1939
We have a belated report of the death of JimPattridge on July 3, 1971. Word reached us from a neighbor of Jim's, after he had noted a change of address listed in this column, and properly assumed that we were not aware of Jim's passing. We hope to have a piece in the June obituary section.
Ralph Holben clears up the mystery of an ever-changing address. He writes that after nearly ten years in Asia he has returned to the Latin American area with an assignment to AID in the Dominican Republic. Posts in Asia included West Pakistan (Karachi), East Pakistan (Dacca), Turkey, and most recently Saigon where he stayed from March 1971 to the end of October '73. Ralph plans to be at the June Reunion when he promises more details to those classmates who are interested.
From Don Bridge we learn that he is now in the export business after having spent 30 years in the hardware field. "Our youngest Amy is now a junior at Central Washington State. Elsie and I are selling our home in South Pasadena, Calif., and moving to the beach." Don reports seeing Jim Powers a couple of times a year, which we can personally verify, having spent a most pleasant evening with Jim during a late March trip to Houston and a broadcast convention. For all who knew Jim Powers in college, we would say that he hasn't changed a bit. You can take Powers out of New Hampshire and into Texas, but you can't take the power out of Powers. A successful contractor who has been in the forefront of the building boom in fast-growing Houston, old "bubble-nose" knows everyone, helps most when they need a helping hand, and still maintains a crew cut albeit a bit greyer than in 1939. We also took the opportunity to call George Adams and had a pleasant chat on the phone, and George Jacobs and Roger Stanwood who both were out of their offices at the time of our call, so we made no contact. Adams and Stanwood were covered in our March and April columns. It was our impression that these men live in a very dynamic city where big things are being hatched and opportunity beckons. Incidentally, a fellow-delegate to the NAB convention was SamThurm. Sam, Ruth-Elaine, Math, and your scribe had a fine meal together on the final evening of the event, just following President Nixon's press conference, which drew the usual picketers with pro and con signs around the auditorium.
From Rod Albright we hear the following: "I have quit my job in the advertising business, making TV commercials, for 25 years. We have sublet our New York apartment, and Priscilla and I are taking a year's sabbatical, getting away from the city with the kids and living in our Airstream trailer, pretty much in National Forest campgrounds. Walking miles daily, bird watching, and sleeping like a log for a change. We have rented a small house on Whitehead, Grand Manan, N.B., for August and Sept."
Bob Barvoets has been elected president of the Albany Boys Clubs. Bob lives in nearby Loudonville and is in the printing and publishing business in Albany.
Dave Lilly, chairman of the board of The Toro Co., was elected to the board of directors of the First National Bank of Saint Paul at its meeting on Jan. 15. Directorships are hardly new to Dave as he also serves in a like post for the Dayton Hudson Corporation, General Mills Inc., the St. Paul Companies Inc. and Berkley and Company Inc., Spirit Lake, lowa. He is also a member of the board of trustees of Carlton College, and a former chairman of the board of directors of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank.
Tom Brooks kindly sent us an article featuring Skip Morse in Dun's Magazine entitled "New Man In The Executive Suite." It details how the "once lowly purchasing manager is moving up fast - maybe right to the top" and gives Skip's thoughts relative to his own promotions in the field with Union Camp Corp. as detailed in our column of a few months back.
Whit Cushing writes appropos of our upcoming Reunion that he will be exhibiting some of his drawings and paintings in the south lobby of Hopkins Center in some five illuminated wall cases and easels. He is offering 10 portrait sketches in ink for the class gifts section, husband, wife or child. They will take him 20 minutes to do he says, and are valued by him at $20. He is looking for some wives or responsible kids to "mind the store" while he is attending some of the events for those who might be interested. Whit has a new address at 161 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach, Fla. 33480.
And talking about new addresses, here are the latest from Hanover records: Ollie Babcock from Plantation, Fla. to 2300 North Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton, Fla. 33432; Bob Gibson from Wayzata, to 20300 Knightsbridge Rd., Shorewood, Minn. 55331; and a street change for George Lugrin from 213 to 240 Bay Dr., Massapequa, N.Y.
A few final notes: An executive committee meeting was held in New York on April 4 - which we could not attend. A report on this in our next. Also a final reminder on our 35th Reunioncoming up June 10 through 12. It looks likea good turnout. It's not too late to join the crowd.Sign up today!
A few springs ago: (l to r, front) Jackie Orr, Gus Broberg, Johnny Lendo, Capt. HalWonson '40, unidentified mascot, Tuffy Reeves '40. Pidge Hughes, Georgie Sexton; 2ndrow, Red O'Connor. Dick Burns '42, Bill Parmer '42, Coach Jeff Tesreau, WarrenKreter '42, Jack Zimmer '42, Bob Dewey '42; top, Doug Atwood, assistant manager,Chester Jones '42, Bob MacNeary '42, Jim Cooke '40, identified only as Peterson. Allothers are in the Class of 1941. Photo sent by Rich Fisher '4l.
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