1954

A cold, snowy, wintry day was brightened by Jim Love's great newsletter. The only problem is that he appears to be getting all the news that's fit to print. I think our treasurer, Dick Barker, must be sending all your dues notice notes to Love instead of to Alpert. It's apparent that I not only have to write the news, but I have to go out and gather it.

Following up on an address change for Dick Gates brought an informative answering letter. Dick and Ginny and the family have moved to North Palm Beach, Fla., from Grand Rapids, Mich. Anybody smart enough to exchange those two climates is obviously going to do all right. Dick decided to reestablish himself in Florida after years in the cold Midwest. He is combining careers as a financial consultant and an associate with a CPA firm where he does management advisory work and tax planning with a return to school, where he is boning up to sit for the CPA exam. It sounds like a lot of activity for the old "pear." Dick sends an invitation to anyone passing through North Palm Beach to give him a call at his new address, Old Port Cove, Apt. D-5, 1208 Marine Way, North Palm Beach, Fla. 33408.

In perusing the Troy, N.Y., paper, I found a couple of distinguished pictures of a familiar face, that face belonging to George W. O'Connor, former Public Safety Commissioner of Troy. The article quoted George's views of the local police bureau, which he headed for 2½ years until his resignation in September of this past year. The article is a free-wheeling interview with George that dealt with the operations of a police department and looked at the philosophical problems of bringing the police and the community closer together. To quote George, "Police become a high visibility minority group. The members wear funny clothes, talk funny, and rely on their fellow members." According to George, this makes the people and the police more aware of each other and the situation deteriorates. It's certainly an interesting analysis. Apparently, George is still living in Troy, although not currently involved in the law enforcement work he's been so closely identified with for so many years.

The economy is looking up, and apparently so are things for Shelly Woolf. A recent report for National Hardgoods Distributors, Inc., of which Shelly is president, indicated that profits were up more than fourfold in the fiscal third quarter. I guess that should help Shelly to put all his girls through college.

Thomas Agan has been awarded a Ph.D. in history from the University of New York at Albany. Tom is currently teaching at Paul Smith College in Albany.

I keep getting most interesting letters from Charlie Morrison. Of course, being the well-organized individual that he is, the letters have a purpose. They really are fund raising letters for the Tuck Annual Giving campaign, of which Charlie is national chairman. By all accounts, Charlie is doing a great job in leading the Tuck School Annual Giving campaign to new and significant highs. Where Charlie finds the time to devote to such an important activity is a mystery, since he is fully occupied as the managing partner of Arthur Anderson & Company's Boston office. Charlie, Frannie, and their two sons live in Needham in a Peter Bullis-designed house.

Speaking of Peter Bullis, our musical architect is still actively involved in the Black Eagle Jazz Band. If you live in the Boston area and turned on Channel 5 the first week in January, you might have seen a familiar face strumming the banjo. Peter and his group of slightly aging amateur professionals were playing Dixieland on one of the Boston morning shows. Peter has been involved with this group of professional and business men for some time in a nationally recognized jazz combination. They have apparently made a name for themselves in the jazz world with their part-time band which plays on weekends in various parts of the country. So watch out for the Black Eagle Jazz Band. You never know where it will turn up.

That does it for now.

Secretary, Alperts, Inc. 100 Highland Ave. Seekonk, Mass. 02771

Treasurer, 30 Juniper Ave., Wakefield, Mass. 01880