1963

Secretary, 11 Nelson St. Keene, N. H. 03431

Treasurer, 26 The Oaks Roslyn Estates, N. Y. 11576

"Freeman A .Ford of Atherton (Calif.) is in the enviable position, it would seem, of a man who has built a better mousetrap," according to a Bay Area newspaper. "What he has come up with, hoping the world will beat a path to his door, sounds pretty good: a reasonably-priced solar energy system to heat swimming pools."

Freeman, who has formed his own company to manufacture the device, notes happily that there are more than 40,000 swimming pools in the Bay Area. Now, if someone would please turn on the sun.

Our Ohio bureau chief, Dick Bragaw '62 of the Columbus Daily News, reports the resignation earlier this year of Jim Friedman as Gov. John J. Gilligan's executive counsel and top staff aide. Bragaw writes: "Friedman was assigned twin responsibilities of administering the governor's stewardship of state government and handling political matters. He was Gilligan's spokesman with the cabinet and undertook the immense task of rebuilding the Ohio Democratic party and dispensing patronage jobs."

All of this was apparently physically overwhelming for Jim, whom Bragaw described as driving "himself at an incredible pace." Exhaustion, illness and some occupational hazards of politics evidently combined to spring Jim from his perch.

Elsewhere oil the "political" scene, RonFoley is serving as the first president of the Prospect, Conn., Jaycees, which he helped to organize last year. "We are trying to bring identity and unity to a very decentralized town and the battle against apathy and "old guard' resistance has been both an education and a pleasant surprise." It is not a hopeless struggle, however. Ron has three committed campaign assistants — wife Betty Lou, daughter Colleen, 5, and son Ron, 3—who bolster his morale in those dark moments when the old guard seems to be getting the upper hand. (For rest and relaxation, Ron enjoys life as head methods analyst for Colonial Bank and Trust in Waterbury).

Sam Cabot had the temerity to correct my reference to him in the June issue as president of Samuel Cabot Inc. He claims to be the treasurer, instead. Well, Sam, if you don't want to be president . . .

Here's an item that I hesitate to publish. It clearly compromises one of our cherished cornerstones to the Dartmouth tradition. But Barry Linsky has been promoted marketing manager for Tetley Tea.

This sobering thought reminds me to mention that Bob Bysshe has been elected a vice president in the national banking department of Bankers Trust in New York. Bob has been with the bank since graduation and we can be certain that being a vice president entails some fairly important work. And I would love to tell you what it is, but the bank's press machine is rather secretive about the matter, stating: "His responsibilities include traveling throughout western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.' For further information, it says call Ms Barbara Stein (212) 692-6984.

To conclude our business section, we note yet another new bank veep: CharlieParton at Fidelity Union Trust Co. in Newark, New Jersey. Charlie also is vice president of the Dartmouth Club of Essex and Morris counties and assistant treasurer of the Mortgage Bankers Association of New Jersey . . . My god, another vice president. Charles Pugh, a newly-elected vice president of Wheat, First Securities in Richmond, Va . . . Frank McGrath has resumed work as a systems analyst for Fireman's Fund American in San Francisco after spending two years recuperating from an accident in late 1969. Frank reports that his earlier managerial job with General Electric was abolished "while I was unconscious." On the brighter side, Frank, wife Janet, Scott, nine, and Melinda, five, "all love earthquake country."

Medical Center: Joe Ruwitch and JimAnderson have been having a "heart to heart" relationship during the past year. Joe has a fellowship in cardiology and Jim a residency in cardiovascular surgery at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver.

An off-beat trailer to this note is Dr.Ned Harley's display this spring of abstract paintings at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Ned. a psychiatrist (appropriately for an abstract painter), has been on the staff of the college's student health center since 1970. His works have been exhibited in one-man shows at Harvard's Loeb Center and at the Sun Sign Gallery in Boulder.

Three more have eliminated themselves from the '63 holdout marathon: Ken Foley and Sarah Ellen Miska of Pittsboro, N. C., were married August 12. Sarah is a graduate of the University of North Carolina. Ken has more degrees than I can count: Cornell Law, Harvard master's, and diploma in comparative legal studies from Cambridge University. They'll live in Akron . . . Chuck Pfeifer was married June 24 to Shelley Hill Gile in Chatham, Mass. Shelley is a graduate of Miss Porter's School, Rye (N. Y.) Country Day School and the University of Denver . . . And Charlie Logan was to be married this summer to Sarah Jacquelyn Cundiff, a graduate of Radford College.

Additions to the Dartmouth family tree: son of Bill Gerchick — Jonas Rollin Gerchick (third in line of succession); daughter of Bruce Birch, another girl, Margaret McKinley; and a second daughter, Amy Rebecca, for Mitzi and Jacques Shure.

And we'll all sleep peacefully tonight knowing that Bill Subin has been appointed head of the Major Crimes Division of the Camden (N. J.) County Prosecutor's office.