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This year's freshman class at our Alma Mater includes five sons of classmates who have started on their pea-green career. Those lucky ones, and their dads who are all making reservations for freshman fathers' weekend, I hope, are Bob, son of Howard Akerley; Jim, scion of the James McElroy household in Switzerland; Mark, who calls Mickey Miller the "old man"; Jay, one-half of Ed Schechter's twins; and Tom, oldest of Tom Todd's clan. Good wishes to each of them!
A long letter from Seymour Wheelock chronicled life in the mile-high center of Denver. He and Janet were hoping their son-in-law would be heading stateside from Vietnamese waters in November and that his remaining Navy days might not include further sea duty. Seymour Jr. has transferred to Dartmouth for his last two years. Sey keeps in shape by playing tennis several noons each week and swimming outdoors eight months a year. A highlight of his fall was a camera excursion to Monument Canyon and Durango.
I'm wondering if there's something wrong out in Deerfield, Ill., because two of our group have moved from there within the last few weeks. After many years of calling it home both Dee Jones and Ray Dau have foresaken Deerfield for the sunny south. Dee can now be found at 2391 Woodleaf Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033; and Ray is now hanging his hat at 5241 NE 29th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33308. There should be a story behind these moves which I'll share with you if our pals will heed this plea for the news.
If it's your habit to read the "Daily News Record" in Fun City you might have seen the notation that Bill Wrightson has bought a Norwegian seal trench coat and had the furrier dye it Dartmouth green. How loyal can you be?
Recent news from Chicago confirmed Bud Raymond's election to the presidency of Moore, Case, Lyman, and Hubbard, the city's oldest general insurance agency. Raymo has a string of community activities to his credit as well, including past service as chairman of the Winnetka Campsite Trust, and the Winnetka Community House. He also helped found the Winnetka Yacht Club and is still active in the National Ski Association which harks back to his Tenth Mountain Division days.
Class Executive Committeeman Bill Holman has recently checked in from the Pacific Northwest. Emily and Bill's clan consists of Beverly 9, John 7, and Colin 6, so obviously they have yet to wrestle with teen-age problems. Bill is vice president of the board of the Episcopal school the children attend which means he can worry about all its financial problems. While vacationing in Palm Springs recently, they experienced their first California earthquake. Earlier on another trip they had stopped in Kansas City for lunch with Whit and Marty Miller.
After many years of not hearing from him it was pleasant to receive a letter from Marsh Hollander out in Chicago-land. He and son Bill had even tried to look me up last spring while in Hanover on a college tour. Joan and daughter Lisa stayed home, but will hopefully come next time if Bill's first preference comes through with an acceptance. The M. J. Hollander & Co. manufactures and distributes furniture, and I imagine Marsh sits in the highest-backed chair of them all.
Although some elections are still to be voted, Henry Stokes has already been involved in one whose outcome nonetheless was still uncertain. In a special election for a post on the Hingham Board of Selectmen he lost by only nine votes and so asked for a recount. At this writing the results are unknown but I hope he will inform us of the final results.
The sad news of Fred Kelley's death on September 29 has just reached me. An obituary will appear in next month's MAGAZINE.
Bob Austin has finished another busy summer of operating West Wind Village here in New Hampshire and has gone back to home base, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to operate Liberty Hall, Frederickstad's unique guest house. June and Bob's oldest daughter, Sue, was married there last June just after graduating from Colby Junior.
Congratulations to Bob Weil on his election to the board of trustees of Wheaton College. This important service to higher education makes his a solid Wheaton family, with a wife and daughter already graduated and a second daughter presently a senior there. Bob is also vice president and trustee of the Montgomery Academy down in Alabama, and when not lending his many talents to the field of education he toils in the field of cotton brokerage.
Johnny Goodman retired about two years ago from the Army and has switched his colonel's eagles for a barrister's robes. Since his service had been in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and since he had an LL.B. from Baylor it was a natural to set up a law practice. For many years the family had vacationed in Maine, so it was not too difficult deciding to settle down in Bridgton, where he has already been elected a selectman and appointed director of Civil Defense. Those cagey Yankees know a good man when they see one!
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