1933

Ned Hird has gone a long way since he, Byron McCoy, Weldon Brown and Miller Wachs used to rove the New Hampshire outback, singing and preaching to the erring North County natives. Starting in the family textile business after graduation, when things tightened up, he moved to operating textile mills, having served three years in the Navy in WW 11. Then, when the business vamoosed to the south and abroad, he turned to selling 50-foot boats for a living for 10 years. Then, seeking diversion, he took to the road as a merchant of radio pagers, but a refusal to kowtow to his boss terminated that occupation. Finally, he ended up working for his son in the printing business in St. Augustine, Florida, where he now lives. Not totally satisfied with that pursuit, he contacted us as an advocate for the Hanover Institute, an organization headed by John Mac Govern '78 dedicated to defeating moves to weaken the alumni body vis-a-vis the administration, and claiming an upset victory in the recent election of'T.J. Rodgers '70, a libertarian, as a trustee.

As part of his campaigning, Ned called upon his fellow quartet member, Miller Wachs, our class president, in Stratford, Connecticut, and had a pleasant visit with Miller and Margaret, the sister of Weldon Brown. Miller feels the urge to write his memoirs and he has had noteworthy experiences in his years of working on the Sikorsky helicopters, so we hope he starts sitting at the computer very promptly.

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