1946

Sitting here looking out my office window I can safely report that mother nature has been very kind to the eyes of New Englanders this fall. To put it mildly, the colors have been nothing short of spectacular. I don't know whether we should give credit to the woolybears, less or more rainfall, or whatever, but it .sure provides balm for the harried soul.

There has been plenty of activity but I haven't seen a '46er in town so far this fall. To my knowledge, no one showed for the Penn game, and you all missed a great day and fun game. Coach Yukica provided us with a whole new brand of football which even the ladies enjoyed. The team lacks a depth of talent, but regardless of the score they show lots of class.

Thinking of changes for the better, your globe-trotting secretary has just brought forth a major change in his business life. Our company successfully sold off a major portion of its business which was located in the fair city of Tulsa, Okla. Last year this part of the business required yours truly to take 22 round trips to Tulsa, three to Europe, and one around the world, and this has been going on for more years than I care to recall. In many ways I will miss involvement with the flight-training equipment business, but must admit the prospect of a five-mile commute to our remaining plant in Lebanon (producing special aircraft lighting systems) is a timely and exciting move for a weary traveler.

Richard H. Flicker did me one better, selling his entire company three years ago. Now with the conclusion of a three-year management contract, he is preparing to embark on a new career. Dick lives in Ridgewood, N.J., and among other things has been most helpful in the Dartmouth Club of North New Jersey. He is the past president and currently is interviewing chairman.

Those of you cruising in the Chesapeake this fall keep your eyes out for a motor-sailer named Wah-hoo-wah with green stripes on the sails. It will be Welles Fendrich who lives in the Washington, D.C., area as vice president of corporate development for Research-Cottrell, Inc.

Word comes from Hartford, Conn., that Arnold S. Cartin has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of the Capitol Light and Supply Company of Hartford. Also from the Connecticut area comes word of the good works of Robert Winstanley with local soccer enthusiasts. Bob is president of the Citizens National Bank in Fairfield and has had a long and active interest in soccer since his days when we played together for the Big Green. He was co-chairman of a program conducted for the third consecutive year by the New Canaan Sports Council in addition to being Fairfield County's representative to the Friends of UConn Soccer Club.

As would be expected, the number of 46 progeny coming to the College is dropping off sharply. This year only four matriculated with the Class of '82 and, as a forerunner of things to come, we have achieved parity with two women and two men. They are Ann E. Bailey and Jean Witte, daughters of Hamilton Bailey and John Witte; and Bennett A. Murtha and Jared R. Smith, sons of Andrew Murtha and Professor Robinson Smith.

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