1955

With the coming of spring, our classmates' thoughts apparently turn away from corresponding with their news-starved secretary. Undoubtedly, you are all saving postage for the fat envelopes containing your contributions to the Alumni Fund. As usual, Mike Gorton has his organization humming, and if our goal is not met, it won't be for lack of effort.

We did receive a short note from Bill Hudson. He writes from his home in Emmaus, Penn., that he is managing a regional shopping center outside Reading and that wife Joan is a very successful elementary school teacher.

Bill goes on to say that child number one, Holly, was married last June. His oldest son, Bill, is a senior at Penn State. His third child. Heather, is a student at Penn Academy of Fine Arts, and his youngest son, Christopher, is currently on a Rotary exchange program in Norway and will matriculate at Cornell in September. That's quite a bit of news for the back side of a class-dues bill.

A news release from Warner & Swasey reveals that Dick Hopkins has been named vice president-marketing of its turning machine division, the company's largest operating unit. Dick started with the company right after graduation. He has been serving as vice president-marketing for the company's grinding machine division in Worcester, Mass., since 1974. Prior to that, he had held a variety of sales positions for the turning machine division, the last having been that of Chicago district manager.

In his new position, Dick will be responsible for directing and coordinating the turning machine division's marketing operations, including sales, field services, marketing services, and advertising. The division builds computer numerically controlled automatic and manual turning machines and turret lathes.

Following our 20th reunion, we received a nice note from Sue Lang, a young lady who is proud to claim Bris Lang as her father.

She has again taken pen in hand and writes that she is now a senior in high school, is active in chorus, and will be entering the University of Colorado next fall. She notes that she met DaveOberlander's daughter Katie at the 20th, and finds that she also will be entering the University Colorado in September.

Sue says that father Bris is still working for the Hartford Insurance Group and that her mother Marilynn is teaching and working on her master's in education.

Brother Bris Jr. is 62 and 196 lbs., is still growing, and played quite a bit of high school football as a sophomore last Fall. Bris' youngest son, Fred, is a sixth grader who is heavily into tropical fish.

Sue ends by saying, "We are all looking forward to the 25th reunion as I'm sure the rest of the Class is." She goes on to say (and we reiterate), "Sorry our lives aren't as exciting as some of Dad's classmates' but at least you hear about us!"

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