1940
June 10 thru 12, as of this writing, appears as though it will be one of our biggest and unquestionably our bestest reunion. CreightHolden has organized everything as you've read in specific reunion mailings so that '40 will go First Class all the way - not a trio or just a guitarist but a full band, best food, etc. Our assigned dorm has each room with private bath, so what more can we ask for, even though our tariff may be slightly higher than other classes? The seminar being held Wednesday morning by the Class of '34 entitled "Dartmouth Today" will be open to all reunion classes and as this subject is of prime interest to all, the original plan to hold our own seminar has been cancelled so that we may all attend theirs and find out what's happening in 1974 on the Hanover plain.
To continue to catch up with various and sundry I received several tremendous color photos from Lee and Martie Bassett which date back many months. Lee's not only become the outstanding traveller of the class, but from the pictures a great fisherman and hunter. One shot shows him holding a BIG lake trout caught in the Yukon Territory last August. I don't know what the catch weighed-in at, but it's over four feet in length and requires two hands to hold it thru the gill just to keep it from falling. Must have been some fight! The other pictures are of a Persian Ibex with beautiful curved horns which he or Martie got with his trusty rifle while so-journing in the mountains of Iran in November.
It's always a pleasure to write about the MacMillen's and what they've done for visiting classmates, but this is the first time ye scribe can remember receiving a newspaper clipping and a news release from the College concerning our class prexy. Although he'll continue in his present position as manager of the college conference bureau, Bob MacMillen has been named assistant director of conferences. The former assistant dean of Tuck School, Bob Kimball, was named director and his duties will be mainly off-campus generating the conferences and seminars, while Bob will continue to handle the details in Hanover.
Three major changes of address are also on hand. One has Lee Brekke going from Kansas to Wisconsin - why we knoweth not - another involves Dick and Connie Handy from Topsfield to Gloucester, Mass. Dick writes, "Finally found our dreamhouse on the ocean as well as a chalet and trout pond in Bethel, Me., in the midst of the ski trails overlooking the White Mountain National Forest and the great Presidential Range of good old New Hampshire. Am really enjoying semi-retirement, but daughter Krisy (age 2! !) keeps Dad moving." Finally Jim Kuhns has made a change from Torrance to Palos Verdes Estates in California. He's still the manager of the Garrett Airesearch Mfg. Co. but only rents his California residence as he still owns his home in Dayton, Ohio. Jim's beef is that while real estate values have doubled in California in the seven years he's been there, there has been virtually no increase on the worth of his Ohio property. A son and two daughters are scattered 'round the "girdled earth" - actually son Peter with spouse and three children live in Greenfield, Ind.; oldest daughter Kristin, who's editor of the C.I.T. house organ, is likewise married and she and her husband have recently become innkeepers of the West Mountain Inn in Abington, Vt.; while youngest daughter Kate works for Polaroid at their headquarters in Cambridge.
At this writing (end of March) our class is just about the most pathetic with regard to Alumni Fund Reunion Class giving to the College. If you've read your mail from Art Ostrander you must know that each reunion class is asked to do more than their usual share (three to five times normal annual giving). It will be six years before we're hit hard again - and this year's the time to really dig deep and donate realistic dollars. Neither '38 nor '39 reached our dollar level last year. This year (as of now) '38 is almost 400% ahead of us and '39 is better than 100% ahead. I hope for the College's sake they continued with great dollars, but please fellow '40's let's not be at the bottom of the ladder. If you've given already think about doing more NOW and if you're among the non-donators, get off the pot!
Secretary, 200 5th Ave. New York, N.Y. 10010
Class Agent, 360 Rumstick Point Rd. Barrington, R.I. 02806
