1955

Lyn Brock is first deputy governor of the Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants, and he and Claudie and their two boys, Christopher and Andrew, recently attended the Mayflower Society General Congress, held in Plymouth, of course. "We Raited through the hurricane which dumped two days of rain on The Rock," reports Lyn. It's not clear whether he was more concerned about the rain or The Rock. Lyn, who heads a food catering company, says his Mayflower activity "doesn't sell much rood, but is enjoyable, enlightening and satisfying through the distribution to elementary schools in Philadelphia and suburbs of 35,000 copies of the Mayflower compact" Lyn has also just completed two years as president of the Mobile Industrial caterers Association International, based in Atlanta. He found it "fascinating traveling to Canada, California, Texas and points in between. There are a lot of good men beyond the mountains!" Claudie and Lyn last fall made their "annual pilgrimage" to Boston for the Harvard game, staying in Weston with Brooks and Gale Parker, Larry andLynn Hagar joining them for dinner.

Banking ranking: Paul G. Finegan stepped up to vice president of the Philadelphia National Bank. He was formerly an investment officer in the bank's trust department. Paul has done graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University, and is a member of the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia. He and his wife Joanne and their three children live in suburban Gwynedd. Herb Darling was elected a director of the Bank of Buffalo. Herb is president of Herbert F. Darling Inc., engineering contractors, and is also a director of the Construction Industry Employers Association in Buffalo. Herb's father, who died in 1968, was a director of the Bank of Buffalo.

Dick Parry has been elected a director of Gambles Continental Bank in St. Paul, Minn. He is an economist in the treasurer's department of Gambles, a Minneapolisbased merchandising company, of which the bank is a. subsidiary. Before joining Gambles, he was a research associate with the Associated Credit Bureaus. He earned his M.B.A. at Kent State University and his Ph.D. at Ohio State University. He and Molly with Stephen and Brace live at 5916 Amy Drive, Edina, Minn.

Pete Knoke sends a belated report of a 1968 tax deduction, Anna, born on December 31 of that year. It's the second youngster for Pete and Mary. He's a computer systems design engineer for General Electric in Phoenix, and he's moonlighting as a part-time professor at Arizona State University. "This I find very enjoyable," he says. Truman and Kris Brackett had a boy, Anthony Truman, on November 30, 1969. They live in Orford, N. H., and he's Director of Galleries of the Hopkins Center.

Bob Saidel is still stuck on Italy, more than a decade after going there for graduate work in international relations at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy. Bob is in Milan as division director of the McGraw-Hill Publications Co. for the Mediterranean area. "I will be here forever," he writes, "but hope to see some of you in 1970 on my first trip home in a number of years."

Public relating: Lee Spelke, vice president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, told the Chelsea, Mass., Rotary Club, that New England has a rosy economic future as part of the east coast megalopolis extending from northern Virginia to southern Vermont and New Hampshire. "This huge area, for economic purposes, has become an integrated economic unit," Lee said, and he projected that New England's population will increase 150 per cent to 25.2 million in the next 50 vears. Warren Peterson, president of Peterson Products Corp. in suburban Chicago and 1970 president of the American Metal Stamping Association, told American Metal Market, a trade newspaper, that his industry needs to sell itself more effectively to college graduates. "College men have no conception of the career opportunities in the field," he stated. "I don't say it is as easy to become a millionaire as it may be for a stockbroker. Nevertheless there is a good profit in it." According to the paper, "Mr. Peterson has quadrupled the size of his own company since 1955. The company specializes in producing deep cold drawn parts such as stainless and brass kitchen equipment used by schools, restaurants, hotels, etc."

Dr. Larry Metz completed his Army tour at Valley Forge General Hospital and is practicing neurology in Springfield, Mass. Bob Taylor was promoted to commander in the Navy and is now on the "U.S.S. Sperry" out of San Diego. Bill Hochman practices law in the Newark, N. J., firm of Lasser, Lasser, Sarokin and Hochman. BobKing is now a major in the Marines, stationed at Havre, Mont. Dave Steinberg is a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Steinberg, Greenstein, Richman & Price.

Shep Wolff, leaning back and "taking stock of the almost 15 years from 1955," brings us quickly up to date: "Happily married — three children, the youngest being 8 and the oldest 11 - lived in Guilford, Conn., for 12 years - lovely town and great fringe benefit - worked for same company (Flexible Tubing Corp.) since 1957 - now market manager - traveled almost 100,000 miles per year - see every city several times but never a chance to look up classmates. Would like to some day when the pace slows. Parents retired - now living in Hanover so get up quite often but have not made any games as yet."

Bill Lenderking, a career officer in the U.S. Information Agency, departed from Washington to take up duties in the American Pavilion at Expo '70 in Japan. The Air Force promoted Tom Partridge from captain to major. Dr. Al Schwartz completed his military tour and is now practicing neurology in Beverly, Mass.

Your correspondent has opened his own communications and public relations consulting firm, Mathewson Communications Services, in "Northficld. Ill., outside Chicago. No more commuting!

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