Do you have your copy of "Quotations from Chairman Menk"
right next to "Quotations from Chairman Mao" on your
bookshelf?
Russ
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 04 September, 2002 09:57
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect
> John: RE Louis Menk
>
> I think that you are right re Menk. I remember seeing an article in the
> Chicago Tribune after Menk had been president for a while. One of his
> comments in an interview was "we're getting rid of that creaky old
railroad
> look"....I couldn't help but think at the time I saw the
article...probably
> in the early 1970's of the "outer offices" in the general office building
at
> 547 W. Jackson. These offices all had the "fences" around them and a gate
> where the chief clerk stood guard allowing no one to enter except by his
> bidding.
>
> I used to go to Chicago with my grandfather, Pete Hedgpeth in the 1940''s
and
> early 50's. He knew all of the Q officers from Murphy right on down. He
> would burst right through the "gate" and go into the "inner
sanctum"..Murphy,
> Fee, Sperry, Capron, Battey..whoever followed by the Chief Clerk yelling
"you
> can't go in there".
>
> When we got in the "big guy" would say..."Hey Pete come on in here"....
>
> It was an exciting experience for an 8-12 year old boy.
>
> J. Pete Hedgpeth
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