1938

Classmates will have been interested to read Herb Loring's letter to the editor in the September issue of the MAGAZINE Your secretary, and I think most of you, share Herb's failure to understand "what is wrong with the noble head of an Indian decorating the head of a cane from a college first founded to educate Indians." Herb lives with his wife Moray in Columbia, Mo., and teaches church history at Missouri School of Religion. The Lorings have a daughter and three sons.

Another set of letters, moving and "sobering," in the September issue were those elicited by the May Vox by Norman R. Carpenter '53. The subject was alcoholism, and Carpenter's hope is that "some awareness of the problem be manifested by the College." This hope was shared by the writers who responded to his column. I think it should be shared by all of us.

One classmate, who is clearly aware of the problem and who has had considerable success helping others to combat it, is General Electric executive Marty King. A long article on Marty's accomplishments appeared in the August 16 issue of Industry Week.

I'm indebted to Red Boutilier, Lincoln County, Me., neighbor and free-lance photographer and writer, for a column from the Boston Globe of August 20, 1976, about an invention by Charlie WyckofT that I found pretty fascinating. Charlie's invention is described as a "color-reflecting plastic 'highway line.' " The article continues, "The idea, basically, is simple. If you're driving in the right direction, on the proper side of the road, the center line glows nice, clean white. But if you're going the wrong way - up a one-way street, or if you drift across the double line - the stripe glares a bright red."

I'd like to convey renewed thanks to JimCotter for his very kind personal remarks. Thanks also to Bob Manegold for the interesting brochure on Oconomowoe, Wisconsin. (I think Oconomowoe is an unusual place-name; he thinks Damariscotta is.) And Phil Harty, vice president of the Exolon Company of Tonawanda (a nice town-a-wanda too) kindly sent me a copy of his letter to Pace Setter editor DanMarshall concerning his visit with John Jova, the United States ambassador to Mexico.

On September 5 Gil and Fran Tanis' son Bill and Mary Barber were married at her home in Chatham on Cape Cod. Classmates and their wives who attended include Jack and Millie Lutz, Alex and Libby Jones, Gus and DorothySouthworth, and Jim and Anne Briggs. It was a completely delightful and happy occasion, with the ceremony taking place in a lovely outdoor setting.

That heart-warming event out of the way, Fran and Gil went helling off to Hellas on a junket which was, I believe, the Black Sea cruise organized by the travel bureau, with Dartmouth professor William C. Scott of the classics department. I'll report next month about any other participants from the amazing class of'38.

In addition to other noteworthy events which took place in Hanover Harvard game weekend, an urgent and important meeting of our class executive committee was held in Crosby Hall. Your secretary urges you to check next month's notes and learn what decisions were reached.

The Valley News of West Lebanon, N.H., recently reported that Dave Bradley showed slides of ships photographed at Newport, R.I., during the bicentennial celebrations and delivered a talk, "Tall Ships and Short Politics," to a meeting of Lyme historians. Dave grew up in Woods Hole, where his father was a marine biologist; he is currently teaching at Tuck School.

As I believe is also reported this month in a column of this publication which used to be headed "A Wah Hoo Wah for ... JohnTower was chosen president of the board of trustees of Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, N.H., last spring. John is a senior executive of International Paper Co. He and Shirley live in Ridgefield, Conn.

It was a very great pleasure for Anne and me to welcome Bob and Mary Ross for an all-too-brief visit early last month. They had been on a short vacation to Mary's family's camp in Waterboro, Me., and kindly veered east and stopped in to see us on the way to Mary's brother in Falmouth, near Portland. As associate editor, Mary is a very vital reason why the MAGAZINE appears every month; Bob is its reviews editor as well as proprietor of his own rare books business in Norwich, Vt.

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