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Bill and Emelyn Rohlffs moved back to Portland September 15 after five years at Gleneden Beach, Ore. They enjoyed last winter's three months in Spain so much that they may try Spain again this winter. They plan definitely to attend the 50th. It will be their second visit to Hanover since the 10th reunion; the first was on a 1971 business trip to Boston.
Jack Collins is now semi-retired because of emphysema, but he goes to his office in North Adams, Mass., almost every day. Son Jim is running the J. F. Collins Co., Inc., wholesale tobacco and candy since 1886. Daughters Nancy and Mary are married and live in Connecticut. Seven grandchildren now, and another expected soon. Jack, enjoys lunch every Thursday with Gene Magenis and two other Dartmouth alumni in Pittsfield, although ill October Gene goes back home to Coral Gables, Fla.
Eleanor Klein leaves September 24 on a five-week Garden Club trip to the Far East. She will fly to Seattle for three days, then to Java, Sumatra, Bali, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Singapore and spend ten days in Japan. George opted to stay home and play golf.
After his retirement a few months ago as director of libraries at Suffolk University in Boston, Dick Sullivan and Mary moved to 529 Banks Mill Road, S.E., Aiken, S.C. 29801. Dick says the choice was wise: it's a pretty city with a metropolitan population, and he and Mary can play golf year around. They spent August in New England visiting old friends and their son and his family.
Ed Flanders of Manchester, N.H., reports that he and Dora keep very busy in their church and in Weare, where they have been restoring a 200-year-old house for the last two years. It is on the market now. Dora is on the Board of Directors of the Manchester Women's Club, as well. Their son John, now 15 and three inches taller than pop, is an "A" student and bids fair to graduate at our 55th reunion in 1983! Ed says if his present robust health holds out, he'll make it.
The youngest son of '28 is Art and LeeKneerim's Bill, aged 11. If he studies hard and wants to, he may enter Dartmouth in 1983. Art retired in 1970 from advertising in New York City, and the Kneerims now live in Stonington, Conn., where Art is coordinator of senior programs at the community center, on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Players (he was active in the Players at Dartmouth).
A letter from Barney Norton, the sage of Vergennes, Vt., is always a treat. His pithy comments about Boston, Dartmouth affairs, and life in general have enlivened the 38 years we have been writing these notes. His recent letter says, "Retirement is the baloney. Last winter I inherited every non-paying job in town that nobody wanted, library, church, etc." He adds that Ellen was all set to retire from her school job until she went to her Middlebury reunion, where an old friend told her, "I am not going to retire - what would I do for the next 30 years? All of my family live to a ripe old age." Ellen's mother was 96 last week. Barney and Ellen will be at the fall reunion September 25.
Six years ago I had a heart fibrillation in Miami. Not knowing what was making me tired, I dragged myself around for a couple days until Mai Seal's doctor diagnosed my problem. After some rest I went back to work with medication and orders not to get overly tired. Well, last July I forgot those instructions and had a mild heart attack. After two weeks in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., I've been resting at home, feeling fine and using the time to pester you guys for news. I look forward to attending with Mary the fall reunion September 24-25 and the meetings of Jack Kenerson's large committee to plan our 50th reunion.
Since our last column in June we have received the sad news of the death of ten classmates. In two instances the news reached the College over six months late. Obituary notices for the following will appear in this issue if space permits. Orman Richardson, Les Benioff, Irving Beebe, Clint Goodwin, Fred Cheever, Jack McGuire, Chet Haltom, Crary Myers, and Em Berry. Don Giles' obituary was in the September issue.
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