1955
Jim and Astrid Kerbin operate a first rate travelers' rescue service in the Virgin Islands. They live in Frederiksted, St. Croix, and operate a private elementary school in the nearby verdant hills, at least when they're not busy helping stranded classmates. Mary and I, headed for vacation in Barbados, found we couldn't embark in San Juan for lack of passports or other proof of citizenship, an unexpected requirement. So we flew instead to St. Croix to find Jim Kerbin—the class secretary's one fringe benefit being that he knows from memory where quite a few classmates are hiding out. The Kerbins and their two children, Stacy and Eben, emerged from the greenery, went with us to the U. S. District Court and solemnly attested to a hand-written statement we had prepared, declaring that the Mathewsons were indeed native-born U. S. citizens. The deputy clerk of the court notarized the paper and made it look very official by impressing on it the U. S. District Court seal. The Kerbins then escorted us to the U. S. immigration officer who, with a twinkle in his eye, perused our "document" and then, in his most official tone, phoned not one but two airlines to clear our departure on either one. We made it. A very precious, very short vacation was salvaged. The Kerbins know their way around the Virgin Islands. They're so helpful it's almost worth getting stuck there just to enjoy their friendly assistance.
Two years ago Jim established Tamarind School after teaching in a prep school near Christiansted, St. Croix, and finding it wanting. His new school is ungraded, and his 55 students include 15 island natives, who Jim says must ordinarily accept low-quality education in the all-black public schools while the white children attend private schools. The school is constructed on the foundations of slave quarters built when St. Croix had a booming sugar industry, and the venture is an exciting labor of love, to judge by Jim's and Astrid's descriptions of their work—challenges, frustrations, successes.
While on successes, let it be recorded that Red Hennigar has become a partner in Burgess & Leith, Boston stockbrokers. He joined the firm in 1962 and was named vice president of sales in 1969. Red is also a director of the Melrose Cooperative Bank in Melrose. Red, Jill, and their four children live in Reading.
CPA-lawyer Stan Bergman is on the lecture circuit with his unusual qualifications. Domiciled in New Haven, Stan recently spoke to the Bridgeport Life Underwriters Association on "The Pros and Cons of the Professional Corporation." He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1959 and became a certified public accountant in 1962. He's a member of both the Connecticut Bar and American Bar Association tax committees.
Another '55-at-law, Dave Page, report that "things are going very well for me in the practice of corporate law here in Detroit, and in life in general." As demonstrable evidence, Dave notes that he and Andrea had their second son, Jason William, last October 14. His brother Mart is 3 ½.
Gus Aberle has been named to the newly created position of Marketing Manager for Contemporary Building Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Florida Gas Com- pany. In a new 120,000 sq. ft. plant near Orlando, the company has begun manufac- turing homes by assembly-line methods using preformed structural panels. Gus' market will be major land developers and builders throughout Florida. He left an 11 year career with U. S. Steel in Pittsburgh to make the move south. Gus and his wife, the former Caryl Heitmann, have two daughters, Elizabeth and Pamela.
Peripatetic international insurance man Tony Kreulen now hangs his hat in Th Hague. You can find him through Orbis Verzekering Maatschappij N. V. in the Hofpassage Building, Buitenhof 47. Tony was previously in the Far East for manv years, his last stop Bangkok.
Navy Commander Georgre Fenzl moved from a National Security Agency assignment in Washington to the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, Calif.
Bill Lyon has returned to his home town of Lake Forest, Ill., after tours of duty in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. He's major accounts manager for A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., soybean and corn processor, in Chicago. He deals with major buyers like Kraft and Quaker Oats, enough business to keep him well occupied without traveling, "fortunately." Bill has been with Staley for ten years after an M.B.A. at Northwestern. He and Marilyn have four children.
Don Hummel carries coals to Newcastle. A Chicago banker (v.p. of the Northern Trust), his territory now is New York. There he occasionally calls on Jay Olson, new treasurer of GAF Corp. Don was recently named to the executive council and finance committee of the Boy Scouts' Northeastern Illinois Council.
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