1938
Every once in a while it is a pleasant change to catch up with a classmate, who has pretty much been "lost" for a period of years. Although Vic Johnson attended our eighth reunion the summer after the end of the war, he has been somewhat out of sight since that date. Marty King brings us up to date:
"Vic Johnson, who left our class after freshman year to go to West Point, visited with Sandy Mills and me several months back. Vic came from Malone, N. Y., with Charley Keyes and Larry King and roomed with John Barrows and me in Crosby in 1934-35.
"Now national sales manager for Great Dane Trailer Co. of Savannah, Ga., Vic married a Georgia peach, Carrine Stephens of Savannah, where they live at 19 Island Drive, Isle of Hope. The couple have three children: Victor L. III, Anne, 13, and Steve, 4. Young Vic goes to Culver, and Anne is at Country Day School.
"Vic's wife had two sons by a previous marriage; they are both students at Georgia Southern College. The senior Vic is trim, still pink-cheeked, and a veteran of some years of service as a colonel under the late General MacArthur. It was good to be with Vic, and I am sure he'd enjoy hearing from any classmates."
From Providence, R. I., comes the news of the admission of Charles Y. Hitchcock to partnership in the Boston, New York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco engineering firm of Metcalf and Eddy. Mr. Hitchcock is a native of Quincy, Mass., and has been a senior associate of the firm since 1961.
The Midlothian, Ill. "Bremen Messenger," circ. 5,600 reports the election as president of the South Side Real Estate Board, the largest outlying real estate board in the Chicago area, of Jack H. Mcintosh of 10540 S. Western Avenue. After serving four years as a lieutenant in the Navy in World War II. he returned to the real estate business in 1946 as a partner of Heinsimer and Mcintosh, realtors, in which he is still active.
From far-off California we hear that BillClarke has resigned his post as construction vice president for Brown & Kauffman, Inc., builders and developers in Palo Alto, to devote full time to management of his own investments and to continue his interest in land development and residential construction. Bill, who has been active in home building in Northern California since the early 1950's, will also serve as a consultant specializing in production and design.
Not content with bucking for the board of trustees of the Children's Hospital in Baltimore, as reported in the last issue of this screed, Julie Westheimer now comes up as the winner of the first essay award of the Investment Bankers Association at its annual convention at Hollywood, Fla. Julie's essay, entitled, "A Close-up Look at Some Fundamental Aspects of Security Salesmanship" won out over some 100 essays submitted in the contest.
Julie spent about a year on the essay of 9,000 words and delves into various essentials of the security business, such as "Making Use of Available Tools," "Prospecting - the Heartbeat of Salesmanship," "Municipal Bond Salesmanship, An Overlooked Opportunity," and "Essentials of Portfolio Management."
A nice note from Jim Cotter and a clipping from the Boston Globe record the appointment of Lawrence A. Laughlin, resident assistant to Sen. Edward Kennedy, as director of the Boston regional office of the Small Business Administration. More than 300 persons crowded into the Court of Appeals courtroom to see U. S. Attorney W. Arthur Garrity administer the oath.
Larry is a resident of Chelmsford and was an insurance broker before going into government service. He is married to the former Janet Tighe of Lowell, and they have two children. He is treasurer and director of the Lowell Art Association, a trustee of the Lowell Technological Institute, and a trustee of the Lowell Rotary Club.
Somewhere along the line I obviously made a considerable boo-boo. At any rate, Paul Urion claims he has never been a resident of Rochester, N. Y., but rather is perfectly content with Rochester, N. H., as well he might be. Since he addresses the letter to me: John F. Emerson, I think honors are even.
As recounted in last month's notes, TedThorne came to Hanover to chat with me and with the Admissions Office about his son. Cameron. Now comes the tragic news that Cameron died very suddenly shortly after Ted returned home. I am sure the class will sympathize with the loss of a promising youngster, who had his whole life ahead of him.
Secretary, 12 Summer St., Hanover, N. H.
T reasurer, Hunter Lane, Rye, N. Y.
Bequest Chairman,
