1929

1971 is fading fast.

Today is going to be its last.

Skies are blue and the ground is white; Great white cold is due tonight, Heavy snow coming in the morn, Special delivery, the New Year's born.

A note from Ray Hedger says "Our children have grown up and Dot and I have moved to a smaller house. Our daughter Carolyn married David Howard, red beard and all, and now lives in St. Louis. Son Ray Jr. graduated from Muhlenberg and spent two years in Marinesone in Vietnam—without a scratch. He is now in the last year of Dickenson Law School. I am still at Sorg Printing Co. and working like hell." Phil Rising reports his son David, Tufts Dental School '69, is serving as a dentist aboard the aircraft carrier "John F. Kennedy" now in the Mediterranean. Tennyson Hessellman writes "I am now retired from Con Edison after 41 years."

A letter from Al Fisher calls our attention to pages six and seven of fall issue of "The Nature Conservancy News" which relates to Dr. and Mrs. Arch Diack's contribution to conservation as follows:

"Sandy River Gorge (Multnomah County, Oregon). This 156-acre preserve forms the northern portion of an isolated and scenic wilderness about 22 miles from Portland. Situated between two county parks, the preserve includes a small marsh and an excellent steelhead and salmon stream. With Sandy River shoreline and a stand of Douglas fir and associated hardwoods, the area is a rich wildlife and bird sanctuary. The preserve is a gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arch W. Diack and Dr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Diack."

Frank Williams, who has devoted more years to the sale and marketing of rayon tire cord than perhaps anyone else in the business, has retired after thirty years with the American Viscose Division of FMC Corporation. At retirement Frank was the firm's senior marketing executive for tire yarn and industrial fibers. Longtime city apartment dwellers, Frank and his wife Constance are leaving New York for Florida. Frank also leaves behind the University Glee Club with which he has been singing with since 1929.

Ed Phelps has been elected president of the New England Association of School Superintendents at their annual convention held at Marriott Motel in Newton, Mass. Hank Stein sent us a card from Miami in mid-December stating that he and Fay had spent an evening with Charlie and LeeGoldsmith. Herb McCreery and I attended the Annual Worcester County Dartmouth Club December luncheon postponed to the 29th by our record-breaking snow storms. The 1970 football movies vividly illustrated the legerdemain of Bob Blackman's mighty men whose name and fame will rank high in Dartmouth's legends. As our pride in them mushroomed throughout the fall, little did we know that a reversal in seasons would turn pride into "a great fall" and the man of magic be lost to us all. An excellent address by Dean Brewster on the Hanover scene, and the life of the College was an optimistic forecast of great things to come. We again returned to our offices and fire-sides secure in the assurance that Dartmouth is in good hands with President Kemeny and Dean Brewster.

The Dean informed me that a new professor will start his formal teaching career next term when John Dickey meets his first class of undergraduates. May your future career like that of another expresident be as long and fruitful as his whose name you bear—John Quincy Adams.

Word has just been received of the deaths of John Hunsicker on November 30 and George McKelvey on December 23, a great loss to their families and friends which will be shared by 1929.

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