1960

Treasurer, 21 Barton St., Granby, Mass. 01033

It is the eve of the Yale game, but I have hardly recovered from our last-second victory in Cambridge. By my count, about 50 classmates were near the stands when that long field goal split the uprights as time ran out. I say "near" the stands because you had to see our seats to believe them. The Class sat on wooden benches in front of the concrete stands about three yards off the field. It would have been very easy to send Gundy in when the offense bogged down. How many times have you seen the head coach take a step back and be in his own class section? At any rale, Jake's boys are playing good ball and I'm sure we are all looking forward to what the remainder of the season will bring.

The funniest line had to come from Lee Terwilliger. A couple of students with superb afros were along the sidelines just in front of us. Twig told them they could stay there if they would kindly remove their hats. Needless to say, we didn't see them again. I now understand why it's so difficult to get a doctor on weekends—they are all at games. Bob and Ruth Kenerson are the proud parents of Julia Charlotte, born this past June. Bob has a private practice in psychiatry but is also taking a course at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute which could run anywhere from five to seven years. I guess it's true that the toughest task is to know thyself. The Kenersons recently returned from Switzerland where they visited with Ruth's family Another doctor in the stands was Bay Dilworth, who lives in Acton but has a private general practice in Concord. Prior to private practice, the Dilworths were in San Francisco where they were able to enjoy many outdoor sports when Ray was not busy at the hospital. Also in crowd were Drs. Bob Prouty, Frank Virnelli, Ken Rosenfield, Gil Stone and Neil Grey.

Over at the Cage, I ran into Dave Murphy and Dave Lee. Murpn is a lawyer with Johp Hancock in Boston and Dave L. is an engineer with the largest company in the field of hospital construction The Lees live in Edgewater, Ma., a suburb of Washington. Dennis Coyle and wife came up from Miami to catch the game. Denny is a corporate lawyer there.

Tom Brock sat behind the Kohns and Ossens and asked both of us to remind those of you who have not yet sent in your class dues to please do so as soon as possible. Your dues make it possible for your to receive the choice nuggets in each issue of the Newsletter and this column. Seen but not heard dep't. Farmer. Guy. Gould. Yocum, Hanauer, Robohm. Ingalls. Frank. lin, Caulfield, Booker, Bruckner, Robinson. Cherry, Tom Murphy, Moulton and Rush. I'll get you guys next time around-unless you care to send a letter.

Tom MeBurney has been named director of marketing for Pillsbury's Refrigerated Foods Co. In the new assignment he will be responsible for all Pillsbury, Hungry Jack, and Ballard refrigerated products. The consumer service and commercial research departments will also report to him. Tom joined Pillsbury in 1968 after teaching in the Middle East and spending six years in the advertising business. He and wife Mariette and four children live in Edina, Minn.

Rick Roeseh has been appointed a vice president in the International Banking Group of New York's First National City Bank. Fred got his master's in finance from the University of California before joining Citibank in 1964. He served as an officer in the bank's Japan and Taiwan branches before returning to the home office as head planner for the AsiaPacific Division in 1969. Early this year he was named resident vice president in Thailand and was located in Bangkok with wife Linda and three children.

An item in the Biddeford-Saco Journal slates that Dr. Conner Moore has been selected by the American Academy of Pediatrics to serve as a Head Start consultant for the State of Maine. After Dartmouth, Conner received his M.D. from Cornell, interned in Boston, and did his residency at Cincinnati Childrens'. In his free time Conner helps raise his three children and chairs the fund-raising campaign for the local Boys Club.

I want to apologize to Art Hill for taking so long to print his .letter, but I wanted to tie it in with an article about Art LaFrance. Art, Dot and the kids spent a few weeks visiting family in Manchester, N. H. after Art completed the academic portion of his Masters of Hospital Administration with honors. His last year was spent at Baylor and the Hills are now at Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii for a year's residency where Art will train as Chief Administrator of a comportable Army hospital. The Hills have ten years in the Army and have moved four times in the last five years to prove it. Those years have been spent in Japan, Mass., Hawaii, Texas and Vietnam. Only ten more to go, Art, and you can retire. By then you'll probably have turned in your major's bars for a general's stars.

The Hills had a reunion with the LaFrances while the latter were also in New Hampshire for a family visit. Art LaFrance has been credited with bringing nationwide focus on the problems that the indigent poor face in getting equal treatment in the courts and with bringing the case to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the poor. Art is presently a professor of law at Arizona State in Tempe, but at the time he undertook the project in March, 1968, he was a poverty lawyer working for the New Haven Legal Assistance Association. His case began as a file drawer of 50 pending divorce cases (the proposition dealt with divorce only) and by selecting nine welfare cases (no question that they were poor) he argued that these nine was denied a divorce where a wealthy person could purchase one. The unavailability of divorce represented a real hardship in some cases where a filing fee was unaffordable. Three years later, in March of this year, he received Supreme Court backing. In the interim, he had invested over 400 hours, argued the case in four courts and aroused extreme opposition in seven states. However, the result of Art's labors was that those seven states, plus 18 others, were compelled to change their statutes to let the poor into court without a fee. Now the wife, whose husband was convicted of incest with their daughter, can get a divorce, as can 7,000-10,000 equally deserving others. Add the name of Art LaFrance to the list of 60's who have made a significant contribution to our society.

Next month be sure to read what our guest columnist has to say. Phyllis and I extend our best wishes to you for a joyous holiday season.

Secretary, 7 Downey Rd. Ossining, N. Y. 10562