1936

Whoever said "There's nothing new" never lived in New England. We had snow on Easter Sunday for the first time in 55 years and winter lives on. As I write this column we are into April and it is still snowing. Pep and Ricki Minte are going after the sun on a cruise to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands aboard the "Leonardo da Vinci." Actually Pep will be combining business with pleasure, since he will deliver a series of talks on investment counseling to the cruise participants. Dr. Danand Addie Barker have also mixed profession and travel by attending a medical convention in Spain. This has made it possible for them to plan a few weeks in Lisbon, Madrid, and Marjorca, and April sounds like the ideal time for such activity.

Pete and Barbara Fitzherbert have an April trip planned which will take them from Auburn, Me., to Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco. They are excited about the approaching marriage of their daughter, Nancy, to a Britisher she met while working in London this past year. The wedding is planned for August 15 in Maine. Pete keeps a watchful eye on Maine '36 activities and reports that John McKernan's two sons have inherited their dad's athletic interest and ability. John Jr. is a senior at Dartmouth and a member of the tennis team. Bob has just finished an outstanding season as a member of the Bangor High School basketball squad which was defeated in the semifinal round of the Maine State tournament.

John Sawyer recently read John Kieran's latest gem, entitled "Books I Love," and sent along the following excerpt from the preface. "My editor at Doubleday & Company, Ferris Mack, a Dartmouth alumnus who is a sad dry fly trout fisherman but otherwise a droll character, suggested that I draw up a list of one hundred books that I would retain in my home library if I were limited to that number...." Ferris has been a senior editor for Doubleday for several years.

Chuck and Lois Aaron are no longer the innkeepers at Dexter's Lodge in Sunapee, N. H. In March they sold the business to Frank and Shirley Simpson '41. I presume the new owners will honor the Class of '36 reservations for the Princeton-Dartmouth football weekend of Oct. 10. The Aarons are planning to stay in the Hanover area.

On March 30 President Kemeny addressed the New York area alumni at the Commodore Hotel. The meeting was to honor our new president, wind up the Third Century Fund and kick off the 1970 Alumni Fund. It turned out to be about the largest assembly of Dartmouth alumni ever outside the Hanover Plain. '36 was represented by Gil Balkam, Dick Morton, Norb Hofman, Don MacNeary, Brint Schorer, Milt Johnston, Pep Minte, Gil Sykes, John Sawyer, Bob Prentice, Don Robbins, Norm Sherry, Blair Rainey, Joe Davis, Ray Reitman and at the head table, Larry Marx. It was an exciting evening and a fitting start to the new administration. As usual Brint Schorer traveled the greatest distance from his home in West Hartford. He has recently sold his company to a larger organization but has remained as sales representative for freezer display cases to the chain stores. The meeting of- fered an opportunity for our chairman GilBalkam to get plans rolling for our 35th Reunion next June (1971) in Hanover under the chairmanship of Norb Hofman. It will be here before you know it. Further development of plans will take place at the Class Officers weekend in Hanover on May 1 and 2.

In early April Dick Morton was host to a distinguished group of golfers at Hilton Head. He was joined on the links by JackSmith and Vin Wentworth. Gil Sykes was scheduled to complete the foursome but instead he accompanied his wife, Ann, to Florida to visit her mother who was ill. While Jack and Dick traveled via commercial airlines, Vin hitched a ride on a private plane from his home in Maryland. Vin is vice president of Farrington Company in Springfield, Va.

In Lexington, Mass., Fred Tucker was a candidate for reelection to the Town Council in February. Fred has served in this capacity for the past fifteen years. He is personnel administrator for the General Electric Co. and is active with the local Red Cross and Community Chest.

Sailing really gets into your blood. When Dick and Dodie Taylor wanted a vacation this past February, they naturally thought about a boat. They talked some friends into a bare boat charter in the Virgin Islands and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of swimming and snorkeling off remote beaches and islands.

You might get the impression these days that real estate operators are trying to turn Vermont into Levittown. Every week brings a new community plot plan for year round living. Norwich has Hawk Mountain and on the road to Woodstock is Queechee Lakes. If you want to retire in this area, or just invest your money, the time is now. Recent address changes indicate some of our classmates are moving closer. Ed Avery has left Deerfield, Ill., for Weston, Mass. Walt Beinhart is back in Cincinnati from Sacramento, Calif. If you are planning a vacation, drop me a card so we can all enjoy the trip.

Secretary, 160 Judson Rd. Fairfield, Conn. 06430

Class Agent, 28 Dunbarton Dr., Nashua, N. H. 03060