1933

Chan Sprague reports from San Francisco having recently talked on the phone with "Bud" Madden. Unfortunately Bud had a serious auto accident several months ago, but he is now getting back in circulation and on the mend.

Warren Braley, Chatham dairyman, has been reelected to a three-year term on the board of directors of Agway Inc. He operates a 1000-acre dairy farm on which he maintains a herd of 190 milking cows and 130 young stock.

Jim McFarland is now the chairman of the board of General Mills Inc. and continues as the chief executive officer.

Last month mention was made of Mel Katz. Thanks for bringing us up-to-date on your activities and those of your family.

No one likes to hear the story of one's operation, so I will only dwell on it briefly. I have been cultivating kidney stones for years and one finally got so big that it had to be removed surgically. It was quite a job and I was out of the office five weeks. Upon my return, I had two weeks with overseas visitors and when I got the final discharge from my surgeon, I decided that Southern Europe was a good place for R&R.

I gave Ruth 48 hours notice to pack and we went off to our favorite place in the Portuguese Algarve. Here we were able to bask in sunshine and play golf in peace and quiet. I found an excuse to visit Morocco where a new textile mill has just been opened by emigres from Nasser's Egypt. We arrived in the middle of the Moslem Fast of Ramadam, but the Casbah proved to be just as interesting and active as at any other time of the year. We also were guests in a Moslem home for the nightly ceremony of breaking the fast. This consisted of a meal of 16 courses and every platter was on the table when we sat down. As Ruth was the guest of honor seated at the head, she had to eat some of every course. After dinner we went to the "Harem" room in the Villa where we stretched out on cushions. We both refused to smoke the water pipe which was passed around with burning Hashhish. Apparently there is no addict problem with these people, which is more of a ceremonial affair. We enjoyed Rabat and Casablanca and then flew home.

Ruth and I have not been back to Hanover since reunion because for the past several years we have been traveling during football season. We miss these gatherings.

All of our children now live away from home, so we have no family responsibilities, Bill '60, our oldest son, is a professor of Health Care Administration at George Washington University. He should get Ms Ph.D. next .Tune. In addition to his teaching duties, he also acts as a consultant in matters of hospital finance. Bob '62, my second son, recently joined 8.8.D.&0. as an account executive, is busy selling a deodorant. Ginny who graduated from National College in Evanston is now teaching kindergarten in Arlington Heights, HI. She loves her work and they seem to like her too.

Ruth is preserving her reputation as a golfer, but she is becoming a less eager skier. Nevertheless, we still maintain our winter place in the Catskills where I am the assistant ski patrol leader at Belleayre Mountain. I intend to seek out the deep powder on my annual trip to Aspen the first two weeks in February.

I am beginning to envy the increasing number of my classmates who have packed it all in and are retiring. Perhaps I would have considered slowing down long ago if I could have talked Ruth into New England, but she wants the West and I do not think I am ready for a move so far from home base and family.

Charlie and Gene Clark again came out with an unusual Christmas card "The Scoop." They are always doing something exciting and different and this past summer it was a camera safari to East Africa. "We were pleasantly surprised to find that food and facilities in the national parks were excellent and comfortable, and the cities of Kampala, Nairobi, Mombassa, and Dar Es Salaam are clean and bustling. The babble of Swahili, the bright black faces and the colorful clothes kept us conscious of another world. ... Our close-up pictures of all the large and small animals, healthy, beautiful, fearless, and free, will live in our memories forever. The great variety of gorgeously brilliant birds was an unexpected delightful bonus. We have no reservations in recommending this wonderful adventure to any friends who love animals and the outdoors." Sounds great!! How about some news from some of you other travellers.

Thank you to Ina for news of the Gordon McDonald family in West Bridgewater, Mass. "Daughter Margery lives in San Diego, Calif., and just became engaged to a Navy jet pilot. Son Dan is an electrical engineer in Holyoke. We have been up to Hanover, but not at the right time I guess."

Ted Okie of Darien has been made chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the New York City advertising agency of J.M. Mathes Incorporated. He is a former president of the Darien board of education. He headed the fund drive that resulted in building the Darien Library. He is a vice president of the National Board of Junior Achievement, national chairman of its public relations committee and a member of the board of that organization's New York Chapter.

Dan Rollins is reentering the political arena in Brookline, Mass. He has been selectman and town counsel and he is now running for town moderator in an election to be held in March. In addition to his law Practice which he shares with his wife Selma and his son Philip, Dan also teaches in the graduate division of the Suffolk Law School. He is also director and treasurer of the Brookline Rehabilitation and Recuperative Center Committee.

John H. Thompson of Quincy has been a newspaper man for 31 years, most of them with the Boston Traveler. Last June he completed his study and received his doctor of law degree from the New England School of Law. He is now a candidate for the Massachusetts Bar. Based on his observations in the newspaper business, he thinks the college should place more emphasis on some of the minor sports.

Our Baker Library book program to memorialize our classmates still continues and so far 69 books have been given. RussellWoodard's widow, Annabelle, very kindly wrote: "Our many thanks to Russell's class for their thoughtfulness in presenting a book to the Baker Library in his memory. Russell was proud of having graduated from Dartmouth College and I'm sure this honor would please him. We appreciate so very much your thoughtfulness."

One member of our class who was retired, has now found it necessary to go back to work. Last fall Jud Pierson was elected an auditor for the town of Fairlee, Vt. So starting January 12 he has been working three hours per day, three days per week - unfortunately the job was to last only two weeks.

Thank you for your cards and letters.

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