1955

As the weather anticipates a change and the pulse quickens, the fall season in New Hampshire cannot fail but come to mind.

This will be particularly true for Pete Briggs, who moved several years ago from the Boston waterfront to South Hampton, N.H. "Never heard of it? Good! The 'pull-in-the-gangplank' mentality prevails." As Pete suggests, he "has a nice spot and over half of their property line is the 'thread' of the Pow Wow (would you believe it?) River." Pete left the Bank of Boston and corporate America in May of this year to "pursue other interests," namely, a financial advisory service to clients of selected plaintiff law firms that he has been dealing with. (He loves it.)

Mike Gorton wrote following his winter of playing hockey on the team The Atoms, which was in first place in the Massachusetts NNHA league of 22 teams. Mike reported that in one of the games he crunched a gal ("she's a nasty, dirty player") into the boards and spent two minutes in the penalty box for charging—to the cheers of his teammates. (Was that part of Mike's college education?)

Pete Greenfield is now in Lancaster, Pa., as the Rev. Canon of St. John's Episcopal Church. With Carol (his Wigwam bride) he works in a heterogeneous parish in the middle of the city. They have four children of their own (all grown) and have participated in raising 13 others. Carol teaches preschool hearing impaired. Pete's parish is in the process of being recognized by the Episcopal Church as a model of community outreach.

Jay Olson, after going through two major restructurings and takeovers with Reichhold Chemicals and GAF, decided to go into business for himself, advising Fortune 500 clients on the ways of optimizing shareholder value. He and his wife, Lyn, are now residents of Naples, Fla., and use that as their home base and "just plain sunny, retirement fun." They visit Brooks Parker, already with a second home in Naples. There must be something to it. Jay can't recall enjoying his life as much since his first year of married life in Wigwam Village the Wigwamers obviously never told us all these things while we were still undergraduates. Between assignments Jay plays tennis, golf, and goes fishing.

Frank Carlton, still hard at it, had a great 1987 with the completion of their multimillion dollar cut-through project and water treatment plant in addition to opening their "new" city hall in the remodeled old railroad station. Frank is city manager of Pikesville, Ky., but that didn't restrict him from attending three family reunions in Lake Tahoe, Nev.; Middlebury, Vt.; and Kentucky.

Fred Crocker, president of the Crocker Insurance Agency in Herkimer, has been appointed to the Utica Region Board of Marine Midland Bank. Fred entered the family insurance business following service in the U.S. Navy. He is a supervisor of the Town of Herkimer, and in 1986 received the council's Distinguished Citizen Award. He's been plenty active in Herkimer and is currently a director of the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts.

Jim Tremblay has been named president of Information Alliance Company, Inc., a new company in Pittsfield, Mass. Jim had been manager of accounting operations at GE Plastics, which with Geary Corp. of Pittsfield formed the Information Alliance Company. (At least Jim can stay in Pittsfield.)

Ending on a New England note, Jud Hale was the commencement speaker at Champlain College in Burlington. As the college said, "His presence certainly added a nice dimension to their program." Jud, in addition to being editor of Yankee, is a trustee of Inherit New Hampshire, a statewide historic-preservation organization. (That's so those of us who don't retire to Naples, Fla., can retire to New Hampshire, and still recognize the state).

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