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[[underlined]] PUBLICITY [[/underlined]]: Winfield D. Bearce was a loner on this work and he never worked too hard at it. I think he had money because he couldn't have lived and dressed as he did on the salary he must have been getting. He was a New Englander, Maine, I believe, quite refined, a big, tall, big-boned, hawk-faced guy who was very pleasant but would never set the world on fire. His current file usually consisted of a pile of miscellaneous papers about a foot high sitting on his table, from which, however, he could often extract what he wanted with remarkable speed in some strange manner. He read the periodicals like the AIEE Journal, Railway Age, etc. and issued reading recommendations therefrom. He would prepare news releases occasionally. He even write technical papers of a historical rather than engineering nature. He maintained a photograph file. He lived a strictly low-pressure business existence. It seems to me that he and I once figured out we were very distant cousins, maybe descended from John Alden. He must have been about fifty in 1930 so I presume he has long since gone to his reward. He returned to New England on retirement as I recall it and was a nextdoor neighbor of Barbara and Charlie Reed after the war.

There are a few men in the Schenectady operation who never came to Erie who should be mentioned:

[[underlined]] Frank W. Peters [[/underlined]]: Frank transferred to the Chicago Office to become our transportation sales manager in the Central District and I had many dealings with him in that capacity over the years to come. He was a fine man and highly thought of by his associates as well as his customers. When he retired, he and his wife settled in Rancho Santa Fe just north of San Diego. His successor, Wayne Lynch, left much to be desired after having enjoyed Pete's competence and charm so long.

[[underlined]] Jack Palmer [[/underlined]]: Jack transferred to the Cincinnati Office where he eventually became manager and one of the most rabid fans the Cincinnati Reds ball team ever had.

[[underlined]] G. Hall Roosevelt [[/underlined]]: I never met this man, who was Eleanor's brother, but I've always understood that he was a glad-handing, hard-drinking, lady-chasing wild Indian. He went from Schenectady into the Districts and was in the Detroit Office for awhile, but finally left the Company for greener pastures. I don't even know what he looked like because I don't believe I ever saw him but apparently he was a bird.

[[underlined]] William S. H. Hamilton [[/underlined]]: Bill was very active on the Milwaukee electrification. He was in our New York Office handling the New York Central when I first met him. There will be a lot about him in my diaries.