1924

The first news should be happy news, and it is: Bob and Dot Strong's son Jonathan is married to a beautiful bride. She is a Wellesley graduate, and the former Sonja Stael, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson Taylor. Jon was D. '56 (and born within a week of my own Jonathan) as well as Tuck '59; he took his law degree at Harvard, class of '62, and after active duty with the Marines, from which he has the rank of captain, joined the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow. The wedding took place in Skaneateles, N. Y., on Saturday, October 16, 1965. Cheers, Sonja and Tiny.

The second news item is also happy, for the birthday cards seem to have gotten the message across to some from whom we have heard little or nothing for some time. Bless their hearts for replying, and may their number ever increase. They shall be anonymous, of course. None of us expects anything from you classmates for being your elected officers; every one of us will tell you we are richly rewarded for the friendships we have made since taking office for myself, many close friends whom I knew only casually in college. We thank you for electing us; sending the birthday cards is a pleasant chore - a chore only because deadlines come rolling around ... and I wish five of you had not chosen November 11 to be born, for you five plus three on the 12th do push against other priorities. My apologies when I fail to meet your birth date; I know it is not frequent. One request: send us a home address, and not your business address, please. And especially - please complete the latest request for data from the Alumni Records Office; a blue form this time. It is a bit delicate, but it is also embarrassing, when we try to come up with current information (for many reasons and to avoid some embarrassments to us and to you) - and then find the "cupboard" bare. One reason is the obituary this month; very minor example of my point.

Third news item is to repeat what Butts has said in the Class Letter: the Fall Reunion at Bonnie Oaks was a joy to all who attended. But also a mystery as regards some who did not attend but have in the past - for most (or all) of us who have been there once agree that it is better and better as we grow to know each other in-creasingly better. It is not a clique no closed corporation nor for any special group; several of us are those who were just plain Joes in College - and we pretend to no more now.

Which brings me to an announcement: there will be further details for you very soon, but here is the good news for 1966: It will (again) be Princeton here on October 8, 1966. Come and see that soccer-type kick, if nothing more. (Perhaps you'll have seen it at Princeton before this gets into print.) As on the last time, rooms will be at a tight premium; Bonnie Oaks can and will give us top priority ... on a strictly first- come, first-served basis - just as always. Watch for further details, probably in the next Class Letter.

Current events from here and there: Johnnie Dregge continues to serve Uncle Sam (past 10 years), now as Director of Community and Congressional Relations for the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, as trouble shooter or liaison man. Connie and John visited their daughter's family - four grandchildren - in Wellesley Hills; some of you saw them at the Harvard game, John retires in a "few years."... Ted Morehouse missed the Yale game because of an eye operation; his son Ted III '63, Tuck '65 is now in New York with wife Sandra; while you eat your turkey, think of them as somewhere in Nassau; retirement in a "couple of years or so." ... Lee Ramsdell missed the game because of business: the merger of Lee Ramsdell & Co., with The Buckley Organization into a "larger and more broadly based agency to be known as Ramsdell, Buckley & Co., Inc.," Philadelphia and New York. Lee is president and treasurer; his partner is chairman of the board.

New movie at Radio City Music Hall: "Never Too Late," featuring our Paul Ford; the review starts this way: "Paul Ford, everyone? Put that lumbering form and disillusioned-rooster face on film and ask for nothing more." But then the reviewer does ask for more - less padding of what was a good play. ... One more gem: ... but for sheer expertise in domestic comedy ... in a manner unsurpassed since the passing of W. C. Fields, settle for Mr. Ford with Maureen O'Sullivan as his lovely foil and you're high on hilarity."

Missed connections again: Faith and BillMcNiff, he still in the History Department at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), passed through Hanover in August on their way up into the Gaspe country; try us again, please - Margaret and I were in Maine (as usual come mid-August to mid-September). ... "Hanover seemed like Times Square in rush-hour - filled with tourists like myself, madly seeking parking space" ... and that's true since we've gone gung-ho on summer programs. But come again. Bill plans to retire in 1969 - three years after I've been put to pasture.

No more this time; as president of the New Hampshire Psychological Association (among other "hats" I wear) I'm off to Boston to preside at our combined (with the New England group) fall meetings. Will weekend with a classmate and family; see comments in paragraph two about "rewards."

Secretary, 2 Brewster Rd., Hanover, N. H.

Treasurer, 29 Woodside Rd., Winchester, Mass.

Bequest Co-Chairmen,