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The item about Al Steinbrecher and his interesting hobby in the March issue attracted the attention of Gerald Schnitzer '40, another ham operator from Beverly Hills (WB6UBM) who asked for Al's address so he might get in touch with him.
Abe Winslow is very much on the ball — and cautious also. He noticed a typographical error referring to our good treasurer as Robert Frey instead of Al, and he wasn't going to pay his dues to any Robert Frey he didn't know.
Tink and Esther Lombard have gotten over the travel bug and keep themselves busy with golf and bridge. They have a daughter in Connecticut with four sons which keeps them busy also. The oldest of the grandsons, by the way, is fine material for Dartmouth both scholastically and athletically.
Had there been prizes at the Sarasota Blackman dinner in February it would have gone to the '20 Class for having the largest class delegation per April issue of ALUMNIMAGAZINE in the item of the Sarasota Dartmouth Club (page 42). Any other area records been made?
Charlie and Margaret Stevens are booked on the Moore McCormick ship "Argentina" for a cruise in August around the North Cape of the Scandinavian countries. Bob Winters is still working, not five days a week, but six. He and Bernice have two children, Bob Jr. in Connecticut and Susan in Florida, and there are five grandchildren.
Paul Richter learned from Joe Welch '51 that his parents Dick and Helen Welch have been enjoying a visit in Hawaii this winter.
A brief note tells that Don and Ruth MacKay picked a small town off-the-beaten path near Guaymas in Mexico about 300 miles south of the border where they spent several weeks this winter and where the fishing in the Gulf of California was unbelievable. Don was amazed to find such a tremendous supermarket that carries just about everything and with Spanish and English dictionaries available also.
News of Dot Harvey: She drove with Warrie and Florabel Chamberlain to "Lost Tree Club" in North Palm Beach and saw Lydia Hutchinson in their new and lovely home. Apparently Paul was not around. Dot tells us also that Ed and Ginnie Bowen have moved to a very attractive home not far from her in Delray.
In a communication from Frank Moulton he questioned how we could possibly leave the beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains and river valleys for our remote spot here in the south. Perhaps he isn't aware of the beauty of the green water of the keys washing shells up on the white sand of Florida's west coast and how easy the living is here in this climate.
I hear Abe Weld '21 had a group of '20s and '21s in for Easter Sunday dinner, among them was Phil and Hilda Gross and Paul and Lillian Richter. I think the Dalrymples were supposed to be there also and the occasion, I believe, was the subject of the summer '20-'21 frolic. However, the exact date is still not known but everybody had such a grand time last year, and the Souhegan Club in New Ipswich, N.H., was such an ideal setting with adequate equipment and facilities that it will be held there again this year and it will be the nearest Saturday to the middle of July that the Club is available for this Class get-together. Notices will be sent to all New England Dartmouths at a later date. Charlie Crathern being president of the Club and in the know about dates, schedules, etc., will be the first to know the date and he can be reached by mail, R.F.D. Mason, Greenville, N.H. 03048 or by phone (603)-878-1521.
It is good to hear from Bill Sinclair of San Jose, Calif. We recall that he came east on a business-pleasure trip the weekend of the Princeton game in Hanover in the fall of '66 when we had a Class get-together in Leverone Field House before the game. It was quite a coincidence to have two California classmates in Hanover for the same game (Ralph and Dorothy Roberts also). Bill had not been back for 45 years and had not kept in touch and had not kept the Dartmouth spirit kindled during the absent years - much to his regret now. They moved to California in 1958 and enjoy what they think is the ideal climate. They realize theirs is a large state and they, being flying enthusiasts, are attempting to "know their state" and improve their camera technique.
Hal Clark of Scarsdale, N.Y., is another of few words but hearing from him lets us know he is O.K. Ken Spalding's chief item of news is that his 10th grandchild had recently arrived. Ben Potter of Rock Island, Ill., says his biggest effort is not to make news, but sends his best to you all.
A friend suggested to Emile Auger that, with his law and Internal Revenue Service experience, he should give some time helping SBA (Small Business Administration) Committee of SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives); and it was not long before he was advising people who came to the SBA office, as well as doing field service to those who had asked advice and counsel. He became so interested in the work he took another step, volunteering to take a training course in disaster service. He was soon asked to give a month's time in October and November 1967 in Fairbanks, Alaska, to relieve the flood disaster victims. He worked on loans both personal and business ranging from $3,000 to $450,000. It is interesting to note that the dollar value of the loans totalled over $35,000,000 for this disaster area. Hal Bernkopf is also volunteering his services to SCORE, and perhaps other '20s are in it that we don't know about. The account of Emile's experiences during his month's work in Alaska would be interesting reading to all if there was more room.
It is with regret that two more '20 names have to be added to Al Foley's recent In Memoriam list of this last year. A Dr. Miner recently notified the College that Stan Antrim of Stevensville, Mont., died on lanuary 25, 1968; and notice was also received that Ledyard (Pa) Birch of Sherman, Conn., died of a heart attack on March 29. Stan was one of the leading stockmen in his area; he was a member of the legislature and was active in the Masons and Elks. The cause of his death was not given but I do know that he had a very bad case of arthritis and was quite badly crippled from it. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Emily Antrim and to Virginia Birch and other surviving relatives, and In Memoriam notices will appear in the July issue or a subsequent issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Since this is the last issue of the MAGAZINE (with the exception of the reunion issue) that you will receive before the football season here is the '68 schedule so you can plan your football weekends: Sept. 28, New Hampshire in Hanover; Oct. 5, Holy Cross at Worcester; Oct. 12, Princeton in Hanover; Oct. 19, Brown in Hanover; Oct. 26, Harvard at Cambridge; Nov. 2, Yale at New Haven; Nov. 9, Columbia in Hanover; Nov. 16, Cornell at Ithaca; and Nov. 23, Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - and all games are scheduled for 1:30 P.M. It is expected the new football stadium which will replace the visitors' stands will be completed and the Inn also will be completed by football time.
A nice summer to you all!
Secretary, R.F.D. 1, Center Harbor, N.H. 03226
Class Agent, 90 Iron Mine Dr. Staten Island, N.Y. 10304
