1952

By the time you read this the bloom will be coming back on the trees and the sweet smell of spring will be in the air. But right now we're still thralled in one of the nastiest winters I can recall so this will be short and to the point. I'll spare you any of my usual badinage.

E. Kent Calhoun writes with news of the Midwest. Big Jim Wittenberg has been promoted to secretary and general counsel of International Milling Company in Minneapolis. Jim joined International Milling's legal staff in 1963 and had been assistant general counsel since last October.

Cal also tells me that Jack Foster has a wonderful new title with Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc., the steel processor. Jack is the new national market manager for Heavy Line and Sheet and Strip Products. This will mean Jack, Sally, and the kids will be moving from Detroit to the Chicago area sometime soon. Good news for both Jim and Jack and thanks, Cal, for letting me know.

Also from the Midwest: Pat Grimm has been elected vice president of Great Lakes Carbon Corporation. Pat will continue as general manager of the company's Char Products Division, manufacturer of barbecue briquets. Pat stays on in Chicago, of course, though his plant facilities are in Marion, Ohio. Pat's been with Great Lakes since 1954, when he got out of Uncle's Service, and before being elevated to his present job he worked in the Company's Marketing, Research, and Development Departments. Good work Walter and keep it up!

Across the river in Long Branch, N. J., Dick Kezer was running for re-election to the school board in February. I don't know yet whether he made it but I'm going to assume he did until I hear differently.

And my Connecticut neighbor Don Mac Leod has a new job. He's mutual fund sales manager for Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co. down on Wall Street. Don had been vice president for sales of Lee Higginson Corp. before that firm was bought out from under him by another big Wall Street store, the name of which I can't remember.

Back out in Chicago Don Chambless, vice president of Schulz and Burch Biscuit Company, has been elected president of the Central Manufacturing District Club. Don is the youngest president ever elected since the District Club was established in 1911. He is also serving as major campaign manager responsible for raising funds for the Boy Scouts in 1967 in the Stock Yards District. That ought to keep Don out of trouble for a while anyway.

Bid Guild, assistant counsel of the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, has been given the additional key post of clerk of the executive committee. He joined the company in 1957 after graduation with a doctor of law (J.D.) degree from the University of Chicago Law School where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. Bid has been active in the Vermont Estate Planning Council. He and his family live in Montpelier.

And there's still some life in some of our old boys. One more new member of our Class' happy family. Bill Biddle and his wife Barbara now have a third child, third boy to be precise. Peter Nicholas Biddle was born December 22, 1966 in Evanston (Ill.) Hospital. Congratulations to the father and mother.

Here in New York, I am informed, Harvey Kelley is very hot in the insurance business. Harvey was named "Man of the Year" in the Carr R. Purser Agency, one of New York's largest agencies. Harvey and his employers represent The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and I'm sure Harvey would be very glad to explain to you the values of having enough insurance any time any of you'd like.

And I recently had occasion to talk with two of our classmates I don't see too often. Bob Ringstad is doing very well with Purcell & Graham, an investment firm on Wall Street and would be very happy to consult with anyone on the stock market. I met Jerry Lukeman in Atlanta, Ga., of all places, where he put on a very interesting presentation for my good client, and his, the CocaCola Company. Jerry is v.p. of Client Service for ASI, a rather remarkable research organization that's been quite accurate in predicting success or failure of movies, TV programs, and advertising commercials before they're released to the public. Found he's living out on Long Island temporarily while his wife finishes work on her doctorate -then he'll move back into Big Town where he really feels more comfortable.

Understand a bunch of the Old Boys was whoopin' it up over at the New York Dartmouth Club, March 1, but unfortunately your scribe was unable to attend, being in Atlanta with brother Lukeman at the time. I haven't had a full report as yet but I understand a few of the fellows tried to drink the bar dry. Whether they succeeded or not will have to wait for the next report. So hang on and wait for next month's exciting installment 0f....

The Hudson, Ohio, Big Green '67 hockeyteam: Dick Rogers '51 with his daughtersLisa, 12, and Georgia, 10.

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