1972
Good news and bad news: Good news - vast improvement in the '72 Alumni Fund effort; Bad news - almost all of my classmates broke their writing hands and I received very little mail. In fact, I wasn't even the recipient of any notes implying that I am mentally deranged so you can see that the postman didn't stuff too many cards into my mailbox.
Jim Conway of Zoo fame became the husband of the former Ann Nemiah in Belmont, Mass., this summer. Jim is an investment officer in the trust department of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company while studying for a graduate degree in business at B.U. Meanwhile, DonaldRoss Miller is engaged to Christine Feloney (once named Miss Demeanor), a Wellesley graduate. The best wishes of the Class go out to both classmates with condolences to the young women involved.
Kevin Bastion wrote to let us know that after leaving Hanover in the spring of 1970, he went to work as a computer programmer for Ford in Indiana, finished his A.B. in computer programming and switched jobs, becoming a systems analyst for General Motors in Anderson, Ind. Kevin now lives at 2400 White River Blvd. (near the Dot?) in Muncie, Ind. He said he'd like to hear about Barry Weeks, Mike Thornton, PeteEaston, et-al of North Mass fame well, so would I!
Dave Mechlin has been named associate producer of Green Mountain Guild and will direct operations at the Quechee, Killingtoo, and Stowe, Vt., Playhouses.
Phill Gioia informs us that he is a fourth year med school student at Syracuse. This summer he is working at the American Health Foundation in Manhattan in a Heart Attack Prevention Program. Special dieting, therapy for cigarette smokers, and other preventative programs are used to treat men between 35-57. Men who might like to participate and who live in the N.Y.C. area may call 465-1513 or 489-8700. Phill is still working with the Syracuse Peace Council and is deeply concerned with the obvious unequal distribution of wealth in our society. There is some line separating personal drive and initiative, of which this country is so proud, from a caste system and 1 must admit that the line, at times, appears rather blurry. Phill's plans run toward pediatrics and preventative medicine.
Buzz Blockett writes to say that he graduated in March, 1973 after taking some time off. What makes this noteworthy is that he was living with John Musser, Chuck Stuart, and Bill (Bear) Anderson; hence graduation was a major accomplishment. After recovering from a shoulder operation, he went to work on a racing sailboat for ten months. When you read this, however, Buzz will have foresaken that freedom for Hastings Law School. Not knowing me well, Buzz asked for advice about law school the best I can give is "Don't take yourself too seriously!"
Another Bob Winterbottom letter arrived this summer. Bob is just about through with his Peace Corps stretch in Upper Volta and is filled with mixed emotions. Time and effort do not equal results, or at least not the results they should produce. Still, Bob feels that he did contribute and that all was not in vain. He'll be back in the States in the fall.
Pearson McGhee dropped a line from Childersburg, Ala., where he is employed by the Alabama Dept. of Pensions and Security. He has been married to his wife Helen for two years and has a daughter Katrina who will be almost one year old as you read this. Pearson is also a part-time car salesman (thinking of politics, no doubt) and a part-time D.J. in the area.
Jim "Little 'Ger" King is now a model! He appeared in a full page ad in the MinneapolisTribune for Gant "Rugger" Rubgy shirts. Reliable information has it that Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and a veritable plethora of other bozos in the Twin City area ran out and bought similar shirts so that they would blend in with Jim and thus be mistaken for him in all the Minneapolis hot-spots.
Since I'm writing this in Vermont, my only info on Ghort comes from the girls who are living in 3A Ridgemont this summer. They say he's been o.k. but he's obviously a "man's" disposal since he burps constantly and used rathe' crude language. He was heartened however by a letter I received this summer from "Madams X" concerning his attempted contribution to the Alumni Fund.
Dear Ghort, If those chincy anonymous alums won't match your contribution of six eggshells, the great-granddaughter of an 1848 alum willUnder Under separate cover, I am mailing same to you with appreciation for your Dartmouth loyalty and attempts to help alleviate its financial crunch.
Best regards, Madame X
Sure enough, the eggshells arrived in the next mail and Ghort was in seventh heaven. Now he has forsaken Carl Yastremski for Madame X. If she would step forward or if anyone has any information as to her true identity, please let me know. She sounds like Ghort's type of woman.
New Idea: write me a postcard and let me know what's up - if everyone spent five minutes on a postcard, I'd have so much information that I couldn't interject my sense of humor! Till Turkey Time [you don't have Dick Nixon (the biggest turkey) to kick around anymore]....
Secretary, 3A Ridgemont St. Allston, Mass. 02134
Treasurer, 9 Pembroke St. Somerville, Mass. 02143
