1952

Each year when we return to Hanover for the early October class activities, the beautiful fall foliage, and the college events (not just limited to the football game by any means) we wish it would be possible for everyone to share this pleasure. This past first weekend in October it was a special treat to have a chance to sit around after the football game and enjoy the first impressions of a group of freshmen; impressions of Hanover; impressions of college courses; and impressions of campus life. The opportunity came about when Ross Daniels and his family joined their son Dave, a freshman this year, outside South Fayerweather and the bull session with Dave and several of his classmates just gradually developed. I'm sure this is typical of a lot of activity of our Class with our children moving into college age. Later we will have the complete list of sons and daughters of our class now in Hanover.

It would be no exaggeration to say the entire weekend was a success and, as usual, the good efforts of social chairmen Bill and Judy Breed, played a large role. After the game we all retired to the Twin Lake Village HQ for cocktails and, later, dinner at Blossom's in New London. It is hard to tell anymore which members of our Class come to Hanover for football games just by looking around the assigned class section. Too many people come with friends, want to sit with children in the undergraduate section, make last minute decisions and take pot luck, or, best of all, have connections for better seats. Therefore, the Saturday evening's activities give us a chance to take the roll call with more accuracy.

Every year we enjoy the company of the regulars, Charlie and Alison Curtis, Steve andLorraine Parkhurst, the Breeds, and HowieSmith and Debbie Philips. But it is an even greater pleasure for other members of the Class to join the group. The more the merrier and this year's event at Twin Lake and Blossom's was enlivened by a host of friends, relatives and children, over 40 in all. Will and Stacey Rooke were joined by their son and two friends and since Will took at least two rolls of pictures I assume we will see prints in a forthcoming issue of the newsletter. We're not sure how many of the other Rooke clan (there are five) were there but they were rivaled by the Howard Carter group and the Don Myers family. Howie andMary Carter, like the Rookes, were up from New Jersey as were Bob and Theo Nightingale.

All right, as everyone else seems to have known, Arlington is in Massachusetts. Apologies to Don Myers.

Steve Parkhurst has advised me the class dues are coming in very well this fall and, if you haven't done so already, please send him your dues right away. Steve also says we are getting a very good response to the class book fund in honor of our deceased classmates. This is an effort which, as you know, has the dual good benefit of making a lasting contribution to the College and, at the same time, allows us to remember our classmates who have passed away. Again, please make this modest contribution towardour book fund.

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