1932
Once again we find ourselves trapped far from home - this time in Joseph, Ore., - in Obie, our less-than-trusty office/camper, as it comes time to get this advisory off to Hanover. That is another reason, along with the summer hiatus, that the contents here served forth come to you off a cool griddle.
Our own travels have been highlighted by two pleasant encounters with classmates. The first occurred last spring, when we stopped overnight with Dave Kirby at the place in Tryon, N.C., to which he and Adie retired a year or two back - high on a mountain, with splendid vistas in the directions of both sunrise and sunset, gloriously surrounded at the time by dogwood, azalea, and deutzia all in full bloom. Regrettably, Adie was away, but Dave cooked us a fine steak, broke open a bottle of fine bourbon, and not having seen each other for 41 years, we found ample resources for a long evening of good talk.
More recently, coming to Los Angeles with daughter Deborah, we had a great visit with FrankMarks at the Walt Disney studio in Burbank, where Frank is a musical director. He gave us a full and highly interesting tour of the studio, and again it was good to see and reminisce with a classmate for the first time since graduation.
A late spring news release from the College reported that Dick Stoiber, Frederick Hall Professor of Mineralogy, and his team of scientists would be armed with data obtained by astronauts and equipment aboard NASA's Skylab satellite when in June the team started its three-month intensive study of the 500-mile long chain of volcanos running through Central America. The data, which would provide readings of the amount of heat given off by the volcanos, was to be followed up by the group's groundbased studies. The expedition went in search of new knowledge that may lead to ability to predict volcanic eruptions, as well as to new insights into the relationships between volcanism and mineralization.
We are indebted to Ken Davis '24 and his wife in Derry, N.H. for a feature story clip from TheDerry News, from which we learn that J. JacksonGeorge won that newspaper's "My Favorite Teacher" contest. Jack taught social studies to sixth and seventh graders at the Windham Center School until he retired in June. Ten years ago, after 30 years teaching at the Haverhill High School, he retired as vice principal "because I'd rather work with the kids than in administration." Said one student in explaining his vote for Jack: "He knows his subject." And another: "If you don't get it the way he explains it, he explains it a different way until you do." A third confided that Mr. George is able to straighten out a classroom situation "without sending a lot of kids to the office." Jack lives in West Newbury, Mass., where he is president of the historical society and chairman of the library trustees. As for the young people he has been teaching: "They're OK; the world will be in good hands."
Ken Davis's note also relates: "Your classmate, Ned Cummings, lives nearby and has a thriving store overtown. In your recent column, bells were rung by your references to Tri-Kap brother EllieNoyes ... and to Wilbur Hugh 'Ping' Ferry, a really great center-rush."
There was a sad week in July when Bob Ryan, Dr. Austy Whitcomb, and Dorothy Pierpont, Howdy Pierpont's wife, died within a few days of each other. Bob and Austy's obituaries will appear in a later issue. We offer the deep sympathy of the Class to Howdy in his grievous loss, a direct sense of which many of us share.
From Bellefontaine, Ohio Gus Zimmerman writes: "Still in Ohio, running a plant that produces 6,000,000 feet of rubber hose a month by a continuous patented process which is still in its infancy. Anybody need a couple of miles of hose?"
We regretted missing Harry Litzenberger in Denver last spring, and about that time he was penning a card reporting on the family he recently acquired by marriage: "Oldest step-daughter expecting second child in May and graduating from Montana State in June. Oldest step-son graduating from college at Billings. Second stepson graduating from high school in Denver. Second step-daughter to be married in Bozeman in July. The youngest step-son has to settle with making the high school gym team as a sophomore."
Dr. Clarence F. Willey of Norwich University has accepted a joint appointment to Royalton College and the Vermont Law School as professor of psychology. Bill Kendall of Prospect, Ky., and Whip Walser of Hollywood, Fla., have been reelected to two-year terms as representatives of their respective regions on the Dartmouth Alumni Council.
As widely reported, the 1973 Alumni Fund Campaign surpassed its $3-million goal by more than $150,000. The Class's share in that achievement was some $41,350, off about 30 contributors and $60,000 from last year.
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