1928
Over 60 members of the Class and wives attended our 17th consecutive fall reunion in Hanover and Norwich on the weekend of the Princeton game, October 11-13. The weather was mild and pleasant and we had excellent seats in the west stand for the game, the final result of which was not what we would have ordered.
The excellent arrangements at the Norwich Inn and the bus from Norwich to the stadium were handled as usual by Herb Sensenig. Guests from the greatest distance at the Saturday night dinner were Mimi Sensenig's sister and her husband from Budapest, Mr. and Mrs. Bela Kralik.
The highlight of the reunion was the reception given by Librarian Ed Lathem Friday night in the Treasure Room of Baker Library marking the opening of the exhibit of Jack Rose's collection of drawings and cartoons from the JackO'Lantern. Best of all, Jack had flown from La Jolla, Calif., for the event - and his first football game in Hanover since his college days. Look the exhibit up when you get to Hanover - it's nostalgic and fun.
Jack has written from La Jolla asking us to thank all his friends for the wonderful welcome given him after so many years' absence from the Hanover plain.
At the executive committee meeting Saturday morning, with ten members present, many items of class business were discussed, including the possibility of future regional class gatherings, class finances, the Alumni Fund, a program to involve our 105 widows in class activities, and instructions to the class secretary to come up with suggestions for the format of our 50th Reunion book. If you have a comment on any of these items, please write us.
Attending were Jack and Fran Kenerson, Craig and Eleanor Haines, Jack and Cornie Herpel (also celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary), John and Peggy Phillips, Chuck and Ingrid Bruder, Barney and Ellen Norton, Bill Lary and son Bill Jr., George Emery, Herb and Mimi Sensenig and Mimi's sister, Cati and her husband from Budapest, Bill and Cyrene Williams, Jack Rose, George and Paula Bell, Les Mason and guest Al Higgins, Wes and Barbara McSorley, Wes and Louise Patience, Budd and Mibs Maring, Red and Fonty Sanborn, Lane and Betty Dwinell, Joe and Margaret Tidd (new residents of Hanover), Bill and Bobby Morton, Bill and Bea Marx, Wes Wood, Carter and Eleda Woods, Gayle and Carmen Leslie, Rem and Rel Kinne, John and Ethel Nixon, George and Lib Holbrook, Makie and Anne Makepeace, Os and Mary Skinner and their oldest son Scott '64 and wife Mary from Montpelier, Vt.
It would be interesting if '28ers who came back that weekend and were not spotted by your secretary would inform him.
If you have lost your 1973 Class Directory, we have extra copies and would be glad to send you one free of charge, but with one requirement that you write us something about your activities and interests. Dorothy Bohasseck has sent Len's copies of the '28 Green Book and '25 Aegis to Craig Haines. If you would like either, write to Craig or me.
Woody Isham's widow Dorothea wrote Craig that she visited the Bill Keyes '29 at their home 60 miles from Seattle near the coast: "good talk, good food, good smogless AIR!" Dorothea is in her 15th year at the University of California at Los Angeles, expects to retire soon and continue her travel program in earnest which so far has included an around-the-world journey and an East Africa safari.
Red Edgar writes that a trip to England to see their three grandchildren brought him and Charlotte back a week late for the Hanover reunion. They did get to the Harvard game, and between halves, found the Nixons, Dwinells, Kenersons, and Hammesfahrs. Red is still a director and member of the executive committee of the Middlesex (Mass.) Bank and keeps as busy as he wants with a lot of things that keep him outdoors, "grubbing around in the garden, fussing with a so-called lawn, and generally doing most of the maintenance on my small 'spread.' " Their son Bill '62 lives in Simsbury, Conn., with his wife and twin seven-year-old sons.
Henry Buchtel, Steamboat Springs, Colo., physician, says he and Bobby plan to spend December and January in Florida. In going through some old family letters, Bobby discovered she had a grandfather many times removed who graduated from Dartmouth in 1775. Henry, says, "Too bad we didn't know this when Gus '64 applied, it would have looked impressive on the application."
In thanking us for his birthday card, JohnNixon says he still has his '28 senior cane. Have you got yours?
Rick Rickenbaugh, Denver Cadillac dealer, has been cited by the National Safety Council for "distinguished service to safety." Rich won the award at the council's Chicago meeting for six years of service on the council's national board of directors and his work in helping organization of the Colorado Safety Associa- tion.
Our veteran travel lecturer, Bill Harris, writes: "I am still lecturing, but only on ships. I'm trying to bow out, but keep getting requests for this cruise and that cruise and it is difficult for me to refuse. However, I'll do the Queen Elizabeth 2 around-the-world, leaving January 10, then perhaps ring down the curtain."
Leaving New York January 18 on an 87-day world cruise on the Rotterdam will be Rem andRel Kinne, who told us about it in Hanover, with ports of call including Rio de Janeiro, Capetown, Mombasa, Bombay, Colombo, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Kauai, Honolulu, San Diego, Acapulco, and Balboa.
Baker Library mounted a collection of Jack O' Lantern art from the undergraduate yearsof Artist Jack Rose '28 (r) this fall. Donated by Kenneth Montgomery '25, the exhibitis permanently available. Librarian Edwin C. Lathem is at left.
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