May, 1966 President's Message

TITLE EWS ~ ~ 'l'HE OFFICIAL PUBLICA'l'ION OF THE ~" AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION ® ~~

MAY, 1966 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

May, 1966

Fellow ALT A Members: Congratulations to Alvin R. Robin, Chairman of the Abstracters Section of ALTA for the complete success of the first Management Seminar sponsored by the Abstracters Section of ALTA and co-spon sored by the Small Business Administration. The 131 registrants from 26 states in attendance indicated their personal appreciation to Al Robin by a thunderous ovation at the Saturday luncheon. An ALTA milestone which can be pointed to with pride of accomplish ment. Well done, Al. The formation of our second regional land title association is well on its way. At a meeting of a special committee held in Birmingham, Alabama on May 6, a constitution and by laws were drafted. This regional association includes the states of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi and John P. Matthews of Atlanta, Georgia and Maclin F. Smith, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama are leaders in the formation of this new regional association. Our 7th state convention of the 1965-66 year was at Dallas, Texas, . April 21-23. Members of the Texas Land Title Association were as congenial and hospitable as we had been told they would be, we had a very good time, and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to attend this largest of the affiliated state association conventions. Their new convention format, two full days, was very successful. It provided an interesting, educational and entertaining business program. In May, Iowa, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, the Caro linas, and Tennessee will hold state conventions; the U. S. Chamber of Commerce its annual convention; and the Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi regional association an organizational meeting. May should be a busy and interesting month. Our deepest sympathy to Jim and Alice Robinson in the tragic death of James W. Robinson, Jr., April 11 as a result of combat in jury in Viet Nam. We attended funeral services held at Lyons, Il linois on April 22. TITLE NEWS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION

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FEATURES How Public Land Laws Will Be Reviewed 2 Milestone for a Title Insurance Company 8 1966 Mid-Winter Conference 10

DEPARTMENTS A Message from the President inside front cover In the News 30 In Memoriam 35 Meeting Timetable 36

ON THE COVER VOLUME XLV Members of the American Land Title Association owe a great deal to the staunch and farsighted pioneers who established the Association on a firm foundation many years ago. NUMBER 5 The splendid titlemen pictured on the cover were in attendance at the 1909 Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington. Only one 1966 of those men, R. G. "Stubby" Williams, is still alive. He is active in the title businesR and attends ALTA Conventions and Conferences regularly. He is the serious looking young man in the lower right corner of the photograph.

JAMES W. ROBINSON, Editor FRANK H. EBERSOLE, Assistant Editor and Manager of Advertising Page 1 Members of the American Land Title Association are intensely interested in the work of the Public Land Law Review Commission. Following the 1965 Annual Convention, President Nichols appointed H. Eugene Tully as Chairman of a special committee to study and work with the Commission. Executive Vice President, William J. McAulifje, Jr., has been in close contact with Commission Staff Di rector, Milton A. Pearl, to whom we are indebted for this splendid article.

Before becoming staff director of including establishment of Pu b 1 i c the Public Land Law Review Com Land Law Review Commission, Clas mission in August 1965, the author sification and Multiple Use Act, Pub had been a member of the professional lic Lands Sales Act, Wilderness Act, staff of the Committee on Interior and and amendments to Mineral Leasing Insular Affairs of the House of Rep Act. Mr. Pearl has been active resentatives. As consultant on public in land lands and mining, he was responsible work during his entire professional for staff work in the House on public career; he is an attorney and a Mem lands and mining legislation during ber of the American Institute of Real the 87th, 88th, and 89th Congresses, Estate Appraisers. Page 2 HOW PUBLIC LAND LAWS WILL BE REVIEWED by Milton A. Pearl

ongress has established the In addition, and of particular C Public Land Law R e vi e w interest to the title searchers and Commission for the purpose of insurers, there are, among other conducting a comprehensive re outstanding reserved interests, view of the laws, ru !es, and reg mineral rights that have been re ulations applicable to those pub served to the United States in an lic lands b r o u g ht within the estimated 60 million acres of scope of the study. The objective land. is to determine whether, and to All Public Land Laws what ext e n t, revisions of the to be Scrutinized laws, regulations, and procedures are necessary. In other words, all of the pub For the purpose of this study, lic land laws-including the set "public lands" are defined as em tlement laws, disposal laws, and bracing all of the public domain mining laws-are to be brought of the United States-whether re under the Commission's scrutiny served or unreserved, but ex during its study period. Behind clusive of Indian reservations the need for the examination of all of the national forests, all of these laws are many factors. We the wildlife refuges and game all know that interpretations of ranges, the outstanding inter the mining laws have cast doubt ests which the United States has on the validity of claims that in reserved in land, the surface of years past w o u 1 d have been which transferred to pr iv ate bought and sold without question ownership for one purpose or an as interests in real property. As other, and finally, the mineral re the agricult•iral ch a r act er of sources in our offshore areas of the outer continental. shelf. Our preliminary summary of lands concerning which the Com mission is called to make recom mendations indicates a total of about 7 40 million acres, includ ing some 25 million acres of ac quired lands which are part of the National Forest and National Wildlife Refuge systems. This is near].y one-third the total land area of the United States. Page 3 some areas has changed to subur APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT ban or other use, reserved inter OF THE UNITED STATES: ests have interfered Laurance S. Rockefeller, of New with inten York City sive development; graziers have Governor Philip Hoff, of the State become concerned because, under of Vermont the Taylor Grazing Act, their H. Byron Mock, of Salt Lake City permits give them no rights in Vice Chairman Dr. Robert Emmet Clark, of Albu the land in which they have in querque, N.M. vested and which they have used Dr. Maurice Goddard, of Harris for 30 years; and there are a burg, Pa. multiplicity of other problems, Mrs. Nancy E. Smith, of San including the need for expanded Bernardino, Calif. recreation areas, areas in which APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: communities can grow, and lands Henry M. Jackson, Senator from upon which industry can flour Washington ish. Clinton P. Anderson, Senator from So it was that the law estab New Mexico Alan Bible, Sena.tor from Nevada lishing the Public Land Law Re Thomas H. Kuchel, Senator from view Commission was enacted, California the Commission m e m b e r s ap Gordon Allott, Senator from Colo pointed, and the work of review rado Len B. Jordan, Senator from Idaho ing the I.ands and the laws under APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER taken. OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN Commission Has 19 Members TATIVES: Leo W. O'Brien, Representative The Commission is composed of from New York 19 members, of whom six are ap Walter Rogers, Representative from pointed by the President Texas of the Compton I. White, Jr., Representa Senate, six by The Speaker of tive from Idaho the House of Representatives, six John P. Saylor, Representative by the President of the United from Pennsylvania States, with the 19th member Laurence J. Burton, Representative from Utah chosen by the first 18 to act as Rogers C. B. Morton, Representa chairman. In other words, the tive from Maryland chairman could have come from In addition to choosing Repre anywhere and been a n y o n e; sentative Aspinall as chairman, when the 18 members met and the Commission, at its organiza chose Congressman Way n e N. tion meeting, ch o s e a Presiden Aspinall as their chairman, he, tial appointee, H. Byron Mock of therefore, resigned his represent Salt Lake City as vice chairman, ative position, to which he had and named the author as the been appointed by the Speaker of staff d i r e ct o r responsible for the Ho u s e of Representatives, day-to-day operations. and an o th er appointment was Following the organization meet made to fill the vacancy. ing of the Commission, we have The Commission membership is: been constantly en g a g e d in CHAIRMAN: Wayne N. Aspinall, the detailed effort of preparing Representative from Colorado. and entering upon the substan- Page 4 tive program. As if the subject the Secretaries of the Interior, matter of the Commission's study Agriculture, and Defense, the At were not awesome enough, we had torney General, the Administrator all the problems that are faced of General Services, the Chairman in starting a new appendage of of the Atomic Energy Commis the Federal Government, such as sion and the Federal Power Com acquiring staff, as well as space, mission, and the Administrator of and the "purchase" of supplies. the Housing and Home Finance Final Report Due in 1968 Agency, as the departments and Under the law, the final report agencies m o s t interested in the of the Commission must be filed use of public lands to name liai not 1 ate r than December 31, son officers who also sit on the 1968, a date that was agreed Advisory CounciJ.3 upon at a time when some of the Then, in response to the Chair bill's sponsors anticipated that man's invitation, each of the Gov the legislation establishing the ernors designated a representa Commission m i g h t be enacted tive to w o r k with the Commis earlier than it was, and that the sion, with its staff, and with the Commission itself would have or Advisory Council. This will as ganized and been in operation sure, at all times, a direct line of approximately a year ear 1 i er communication for the matters of than it actuall.y was. Chairman particular concern to the indi Aspinall and the author are com vidual states to be brought to mitted to pursue a program that the attention of those of us who will permit completing the task are engaged in this work. within the statutory limit. None The Commission met jointly theless, we have refused to be with the Advisory Counci.I. and stampeded into hiring incompe Governors' Representatives in tent personnel or making rash de Washington, D. C., on March 24 cisions in order to expedite ac and 25. These sessions served to tion. give all c o n c e r n e d a common Advisory Council Appointed base of understanding of the pur by Commission pose and scope of the review. In While paying attention to the addition th e r e was an inter organizational problems of set change of ideas on how to pursue ting up a new office, our initial our work. The first day's ses effort was concentrated on mak sions were devoted to presenta ing arrangements for a meeting tions by Federal Government Li of the fuH Commission on August aison 0 ff i c er s, who explained 18, at which time the Commission background, p o l i c i e s and pro appointed the 25 non-Federal grams of their Departments as Government members of the Ad they relate to the public lands. visory Council. All groups hav At smaller group meetings on the ing an interest in the public second day, non-Federal mem lands were urged to submit nom bers of the Council and the Gov inations and over 100 were nomi ernors' Representatives made nated for the 25 positions. At the statements s et ti n g forth their same time, the chairman invited views on objectives of the Com- Page 5 mission s t u d i e s and specific lie land inventory is, and eventu areas to be studied in depth. In ally, assisting the Commission in the course of the meeting, more its task of recommending what than 100 topics for study were should be done in the future. recommended, all of which will The staff and the Commission be given thorough consideration will look to the Advisory Coun by the Commission and staff in cil as a principal source of ad drafting the overall program. vice on areas that need study Chairman Aspinall and the indi and resolution, how to conduct vidual Commission members were the studies, and for recommenda impressed by the determination tions as to the course of action of both Council members and to be followed in the future. The Governors' Representatives to Advisory Council is made up of a play an active roI.e in the deliber broad cross-section of knowl ations that lie ahead. edgeable individuals. Na tu rally, we wil.l rely heavily on them. The GSA Will Provide Advisory Council may well be Administrative Services the cauldron in which the differ To accomplish the task as ent views am o n g the many signed to the Commission, the groups having interests in the chairman and I have pledged our management, use, and disposal of selves to maintain only that min the public lands are hammered imum staff essential to our work out. As defined in the statute, the and to perform, through contract, minimum membership of the Ad with consultants and research visory Council comes from the in groups, the maximum part of the terested F e d e r a l departments work that it is feasible to be ac and agencies, plus 25 additional complished through these means. members appointed by the Com The first step in not building mission: up a staff was for us to con "who shall be representative of tract with the General Services the var i o u s major citizens' Administration f o r administra groups interested in problems re tive s u p p o rt and services, lating to the retention, manage thereby minimizing the number ment, and disposition of the pub of employees that will be needed lic lands, including the follow to perform such functions as pay ing: Organizations representa roll, property and supply man tive of state and local govern agement, personnel administra ment, pr i vat e organizations tion, and similar, burdensome working in the field of p u b 1 i c but necessary, work that .accom land management and outdoor panies any adjunct of govern recreation resources and oppor ment or, for that matter, busi tunities, landowners, forestry in ness. This will permit the staff terests, livestock interests, min to concentrate its time and at ing interests, oil and gas inter tention on the substantive work ests, commercial and sport fish of the Commission-the program ing interests, commercial outdoor of finding out what the public recreation interests, industry, land laws are, how they have education, labor and public util been interpreted, what the pub- ities." Page 6 The initial phase of the Com and how we got there" in the mission's study is being directed maze of the public land law jun at determining the existing stat gle as it currently exists. Our ute law in each of the principal four key staff members are Rob~ areas in v o 1 v e d in the public ert B. Foster, Jr., associate direc lands, e.g., grazing, mining, oil tor; Elmer F. Bennett, general and gas development, etc., with a counsel and chief of the legal simultaneous examination of the group; Neal. D. Nelson, chief of manner in which these statutes the resources group; and Dennis have been administered and in A. Rapp, chief of the evaluation terpreted by the a g e n c i e s and editorial group. Foster, who charged with responsibility for was with the Department of the jurisdiction of the lands defined Army, has had more than 30 in Public Law 88-606. years experience in m i 1 i t a r y Parallel to the legal research and civil construction and real we hav'e undertaken research estate planning and management. relative to the manner in which Bennett, with a private law firm the r e s o u r c e s themselves are prior to his appointment to the treated, g iv i n g consideration Commission staff, is a former first to the direction of the laws Solicitor and Under Secretary of and, secondly, to an evaluation the Department of the Interior. of the manner in which these re Nelson was California State Di sources were given weight by the rector for the Department of the administering agencies. Simul Interior's Bureau of Land Man taneously, st u die s of a back agement, and has had more than ground nature are being under 35 years experience in the field taken to determine as much as of land and resource manage possible, fa ct u a 11 y, about the ment and protection. Rapp served lands and the f o r c e s being ap as a senior budget analyst in plied to them in order to estab the Bureau of the Budget prior lish data on which later studies to coming with the Commission. pointing to the future can be While no p 1 an s have been based. made, it is anticipated that in the In broad outline, our staff is future regional. meetings will be held at central locations in the organized into three parts: (1) a group accomplishing J.egal re areas where the maximum poten search, headed quite naturally by tial impact of the Commission's an at to r n e y; (2) a resources review and recommendations will group, accomplishing the non be felt. Subsequently, still some legal research, studying the re time away, the Commission con sources themselves; and (3) a templates holding hearings. In group having responsibility for the meantime, we invite the co policy evaluation, including in operation of all those interested tegrating the results of the legal in the public lands to the end and non-legal research and pre that the broadest possible partici paring, or supervising the prep pation assures consideration of aration of, reports, which, in ef all points of view. We need every fect, will tell us "where we are one's help to do this. Page 7 MILESTONE FOR FIRST TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY he recent grand opening of computerized title plant. They T First Title Insurance Com took the latest, most accurate data pany's new home office at 304 processing equipment available East Carson Avenue in Las and combined them with compe Vegas, Nevada highlighted an ex tent personnel. pansion program that spread throughout the state of Nevada. First Title President, William Officers of First Title Insur W. Francis, expressed his thanks ance Company have used their to the public for making his com vast title and escrow experience pany the success that it is by to build the state's first IBM stating that he and his entire Page 8 WILLIAM W. FRANCIS

staff feel that the best way to addition, three floors of covered show their appreciation is to con parking are provided directly tinue to offer the high degree of above the new quarters with high service that has been offered in speed elevator service to the front the past by the firm. An invita door. Customers in need of a loca tion has been extended to the tion to hold business conferences public to come in and inspect the al.so have First Title's beautiful new facHities. new conference room at their dis In their new superbly furnished posal. The IBM Data Processing and equipped offices, FTI has equipment, backbone of FTI's ef struck a balance of luxury and ficient titie department, is housed practicality. They have incor adjacent to the Fourth Street en porated the utmost in modern trance where it is displayed and efficient equipment, furni through glass to the public. ture and interior decoration to In addition to the new ultra ac'hieve the desired result of a modern home office location FTI pleasant and comfortable facility maintains a branch office at 1231 for both customer and employee East Charleston Boulevard, in Las without any sacrifice of efficiency Vegas. First Title also operates in operation or variance in the branch offices in Reno, Carson high quality of service offered. In City, Elko and Ely. Page 9 L ---....- HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THE 1966 MID-WINTER CONFERENCE very ALTA President wants as the site of the 1966 Confer E his administration to be the ence and the presumption of the outstanding one-bigger and bet management there that ALTA ter conventions and conferences; had a firm commitment for a more projects started and com four-day meeting, the "Arizona pleted; better communications, Affair" included not only the greater prosperity, a finer Direc usual business meetings, hut also tory, and improved services to all a Hawaiian Luau, a fashion show the members. for the ladies, a sight-seeing and Well, President Don B. Nichols shopping trip, a wig show, a was in a sense trapped into pre western style steak roast, com siding over a Mid-Winter Confer plete with western band and square dancing and a great ence so different, that quite many other activities. possibly there will never be an Future Mid-Winter Conferences other like it in the history of the will return to the traditional Association. Certainiy nothing schedule- reception on Wednes like it ever happened before. Be day with business meetings all cause of the selection of the San day Thursday and Friday morn Marcos Hotel and Country Club ings. Page 10 ARRIVING

t may have been the lure of the train. As they approached the I great southwest; it may have front gate they I o o k e d travel been the beauty of the San Mar weary and slightly stiff and for cos Resort. Perhaps ALTA mem mal. Within minutes they were at bers just wanted to travel that ease in western attire. week in March, or it could be It didn't take long e it h e r to the staff, prompted by President renew old acquaintances and to Nichols, did an unusual selling greet new friends. The swimming job. In any event it was the best pool and clubhouse were natural attended Mid-Winter Conference meeting places for ALTA mem in the history of the Association, bers. with every room available at the San Marcos committed weeks in JOYCE DA VIS LOVES FLOWERS advance. In fact some 50 or more ALTA members who were just a little bit slow in getting their registrations to the national of fice were forced to use accommo dations outside the resort. They were good sports about it, how ever, and inside or out, they all enjoyed the fa c i J, it i es of this beautiful g a rd en spot in the desert. They arrived from all over the country, by plane, by taxi, Jim: ousine, automobile and passenger Page 11 PLANNING o many of the officers and T committee m e m b e r s, the opening general session on Tues day morning seemed almost like an anti-climax. For two days the Executive Committee, the Board of Governors and the v a r i o u s other committees had been work ing very hard. For the r e so rt management and for the staff, the Conference meant countless details-signs, WILLIAM G. WAS, PRESIDENT photographs, coffee breaks, mi OF LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, CONFIRMS LAST crophones, golf trophies, scratch MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS pads, telephone messages and a host of other details. For them, too, the hard work of the 1966 Conference was a 1 m o s t over before the first General Session ever began.

Page 12 WORKING

he success of a conference all about. The Standard Forms T is measured in t e rm s of Committee, during two full days many th in g s. Throughout the of serious discussions, made an pages of this issue of Title News other step forward in assuring the photographs are vivid evi improved title service to the na dence that ALTA members had a tion's lenders and purchasers of good time. But that really isn't real estate. Speci.al committees what a Mid-Winter Conference is were appointed to study new and Page 13 different problems confronting inches thick. the American Land Title Associa Association members who did tion and its members. Applica not attend the 1966 Mid-Winter tions for ALTA membership were Conference may take c o m f o r t considered in detail. Some were from the knowledge that a great approved, some were rejected, a many dedicated man and women few were deferred for further con concentrated their attention on sideration. Each member of the the affairs of the title evidencing Board of Governors carried with profession. With this k i n d of him to the various meeting rooms leadership the Association must a portfolio of papers 8 or 9 be a healthy one. Page 14 MEETING

n Monday afternoon, March Land Title Association and Sen O 21, the officers of the affili ior Vice President of American ated state title associations met Title Insurance Company, Miami, in the Terrace Room under the Florida. It was a fine session chairmanship of Melbourne Mar with Mel Martin leading off from tin, P r e s i d e n t of the Florida a list of dozens of questions sub mitted in advance by mail and with lively participation from the other state officers present. Mel bourne Martin has prepared a splendid written report of this meeting. Watch for it in a future issue of Title News. On Tuesday morning President Nichols called the first General Session to order at 9 :00 a.m. A little slow getting started it was J.ike a snowball rolling downhill when the President opened the Page 15 floor for a discussion of "the thority to appoint a committee most important single problem charged with the responsibility confronting my company in my of securing information and ar state". From then on it was open ticles of primary interest to ab discussion all the way. stracter members for printing in Chairman Al Robin began the Title News. meeting of the Abstracters Sec It was Gordon Burlingame's tion with an expression of hi·s first Section meeting as Chair pleasure and p r i d e in the pro man of the Title gress of plans for the first Man Insurance Sec agement Seminar in ALTA's his tion. It will come as a surprise tory, scheduled for Chicago, Il to no one who knows Gordon that linois, April 22 and 23, 1966. he presided over this meeting as Among the other important busi a truly great executive would, ness transacted at this Secti-On with good humor, ready wit, keen meeting was the granting of au- insight and meticulous planning.

Page 16 VISITING

embers who attended the 1966 M Mid-Winter Conference might forget the discussions at the bus iness meetings; they might over look the room accommodations, or the food, or the various social events, but they will always re member the warm and very human contacts they made with fel.low titlemen. On these pages there are photographs which illustrate the joy of meeting old friends and making new ones. Page 17

Page 20 DANCING

B. Clarke, "Ace" to his H. friends, sang the "Hawaiian Wedding Song" at the Luau Mon day evening. He was a sensa tion! ALTA members joined in the square dancing, got into the mood of the Hawaiian music and some of them even danced with their wives. Seriously it was a laughing, dancing crowd that enjoyed the 1966 Mid-Winter Conference. The facilities were superb. With the air-a contagion of excitement, orchestra's stand set on a grassy •which infected everyone present. plot close to the outdoor pavil It was as though a master artist ion; with the night air cool, dry had painted an ideal picture on a and delightful, there was a festive giant canvas.

Page 21 EATING he combination of business T and social activity was con ducive to good appetites! Meals served in the dining room of the San Marcos Resort offered variety, quality, and extraordinary finesse. Luncheons were also served at the Clubhouse with a choice of selec tion from the menu or a delicious buffet. Typical Hawaiian food was served at the Luau; and what a sensation it was! There were barbecued ribs, selections of sea food, pineapple tidbits, and all the other island delectables that kept ALTA members going back for more. Page 22 At the Western Style Steak Roast on Wednesday evening, the chef accomplished a miracle. With outdoor charcoal facilities, he served some 400 New York Strip steaks, each succulent and uomatic. It seemed as though everytime two ALTA members met, they were either dancing or eating. The photographs on these pages are inadequate to depict the gusto with which the Conference regis trants rolled up their sleeves and pitched into the food at the San Marcos Resort. Page 23 It had to be Joseph H. Smith, for merly ALTA's Executive Vice President and now Vice President of Lawyers Title Insurance Cor poration, Richmond, Virginia. It was difficult to ten whether the applause was for the golfing cham pions or for the ever-popular Smith, who awarded the trophies with his usual savoir-faire. GOLFING great one for "pioneering ef A forts," President Don Nichols suggested a gol.f tournament to be held in connection with the 1966 Mid-Winter Conference. There was some embarrassment to learn that it was not the "first" as it was expected to be. William L. Bramble, Associate General Coun sel, The Life Insurance Co. of Vir gmia, Richmond, Virginia, had conducted a golf tournament for ALTA members way back in 1939. First, or otherwise, the golf tournament at Chandler was a huge success. 82 golfers completed not just 18 holes in two complete days, but 36 holes. The ALTA golfing champion, Larry Davis, Vice President, Law yers Title Insurance Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania won the grand trophy. His score for 36 holes was 159. Best handicap golfer was George Harbert, a past ALTA President, who turned in a net score for 36 holes of 142. Scores of valuable prizes were awarded for golfers who partici pated in the "Peoria" handicap. First prize went to Fred McMahon, President, Title Insurance Com pany, Portland, Oregon. There just couldn't have been any other master of ceremonies. Page 24 SIGHT-SEEING

he San Marcos Resort and T Country Club is surrounded by desert stretching for miles and miles. For those members (particularly the women) who were not otherwise occupied, spe cial bus tours were arranged to provide the opportunity for sight seeing and shopping in downtown Phoenix and in Scottsdale, the most Western town in the West. Busses left the Resort on Tues day afternoon with 72 ALTA members aboard. They visited uni versities, shopping centers, areas of great scenic beauty, and other attractions offered by the Phoenix area. Busses returned to the Resort in ample time for changing of clothes so those who wished to do so could have a "night on the town." Page 25 BUYING CLOTHES AND WIGS

tyle shows for ALT A women S are not exactly new, but the fashion experts in the Phoenix area did come up with something different. They displayed clothing within a price range that people could afford. In fact, a number of the ALTA women took advantage of the opportunity to purchase some of the fashions displayed. And that wasn't all! As a "sign of the times,'' ALTA ladies were treated to a wig show. Even if we knew which of the ladies pur chased wigs, we wouldn't breathe a word of it. Page 26 RELAXING

verybody worked; most people E played, a few went sight seeing and bought clothes. Then there were those who just rel.axed. There was something about the atmosphere of the San Marcos Re sort which invited a restful time. Page 27 CONSPIRING ( T he photographs speak for themselves.) GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT ONE f you haven't already done so, vention in the history of the Asso I mark your calendar now. The ciation. 1966 Annual Convention of the Pictured above are (left) M. R. American Land Title Association McRae, Chairman of the Conven will be held at the Fontainebleau tion Publicity Committee and Gen Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, Oc eral Convention Chairman, James tober 16-20. H. Kidd, apparently congratulat ing each other on the success they General Convention Chairman know they are going to have. for the Annual Convention is Morton McDonald as Chairman James H. Kidd, Regional Vice of the Reception Committee and President, Title Insurance Com Virginia Weatherford, who wi.JI be pany of Minnesota, Miami, Flor in charge of an the ladies' activ ida. This almost automatically in ities, spearhead a committee group sures an outstanding meeting. Jim that has been hard at work for has already made committee ap months. Watch the next issue of pointments and e s t a b 1 i s h e d a Title News for specific details sense of direction which promises about the 1966 Annual Conven to produce the best attended Con- tion.

Page 29 Robert J. McSorley, Robert F. IN Meyer, Herbert Paruin, Philip J. THE Paul, John C. Pettit, Kenneth N. Scull, and John T. Wilbur. The Law Firm of Kirkman, Mul ligan, Bell and Armstrong was returned as Solicitors. ALSO AT CHELSEA aul C. Burgess, President of Pthe Chelsea Title and Guar anty Company, announces the opening of two new branch of fices in Florida. CHELSEA TITLE PROMOTIONS To cover the Duval County area, t the recent annual Stock Chelsea has opened an office at A holders Meeting of the Chel 25 South Second Street, Jackson sea Title and Guaranty Company ville Beach, Florida. in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Joseph A. Furlong, Asst. Vice following elections and promo President will be in charge of op tions were announced. erations. Elwood F. Kirkman was re To service the Osceola County elected as Chairman of the Board. area, the company has opened an Thomas E. Colleton of Lawyers office at 1102 West Vine Street, Clinton Division of Chelsea Title Kissimmee, Florida. was elected Vice-Chairman of the J. Ronald McCain, Title Officer Board. and Manager, and John H. Erick Paul C. Burgess was re-elected son, Assistant Manager, win be in President for his 13th term. charge of operations. Frank B. Glover and Alan V. aul C. Burgess, also announces Moony were re-elected Senior P the recent purchase of the Vice-Presidents. Boca Raton Title Company of 855 H. H. Lumley was elected Sen South Federal Highway, Boca ior Vice President and re-elected Raton, Florida. Treasurer. This office, which has now Wilbur A. Barrett was elected begun operations as a branch of Vice-President and Secretary. fice of Chelsea Title will service Mr. Kirkman and Mr. Burgess title insurance matters in the announced the following advance Southern part of Palm Beach ments to Vice-Presidencies for: County. Alva A. Davey, Philip F. Fan The Northern part of the county nan, Benjamin E. Henderson, Max will continue to be serviced by Schwartz, Sarah Smith, and Wil Chelsea's office at 305 N. Dixie liam J. StiUman. Highway, West Palm Beach. The fol.lowing were advanced to Hurschel Landrith, Asst. Vice Asst. Vke-Presidencies: President and George W. Shave, Joseph Brisick, Robert E. Burns, Asst. Vice President will be in Robert J. Fehr, Joseph A. Furlong, charge of operations at the Boca J. W. Jones, Clarence G. Ledogar, Raton branch. Page 30 TULLY ELECTED American Land Title Association. of the Seattle, Eugene Tully, a Seattle He is a member and American Bar •Title Insurance Executive, Washington H and holds his law was elected Vice President of Associations from Creighton University. General America Corporation for degree title insurance. His post is new in management APPOINTMENTS AT of General America, parent com CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST- pany of the Safeco Insurance ALSO RETIREMENT Group of property, casualty, life ellingtom S. Smith has and title insurance companies, and W been appointed Assistant was created at the March 31, 1966 Vice President of Chicago Title meeting of the board of di and Trust, Company and Manager rectors. of the company's Will County Divi In 1964 General America en sion in Joliet, Illinois. He suc tered the title insurance field. ceeds Lewis W. Hague, Vice Pres Tul1y recently joined Gen ident who retired from the com eral America after nearly 15 years pany on March 31, 1966. John L. with another Seattle title or O'Brien was appointed Title Of ganization (Washington Title In ficer. surance Company), in which he Mr. Smith became associated served as Senior Vice President, with the company in 1935 and has Secretary and Manager of Opera held a number of posts in the tions. Earlier he was stationed in Title and Administrative Divi Olympia and Bremerton, Wash., sions. In 1956 he was appointed for affiliate companies. Title Officer of Will County Title In the General America or Company, which became the Will ganization he has also become a County Division of Chicago Title director of Security Title Insur and Trust Company in 1957. He ance Company of Washington and received his LL.B. degree from Security Title Insurance Com John Marshall Law School in pany, Los Angeles. 1942. During World War II he He is current President of the was in command of an armored Washington Land Title Associa infantry unit for two years in the tion and is al.so active in the European Theater and also served TULLY as Intelligence Staff Officer for eight months. From 1951 to 1953, he was Major in the legal section of the Ordnance Ammunition Center at J oiiet. Mr. O'Brien joined the com pany staff in 1956 in the Illinois Title Division and has had ex perience as an Examining At torney and Manager of a number of examining units. He was trans ferred to the company's Will County Division in 1962 as a Unit Page 31 Manager. He received his LL.B. promoted to Assistant Vice Presi degree from Loyola University in dent-Sales. 1956. Mr. Steen, formerly a title in Lewis W. Hague retires from surance sales representative in the business scene following three the Division's main office in New decades of service to his company York, has been transferred to the and the community. He became National Sales Department as a associated with Chicago Title and field representative to cover the Trust Company in 1936. In 1941 New England states. In his new he joined the staff of Will County capacity, Mr. Steen will coordi Title Company and in 1943 was nate with the Chicago Title Insur elected President of this company. ance Agency of New England, When Will County TitJ.e Company Stamford, Connecticut to further was merged into Chicago Title the Division's development of title and Trust Company in 1957, he insurance business in New Eng was elected Vice President and land. placed in charge of the company's new Will County Division. T. I. PROMOTIONS Throughout his business career, he appointment of E. 0. Mr. Hague has been active in T (Chuck) PohJ., Assistant Vice professional, community and civic President, as manager of Kern affairs. He is a member of the County operations for Title Insur Will County Bar Association, Illi ance and Trust Company, Los nois Bar Association, the Joliet Angeles, Calif., has been an Will County Real Estate Board, the nounced by Richard G. Sleight, Joliet Region Chamber of Com Vice President and Fresno Divi merce, the Civic Committee, Ro sion Manager. Pohl succeeds Her tary Club, and the Illinois State bert H. Theiss, who has been Chamber of Commerce. named Chicago Project Manager Born in Minden, Nebraska, for TI. Lewis Hague was graduated from Pohl is a native of Enid, Okla Hastings College with a Bachelor homa, and is a graduate of San of Science degree in 1923. In 1924 Jose State College, San Jose, he attended the University of Ne California. He joined the com braska and for the following three pany in July, 1948, and has served years he was at the University of as an escrow officer, senior es Chicago Law School where he re crow officer, and escrow depart- ceived his J.D. degree in 1928. He POHL received an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Execu tive Program in 1948. STEEN PROMOTED t a recent meeting of the di A visional board of directors, Home Title Division, Chicago Titl€ Insurance Company, New York, N.Y., Burton A. Steen was Page 32 ment supervisor. In July, 1959, July, 1963. He was elected an as he was named assistant manager sistant vice president of the com of Santa Clara County operations pany in June, 1964. and in October, 1963, was named TitJ.e Insurance and Trust Com assistant manager of San Fran pany began operations in San cisco County operations. Benito County, California accord James Pohl was elected an Assistant ing to an announcement by Vice Pres Vice President in 1964. He is ex D. Forward, Jr., Senior treme!.y active in civic and profes ident and San Francisco Division sional organizations, including Ki Manager. 535 wanis, the Mortgage Bankers As The office is located at For sociation, Associated Home Build Monterey Street in Hollister. Vincent ers and United Fund. ward also stated that Balbi, formerly manager of the The promotion and reassign title firm's branch escrow office ment of Fred Gourdin, formerly in Lodi, will serve as county Assistant Manager of the San manager. Mateo County operations of Title Balbi, a native of Stockton, Insurance and Trust Company, to California, was elected an Assist Assistant Manager of the San ant Vice President of the company Francisco County operations, has at last month's meeting of the been announced by James D. For board of directors. He attended ward, Jr., Senior Vice President public schoois in Stockton and and San Francisco Division Man also Stockton College prior to his ager. joining the title company as an Gourdin, a native of San Fran escrow officer in 1953. In 1964, he cisco, attended San Mateo Junior was appointed manager of the College and Stanford University. Lodi office, his position immedi He joined the title insurance com ately prior to his new assignment, pany in October, 1945, and has Forward added. served as a title engineer, drafts man and long order title ex PIONEER NATIONAL aminer. In June, 1953, he was APPOINTMENTS named manager of the Title and he appointment of Charles Plants Department for San Mateo, T Nauts as Associate Counsel and was named assistant man for Pioneer National Title Insur ager of San Mateo County in ance Company, Los Angeles, Calif., GOURDIN BALBI NAUTS

Page 33 has been announced by George B. 1962. The decree will become final Garber, President. if the antitrust division of the A native of New York City, government does not withdraw its Nauts attended Columbia Univer consent before May 20. sity, University of Chicago Col Under the provisions of the de lege and the University of College cree Chicago Title and Trust Com Law School,, He was admitted to pany retains ownership of Kansas the Illinois Bar in 1956, and for City Title Insurance Company. the past ten years has served as The Company has agreed to di associate counsel for a Chicago vest itself of the following: Title title firm. Insurance Corporation of St. Louis, Nauts is a member of the Chi Memphis Title Company, Capital cago Bar Association and the Il Abstract and Title Company, and linois State Bar Association. unused title plants covering prop Nauts will be located at the erty in Milwaukee County, Wiscon Chicago headquarters of Pioneer sin and West Jackson County, National Title Insurance Com Missouri. pany. Chicago Title and Trust Com The appointment of William A. pany has also agreed to eliminate Cameron to the staff of Pioneer the exclusive clause from its con National Title Insurance Com tracts with Illinois abstracters and pany, has been announced by to arrange for Kansas City TitJ.e George B. Garber, President. Insurance Company to terminate Cameron wrn be headquartered its agency agreements with Wis in Chicago, and his duties for consin abstracters. Pioneer National will cover the Upon request of the field of agency representative and purchaser of Title Insurance Corporation development of new agency rela of tions. St. Louis, Chicago Title and Trust Company has also agreed Cameron has had an extensive to enter into a contract with the purchaser background in the field of title of TIC to furnish to TIC for rea insurance. He formerly was with sonable charges title evidence a national title insurance com on tracts or parcels of Cook County pany stationed in Miami, Florida. real estate with respect to which A native of Kansas City, Mis TIC has an order for and desires souri, Cameron attended public to issue its own title schools in that city and insurance obtained policy. his law degree from the Univer sity of Kansas City (now Univer For a period of five years the sity of Missouri at Kansas City). decree will prohibit Chicago Title and Trust Cameron wiil report directly to Company from acquiring President Garber. a title insurance company doing business in Missouri, Wisconsin SETTLE CT&T CASE or Illinois, and for ten years from settlement agreement was filed the date of the decree wil.l pro A in the District Court in Chicago hibit its acquiring any title insur on April 20 in the civil antitrust ance company except on notice to case against the Company which the government and approval of has been pending since November, the court. Page 34 the School for Defense in Washington, 1n memoR1am D.C. Rejoining the service as an Army private in December, 1963, he vol ****~(-**** unteered for duty in Vietnam and was transferred there in July, 1965.

In a recent letter home, Robinson declared, "Any American who doesn't believe in total victory in this conflict, is a traitor!" With the idealism of the very young, he pictured this war in sharp clear lines of blJack and white. It was to him a struggle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. He believed that Americans are soft and selfish and smug; concerned with gadgets and Government handouts. He longed for a return to persona.I re sponsibility, initiative and self-re liance. He was intensely patriotic and dedicated to the United States Army. SERGEANT JAMES W. He requested service in Vietnam and ROBINSON, JR. was proud to lead a platoon on search and destroy missions. He died as he e was 25 years old. He was would have wished to die, in the serv H strong and tall and straight and ice of the country he loved so dearly. handsome. Like most big men, he was One statement Robinson made in a gentle. The system of Karate he letter home is so very true, "The price taught and practiced emphasized self we pay for freedom is never cheap." defense, restraint, physical perfection, and stern responsibility. PERRY BERNARD Sergeant James W. Robinson, Jr., erry Bernard, Secretary and Man son of ALTA's Secretary and Director P ager of the Vermilion County of Public Relations, died April 11 in Abstract Company, Danville, Illinois, a hospital in Saigon, Vietnam, as a died February 14, 1966. Mr. Bernard result of wounds received that day was born in Danville on February 28, in a battle with the enemy. Robinson's 1912, the son of Edward and Pauline company, part of the 2nd Battalion, Pichon Bernard and lived in Danville 16th Regiment, First Division, was all of his life. moving through the jungles 30 miles East of Saigon, just north of Binh Mr. Bernard had been associated Gia. At noon sniper fire was encount with the abstract firm since 1934, ex ered, followed by a mortar 'barrage cluding service in the Eighth Army and heavy machine gun fire. The com in the South Pacific in World War II. pany was surrounded by an enemy He was Assistant Manager from 19>58 battalion; outnumbered four to one. until being elected Manager Septem Twenty-five per cent of the 178-man ber 28, 1962. company was killed or injured. He was a member of the Faith Bap Sergeant Robinson joined the Ma tist Church, Olive Branch Masonic rines in 1958 and served four years Lodge, Danville Scottish Rite, Dan in Alaska and Okinawa. In 1963 he ville Elks Lodge 332 and American lived in Virginia for a year operating Legion Post 210. Page 35 June 16-17-18, 1966 Land Title Association of Colorado and Wyominir Land Title Association Stanley Hotel. Estes Park, Colorado

June 6-7, 1966 New Jcr5ey TitJe Insurance Association Se~view Country Club, Absecon

June 23-24-25, 1966 MEETING Idaho Land Title Association TIMETABLE Flamingo Motel, Idaho Falls June 26-27-28-29, 1966 Michigan Land Title Association Boyne Highlands

July 10-11-12-13, May 1-2-3, 1966 1966 New York Land Title Association Iowa Land Titl e Association Obesaga Hotel, Cooperstown The Town House, Cedar Rapids

May 10-11-12-13-14, 1966 August 18-19-20, 1966 Montana Land Title Association C:11ifornia Land Title Association Viking Lodge, Whitefish Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona

August 18-19-20, 1966 May 18, 1966 Minnesota Land Title Association Louisiana Land Title Association Ramada Inn, St. Paul Parliment Lakeshore Hotel, Baton Rouge

September 9-10, 1966 May 22-23-24, 1966 Kansas Land Title Association Washington Land Title Association Ramada Inn, Topeka Aldcrbrook Inn, Union

September 15-16-17, 1966 May 15-16-17, 1966 New Mexico Land Title Association L a Fonda Hotel, Santa F e Pennsylvania Land Title Association Skytop Lodge, Skytop

September 25-26-27, 1966 May 27-28, 1966 Missouri Land Title Association Ramada Inn, Jefferson City Tennessee Land Title Association Riverside Motor Lodge Gatlinburg September 29-30; October 1, 1966 Wisconsin Title Association June 3-4, 1966 Midway Motor Lodge South Dakota Title Association Sylvan Lake Hotel, South Dakota October 2-3-4, 1966 Ohio Title Association Statler-Hilton H otel June 8-9-10-11, 1966 Cleveland Oregon Land Title Association Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Bench October 16-17-18-19, 1966 June 15-16-17, 1966 ANNUAL CONVENTION Illinois Land Ti tie Association American Land Title Association Belair Motel, St. Louis, Missou ri Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida WORRIED ABOUT AUTOMATION?

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