Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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JOHN D. ANDERSON After leaving school, went to work for Lee Higginson and Co., in-V vestment firm at Boston. Continued in investment work until 1930 and then went to work for Retail Credit Co. which has its Home Ofiice in Atlanta, Georgia. Served in Boston Office of that Company as Assistant Manager and then became Manager for the Company at Worcester, Mass. For the past three years has been Manager in Maine for this company with offices in the Congress Square Building, Corner of High and Congress Streets in Portland, Maine. Residence for the past three years has been at Brook Road in West Falmouth, and in Portland am a member of the National Association of Life Underwriters and of the Lions Club. Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Lioness Club of Portland. Prior to going to Portland, lived at Auburn, Mass. where I was president of the Auburn Civic Club and where Mrs. Anderson belonged to the Auburn Woman's Club. Married to the former Virginia Armour of Malden, Mass. 11

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In 1933 we purchased our home in New Gloucester. There were several benefits from this: Q19 It gave us a sense of permanence and a home center that a boarding school master never reaches in those quarters, nice as some of them are. 121 It permitted me to know my father-in-law. Dr. Green, as a person, and to absorb some of his very real wisdom. Q32 It allowed my older son to know his granddad well before he died. C41 Lo be it spoken, it gave us our Maine citizenship, something that although we must allow it has certain tax benefits, is a possession we are all glad to hold. In 1936 George Washington's birthday and Charles Christian arrived simultaneously. He was a very quiet and easy baby-perhaps parents do learn on the poor first one- at least we never held mirrors in front of his mouth to see if he was breathing! The remaining years have been relatively uneventful except for the violent upheaval of changing from Belmont Hill, a school that I love dearly - one might almost say we grew up together - to Middlesex, a school with which, as as the years go by, I'm very proud and pleased to be associated. Possibly as President Conant of Harvard indicated, my years in these private institutions have been poorly spent. I think not. The boys we teach may, for the most part, come from the top segment of the population, economically speaking, but they seem to me like most good American boys. I approve of seeing and having something to do with teaching boys how to take it, both on the athletic fields and in the classrooms. For the young men in this type of institution learn to work hard, far harder than I ever did in public schcol. I think that lesson alone justifies our existence. This fall we saw our older son off for the Armed Services-to be honest, it was a wrench. As a good friend puts it: It is rather too bad that anything as good for boys as life in the Armed Services, carries with it as its ultimate purpose, destruction. Next fall our younger son leaves for college. Although the home won't be quite as lively as in the past, I hope that both Ma and Pa have a few good years left yet. 10

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I ggg 1 1 JOHN STEVENS ANDREWS Place and date of birth: Lawrence, Mass. June 1, 1904. Business or profession: Worked for two local investment firms from Feb. 1925 to Oct. 1929. Own in- vestment business, Andrews Kr Hibbard, 1929-1942. Represented Townsend, Dabney 8a Tyson, 1943 -1946. Opened branch office for the latter in Feb. 1946 fNew York Stock Exchangej. Service Record: Entered Army as Volunteer Officer candidate, Nov. 1942. Discharged Mar., '43-eyes did not meet Army oiiicer re- . quirements. Residence: Morrison Road, Windham, N. H. Community interests: While living in Methuen, Mass. was elected Town Meeting representative. At present am Civilian Defense Director in Windham. Wife's Name: Justine Stratton. Children: John S. Andrews, Jr., born July 12, 1927. Phillips Exeter Academy 1945. Served in the Army. B.S. and M.S. in Biochemistry at University of N. H. At present working for his Ph.D. on a fellow- ship at State College in Raleigh, N. C. Richard Stratton Andrews, born April 8, 1929. Vermont Academy 1947. Completed two years at Univ. of N. H. Married Patricia Stevens of Nashua, N. H. June 16, 1949. One daughter, Susan Gale, born March 22, 1950. My experiences in the last twenty-five years were no different than those of any of you. I decided to marry instead of finishing out my course. I didn't return in 1926. By the summer of 1929, I had added to my re-- sponsibilities. We had two sons. It was in the early autumn of 1929 12