1958

For those of you in other hockey capitals I mention here that we in Boston with the Bruins are number 1. I won't gloat however since the last time I did that we were polished off very quickly by Cornell star Ken Dryden and the Montreal Canadians.

Now a lot of news to get caught up on: Lieutenant Commander Ron Zwart writes from his new address in Newport, R. I., "After two years on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations at the ever popular Pentagon, I now find myself closer to Dartmouth—in two senses—that I've been since graduation. Physically, because Rena, our two girls and I are back in New England and spiritually, because I'm a bonafide full time student again. I've been assigned to the Naval War College in Newport, R. I., for an academic year to complete a national security course for middle grade officers. The change of pace, routine and focus has stimulated a lot of latent interests and has made me a firm believer in the sabbatical concept. On arrival in Newport, I found John Sherman on the War College Staff. Together with HalBernson, I think we're the only active duty survivors of 58's NROTC unit. For a variety of reasons, the least of which is nostalgia, I still regret Dartmouth's decision to phase out ROTC. As long as the armed services play an important role in our society, I believe the College should have continued to shoulder its responsibilities and provided an input. From my observations, I've concluded that the military especially needs the sort of leavening that an institution such as Dartmouth can provide. Besides, there's probably a realistic limit to the number of Dartmouth graduates that the worlds of business, medicine and law can absorb." I also got a quickie from Hal Bernsen who reports that he was recently promoted to Commander. After attending the Armed Forces Staff College, Hal reported as Executive Officer of a Carrier Squadron.

Al Akeson wrote from Bedford, N. H., that he has been made president of Permatech. The Akesons live near John Graf with their three kids, John 11, Caroline 9, and Jeff 7.

Dartmouth coeducation must look appealing to Phil Ranney who reports that they had their third girl Debra Susan back on August 24.

Jim Dougherty writes from New York City that he has given lectures on the securities laws for the Practicing Law Institute in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas and at lawyers' meetings in Athens, Greece during 1971.

Out in Phoenix, Ariz., Dr. Dave Child is chief of OB-Gyn at the U. S. Public Health Service Indian Health Hospital there. Dave has been with the Public Health Service for the past nine years and his present rank is Commander. The Childs have three children, Marilyn 8, Suzanne 5, and Paul 4.

Another new arrival to the Bill Bahrenburgs in Honolulu. Bill writes that their third boy John Quade Bahrenburg born on January 4 "at home on the bed—fortunately father at work and didn't have to assist."

Harry Dodds writes from Brooklyn that all is well and that Jason Suleiman Dodds arrived in December 1970, the Dodds' second. "My position with the N.Y.C. Law Department has involved a considerable amount of work with our new off-track betting corporation. All visitors to New York are urged to step to the many available windows and place your bets!"

Thanks to Jerry Manne who writes that he "was in Houston in January for the National Association of Home Builders convention exploring possibilities of using plywood futures as a means of forward price insurance for builders. The conven- tion had more than 50,000 in attendance and I was not surprised to run into two other members of the Class of '58.—WaltStackler an independent builder living in Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Pete O'Neill—a marketing vice president of Boise Cascade living in Boise, Idaho." Sorry I didn't get to call when you were in Boston Jerry, but I was out of town.

The left hand column of the March 2 Wall Street Journal featured an article by staff reporter Bill Hartley with the title "How Not to Do It—Cumbersome Japanese Distribution System Stumps U. S. Concerns—Maze of Middlemen, Rebates, Credit Deals Lift Prices Hinder Exports to Nation —Getting Levis on the Shelves."

At the Ski Weekend, I had a chance to talk to Chuck Bradford. Chuck is with the Bradford Paper Company in Holland, Mich. Among the products they make are the paperboard partitions that separate bottles of beer in the cases. Chuck is treasurer of the Holland Board of Education. The Bradfords have three children, Barbara 11, Robert 9, and Cindy 8. They are all into organic living, growing their own vegetables and buying special organically fed meat. The family does a lot of camping, hiking and canoeing. Other ski weekenders were Sue and Colin Norberg. Colin is a partner in the law firm of Ramsey and Norberg based in Meredith, N. H., not far from Laconia where they make their home with their three children Elizabeth 7, Charley 9, and Tim 11.

That was quite an article in The Dallas (Pennsylvania) Post back in January about Clarke "Cack" Bittner, one of our more spectacular ski racers. To quote a little of a very long article entitled Know Your Neighbor, "Clarke Bittner, is the example of the busy executive people are proud to have in their midst—because he gives so generously of himself to business, to community, to family, and still finds time for fun and relaxation."—Today he is vice president of new business development for United Penn Bank.—In 1971 he managed the Dallas Little League ball club. He is chairman of the executive committee of a cub pack and was 1971 chairman of Boy Scout membership enrollment. He served as chairman of the Back Mountain Library Auction and was an executive in the past United Fund campaign. He is a member of the WilkesBarre Chamber of Commerce. Clarke helps with the Wilkes College Fund and takes part in recruiting for Dartmouth. He is past president of Dallas Elementary PTA. There are quite a few other responsibilities that Cack undertakes, but I get tired just think ing about all of the above. Congratula- tions. Cack. on some fine accomplishments and shouldering of responsibility. I received an interesting letter from BobThompson recently, "Thought you might like to hear of a recent chance meeting I had with Tom Magruire in a real out-of-the-way place ... Bahrain located in the Gulf of Persia. While on special Mid-East assign- ment, my flight from Tehran to Ad Dawhah, Quatar. was forced to land in Bahrain due to a severe electrical storm. The airline stashed the passengers in a local hotel and there was E. Thomas at the bar hooking a few down. Having seen Tom only a few months ago in Toledo, it was a real surprise. Seems Tom was invited by Sheik Ryu Putyhn Mehoon to examine and rewrite the Bahrain Constitution in order to better conform with modern times. Connie and Tom's kids are staying in Athens where Tom travels on most weekends. He returns to Toledo in early March via Cape Town and expects to see the De Beer's diamond mines while there. Quite a trip." Thanks, Bob. That does it for this month of May in which I turn 36 which I consider all too close to 40.

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