1962

September first brought along a record reading of 35 degrees and a reminder that it was time to start the monthly correspondence.

Hope you are planning to hit the mini reunions on the Brown (not Princeton as reported earlier), Yale, and Penn football weekends. Dick Hofmann is out hunting up a reunion chairman; so all of you willing volunteers be sure and show your willing faces.

Word out of Case Western Reserve University has it that Tom Ackland earned his law degree in June. Maybe he can catch on with Tom Tew who heads up the law office of Tew and Tew in Miami.

Bringing the Saga of the West to Hong Kong is Mike Howard. Mike was recently named merchandise manager for Levi Strauss Far East. Mike pulled on his blue jeans in 1967 following his tenure at the U. of Calif. (Berkeley) where he was awarded his master’s.

The expression “Veep” now has more meaning for Gene Gasbarro. He has been appointed Vice Presi- dent of the Indus- trial National Bank in Providence, R. I. Gene, who attended Boston University Law School, has been with Industrial National 1964 and during the past two years has been loan officer. He finds time to be trea- surerer of the Federal Hill House Associa- tion and to be active in the United Fund, the Office of Health Planning, and other civic orginzations.

Carl Jaeger, who has been in charge of the mail order sales of Time-Life Books, has been given added re- sponsibilities in his new job as Associate Director of Sales. This means that he will add all other U. S. and Canadian sales channels to what he has been doing. Carl has been with the Time-Life book divi- sion since 1963. He and his wife, the former Helen Calhoun, make their home in Ardsley, N. Y.

Anyone running afoul of the law in Connecticut give John Reese a call. John has become a partner in the law firm of Morse, Marvin and Kennedy in New Canaan. John commutes over from Ridge- wood where he makes home with Pat, and the kiddos, John and Jennifer. If you’re looking for a land expert, John, hunt up Pete Halverson in Storrs. Pete teaches geography at the U. of Conn., where he landed after the U. of Cincinnati forked over the Ph.D. Next time you’re on your way to Berlin Pete, stop in.

The Mellon National Bank and Trust Cos. of Pittsburgh has a new pension trust officer in Ernie Roessler. Anything to add, Ernie?

Occasionally an item crosses this desk which questions the relevance of most things which end up printed in the column. The latest concerns the recent vote of the Conference of Northern Illinois Methodists who voted overwhelmingly to establish a ministry devoted to imprisoned conscientious objectors to military service. The Conference was so persuaded by a closing speech delivered by the Deacon of the Joyce Memorial United Methodist Church in Chicago. This member of the clergy had previously served in Vietnam as an Army captain. When he arrived in Vietnam he stated that his feeling for the military life collided with his strong beliefs in the fifth commandment. This was brought home by his duties as a body counter when he was instructed that a “point spread” of eight enemy dead to one U. S. casualty constituted a victory. Declaring himself to be an unimprisoned war objector he felt that the Church must not deny his ministry to men who showed “their commitment much sooner than I did.” This clergyman was grad- uated from Garrett Theological Seminary this year after having entered the Seminary following his discharge from the Army in 1967. Perhaps many of you share my envy for Tom Gray.

Look for those familar faces at those three weekends this fall. In the meantime drop a line relative to what you’re doing and what you’re thinking.

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