G. Everett Bond ’31

G. Everett Bond, who marketed Chap Stick to the Army during WWII, and hence around the world, died in Lynchburg, Va., July 27, 1995.

He was educated in Brownsville (Tenn.) public schools, Lawrenceville, and Princeton, where he was in the Glee Club, president of Terrace Club, business and program manager of the Triangle Club. He became general manager and later president of Chap Stick and its corporate owner, Miller Morton Manufacturing (now A. H. Robbins).

In Lynchburg Ed gave of himself generously to the community. He was on the school board for 16 years. In the First Presbyterian Church, he was a deacon and elder for many years and clerk of the session for 12. He was president of the Rotary Club, the local Red Cross, Junior and then State Chamber of Commerce. He served on the board of Lynchburg College, Sunnyside Retirement Home, Westminster-Canterbury, and Greater Lynchburg Community Trust, which he founded. He also founded the symphony and was a charter member of the YMCA. He was a diretor of C. B. Fleet Co. and First and Merchants Bank.

Ev belonged to many clubs, among them the Princeton Club of N.Y.C. He was fond of fishing, tennis, hunting, and reading. He and his wife, Lurline "Honeybee," traveled to Europe, visiting their offspring. He is survived by his wife; four children, G. Everett Jr., Nancy Brothers, Helen Reveley, and Anne Gentry; and nine grandchildren.

His special friends and the entire class extend sympathy to the family for the loss of this fine contributor to Princeton and the community at large.

The Class of 1931