1958
The big news here is that the Yusen's entry for the class of 1992 arrived on October 18 in the person of Jonathan Mark. At 7 lbs. 12 oz. and three and a half weeks early we feel we may be able to contribute a little hefty talent to the football team. Actually we may have some competition, as there were two other Dartmouth sons born at the same hospital around the same time. At any rate, mother and son are doing fine, daughter Sandra is dubious and father is tired from those 3 a.m. cries. We also recommend highly the Look Magazine article on choosing the sex of a child.
Your class officers met Princeton weekend in Hanover. Walt Vail will go into greater depth in his newsletter but I want to touch on it briefly. We met in the faculty lounge on that Sunday. In attendance were: President Dick Frisch, Fund Chairman BobEleveld, Newsletter editor, Walt Vail, Functions chairman Jeff Strayer, JohnParker, Herb Swarzman, Dave Bradley, and this scribe. Bob Eleveld was commended for the fine job he did as Fund Chairman. While our showing in the Green Derby was not that outstanding we must realize that our goals are higher and handicap lower than many of the other classes. Despite a bad year in the stock market and business in general we did meet our goal. On the social side, Jeff Strayer reported on the post football game plans and his hope that we would work on three football weekend social events, a Hanover game, Harvard, and Yale. As a class project, we are sponsoring an all alumni Ski Weekend in Hanover. This is an extension of last year's effort. The dates are March 5, 6, and 7 and we plan for a real nice weekend so mark your calendars. If any of you would like to work with me on this, please let me know. We'll need help.
The mini Reunion at Dave Bradley's law offices prior to the game was quite successful. Among the revelers were: Dave Brock, Dick Harris, Ted Harris, Bill Cutcliff, John McHugh, Ed Burns, Tom Colby, Joe Jacquet, Bob Keller, Bob Thompson, Pete Spiegel, Jim Brackett, Joe Sarantopoulos, Bryant Bernard, Tryg Myhren and most of your executive committee, aforementioned. After the game the Ted Harrises had a housewarming at their new Hanover abode and in addition to many of the above, appearances were made by John Goodnow, Barry Smith, Larry Bill, and Skip Coggin. Needless to say the game results added to a fine fall weekend.
The turnout at the Harvard-Dartmouth weekend party at the Ramada Inn was somewhat less than expected, but the combined '57 and '58 party was worthwhile. Among the '58's were starry eyed newlyweds Dick and Mary Stewart, Skip and Wynn Coggin, Bob Abbott, Skip and Charlotte Harrington, Frank and Vicki Sands, Mel and Patti Alperin and son Mark, Joe and Sandy Slotnik and son Charles, Ted and Mary Ann Harris, John and Carol Otis. Once again the award for the farthest travelled goes to Jerry Green coming in for his annual debut from Racine, Wis.
With the ski season upon us, you might consider having your children attend a fabulous ski camp run and owned by "Doc"Defoe in Kingfield, Me., right near Sugarloaf Mountain. Doc has been running the Sugarloafers Ski Camp for some time although the present headquarters is a far cry from the volunteer Are station he used for the first camp. As the camp grew he outgrew two locations before settling on Birch Island in 1961 as a permanent location. With a boys' camp of thirty buildings he operated a summer program for children ranging in age from 11 to 17. "Here for a few days, the young people got used to camping equipment, spending a week on the island, then would practice on Moose River before taking the all important trip up the Allagash River for a stay of four weeks or more." In 1964, Doc took 33 youngsters on a work project 500 miles north of Quebec where they built two cabins in 16 days. The boys did all the work in return for a trip into the Allagash. The boys cut more than 100 logs for the cabins and transported them over the land and water to the camp.
The ski camp is operated from Dec. 27 to lan. 2 and from March 21 to 27 for large groups of about 190 from all over the Eastern states and Canada. There is 24-hour supervision and a complete interesting program for all. After the ski camp, the facilities are used for the general public catering mostly to high school and college students. In 1967 Doc joined in a new venture called Sports International Inc., outfitters for trips into the wilderness and started the project by taking well known news and sports writers from all over the East Coast on a safari to Hudson Bay, down the Rupert River to Mistassada, country never before covered by a white man. They employed two Cree Indians as their guides and took off to parts unknown. Young people are a way of life for Doc. This fall he met with the students at Dartmouth and the faculty to see why there is so much unrest and to hear from the youth about today's problems. The Defoes are living in Kingfield, Me., with their two sons, Derek, 3 and Darren, 8. I'm ready to sign up for camp myself. How about a counselor, Doc?
Fred Louis, who got his law degree from Yale in 1964, has left Ms position as Assistant General Counsel with the A. B. Dick Company to go into a law partnership with a colleague, Ronald Richter. The new firm will be doing business in the John Hancock Building in Chicago. Skip and his wife Lona live in near Northbrook with their two girls, Amy, 5, and Lona Jr., who will be one year old in February.
I received a fine letter from GeorgeWolcott and would like to pass some of it on to you: "After finishing twenty-sixth grade I finally completed training and am finally started up the rung of academic success by being appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin. I just completed my neurology training at the University of Utah. The three years there had been very enjoyable but had not met with much in the way of contact with fellow '58's. Stu Slingerland had finished his pediatrics and was going into practice in Provo, Utah. Provo looks to be a city that needs pediatricians and he looked like he was filling a very definite void. My wife (Carol) is also a pediatrician and is working at the University Family Health Service here in Madison. As both of our offices are in the bombing area of the University, we had thought of purchasing hard hats and flack jackets for work. However, the first week of school has gone by very quietly and hopefully we will see none of the violence that has occurred in this area."
That wraps up this months' words of wisdom. Don't forget to get your class dues in to Bill Van Law.
Secretary, 43 Cornell Rd. Wellesley, Mass. 02181
Treasurer, 505 South Mattis, Champaign, Ill. 61820
