1938

A good candidate for the busiest man in the Class the past couple of months has got to be John Jova, recently named U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. This assignment is a very significant honor for him and, through him, for the Amazing Class of 1938. On behalf of your classmates your secretary extends a sincere Wah-Hoo-Wah to you, John, recognizing also that you must scarcely have had time to settle in before you had to start making arrangements for the Inter-American conference in Mexico City last month which Secretary of State Kissinger addressed.

Another one of the more enterprising and energetic members of our class is reunion chairman Carl Von Pechmann. Long before you read these notes you will have received a letter from Hanover over Carl's signature noting, among other pertinent information, the amount of the reunion tab. That mailing, and also a PaceSetter, will be accompanied by an envelope in which to send a deposit to our class treasurer Gus Southworth. Carl and the hard-working members of his committee hope that prospective reunion participants will not be coy about sending in their deposits, not that the money is needed in advance but more importantly so that they will have, sooner rather than later, a firm grasp on who's actually coming. Remember those reunion dates, June 10-12. Remember too that the tax will have been set as low as possible for what we'll be getting; whatever the tab, attendance at the 35th Reunion of the amazing class of 1938 is a best buy. (Speaking of which - BEST BUYS - don't forget to send to EarlWard a something for our auction, sub-titled Mays' Madness).

Speaking of a former reunion, although it was an informal one, I received a heart-warming letter from Ruth Ganter, Bill Ganter's widow and daughter of Sid Hazelton. She enclosed snapshots taken at Coke Barton's class picnic in 1947, and I've sent them on to Dan Marshall in the hope that they can be reproduced in ThePace Setter. Ruth hopes to attend our reunion in June. Her father, Dartmouth '09 and aged 85, is still up and around, and sat next to us at last fall's Yale game.

I'm in receipt of notice of publication of two books by Bob Harvey, titled The Restless Heart and The Holy Slice. His books are described as dealing with the dynamics of change in the modern world. Bob formed, in 1970, a religious order, The Company of the Paraclete, as a way of engaging volunteer workers in areas of poverty and need. The Company began a ministry in a northside Philadelphia ghetto and more recently has had 23 members at work in earthquake rehabilitation in Nicaragua. With so many of us largely if not totally immersed in our own personal problems and affairs, it is reassuring, and humbling, to consider a classmate who is devoting much of his life to helping others.

Jerry Bly is yet another classmate who has involved himself for many years in public service. Jerry was the subject of a column in The BostonHerald, the thrust of which being his strong belief, after a quarter century as a Massachusetts State legislator, that representatives do pay attention to letters from their constituents. Jerry is quoted at length on the do's and don't's of how to make that kind of letter effective. As presumably literate college graduates we are supposed to know these things, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded; and it's good too to bear in mind that even a semi-literate communication is more effective, or at least less frustrating, for the voter than sitting back and complaining without making his sentiments known.

The Montclair (N.J.) Times is the medium for the message that Dick Keresey has been elected to the board of directors of Union Camp Corporation. Dick is assistant general counsel of Exxon Corporation, with which organization he has been associated since 1955. also serving as a member of the board of Exxon Enterprises, the diversification subsidiary of the parent organization. Were it not for the fact that it's hard to ship safely, a five-gallon can of petrol would make a welcome auction item, Dick!

You've all received, and I hope you've all responded to, treasurer Gus Southworth's class dues notice. Your secretary and your Pace Setter editor would welcome your responses to Gus' kind urging that you accompany your checks with news items for him to forward to one of us for inclusion in future issues of Dan's publication or these class notes.

See you in June!

Secretary, Box 187, Damariscotta, Me. 04543

Class Agent, 15 Damon Road Holden, Mass. 01520