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Those long, cool shadows I wrote about last month seem to have been dispelled by a tropical heat wave. Any blanks in this column can be directly attributed to an interruption of electrical service. Hopefully, those crisp autumn days we all remember so well are enroute from Minnesota and points north.
The world is increasingly populated by wanderlusters. Bobby Schmitz, who honestly hoped to be on hand to see Dartmouth rout Princeton this fall (we'll check my track record next issue), wrote recently he would not make his presence felt at the '49 fall get-together due to a transition from the only river-burning, pollution center of Cleveland to the Queen City of Cincinnati. After he, wife and three boys (and he started late) dispose of one low interest rate mortgage in favor of present more desirable financing possibilities, Bobby will be controller of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company—Guess what we'll be drinking at the next reunion?
And we have a wanderluster returnee. Our music hater Ort Hicks has become a Hanover "Bones" effective September 1, 1970. After touring the world with assignments in Oslo, Norway, Darmstadt and Cologne, Germany, and Iceland Ort returned to Washington, D. C., to inform with the U.S.I.A. Now he has cured himself of Potomac fever via an assignment as Director of Development for Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Now Skip Ungar will have some accompanists for our rendez-vous! Ort, Janet and four siblings can be reached in Norwich, Vt.
Another wanderluster about whom I made mention last month explained his absence from reunion by writing that he, frau May, and five lesser ones rode the white water down the Connecticut River in three Old Town canoes prior to taking a new post in Karachi, Pakistan. Dave Raynolds picked up his son Robert '73 at the Ledyard Canoe Club enroute and after giving a wide berth to an atomic plant at Rowe, Vt., disembarked at Northamp. After such a boring interlude he opted for Lander, Wyo. (which has the greatest 4th of July celebration anywhere) prior to checking out Pago Pago, Samoa, Sydney, Australia, and Bankok, Thailand, enroute to Karachi where he will be Deputy to the U. S. Consulate General, supervising commercial operations. Anyone slightly envious? Not satisfied he is looking forward to an overland trek to Athens. Hope Dave settles down the mid-east as a side assignment.
And who has received news recently from one of our professional wanderlusters, KentCooley? Kent was cited last spring for excellence in interpretation of foreign affairs as correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. No wonder! He received the same award from the Overseas Press Club in 1968 for an analysis of Russia's growing influence in the Middle East. The latest award pertained to coverage of mid-east developments in 1969. Let's see what 1970 holds! How's Amman rent? After college Kent enjoyed the wine gardens of Vienna and the mountains surrounding Zurich while pumping more expertise into his system. He became an expert on the Mid-East as correspondent for the now defunct N. Y. Herald Tribune and The Christian Science Monitor and now enjoys the fruits of living in the exciting capital of Beirut, Lebanon. Basically, Kent's sphere of influence covers the Arab nations from Morocco to Iran flavored with Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus. Because of inactivity in his area Kent has been able to author several books including "East Wind Over Africa: Red China's African Offensive." Why not have the next reunion among the cedars?
And then there is our normally nonwanderlusting Claude Offray who took a sabbatical from his fabrics business. He and his family journeyed the wilds of Africa about the time we were reunioning in Hanover. His safari was a combination of hunting and photography; he recommends such a trip for all of us but unfortunately didn't offer to subsidize the class charter plane. Claude writes that opportunities for business and investment are unlimited there. Perchance Claude is thinking of retiring from his rapidly expanding business in favor of more exciting horizons. Incidentally, if any of you need a narrow fabric, custom flocked (whatever that means), contact Claude.
On a lesser but equality interesting wanderlust report I find that Ed Snoke of Trenton, Mich., succumbed to homesickness and took his son David for a hiking trek through the Presidential Range in New Hampshire and then introduced him to the glories of Hanover Plain before succumbing to the pleasures of picturesque Bermuda. Ed writes he is quite upset with the entry of college administration into political issues. I presume his reference was to President Kemeny's stand on the Cambodia issue.
Bob Nutt gets the vote for the fastest moving wanderluster of recent time. Bob made a two-week trip to Europe in June and traveled six countries in that short period. Unfortunately, he was on business or perhaps he would have journeyed on a more relaxed basis. Bob is senior vice-president of Friedlich, Fearon & Strohmeier engaged in advertising. He is still an avid golfer and (in August) hoped to play in the Dow Jones Pro-Am. Bob plans another business safari to Europe this fall and hoped it wouldn't interfere with his attendance at Dartmouth v. Princeton in Hanover. Apparently it has for I've had no word from him.
The bug must have bitten Jack Ostergaard also. A very short note indicates J. O. has moved his medical practice from Pittsburgh to frontier territory—namely, Fort Benton, Mont. How about some details on mountain state living, Jack?
When I write this column next month I will be able to wax eloquent about our fall weekend October 9-11. It looks as if we will have a good '49 cheering section at the Dartmouth-Princeton game. All of you should mark your calendars a year in advance and plan on the foliage tour. When possible we plan the outing for homecoming weekend around the middle of October.
We are continuing our search for Gunther Perdue!
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