1929

From Austria comes word of our noble leader; Duke and Horty Barto report that they are delighted with the country but the weather has not cooperated.

Bob Leigh writes from Deland of his mandatory (but welcomed) retirement from Florida Public Utility. He has moved into real estate and is enjoying the change immensely. Best of Luck!

Blinker and Katie Black played host to a number of '29ers in August: "Had a 'Mini-Reunion' at our house for Alumni College 'students' and all available local '29ers. A couple of hours of cocktails were great fun as usual. 'Students' on hand were Bob and Martha Drake, Lilian and Frank Small, Gerry and Marjorie Swope - and 'locals': Ruth and Trunkie Brittan, Polly and Ed Chinlund, Joe D'Esopo, Fran and Charlie Dudley, Doris and Karl Michael, and Alice and Bob Monahan, plus Katie and I (in both categories). The Dickeys and Fosters were out of town.

"The kids are coming back to Hanover - great to see them around again. Katie and I still think this is an exciting spot to live."

Another recent retiree is John Laffey (from Sew England Life). He has settled on Cape Cod at Cranberry Knoll, Dennis, a townhouse type of condominium that is still growing. He's not too far from John Quebman, who has retired in the Falmouth area.

There is good news indeed from Arthur and Dotty Buffington, who have recovered from ten hospital stays and are now able to travel again. They recently spent some time at a cabin on Lake Tahoe that is owned by son Jack '54. But sorrow came when the third generation of Buffingtons applied to Dartmouth, since young John did not make it. (He had been the "Class Boy" of the Class of 1954.) "I still love Dartmouth," Arthur writes.

Bob Helmick sends a note from Fairmont, in the hills of West Virginia: "I retired the end of February and am enjoying it very much. I sure have been keeping busy doing things that never seemed to get done before. We have a second home in Canaan (pronounced Ka-nane) Valley, which is a valley high in the West Virginia mountains. The valley floor is 3,200 feet high and the mountains surrounding it go to 4,400 feet. There is a ski area in the valley so we spend a good deal of time there both winter and summer."

Your scribe can second Bob's comments about Canaan Valley. In 1947 George Parkhurst '30 and I scouted the area for the Ski Club of Washington and found deep snowdrifts at the beginning of April. The club installed a crude rope tow and ran it every winter for a decade, and now the State of West Virginia has invested millions in a state park for year-round use, including modern chair lifts. The high country of West Virginia is a northern intrusion into the ecology of the South, with sugar maples, white pine, spruce, balsam, and other northern flora and fauna; thus a Dartmouth type can feel right at home.

The sad news has just come that Edward Fowler died of a heart attack on September 14. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

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