1937
With deepest regret we must announce the sudden death of Jack Hopwood in Winnipeg, Canada. He was with us only freshman year but we'll wager there are few who don't recall his personable presence on campus. For details see the obituary section this or next month. We also had a near-miss with Katie Bankart whom we rushed to the hospital in March just in time with a strangulated intestine. At this writing she's home recuperating but we can thank God for our proximity to the best in diagnosis and immediate (Sunday) surgery.
A surprising change of address from long-time Pelham, N.Y., resident, Jack Mauder, to Chelsea, Mass. He became attracted to the Boston area due to frequent visits with his two daughters at Emmanuel College where the eldest Michele is now teaching while earning her Doctorate in Fine Arts at B.U. Since tight money in New York created a poor real estate situation Jack had an opportunity to represent Wooten & Associates, the Dallas-based financial firm that recently floated a $200 million loan of Arabian oil money for investment in this country (WSJ March 5). Thus he took the plunge and moved. Wooten has strong money sources in Western Europe as well as the Mideast.
Dave Hall left MacGuire Advertising in Boston a year ago yet continues residency here with no phone. We hope he may read this and give us a call. Two other missing classmates on whom we have spent a postage fortune are in Canada. Fred Klein (with Mand Carpet in California to Harding Carpet in Toronto - las: known), and Morgan Butler with three moves in Canada, last in Delta, British Columbia. Anyone with knowledge of these folks can earn brownie points for writing us.
Dr. Dick Woods pens a note from Corpus Christie, Texas, where he is director of surgery at a 500-bed hospital and working harder than ever. Wife Helen in addition to her pediatric practice, is consultant to the school district. Dr. Collin MacCarty has been appointed to the board of overseers at the Dartmouth Medical School. Charley Collis, president of Princess House Inc. was elected to the board of directors of The First County National Bank of Brockton, Mass., nearby his Dighton headquarters. We have a nice note from Welly Clark's widow Midge expressing her appreciation to the Class for the memorial book in his name at Baker library.
John Ohlinger ended his overseas Air Force assignment in the Philippines last August and is now executive officer to the Base Comptroller Wright-Patterson AFB. He installed his family in the old family estate in Toledo and commutes weekends. He will retire in the spring of 1975 and may open an accounting office in Toledo but will also write a documentation of the interesting life of his dad who died two years ago John's active flying days ended in 1968 with C-130's in Vietnam.
Time readers of the Midatlantic edition may have been startled to suddenly be faced with a full-page American Bank ad of Carl Erdman which credited him with running the largest trust department in the bank's area but still finding time to be active with the YMCA and other youth groups as well as being president of the Wyomissing Borough Council (issue 18 Feb 74). We thank Jean Breitinger for sending it along. She reports Bill slowly improving and able to say a few more words. He also gets home for visits more often. She and daughter Marcia just returned from two weeks visiting in California.
We are now midway in the Fund campaign This year the oil crisis as well as the adverse return on endowment has the College over a barrel, a fact which by now has been fully publicized. Unfortunately our college has nowhere else to turn for help but to us alumnni. Frank Robin as new agent got off to a great start with his advance gift program that was met with quick response from many regulars. This year the goal is higher but the need greater. You know that you plan to give so before you write the check, think twice, and perhaps - give twice.
Secretary, 10 Colby Rd. Wellesley, Mass. 02181
Class Agent, 419 Princeton Ave. Metedeconk, N.J. 08723
