1966

In Vermont the new year has started in typical north country fashion. During the week between Christmas and New Year's it snowed between 30 and 45 inches. The icicles on my house in Newfane reached from the roof to the snowdrifts around the foundation. Hanover was a far cry from the quiet town of our college years during a holiday period. The streets were jammed with skiers, tourists, and students and no parking spaces anywhere. However, it did still look wonderfully familiar.

Last month I reported that Walt Malby and his family had returned from Australia where for 18 months he was fabricating manager of the Point Henry Works, Alcoa of Australia. Walt is now at Alcoa headquarters in Pittsburgh as project coordinator of Beverage Systems Sales which means pushing the all-aluminum can in the beer and beverage industry. Walt writes of his Australian experience: "if an American citizen has to reside outside the continental United States, the best place would be Australia. The climatic conditions in this country are very good, quite similar to the state of Georgia. ... They have many beaches, golf courses, swimming pools and outdoor sports of all types... the people were extremely friendly, cooperative, intelligent, ambitious and a great group with which to woj:k and live."

Tom and Jean Parker of Fairfield, Conn., will shortly be changing their address to Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn. Tom has been with Remington Arms in Bridgeport since graduation and is only a few years from early retirement. When that occurs the Parkers intend to divide their time between Heritage Village and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Retirement at our early age seems to be more popular. Hugh and ChristineChase have reached that stage and divide their time between Milton, Mass., and Bristol, N.H. Dick and Pattie Douglas have left Appleton, Wis., for retirement in Green Valley, Ariz. The southwest is not unfamiliar to Dick since he was once a Texas rancher.

In September Henry Dearborn and his family left Mexico City where he had been minister-counsellor and returned to Washington. This was the first step in retirement from the foreign service. Henry spent several weeks of consultation at the State Department and is now retired and living in Chevy Chase, Md. However, with his wealth of experience in Latin American affairs we doubt that Hank will remain inactive for very long.

Pete and Barbara Fitzherbert spent their Christmas holidays in London visiting their daughter, Nancy, who is working in a London hospital. Tony and Tom made the trip with their parents so the whole family could be together for the holidays.

In October Mt. Holyoke College installed a new president, David B. Truman. At the inauguration ceremonies Dartmouth was represented by Gene Tamburi, owner of the Yankee Pedlar Restaurant in Holyoke. At about the same time the 50th General Assembly of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations was meeting at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. One of the principal speakers was Seymour Sims, a trustee and former president of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale. He serves on the Synagogue Council of America, the rabbinic and lay coordinating body of the three branches of Judaism. When Chuck isn't up to his ears in these activities, he earns a living as president of the Express Electro-Plating Co. and the Sims Chrome Corp. in the Bronx.

At the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont Dr. Bob Walker is chief of medicine and past president of the medical staff. Dr. Walker is a specialist in internal medicine which is the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases including heart diseases, diabetes, gland disorders, and similar problems which can be and usually are treated without surgery. Bob chose internal medicine at Tufts Medical School and furthered this study at the University of Pennsylvania. He has practiced in Brattleboro the past twenty years, and admits that he has a special interest in cardiology.

Former State Senator and GOP National Committeeman Richard F. Treadway of Boston was recently elected chairman of the Republican State Committee by more than a 2 to 1 margin over his only opponent. The vote was 52 to 20 over Hjalmar R. Peterson, former mayor of Brockton.

It sometimes takes a few months tor news to filter through to this column. Back in June R. Jackson Smith AIA, partner of Eggers and Higgins, architects, New York, a former AAU diving champion and chairman of the AAU Diving Committee, addressed the Congress of the International Diving Board on the subjects of "School and University Sports Establishments in the U.S.A." and "International Aquatic Building Regulations." The Congress met in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

Another architect, Bud Titcomb, of Perkinsville, Vt., has been busy this fall in Hanover where he has been supervising additions to the Ledyard Canoe Club. Bud was the architect for a new kayak shed and fiberglass shop and an addition to the Clubhouse. Some of this expansion was caused by the addition of flat water racing canoes to the club flotilla. Since Bud is a former member and officer of the Directorate of the Club, he has had a keen interest in the project.

On December 27 in Fairfield, Conn., Patricia Robbins, daughter of Anne and DonRobbins, was married to Richard W. Bowerman.

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