1964

I can't believe it's autumn already, leaves are turning, pigskins are flying, and kids are sniffling. Nothing dramatic happened to me other than I failed for the third straight summer to successfully grow broccoli. I'm successful at tomatoes (who isn't?) and sweetpeas, semi-successful at let,tuce and carrots (forgot to thin them), but a complete failure at "the broc." So my plea this month is two-fold. First, and this pertains to my new class job, I beseech you to send along all info (exclude any material rated "X") to me for the column. Two, anyone who can give me a broccoli lesson, please let me know. Most of you and your wives, (can't forget the better, brighter, and more beautiful half) I know are dabbing in tennis, golf, bridge, or skiing lessons, all too expensive for me. So I'm looking for a free broccoli lesson.

Now for the news at hand. I received a "blurb" this summer where Leonard Green (may I call you Lenny?) was to get married July 13, 1975. For any of you superstitious people, I checked and getting married on the thirteenth does not make your marriage any worse than marriage "by definition" is. By the time this news is printed, Lenny will be firmly ensconsed in matrimonial bliss. Lenny married Elinor P. Weiner of Brookline, Mass. Elinor graduated from Suffolk University and earned a Master's Degree at New England University. She has been teaching exceptional children. This is great preparation not only for marriage but for Lenny.

I happened to talk to Kent Stockton this summer and he's fine. Kent is a doctor in Riverton, Wyo. He wanted me to spread the word that presently he has a solo practice but is looking for help to share the responsibilities out there. He is hoping that either an obstetrician or general practitioner will hear the call and go west and join him in practice. All correspondence can be directed to him in Riverton, Wyoming. (This address is adequate.)

Tony Thompson is back. Spread the word, Tony Thompson is back. Tony returned from Australia after a few years to settle in his home town of Stowe, Vt. I bumped into him by pure chance in the Common Man Restaurant in Waitsfieid, Vt. Needless to say my presence ruined his appetite. His wife Elizabeth is a quick-witted, warm beautiful Australian who keeps Tony in his place. Tony is in the oil business in Stowe and needless to say we both got "oiled" that night and a few weeks later when they were so gracious to entertain us at their home. Tie me Kangaroo down, sport!

Fran Hanlon - lawyer excelsior with Ropes and Gray in Boston, has also moved. He and Marcy now live in Duxbury, Mass. It is super to have these experts handy to me. One can keep the internal revenue off my back, while the other can keep me out of jail.

Larry Mitchell is thriving in Los Gatos, Calif., where he is a production manager for Hewlett Packard. Talking about Californians, Frank Herringer is a biggy. He has become the head of the San Francisco Transit System. The name of the system is B.A.R.T. standing for Bay Area Rapid Transit. It has had a checkered history of performance Since 1972. So the big guns of San Fran called upon Frank to shape up the system. Formerly, Frank had been the head of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. (I wonder if he used any of Perry Butler's pull to land the job. Perry has been a very successful restaurateur in San Francisco for many years now.) As the head of the U.M.T.A., he was concerned with programs for buss and car pool transportation. He was instrumental last year in pushing through Congress the Administration's plan that provides 12 billion dollars in transit aid over a six year period. - Wah-Hoo-Wah, Frank!

Well that's it for this month. Keep those cards and letters coming folks and let us all wish Jake well. Well Jake?

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