Thayer School

The Christmas season has brought the usual welcome flow of greetings to the School and faculty. To all who sent such greetings, we at the school are grateful.

Belated greetings came from Mary Rebecca, Molly, and Barney Oldfield ME'48, but Mary Rebecca explained the tardiness by the fact that she herself didn't arrive until December 30. Excuse accepted.

From Houston, Jean and Kim Ayers CE'4B have sent greetings and the news of the arrival on December 8 of Alan Douglas, to keep sisters Debbie and Bonnie company and parents Jean and Kim busy. Kim writes, "Things are picking up in the offshore drilling picture due to the encouragement of the election. Since June Ist I have again been devoting my entire time to structures, operations and boats for bay and offshore drilling and production. Sure miss Hanover this time of year and sincerely hope that if any of you get down this way you will let me know. With the new baby, I have had to forego a deer hunt this year but have been able to get my full share of ducks and geese. Fishing is good somewhere close the year round."

Pete Nottage CE'51 has sent us a picture of the twins Lauren and Leslie mentioned recently in this column. He writes, "Twins and parents doing wonderfully. We envy you and your white Christmas, but then it's a merry occasion anywhere. I'm presently in the estimating department of Hawaiian Dredging Company and thoroughly enjoying the work. There's no business like the construction business. I recommend it highly."

Jane and Tom Barr CE'50 are living in North Augusta, S. C., where Tom has been working as a building engineer on the Savannah River plant for the past nine months and on the side taking a course in prestressed concrete design. He reports that he sees Al Graves CE'48 frequently and that A 1 is also "taking the dole from Uncle Sam and duPont. When taxes go up again you'll know why now." Tom reports that the Graves "had another daughter a few weeks ago." How about a first-hand report, Al?

Rosetta and John Muchemore '44 send greetings from National City, Calif., where John is now with the E. C. Losch Company on pipeline construction. Until last fall, he had been an assistant engineer with the California Water and Telephone Company. The Muchemores have three daughters and a small ranch with fruit trees and "a small herd of goats." Rosetta says, "would love to get back to Hanover but John loves the warm weather."

Joe Gilchrist CE'51 reports from 11129 Loch Avon Drive, Whittier, Calif., that he is working for Ralph M. Parsons Company in Los Angeles, his current project being the design of a dispersal area for Eielson Air Force Base at Fairbanks, Alaska. With faint traces of nostalgia (treason in Southern California) Joe writes, "I'm one of those queer ducks that expect snow for Christmas or thereabouts but am surer every day that So. California will never see it. Still definitely shirt-sleeve weather. My New England clothes will never see more of me than the moths.... The girls (Caroline, Kit, Jane, and of course Sioux) are thriving. Though we all love the climate and community here, we can't help but miss Hanover and all our acquaintances there. Who knows, maybe I'll solve the highway or motor problems here and be able to afford cartage to the '50 reunion (in 1980)."

Greetings from Doris and John Fondalil CE'48 bring the news that they are in Sacramento where John is working for Winston Brothers on the Nimbus Dam and Power Plant project, 15 miles east of that city.

Congratulations to Dartmouth alumnus Peter Kiewit DC'22, president of Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Company, who will receive the annual Moles Award for outstanding accomplishment in the construction industry. When he receives the 1953 award, Mr. Kiewit will raise to three the number of Dartmouth men to receive this top honor in the heavy construction field. The first recipient of the award was Jack Macdonald '14, vice-president of Walsh Construction Company, and in 1949 the recipient was Luther Oakes '00, then president and now chairman of the Board of Winston Brothers and an Overseer of the Thayer School.