1949
The Forty-Nine fall reunion is a pleasant time to visit Hanover, and on Oktoberfest 11-13 a numerous delegation of our classmates will be enjoying the North Country scenery and some local color. In addition to the foliage, the Big Green may leave the Princeton Oranges a little black and blue. The great number of familiar faces at the class functions guarantees an enjoyable fall weekend for all, including the youngsters.
You can count on seeing Barbara and RayTruncellito at the games this year. Jim '77 is a promising soph halfback and had a great year as a freshman. His predilection for carrying the ball must come from all those years when running guard Ray was clearing the openings for the backs.
Talking about running, one of our West Coast stringers came through with a big article from The San Francisco Chronicle entitled "Non Runner Kopp's Big Victories." Reading the fine print, it is clear that Quent the Great is superactive in the local political scene even though he isn't on the slate himself this year. The writeup has some colorful comments on our pal including "the big winner in Tuesday's election," "an outspoken supporter of hard nosed reform that the voters adore," "cashes in on those winning chips," "none quite so spectacular" and "if Kopp decides to run for Mayor in 1975." We all know they couldn't get a better one. The only surprise in the article was that the reporter forgot to point out how the Big Q stands out "above the crowd."
One guy who can't afford a crowd in the wrong place is Burt Proom, general manager of the Nuclear Energy Liability Property Insurance Association. Do you think he got his initial exposure to big blasts up there North of Boston? Burt has had a distinguished career in insurance as a vice president of Maryland Casualty Co., one of the giants in the business, and as president of the Insurance Society of Philadelphia. He and Carolyn are enjoying life at 34 Rocklyn Drive in Simsbury, Conn.
Not far away at 896 Main Street in Woodbury, Conn., lives Doug Thomson whose picture graced the last issue. Doug has had so many promotions at Uniroyal that it is hard to keep track of them, not to mention his heavy involvement in civic affairs, and. a nine handicap. Meanwhile, while he is out on the links, Betty has been very active in real estate which has become a sideline for several '49er wives. Son Gordon is a Big Green prospect a few years from now, and daughter Brooke is a junior at Hollins in Roanoke.
We hope that Al Quirk, Sam Smith, and JayEvans won't mind if we pass on a few personal observations for daughters with a particular interest in southeast colleges namely that Hollins and its neighbor Sweet Briar are first class. On the coed front, Duke and Vanderbilt are really impressive. In the 2,700 student size Wake Forest is a fine school with one of the most attractive campuses in the country. In the 1,500 range Davidson is excellent and has similarities to Dartmouth circa 1920.
For those worried about the unsettled international situation we're glad Colonel ChuckHayward is back in control at the Pentagon, after five years in varied locales like Paris, Stuttegart, and Tayninh, Viet Nam where he certainly earned his pay. Chuck and Barbara are relaxing at 8500 Crown Place, Alexandria, along with those of their six children who aren't off to college.
The international business scene needs strengthening, which was what lured Jim Fowler from Wall Street to Park Avenue where he is associated with Satra Corp., one of the largest firms that specializes in trading with Russia and Eastern Europe. In addition to his background in investment banking and business, Jim is at home in more languages than you can count including Russian, German, French, and Hungarian. It all started when he picked Russian as a gut course in 1946.
While trying to eat our ham and eggs a few weeks ago, we were struck by a familiar face in the middle of the front page of The New YorkTimes. Chairman Urstadt of the Battery Park Commission. Ellie may claim she didn't take the picture, but there was Jay as big as life, dispensing words of wisdom to more dignitaries than you could count including Governor Wilson, Mayor Beame, Robert Moses, and a guy that looked like Schleswig Holstein.
After that eye opener we turned to The WallStreet Journal for the latest saga of Sugar King Jim Krentler from Englewood, Colo., who by accurate counts has had his name in the financial column 232 times this year. As the chairman of the board of Great Western United Jim has the type of frustrating problem we'd all like For three years he tried valiantly to arrange the sale of Great Western's sugar beet plants to large farmers cooperative in Colorado for a modest $58 million. Then just as the sale about to be consummated, the price of sugar went up so much that the plants were coining money, so Jim decided to keep them, "H0w sweet it is."
Turning to the sports page, Ed Graham an partner Bob Alden looked good at the Us Open at Forest Hills. Jimmie Connors managed to come out on top on the tennis courts, but he made the mistake of challenging Ed, who calmly proceeded to whitewash him in three straight sets of backgammon. Like they say, it takes talent.
The last time we saw Chink Meyer was back in the Air Force in 1953 when he was buildinlanding strips in Korea. After that he and Mar spent 20 years with Exxon, including top executive assignments in Brazil and Pakistar Chink left Exxon a few years ago to go into business for himself in East Aurora, N.Y Always a money maker, he now has three operations going and is starting a fourth. Also bought a local farm for hay, timber, family fur and of course tax shelter. Seven year old Brayton III gets a big kick out of the farm. which beats the heck out of watching TV. Ann is thinking about going to Nursing School in Syracuse next year.
1945 members tripping to Edinburgh, Scotland, this spring and registered by Jane Yatescamera are (from left) Tom Yates and Shirley and Joe Michael.
Jay Urstadt '49 (r), chairman of Battery Park City Authority Commission, explains a"point," aimed by N.Y. Governor Wilson, (c) at ceremonies marking start of constructionof Battery Park City in September. New York Mayor Beame is at left.
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