1940

Time runneth by altogether too quickly, and now as we approach springtime I still find notes from September and October on hand. It seems strange to report at this late date that we've just learned that last fall Don McCaffrey ran for the office of School Committee in Haverhill, Mass. Stranger still, we do not know whether or not he made it! Don is a science teacher at Andover West Junior High School having returned to this profession after a number of years in private business.

Another bit of almost ancient news concerns Fred Pillsbury. He was appointed last October to a special commission created by the Massachusetts Supreme Court to investigate grievances against judges and the administration of courts. Fred, who lives in Springfield, is a practicing attorney. Before returning to private practice he was a Superior Court judge for the State of Massachusetts, a member of the Springfield City Council, chairman of the Springfield Police Commission and in 1967 a member of a three-man "blue ribbon" committee to investigate the conflict of interest charges against the then Lt. Governor and at one point president of the County Bar Association. Obviously if you've got any troubles in Western Massachusetts Fred's the man to contact.

Always welcome is an addition to the success story of Creight Holden. Creight has sold himself and his St. Clair (Mich.) Inn and 600 acres of contiguous property to a multi-interest firm based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (subject to IRS approval). One of their prime interests is establishing resort hotels countrywide and Creight has been made president of River Inn Projects of Michigan and director of the Central United States division of Osias Resort Hotels. The plans call for the Inn to become part of a $56-million complex. Besides an enlarged hotel and country club, a marina, condominium apartments, riding stables, two new golf courses, and a full range of summer and winter recreational facilities are planned.

Bob Clark, a v.p. of Hayden Stone brokerage firm and director of their institutional research department, gave a lecture at Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., last fall on the subject of investments in the field of oceanography. Bob regularly conducts major forums and prepares reviews and forecasts on this subject which seems to be a long way from Wall Street. His background, however, in the petroleum field has made him a specialist about what's available and what's going on under our oceans.

"The World and the Work of American Craftsmen" is the title of a TV series which has been more than a year in the making and which is now being distributed nationally for use on educational as well as commercial networks. One of the series is about the excellent New Hampshire craftsman Dee Weed. It is not a "how to do it" series, but rather a profile of Ike as the expert he is in woodworking. As head of the craft shops of Hopkins Center, Ike can be found there most days (and many nights too) for those of you visiting Hanover.

Harry C. Midgley who is executive v.p. of Worcester (Mass.) County National Bank also makes the news by having been elected president of the Worcester Area Chamber of Commerce for 1970. Midge's been with the bank since 1945 and is also president of the Worcester Capitol Corp.

To wrap up this month's column I'll bring you news of the advertising field. Through a series of acquisitions and internal growth, the American Machine & Foundry Co. found themselves with 21 different advertising agencies scattered throughout the country. Don Fox, v.p. corporate programs, has decided that consolidation is a must and he is now in the process of weeding out those agencies which were marginal. I'm sure we'll all be reading of Don's doings in newspaper advertising columns throughout the country for his consolidation campaign is big news in this field.

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