president. He is now manager of the Municipal Bond Department as well as being secretary of the Municipal Bond Club of New York. He lives at 24 East Drive, Livingston, N. J.

At a meeting of the West-field Nurses Association in Springfield, Mass., the guest speaker was our own Dr. Cyril Shea, orthopedic specialist, whose subject was the surgical treatment of back disorders. Cy graduated from Harvard Medical School and then served as resident surgeon at St. Vincent's in New York and served in orthopedics at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He was battalion surgeon with the First Marine division during the Korean War. Having once had a little back trouble, Dr. Shea might be amazed at the number of experts in backs we found, many of whom never even took a first aid course. What we should do is let Norm Fink serve as a substitute because Norm not only has a bad back but was able to very ingeniously become almost completely incapacitated while moving from Hartsdale to 6 Bellair Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., which of course was hardly what Helen had in mind when they bought their new house.

Speaking of moving, but in a slightly larger vein, Tom Gustenhoven, chief engineer for the J. A. Orland Contracting Company, gave a talk to the Rotary Club of Newburyport, Mass., on the planning and technology involved in constructing a major highway. The short stretch of Rte. 495,. which Gus is building, includes seven, bridges across rivers, or actually fourteen since each bridge represents a double span. One of the interesting items was that bad weather which halts construction can be costly. You have to be prepared to drop as much as a couple of million dollars, Gus casually remarked. Target date for completion of this section is July, 1966 so we're glad that we can count on Gus' being employed through then.

Jim Rudolph has been named National Salesman of the Year by his employer, Sonneborn Building Products, Inc., a division of DeSoto Chemical Coatings, Inc. At a dinner honoring Jim for his achievements as Sonneborn's representative in Ohio, his midwest regional boss cited him as "the truly professional salesman." Jim was also presented with a trophy for 1964 gross sales higher than any other Sonneborn sales representative in the country. Jim, who joined the Sonneborn sales staff in 1954, works his Ohio territory from Toledo.

Dex Brooks, who made his mark with the management consultant firm of Booz Allen & Hamilton, and who is now president and Publisher of the Westport News in Connecticut, was elected to president of the Board of Trustees of the Montessori School of Westchester. Dex, whose Master's came from Tuck School, is a founder of the Montessori School. He lives" with his wife and three children at 36 Chestnut Avenue, Larchmont. It might be interesting to know why the school was founded, but that will have to wait for another time.

News from Down East mentions PaulSpiers as an attendee at a seminar conducted by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company with a brief bio about him. After graduate work at both the Boston University School of Communications and Brown University, he became a reporter on the staff of the Bangor, Me., News but was finally lured away by the temptations of the dollars to be made in public relations work. Paul married a Maine girl, Ann Mason Ross, and although not himself a native, it certainly looks as if he is hooked to that part of the world.

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