1948

After a holiday season that seemed to last forever, the kids are back at school again and quiet seems once more to prevail around the house. My only hope now is that we are provided with some snow so we can ski a little this winter. My boys scream with glee at the first sign of that white stuff d Daddy pulls out the snow shovel and starts to work on the driveway, but such is life.

I received a nice note from Ken young the other day with news that he has Howie Hilton as his enrollment chairman in Tampa with Dave Kadyk as additional help in attempting to attract top boys to Dartmouth in that area. Ken is the enrollment Chairman for the whole west coast and central sections of Florida. He says he has some good football players lined up for next tear Ken as usual spent the fall in Hanchampionship in a row. Ken says there is no place like sunny Florida.

Dr Bill Cummings has recently moved to West' Springfield, Mass., after practicing many years at the Veterans Hospital m White River Junction, Vt., where he was an anesthetist. He will practice in one of the local hospitals. Bill and Alice spent an awful long time around the Hanover area, so their new move should be quite a change for them.

I just heard via a note from Peggy, wile of Gordon Winkler, that he has left the advertising business in Chicago and joined the United States Information Service. After a short stint in Washington, Gordon, Peggy and their three sons are off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Gordon's first post in the foreign service. Good luck to the Winkler family! Ethiopia should be quite a change and very exciting for boys raised on the North Shore of Chicago.

All of you will be deeply saddened as I was to hear of the sudden passing of Mario Nicosia. Our deepest sympathy goes to Stella, his wife, and to his daughter and son. Nick had spent his entire working career after Dartmouth with Sears Roebuck in New York, where he held the very responsible position as ladies suit buyer for the entire company. More details about his death can be found in the obituary section of this issue.

Let's hope that 1964 is a healthy year for the Bobo Russell family. Last year was a tough one with Bob Jr. breaking a leg skiing; Bobo having pneumonia, and finally Barbara breaking her arm in a fall from a horse. This is the year for them to all remain hale and hearty in spite of their various activities.

As might be expected, life is very active for the Paul Branch family up in Olean, N. Y. While Paul keeps busy as vice president of Bath, Branch and Hendrik, general insurance agents, in addition to his activities in many organizations around town, Toni is keeping Billy, Laurie, Amy, and Chris out of mischief. I hope Paul has time for a trip to Whiteface during the winter.

It has been quite some time since I have seen Milt and Dede Kurtz at a football game or other Dartmouth function. However, I assume that Milt is very busy as president of the fast-growing boys wear manufacturing firm of David Kurtz Co.

Any of you visiting in the Detroit area might give Jerry Ludington a ring as he and Dorothy live out in beautiful Bloomfield Hills. Jerry's business, the Ludington News Co., which distributes magazines, is in Flint. Jerry's daughters Jennifer and Julie are now 12 and 11 and Jerry Jr. is 6.

It has been a while since I reported on the Doug Norton family. Doug is still director of dairy engineering for the DeLaval Separator Co. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Doug, Harriet, and the children live in a nice home in nearby Red Hook.

I would like to write a bit more about the activities of our classmates, but I am limited by the scarcity of news. Perhaps next month some of you will have interesting experiences you could tell me about.

Secretary, 110 Old Farm Rd. Pleasantville, N. Y.

Treasurer, College Highway, Southwick, Mass.