1935
Circle next October 3-4-5 on your calendar! This will be '35s big reunion weekend, celebrating Dartmouth's Bi-Centennial year. We have added an extra day, and a special program will be developed to make this a truly memorable occasion.
These decisions were reached at a special meeting of the class executive committee, held Hallowe'en eve at Bea and Dero Saunders' home. Present for cocktails, a fine chicken dinner and lively conversation were Bobb Chancy, Al Sherwood, Lou Bookheim,Bob Naramore, Hall Colton, Bill Fitzhugh, Dero and yours truly. It may not have been a legal quorum, but we dood it anyway. Now, it is up to our co-chairmen, DickMuzzy and Reg Bankart, to pull it off!
THE JET SET. This summer and early fall, classmates have been flying to the four corners of the earth. Bob Richter took a golfing holiday in Scotland, and reports "I have never lost my abiding love of this great game after 44 years (who is he kidding?) and it was a real thrill to play St. Andrews and the other famous Scottish courses."
Fran and Bob Boehm vacationed in Hawaii. Ruth and Doug Ley were in Munich for the Oktoberfest, and deny that they were among those pirating the festive steins, a practice which was widely reported by the press. According to Doug, "The weather was so cold and rainy that it was more conducive to sedate wine drinking in nice cozy restaurants, than raucous beer drinking in the huge tents at the fairgrounds."
Phyllis and Ken Kurson flew around the world, with India the high spot of their trip. Bea and Dero Saunders vacationed in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, and Dero's nostalgic comment is, "can't wait to get back to the Amalfi coast." On the personal side, Dero writes "Son David '63 completing three years Army duty as a captain at Ft. Dix. Son Richard '69 spent the summer in Hanover on a research fellowship in biology. He also learned to fly. Now his brother calls him the Red Baron."
With Ari and Spiro putting the Greeks in the lime light, it's only fitting we should hear from our own Greek delegate. In a postcard from Messina, Charlie Lafazanos extends to one and all "finest greetings from Greece."
TRAVEL AT HOME. Harry Griffith reports that he and Eleanor finally found their way back to Hanover, after 18 years. His impressions: "Outside of the new modernistic buildings behind the Library (math and computer center) and the Hopkins Center, things seemed the same. Am regaining my youthful figure, after dieting off 53 pounds. Deckert tells me he is back to 175, after eating nothing but grapefruit."
Kelly Hamilton has invested in a trailer and reports that camping is his new hobby. Trips to Expo, Williamsburg, and the White Mountains. Bob Naramore has resorted to more primitive modes of travel. "Jogging 1½ miles a day. Weight dropped from 162 to 153, only six pounds over my graduation weight. Pants fit better!"
FAMILY NEWS. Dave Buxbaum now boasts eight grandchildren. Four boys, four girls. Anyone able to contest him for the grandfather's trophy?
Ted O'Brien reports he is still happily married to Melba, "who attended five winter carnivals - three years undergraduate, two med school. One daughter married to a pediatrician - three children. Second graduate of Northwestern, not married." Frank Hermes writes that son Sandy '65 married a Skidmore girl and, after two years Army duty, is working on his MBA at Wharton. Daughter June graduated from Skidmore and married a Brown man. Frank himself continues his media duties at D'Arcy Advertising.
Sid Simons comments, "Kids maturing, but not quite flying alone. To be with it, I've become a Porsche enthusiast - racing, auto crossing, rallying, the whole bit." JackAu Werter reports, "The five kids are scattered. The two oldest, sons, are happily married. Two daughters are back in college. The 10-year-old (!) is in Cleveland's Laurel School, with the sentimental background that her mother, grandmother, and sisters all went there, too. Me? I just run around trying to pay all the bills."
From the Bell Fruit Farm in Booneville, Mo., Johnny Bell writes, "Nothing but work for Kits and me at this time of year. But, at least, we have a good crop for a change. Business expanding repeatedly, causing us to work harder and realize we're not as young as we used to be. Charlotte at University of Texas; young John in Taft."
Sam Milesky, still Wisconsin state supervisor of schools for the deaf and blind, reports that his task gets more demanding each year, because of a critical shortage of teachers. His oldest daughter, Fran, now married, is doing her part by teaching the partially sighted. Sam's younger daughter, Barbara, spent a semester in Florence, Italy, and is now a senior at the University of Wisconsin.
From Sam Rees comes this nostalgic note. "I read of class reunions in far-off corners of the world with a sense of unreality. Here in Kansas City '35ers are as rare as Dodo birds. I am a partner in Haskins and Sells. Married 30 years to Molly, whom many met at Commencement. A daughter and 6-year-old granddaughter in Seattle. A son, 22, just back from Korea, and now at University of Colorado. Hair grey, waist 36."
Bob Young reports "Ruth and I have been in Pittsfield (Mass.) for 23 years. Am president of my own insurance agency. Two sons, Bob and Phil, are attending the University of Arizona." A final note from DudRussell, who just returned from a trip East where he and Bet saw Fred and Betty Raymond in Knoxville. "Fred is out of the tombstone business, and doing well with his new rental business - cars, office machinery, or whatever else you may need. They have a delightful cabin in a beautiful valley in the Smokies. Among other attractions, Fred has a tobacco allotment (8/10 of an acre), so you can save taxes by picking, curing and rolling your own."
NEW JOBS. Ed: Freeman has forsaken ladies sports wear, handkerchiefs, etc., to peddle printing. He's now associated with Busch & Schmitt, the Chicago Lithographers. John Thomas, after 30 years as an oil man, is fast becoming a tire expert. His latest assignment from Shell is to develop a line of private label tires for sale next year. For the past two years, Bill Kreig has been director of Argentine-Paraguayan-Uruguayan affairs in the State Department, working on an experimental joint program with A.I.D. Believes the program is a marked improvement.
Charlie Sewall is adjusting to an entire new way of life. After umpteen years in the Navy, he has retired to the Maine Coast and reports. "Many farewell parties in Washington, including lunch at the Lawyers Club with Chuck Dineen, Frank Specht, and Hugh Wolff. Navy gave me a medal for throwing more paperwork into the wastebasket than anyone else. Moved into new home the end of September, and am now in the melon period of life: 'Honey, do this, honey, do that.' Clearing 14 acres (Jean gave me a chain saw as a retirement present), building pier and dock, and soon will be plowing snow. Son Bill a junior at Dartmouth, and working with the ABC program. Real proud he is doing something constructive, not just dissenting."
Hank Hawkins recently elected president of the New Hampshire Savings Bank Association. Roland Leich promoted to full professor (music) in the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie-Mellon University, formerly Carnegie Tech. Sandy Brown writing a biography on Count Rumsford (1753-1814) on a Guggenheim Fellowship, while on leave from M.I.T. In case you didn't know, Rumsford was a physicist from the Revolutionary War Period who invented the modern fireplace and modern kitchen stove.
A sad note in closing. Karl Ullman died of a heart attack September 5. More complete details will be in the "In Memoriam" section of this or a future issue. The Class extends its sympathy to Ginny and her four children.
Robert McClean '35 appears to bewatching the missiles go by at the WhiteSands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Secretary 840 Westcliff Deerfield, III. 60015
Treasurer, Apt. 16-H, 333 East 34th St. New York, N. Y. 10016
Bequest Chairman, THOMAS E. WILSON
