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Two months ago we recorded some comments that Ev Woodman made to President Kemeny relative to the Dartmouth Carnival Queen. She was one Margie Russell from Colby College. This elicited a letter from Chuck Farnum on some Holiday Inn stationery. Seems he and Betty were at the American College of Physicians annual meeting in Atlantic City, and he wanted us to know that Miss Russell is from his home town, Peoria, and that she was the date of his youngest son Bill who is a junior in Hanover. It is certainly worth reporting that Chuck has now had three sons on the Dartmouth campus since his visit in '39. Oldest son Charlie was graduated with the Class of '67, and Jim followed suit in 1970. All this and a beauty queen too! Ahh, life can be sweet. Chuck.

Your Executive Committee met in New York on April 14. Unfortunately our plans to attend were crushed at the last minute, but we learn from the minutes that President Bert MacMannis, Jack Coulson, Robb DeGraff, Sam Hird, BobKaiser, Dusty Rohde, Sam Thurm and Al Tishman were present. Thurm reports the current treasury balance at a healthy $15,337.10, so we creep up on the wherewithall for our 40th year gift. Three hundred and thirty-seven of you guys had paid your dues which is six above the count at a similar time last year. Kaiser reports that 34 classmates are now participating in the Class Bequest program in behalf of the College. He also has set plans for the annual fall reunion which is scheduled again for Bonnie Oaks over the weekend of October 6. This will see the Princeton game in Hanover this year. The Committee also unanimously elected two new members to its body, they being Bob Howe and EdOppenheim. Beyond this, the meeting interested itself in ways and means for bringing our Alumni Fund effort up to the mark, under the guidance 'of Robb DeGraff. The meeting closed with a jolly luncheon at the Dartmouth Club. And as a postscript, we are told that most of your class officers expect to be on hand for the annual Class Officers meetings in Hanover scheduled for the first weekend in May.

Art Larkin has been in the news of late, having resigned his post as president and chief operating officer of the General Foods Corporation. The Times, who had contacted Art shortly after his announcement, stated that he had stepped down for personal reasons, also stating that Art had pointed to 19 years of improving sales and earnings, and "it looks like we are not going to make the twentieth."

Dusty Rohde has recently been made a director of Controlled Automation Inc. whose offices are in South Norwalk, Conn., a hop, skip and a jump from his home in New Canaan. Dusty is also a director of Emery Air Freight, a long-time leader and pioneer in getting the freight to its destination by the quickest air route.

Talking about directors, Georgie Hanna sent us a note scribbled on a notice of an annual meeting of the Union Pacific Corp. and circling the name of Vernon F.Taylor Jr., listed as being a member of the board of directors. It's got to be Moose.

Dr. Eddy Palmer has been named the first full time chairman of Morristown (N. J.) Memorial Hospital's Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Eddy had been the chief of the gastroenterology section of the Veterans Hospital in East Orange, and a consultant on the staff of a number of New Jersey hospitals, before joining Memorial.

A note from Bill Russell says the following: "Since 1967 I have worked for the Carborundum Company of Niagara Falls, N. Y., in their European operations group. Even though my home has been in New Hampshire, my activities have taken me throughout Europe from Finland to Spain, but mostly to England, France and Germany. Spouse Carol and I can be contacted and sometimes located at Main Street, Box 114, New Ipswich, N. H. 03071. Classmates and friends are welcome."

Your scribe has had the pleasure a week or so ago of visiting Lou and PegHighmark at their home in Indianapolis. We were out to visit our married daughter, and gave Lou a jingle which evolved into a pleasant few hours. Peg had a bad time at the local hospital during the winter, but is well over her problems, and never looked prettier and spryer. Lou put us up to date on son Dave, who is back pitching for the Big Green as a sophomore, after having played first base for the freshman team last year to relieve a sore arm. Arm's better, and Dave is stronger than ever, according to Lou, who, with Peg made part of the southern swing with the team this spring.

Home from Indianapolis, we had a visit from Mike Ellis, who stopped in at Pittsfield to catch a home grown singing act. We couldn't seem to make contact during the evening, but Mike came out bright and early the next morning and we cooked him up a breakfast with our own "lily white" hands (the madam was out of town with the Garden Club ladies), and had a fine time reliving the past. Mike had to leave by 9 a.m. to pick up his wife, Michael Ellis (we still can't get over that coincidence), who was visiting in Connecticut. He is now retired from the theatre and is headed back to school for an MA in English, with an eye toward teaching. One is only as old as one feels!

Some new addresses: Bill Borsdorff, 224 Prospect St., Westfield, N. J. 07070; Larry Gilbert, 158 Sky view Dr., Stamford, Conn. 06902; John Horn, 107 Inwood Dr., Darien, Conn. 06820; and John Little, 1220 Old Marlboro Rd., Concord, Mass. 01742.

Have a good summer now, Y'hear! And if you haven't anted up for the Alumni Fund, join those who have by deadline time.

Secretary,777 West St. Pittsfield, Mass. 01201

Class Agent, 2508 Nemours Bldg. Wilmington, Del. 19898