1942
Prepare, prepare, prepare!........ Prepare for the 30th Reunion of the Class of '42, June 12-14! There will be a gala "country style" picnic with baskets and beverages provided, continental breakfasts, lots of good fellowship, an alumni golf tournament, tennis, swimming in Dartmouth's big new pool, dancing at '43's tent (or ours?), singing the old songs with your friends, reminiscing (we're oldtimers now!) and just plain resting and relaxing. Some of the more intellectually oriented may have a chance at a short computer course or may wish to stay on an extra day or two for the "Mini-Alumni College" planned by the College after our reunion.
Those staying over may keep their dormitory rooms in the new Tuck dorm which will be '42 headquarters.... Men and their families in the West and the South and other distant places might start planning and preparing now to incorporate a two "or three-week vacation with the "30th Reunion Gala" on the Hanover plain.
Classmates and their families should be reminded that "Seeing New England" is a good theme and another excuse for coming to the Thirtieth in Hanover.... There are really an impressive number of things to see and do that are easily accessible, from Hanover, via the new interstate highway system. For those of you who missed our February column, you may want to glance at some of the suggestions included there. Yes, and we hear that great weather is predicted for June Reunion Week. Plan now, prepare for it, and come!
Things will be done "BIG" at the Thirtieth, and speaking of "doing things big" Jack Zimmer is still doing great things in the poster business in Orlando where he and a partner built the Hilton-Inn South and immediately leased it to the Disney people who needed places to sleep while the work went forward at the new park.
Newsletter Editor Milt Williams received a welcome letter from "Stam" Stambaugh recently. Stam brought us up to date on the Zimmer item, news of AlBede's trim figure (after dieting) and his work with Walston and Company, and EdFebert's move of the New York office of Pickands-Mather Co. (Cleveland-based) out of Rock Center to Summit, N. J. Since joining HoJo in July 1966 "Stam" himself has been a very busy man, particularly since taking over responsibility for all operations in addition to administration (his original task) about a year and a half ago.
Edwin Hawkridge of Waban (Mass.) had left Hawkridge Bros, and is now on the staff of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which he reports is "very interesting and challenging." He is located in Room 321, New Court House, Pemberton Square, Boston. ('42 lawyers take heed.)
Frank Malavasic is still the Mayor of Curundu in the Canal Zone.... He claims that he and Chick Camp predicted long ago that Bob Hill would one day become a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Bob, as reported earlier in this column, is currently running for Governor of New Hampshire.
Kelly Wehnes is still in the investment business with Goodbody & Co. and was married in October to Mrs. Joanne Ferguson Johnson. They are living in Philadelphia.
Mel Figley, M.D.. is a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. His son, Karl, is a sophmore at Dartmouth.
Merrill McLane, Matt Bride, and BobSherman have all made their commitment to attend the Thirtieth Reunion this June. ... If you think distance poses a problem remind yourself that Reverend FordCoffman came all the way from Hawaii to attend Alumni College in Hanover last summer.
Would you like to have a very warm but light qiviut scarf for only $50? Possibly you can arrange a bargain buy through JohnTeal, who directs the animal husbandry station at the University of Alaska near Fairbanks. Teal, who is connected with the Institute of Northern Agricultural Research, has been domesticating musk oxen since 1964.... Musk ox wool, or qiviut, is the golden fleece of arctic antiquity, It comes off the animal in sheets, like batts of fine wool. The wool itself is finer than cashmere. Classmate Teal and his project scientists in the North Country hope to increase the yield of fine wool through improved breeding techniques. The project has the potential for becoming a bright new money maker for the North!
One of the two new trustees at Wilmington College (New Castle, Del.) is Irenee Du Pont Jr. Wilmington is associated with Salem County Technical Institute in an exchange arrangement for classes and the granting of degrees. Irenee is a vice president of the Du Pont Company, a member of the company's board of directors and of its executive committee.
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