1933

Last month these notes reported that 1933 had lost the attendance cup, won the previous year, at the Boston Alumni Dinner "to some other well deserving class. They sure did. The class of 1944 worked hard for a good turn out and they had 46 members present!!

Al Speare who retired from Sikorsky Aircraft last June, wrote from Squaw Valley, Calif.: — "This sure beats working for a living. We joined Mary and Bill (daughter and son-in-law) out here for their mid-winter vacation and the skiing is the best I've ever seen — twenty to thirty feet of snow. Hope you are getting plenty of good skiing in New Hampshire this year."

Thanks for the card, Al, and the skiing has been great here and still is as these notes are being written in early April. Water-ville Valley - about thirty minutes from here— which you may have seen on T.V. at the time of the World Cup Races in March, reports 14 to 22 feet of snow at the high elevations. Those of you who have skied in Tuckerman Ravine on Mt Washington, will be pleased to know that there is more than eighty feet of snow in the bowl. So there will be plenty of skiing for some time.

Hal Hackett was recently named "Civil Servant of the Week" in Nashua N. H.He entered the postal service in 1937 and is currently assistant postmaster, a position he has held since 1955. Hal and Polly celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary last year. They have three daughters: Paulina and Carol Ann, each teaching school, and Marilyn, a student at Syracuse University studying Art. Hal is eligible for retirement but plans to work a couple of years more before enjoying more fully his hobbies of fishing, race tracking, reading, some writing, and spectator sports. When asked if women will take over the arduous task of delivering mail, he said: They are being used more and more for this purpose, especially by some of the bigger post offices. And actually there is no reason why they can't...."

Dr. Alvin Florin of West Orange, coordinator of the New Jersey Regional Medical Program, was one of the lecturers at th state-wide symposium for physicians at Ocean County College in Toms River, N. J., in January. He received his M.D. from Columbia College of Physicians Mid Surgeons and interned at Bellevue (N. Y.) Hospital. Al is currently a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry and also an assistant attending in medicine at East Orange General Hospital and special consultant in post graduate education at the St. Michael Medical Center in Newark.

If you are planning to call on Don andMuggs D'Arcy you will find them at their new address: — 104 South Williams Street, Bradford, Mass. Don is director of development at Bradford Junior CoUeg|g

Pete Hart, formerly Ambassador to Turkey and more recently Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, has received a new assignment. Secre- tary of State Rogers has designated him as Director of the Foreign Service Institute replacing Ambassador George V. Allen who has retired.

"""it has been a long time since we have heard from Drew Dudley. He is now Literary Consultant for the Dell Publishing Co. and living at 235 East 57th Street, New York Cityv

Roger' Sylvester, news editor of The Springfield (Mass.) Union since 1950, was recently named to the post of managing editor He joined the staff in 1935 and has worked his way up through many different assignments. He and Adaline live at 48 Ellsworth Avenue in Springfield.

Bea and I made a big trip south during school vacation — all the way to Boston. We enjoyed a delicious dinner with Norm andMara Erlandson at Jimmy's Harborside Restaurant. They are leaving shortly for France. They will visit their daughter, Dorcy, who is teaching in Paris and then tour the chateaux country by car. We also had a wonderful dinner and evening with Wes and-lanBeattie. They had just returned from Washington where Wes had spent two weeks of duty with the Army at the Pentagon. En route they were entertained by George andPolly Farrand and while in Washington they had the pleasure of seeing Hank and HelenSmith, Larry and Margaret Reeves, Pete andJane Hart, and John and Rosemary Monaean. Also the Washington Dartmouth Club held a luncheon at the Rayburn House Building in honor of all Dartmouth members of Congress including our two members, which was attended by Charlie Grob, DonLincoln, Larry Reeves, and Manny Sprague. Manny left a little early to catch a plane for the Bahamas.

There are other travelers in the class, some we hear about but unfortunately there are a great many that are not heard from. Jack and Dottie Manchester will be returning from a month in England about the time you read these notes. It is their second vacation since they have been married so they should have lots to tell.

Please keep the news coming and in addition remember the importance of the Alumni Fund.

Dartmouth had the largest delegation atthe 1969 Presidents Conference sponsoredby the Super Market Institute; (l to r)JimMcFarland '33, president, General Mills;Bob Schaeberle '45, president, NationalBiscuit Co.; and Al Bildner '47, president,Kings Super Markets.

Secretary, Holderness School Plymouth, N. H. 03264

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