1941

Just outside my window there is grass waiting to be cut and a garden waiting to be planted, so I guess it is at last safe to announce that spring is here. The Harveys spent most of what passed for early spring in taking leave of Block Island (our first attempt to move the furniture off was thwarted by the great April blizzard) and resettling in a new house in Essex. It's only a four-wood distant from our previa time quarters, and as soon as the curtains are up and the rugs down, we'll be delighted to offer shelter and/or refreshment to all '41s who pass this way.

In the midst of it all, though, I did to make a couple of personal sighting"7" Billings and I, with wives, represented 19 the annual dinner of the Southeastern Concut Dartmouth Club. If all went on scheX' Zeke and Dickey, at about the time this being written, were taking off on an west trip around the world.

And then one day Bill Hammond and Bill Broer headed east from Cheshire, Conn.. headed north from Essex, and we collided by pre-arrangement in Cromwell, where we lunch. W. Hammond clearly thrives on recent retirement from Anaconda, reported here a couple months ago. W. Broer describe himself as "sort of semiretired," which seemed to mean that he didn't have to hurry back to the office from lunch. He's working in sales an finance with Microtech, a microwave-communications hardware firm in Cheshire.

Marsh and McLennan Inc., which admits t being the world's largest insurance broker, has named Ed Larner as a managing director, member of the board of managing directors which comprises the "professional partnership of the firm. Ed has been with M&M since 1941 and a vice president since 1963. Since 197" he has headed their seven-office eastern termor, centered in Boston.

We got word of Dave McGaughey's new responsibilities from two directions. First, the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company formally announced that Dave had been appointed medical director of insurance medicine. He's been associated as a physician with Connecticut General since 1952. Then, Dave's ex-roommate, Phil Hall, saw the newspaper reports of this event and sent us a clipping. As for Phil, he's still spending November-April H Long-Boat Key, Fla., with a monthly trip back to Meriden, Conn., to tend to his paper business there.

A couple of quick items. Larry Norton mentions that "our.three children are all married son and daughter here in Richmond. Va., with our five grandchildren, and the othei son in Atlanta." And from Washington. Dick Krolik says that his connection with the Braui public relations firm "didn't survive publication of the news it was a non-job. He's doing consulting now, for AT&T and Time Inc., among others.

And finally, I have here a whole stack of notes that all say in effect, "It was a great re union, great to see everybody again. Among those subscribing to such sentiments were Lew Johnstone, Dotty Redington. Dick paul Mahoney, Bill Hartman, Bill Hotaling, Paul Mahoney, honey, and Ab Combes.

Next Friday, as I write this, your aentatives will be gathering in Hanover for *Z annual Class Officers' Weekend. I expect ill be '41 business transacted while will if so, you'll get a full report when monthly missives resume in the October MAGAZINE. Until then, as we said in the olden bp, have a good summer.

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