Word: marsh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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RICHARD W. MARSH...
Announcement of the first contributions to the drive was made by John B. Marsh '08, chairman of the nationwide fund. The school found it necessary to go to its alumni for support, Marsh explained, because endowments have not kept pace with constantly expanding needs...
...also has its occupational hazards. Last summer Burke was clicking the traffic light and directing a divinity student when there was a low rumbling and Burke stuck his head out of the window. He was greeted by an uncomfortably large Jordan Marsh truck which rammed the booth, picked it up, and deposited it in front of a jewelry store on Brattle Street. The booth was somewhat crumpled and Burke wrenched his shoulder, which still annoys him during damp weather, but the Jordan Marsh man was very apologetic, and Burke dismisses the incident. He figures the odds are strong against...
Around the Tree. Marsh Wall Products, Inc., the fourth and largest of the family's companies, was started in 1930, almost ended when a fire razed its plant and equipment in 1935. Starting up again from scratch, the brothers now have a business that employs more than 300, grossed $6,000,000 this year. They sold their 80% interest in it (Marsh friends and dealers and Masonite officials own the rest) in line with the trend among family enterprises to consolidate with bigger corporations, thus make assets more liquid to pay such things as inheritance taxes...
Otherwise, the sale will not change things much for the Marshes; they will still run the company. For Mother Marsh things will change even less. She still lives in the same white frame house in New Philadelphia. On Christmas Eve this year, she will do what she has always done for her grown-up brood: make them a batch of fudge, serve it around the tree, then lead a chorus of Silent Night before sending them...