1948
The time has come to present in these notes the information that Reunion Chairman Jim Scheafer has sent on to us. As all of you are by now aware, the sth Reunion of the Class of 1948 will be held in Hanover the weekend of June 18-20. (It's officially our 15th even though held in the sixth year after graduation). Jim and his committee have been working on the details for some time, and the event should prove a fine occasion to get together with old buddies and relive some of the old days on the campus. The classes of '49 and '50 will be reuning at the same time, which means that as close a return to the associations of our campus days as possible will be attained. Wives are of course definitely invited and encouraged to attend, and children who cannot be left home will be taken care of, if Jim is successful in working out the details with '49 and. '50 by baby-sitters.
Dormitory accommodations for individuals, couples, and families will be provided, and the Class will have a large tent to be used as the center of activities, where will be located such essentials as food, beer, music, conviviality, laughs, etc. Informality will be definitely keynoted. Some sort of distinctive wearing paraphernalia such as '48 crew hats and/or beer jackets will be standard equipment for all members of the Class and their wives.
Jim reports that returns from the initial mailing have more than exceeded his hopes, and that a high turnout at Reunion seems assured unless some form of class-wide epidemic of polio, broken legs, etc., occurs in the next couple of months. Looks as though a goodly portion of '48 will be gathered together on the green plain of Hanover in June. This correspondent joins with the committee in hoping that every member of the Class who can possibly make it will do so. Ah, Hanover in the spring!
Jim's Reunion committee is, for practical reasons, composed principally of fellows in the New York City area. They are able to get together fairly easily there, and are tints succeeding in attending to the myriad details that an event such as Reunion entails. JohnHatheway is assisting Jim as vice chairman, while other members are Johnny Van Roalle,Dick Greene, Joe Smith, Bob Reynolds,Woody Kirschbaum, Jim McLaughlin, and Lou Perry. Ex-officio assistants are Bob Herrick, Johnny Fenno, 80-bo Russell, and myself. In addition to these men, Jim either has or intends to have contact men in important metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Boston who can personally get in touch with classmates from whom nothing has been heard or who are on the fence.
From the standpoint of the future of '48 as an integral and enthusiastic part of the Dartmouth family, our Reunion this June will be very important. Organizationally—and it's certainly partly my fault—we have not done much as a unit. We need something to pull us together as an enthusiastic supporter of that indefinable something known as "The Dartmouth Spirit." I feel, therefore, that the following words of Jim Scheafer are very relevant: "Things point to a fine and successful Reunion. Despite our lowly Green Derby showings (and damn good they've been, considering the Class' unique make-up) this could be — let's hope it will be — the turning point." 'Null said.
Among the spring returnees to Hanover will be Thorn Finkelday — complete with bride. Fink recently abandoned the ranks of confirmed bachelors, and, as he says, is now working "as head of a household." He goes on to say, "The gal's name used to be Jeannette Quick, but she's got a better one now." Fink had been courting Jeannette for three years before their marriage this winter, one and a half of which years occurred while he was in the Army in Europe. Congratulations to you both! They're living in Long Beach, N. Y.
Gordie Noe took a big step on March 1 when he joined the ranks of private enterprises by opening his own hardware and furniture store in Brunswick, Me. The firm is known as the Hardware Trading Post, and it handles just about everything. Any '48 Maine summer vacationers should remember the spot. Brad Winans was in February appointed a member of the planning research panel by the West Essex Township Committee in Livingston, N. J. Brad was discharged from the Navy last May, and now lives with his wife and child in Livingston. He works as a division staff supervisor in the commercial dept. of the N. J. Bell Telephone Co.
Have received a few address changes from the College as follows: Johnny Wood, married a few months ago, is now a programmer with the Crown Zellerbach Corp., and is living outside Seattle in Port Townsend. John joins another Easterner, Dave Miller, in thinking highly of the Pacific Northwest. Jack McFalls joins John and Dave as a third Northwesterner. He recently returned from the Navy on Guam, and now makes his office in the Skinner Building in Seattle. Have you two Seattlite Johns met? Dr. Larry Werlher, whose home is in N. Y. C., is now serving with the U. S. Army in Europe. Cal and Nancy Brown have moved again. This time they've been sent from Chicago to Dayton, Ohio. Cal is with a machine tool manufacturing firm. AlFritzsche, formerly of Cody, Wyo., is now a newspaper publisher in Lisbon Falls, Me., not far from Portland where Bill Warnock teaches school. Dr. Tom Huffman is gaining valuable practical experience in the V. A. Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., while Dr. Bob Hoekelman's home is now Hicksville, L. 1., N. Y. Jere Poole is a First John in the Army Air Forces, and serves with the 54th Strat. Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.
That about empties the mailbag for this month. Once again, however, I want to urge you wives, mothers, and sweethearts of men of '48 to write me concerning your husbands, sons, and beaux. We appreciate receiving news of our classmates. So long until next month I
REUNION ROOMS: Dormitory reservation cards received in late April must be returned to the Bursar by June 5, after which date space may not be available.
Secretary, 1407 Gulf Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
Class Agent, 128 Market St., Saugerties, N. Y.
