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By now, you have probably received the first blast from the Alumni Fund office so that you are aware of the goals and needs this year. Our good friend and Class Agent, Hugh Dryfoos, has set up an impressive roster of classmates to flush out the donors, and all of us can make the going .great by heeding the first appeal. This will be Hugh's last fund drive and the nicest going-away present we could give him would be a donation from everyone in the Class - 100% participation is in the realm of the possible and would earn him all the accolades he so justly deserves Such a simple way of thanking Hugh for his hard efforts on our behalf! Mine is in; how about yours? Why not do it now while you're reminded of it?
Bob Castle, president of the Chicago Flag and Decorating Co., figures prominently in some of the Bicentennial plans, for he is donating three specially made flags for the College's use. The largest one, 8' x 12', will first be unfurled in ceremonies opening the Bicentennial year and will thereafter fly from a second flagpole on the campus throughout the year. A smaller version will be carried in parades and other ceremonies during the celebration period, while the large Bicentennial banner will hang in the central window of the Top of the Hop facing the green throughout the year. You can be sure these flags and banner will add much to the colorful events of the Bicentennial Year and you can be on hand for their incorporation into tradition by attending our reunion next June when they will be used for the first time.
Haven't you wanted to know someone sophisticated enough to plan and go on a hunting safari? Well, now you can say you do because Lee and Martie Bassett have recently returned from a month-long one to Kenya. Happily, Lee reports much success which probably means the chance for lots of game, while for me, it would mean the absence of any and the need to pull the trigger. Lee regrets that reunion is coming when it does since he is scheduled to be hunting out in Montana the same time.
Bob Storrs is, among other duties, the medical director of the Birth Defects Genetic Evaluation Center here in Hanoyer. He heads the staff of Med School and Hitchcock Hospital doctors serving northern New England residents with a facility to evaluate birth defects through heredity or other causes. The Center carries on extensive studies in families with children with birth defects. Through diagnosis and genetic counseling, they aim to help these children while the biochemist, geneticist, physiologist, as well as the medical specialists, learn ways to help yet unborn children to avoid the same fate. When you contribute to the March of Dimes, think of Bob and
The sad news of the loss of two classmates from our ranks has reached us. We will miss Larry Keeler and Bill Hayes, but are stronger and better for having known them, as we did. The In Memoriam section in the back of this MAGAZINE carries fuller details.
I'm convinced that Jack Rourke must be the most courageous guy I know of. He actually is running hard to catch up to what most people would classify as one of this country's thorniest problems: being Mayor of Los Angeles! Jack jumped into the fray back in January and has been running hard ever since. The primary election was April 1, so the results will be known by the time you read this. Meanwhile our friend, who lives near "Beautiful Downtown Burbank," has been using all the TV tactics he has practiced so skillfully in recent years. Jack is well-known in the whole of southern California as the originator of political "telethons" and network specials. During the presidential campaign, he produced ten live shows featuring Richard Nixon, including the two-hour coast-to-coast telethon on election eve. Jack also produced the show starring L. A.'s incumbent Mayor which has set the standard for a variety of similar political shows attracting national figures. In addition, he has produced specials which have raised important money for charitable groups. Jack's pitch in his own campaign has been to enlist fellow citizens of creativity, compassion, and courage" upon whom the "Brain Power" depends which will guide the future of the country's second largest city. Who would have thought that the embryonic political career here, when he was president of our class, Green Key, and Phi Gam, would shoot to such dizzy heights! Congratulations and good luck, Jack.
Speaking of politics, at the other end of the country, hard by Pilgrim country HenryStokes was running for selectman at Hingham Mass. The election was March 29 so we can hope to hear of his success anytime. Besides his public service bent Henry has been chairman of the Board of Health, on the school construction committee, and the World's End Committee. He is president of Woodruff and Stokes Company makers of miniature cutting tools. Good luck to Henry.
When the Laconia International Snowmobile Championships were held recently, the biggest attraction of the whole meet was pretty Sally O'Shea who reigned as Snowmobile Queen. Fortunately, she resembles her mother, although she appears to have her father's winning smile. Old John O Shea is a lucky man!
Don't forget the two important events in our corporate class life — our 29th Alumni Fund and our 30th reunion. Participation in both is easy, fun, and almost as good for you as it is for others. Try it and see; you won't be sorry you did.
Secretary, 5 North Balch St. Hanover, N. H. 03755
Class Agent, 200 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10010
