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Spring, that ideal time of year which to me is the most enjoyable, is finally upon us and all fall and winter news shall be disposed of within this column. Corporate promotions are always welcome and in December we learned that Howard Akerley, formerly regional underwriting manager of the New Hampshire Insurance Co. was named assistant secretary. Also from New England comes news of a major shake-up within the N.E. Telephone Co. It appears in rereading my columns that Bill Mercer's outfit gets more space than virtually any institution, but, this time it's a pleasure to write about Julian Hartwell instead of Bill. Since 1968 Julie's been general manager for N.E. Tel. in New Hampshire and has now been promoted to the post of general operations manager for the company's southeast division in Massachusetts. Bill's been living in N.H., but our guess is that he'll return to the environs of his native Somerville. A long-time Ma Bell employee, he's come up thru the ranks having served three years with AT&T in New York and with New England Tel's labor relations department. While on the subject of the august com- pany, a delightful letter from Bill Mercer relates that he and Mona are fully settled in Wellesley where they have lots of time to see their four grandchildren (all located in New England). He writes, "Incidentally three of them are good Dartmouth potentials—although the distaff member will probably be the one who makes it!"
The University of Hartford (Conn.) has made the announcement that Russ Neisloss will become its vice president and treasurer next October. He will join the universty administration next month to learn the fiscal structure, making analysis of middle management his first concern, and then will be chief financial officer. Since 1968 Russ has been vice president and controlles of Hartford's G. Fox & Company, which he joined in 1948.
From our nation's capital comes word that TedGates, formerly assistant special representative for trade negotiations of the International Business and Economic Research Corp., has been appointed vice president and director of economic research. Our best to you, Ted!
A newsy letter from Dick Goulder's Zelda brings us up to date on the current mayor of Shaker Heights, Ohio—namely our own WaltKelley. It may seem like musical chairs, but the ex-mayor resigned as did a councilman. Walt was named to the councilman's seat (he's been law director of that Cleveland suburb for 15 years). The mayor's post was then offered to the vice mayor who declined the job and simultaneously resigned. Walt was then named vice mayor and subsequently moved into the mayor's chair. If you can follow all those political machinations then it might interest you to know that the previous vice mayor was then renamed to the post. I dare you to reread that paragraph and make sense' out of it! Anyhow, congratulations, Walt. Also from Zel Goulder we learned that Bill Bumsted had been in Cleveland and that Jack Ingersoll had moved into a new home. Mrs. Goulder's notes always contain lots of welcome news. In addition to the above she wrote that Jay Weinberg was surprised for his 55th birthday by being taken on a "sealed orders" surprise trip to Bermuda and that the Weinbergs are building a house between Middlebury, Vt. and Hanover. There's more news from the Cleveland area, but I think they've had their share of this column this month so will hold it for you for the future.
A personal note of thanks to Bob Graham and Atwell "Bud" Smith for their brief notes from Hanover & Birmingham, Mich.; respectively. A newsy Christmas card-letter from Bob and JuneAustin who gave up their Virgin Island living last spring to become full-time residents of New Hampshire. Quoting in part from their letter, "We moved into an old house on the main street of this quiet New England town (Warner, N.H.). The house is an 1830 Cape that grew and grew into an 1890 vintage Victorian with a four-story tower, 18 rooms (ten heated), shed and barn. Sadly, there are no fireplaces, but we do have a lovely, black, iron wood stove in the kitchen. And it's a nice place to pull up the rocking chair and put your feet in the oven on a cold day.
"Lisa, now 14, is a freshman at Kearsarge Regional High School. Peter, age 20, has now returned to the 'North Country' where he worked last year. Patricia, 22, flew to Denmark where she is living with friends who are teachers, and taking care of their two young children and running the household. Susan, now 25, has just joined her for a few months." Bob was fortunate to find a December to April job at the ski shop at Mt. Sunapee State Park. It must be quite a change from beach combing on St. Croix! Bob's ad- ditional comment is that the ski business has changed drastically in the last 11 years and for you non-skiers this not only includes equipment but technique (i.e. leaning backwards instead of forward, etc.)
Again my thanks to all you agile writers. Keep up the good work and when you read this column drool while ye secretary and spouse are enjoying a three-week holiday in London and Spain.
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