1936

As we start a new year I'm hopeful it will be great for all '36ers despite the current problems the world, energy crisis, advancing age, and any individual problems each of us may have. In other words, the best to all of you.

Howard "Bud" Wolfe recently moved to Florida and as a result of a card, he sent back a nice note. He and Alice sold their Connecticut farm. Bud gave up his traveling as a marketing consultant and they moved to Vero Beach. All of their children are grown, married, and scattered so they decided to take a fling at condominium living down among friends and relatives. Bud started his own company as marketing consultant and manufacturers representative in Florida and expects to end up busier than ever. He has seen Al Butler and had a short visit from Ben Moyer and his wife. Bud had a week's fishing in Iceland with Ben last August, which he recommends highly for those who enjoy whopping big fish on ridiculously light tackle.

Bud enclosed an article from the Indian RiverNews about Aldis P. Butler who transferred his advertising talent from New York to Florida in 1964. He lived here in New Canaan and moved to Vero Beach where he is president of Butler-Turner Advertising. Al and Chub planned to "slow down" by departing the urban-suburban ratrace and by moving to a small city. He actually spends more time now at his desk and has become deeply involved in civic activities. He has been president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the United Fund, and chairman of the Red Cross. He believes that if you live in a small town you have to be involved beyond your own business. The Butler's three children are all married and there are four grandchildren. Son Aldis Jr. (Perry) '64 gave up advertising to found "Perry's" which father Al recommends as a San Francisco watering spot of note. Al also says Dick Treadway lives nearby when he's in Florida, which is seldom.

Jim Pollock is another classmate who has recently moved. He and Mavis went from Illinois to Arcadia, Calif. Jim's company was sold to a Japanese company so now he has joined the Ralph M. Parsons Co. as chief geologist of the mining, metallurgical, and geological division. Jim had been working in Japan and the Philippines and now his work is worldwide. The Pollocks have one married daughter, Martha, a son Jim in Medical School at the University of Illinois, and a son Peter at Antioch.

Rather than move south as many of our classmates have been doing, Bob Button has left Comsat in Washington, moved to Greenwich Conn., and commutes to New York where he is in charge of "activities in outer space" for the Teleprompter Corporation. From Bob's description of this new endeavor, they hope to incorporate satellites into a high-capacity communication system in the home to carry TV, computer data, facsimile, electronic mail and other yet unknown services, all on a national scale via the satellite. Bob did not want to retire and was intrigued by the new idea. He referred to a quotation from Tennyson "Tis not too late to seek a newer world" and that is precisely what he is doing. It seems that there are quite a few of our classmates who are doing the same thing one way or another. Bob lives next door to our well known Olympic diver, diving judge, and architect, R. Jackson Smith.

If any of you see other members of the Class at various Dartmouth events such as the Glee Club tour in March, drop me a line with names and news if there is any.

1935ers gathered around the coffee table at Rey Moulton's Sarasota condominium: (left)Ralph Specht and Trudy, Rey Moulton and Laura, and Dawn and Duke Mills.

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