1948

Our class secretary is ailing this month. He's been stricken with hemorrhaging ligaments and acute vascular tubulitis. His doctor, Rusty Nyeff, reports that he should be back on the job next month. Rusty, otherwise known to the class as "Mac," received his M.D. from Rigor Mortis Tech nine years after leaving Dartmouth, and has oeen doing general surgery in Bodfish Valley, Me., since then. Mac is having a tougn time with his practice, mostly because the mortality rate among his patients averages sixty-six per cent, and the population growtn rate in Bodfish Valley is only thirty per cent. His wife, Shorty, serves as nurse and office receptionist for Mac. He is active in the American Surgical Society and has distinguished himself by completing the first successful brain transplant.

These notes are being written this month by Knuck Bufflehead. Knuck, as you remember, ran for the office of class dimwit and Was our unanimous choice for four years. Knuck has drifted from job to job since leaving school and is currently unemployed. His last employer reported that Knuck couldn't hold a job even if he was sitting down and had two people helping him. Things are looking up for him however. He has been approached by the Post Office department and asked to streamline their whole operation. He feels this can be done within four to six weeks.

George Lust wrote a brief note about his recent move to Middlesex, Calif. George peddles pornographic literature and has to keep a step ahead of the fuzz. He, his wife Wanda, a daughter Pure and a son Youthful are enjoying the sunny climate and relaxed atmosphere that has attracted so many people to that area.

Sorry to hear about Sid McTavish's misunderstanding with I.R.S. The jury apparently didn't buy his story, they decided it was fraudulent, and he is going to be out of circulation from 3-5 years.

Speaking of being out of circulation, Yu Stolit leads the class. Since 1948 he has spent all but eighteen months in either state or federal penal institutions. Yu is currently at Ossining, N. Y., and has requested that as many of us as possible drop him a line. He's collecting signatures.

The last bachelor in the Class, Vin Hardwick, has finally taken the plunge. Vin and his bride Terry, a graduate of Smith last year, spent their honeymoon in Hanover. He showed her around the campus and even though she had spent many weekends there she was amazed at the places in Hanover he knew which she had never seen. Terry remarked, "He knows this place like a rabbit."

Rex Ketchum is a lawyer in Newark, N. J. Rex, a partner in the newly formed firm of Ketchum, Cheat and Swindle, reports that the practice of law is not too profitable but that book making produces one fine income. I'll have Rex's phone number for the next class notes.

Thurston Farnsworth has retired as chairman of Farnsworth Products Co., makers of men's footwear. You may remember that Thurs went to work in his father's company right after graduation. Actually it wasn't right after graduation as the old man sent him on a two-year tour of the world before he began his business career. Thurs started at the bottom and has worked his way to the top of Farnsworth Products. He went with the company as vice president, two weeks later he was promoted to executive vice president and at the end of six months he was made president. A year later his father retired as chairman of the board and Thurs was named to replace him. Thurs feels it's time to step down and let a younger man take over. His son, class of '69, is president of the company and will try to fill Thurs' shoes.

In the next few weeks Art Sturdley's company will start a national advertising campaign promoting a new type king size mattress. Look for his slogan, "Families That Lay Together Stay Together." Art founded the mattress company in the little town of Bedside Manor, outside N. Y. C. two years after graduation.

Fuzzy Libral has left the C.L.U. and is organizing a group to promote the use of pot in place of wine at communion services. He feels this would make such services more meaningful to adults and more appealing to kids. Fuzzy thinks it will be the first step toward attracting the younger generation back to religion. He and his wife Ultra live in Bennington, Vt.

Secretary, Wildwood Park Cumberland Foreside, Me. 04110

Treasurer, Whirlwind Hilltop Wallingford, Conn. 06492