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As we head into summertime it's time to put away the skis and make use of the golf clubs, tennis racquets, and swimming gear. It's time for us all to take that vacation we've been promising ourselves for altogether too long. As I've previously mentioned, Joan and I missed what's always a high point in having this job—namely the Class Officers Weekend in Hanover—we were vacationing in Ireland and England. This is being written before that trip, but if there are any '40's whom we will have met you'll read about it in this space next fall.
Way back last October, so we just learned, Ted Ellsworth of Dubuque, iowa, was in attendance at the inauguration of Robert Giroux as President of Clarke College in that city. Ted's been active in state Republican politics for quite a while, but there is no indication in our communication as to what capacity (if any) he played in the ceremony. Another class member, John Hannestad who resides in Kifissia, Greece, was present at the inauguration of Dr. Villaume as resident of Pierce College in Athens this Past January. Once again details as to why are completely omitted. Periodically we get one line comminiques such as the above from the ALUMNI MAGAZINE office or the Alumni Records Office in Hanover and they can't help but make us wonder!
Reporting in after a long absence is George "Greek" Mahoney. It seems that he'll be supporting institutions of higher learning almost up to social security age. His youngest daughter is only eleven, then comes a son sixteen preceeded by two older children, Marilyn should be graduating from Arizona State momentarily while Mike will be getting his diploma from Kennison University before entering Indiana Law in the fall. Concerning himself he says, "In October I underwent surgery on my good eye for a detached retina and was pretty much confined to quarters for six or seven weeks. The operation was a success and I am now back on the job. All these years I never felt that having one eye was a handicap but this was a trip to a gray area that I hope that I never have to do again."
Another note from our Coca-Cola king Hugh Schwarz extolls the virtues of life in Atlanta which is "busy and disorganized — that is normal!" He's constantly in touch with Dick Everett who heads the local Dartmouth enrollment activities for the entire state of Georgia and as a result has a chance to keep up with many of the college activities. Dick's a former member of the Alumni Council and as such attended their January meeting in Hanover. Hugh Schwarz also sent us a photocopy of a long article from the February 10 "Wall Street Journal" on—of all things—primitive cultures of the Bushman tribe in Africa. The gist of the story is that this primitive tribe may be disappearing off the face of the earth, but a sharply differing view is taken by Professor Hans Heinz who has been teaching the Bushman to live in a fixed settlement. Hans is at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa. One never knows who or what will crop up in the Wall Street Journal!
Another reminder for those of you who plan ahead is that our informal fall class reunion is set for the weekend of October 8-9 (Brown game) and an executive committee weekend is set for October 29-30 (Yale Game) in Hanover. Bob MacMillen only has a couple of rooms left for the latter, but an ample supply for the former. He will have to release them by July 1 so if you haven't already done so let him know now that you're coming.
Nick Turkevich will be taking his wife, Elisabeth and their three daughters, Juliana, Elisabeth, and Barbara, to live in Europe soon. Nick has been named executive vice president of D'Arcy-Macmanus-Intermarco, International Division, Europe. Amsterdam is the headquarters of Intermarco, N.V., fourth largest European advertising agency with which D'Arcy-Mac-Manus formed D-M-I. "Turk" was preceded at Dartmouth by three brothers, John '27, Walter '29, and Anthony '37.
Larry Durgin was the principal speaker in Westerly, R. I., in late January at the services marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. A couple of weeks later Hank Marlor was the toastmaster at a dinner in Cheshire, Conn., and headed a distinguished group of speakers at the local Gold Medal of Honor banquet held by the Exchange Club. Hank's a lawyer in Naugatuck, past president of the Rotary and former chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners. While on the subject of law enforcement a seminar course in trial law was recently held in Auburn, Mass., and Judge Fred Pillsbury was one of the participating faculty. In attendance was Jack Fitzgerald's son. Jack has also let us know that Fred Killey's widow Joanne recently remarried Converse Fenn of the class of '30.
With the exception of a final plea on behalf of the Alumni Fund—and that's a must for us all—I wish each of you a most enjoyable and relaxing summer. If you have nothing to do some rainy day let's hear from you so that in the fall we'll be overburdened with news.
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