1961

The "Serpico" series starring David Birney was cancelled by NBC at the end of January, although Dave's performances had led to high hopes for the program at the start of the season last September. Unfortunately, the Friday night scheduling of the Presidential Debates preempted "Serpico" for several weeks, and that doubtless hurt its ratings. While those of us living in the boondocks are most familiar with Dave's career as a television performer ("Bridget Loves Birnie" and "The Adams Chronicle"), the legitimate theater in New York has really been the mainstay of his career. Since he was born on Shakespeare's birthday, he's bound to bounce back. On the family side, Dave is married to his "Bridget" co-star, Meredith Baxter, and they live in Santa Monica, Calif.

Another, Santa Monican we see and hear from occasionally is Marv Freedman. He is the younger half of the law firm of Levin & Freedman, which specializes in banking and business law, and Marv has been active in many civic and bar activities.

Last month we reported on our classmates who are serving as presidents and secretaries of alumni clubs, but we neglected to mention a couple of higher alumni officials, or as my 94-year-old grandmother would call them, "high mucka-mucks." Harry Solmson III of Memphis is on the executive committee of the General Association of Alumni Associations and Clubs, and Terry O'Neil of Omaha is on the Alumni Council representing Region IV, which extends roughly from lowa west to Montana and north to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Council must follow some sort of one-man-one-vote rule for Terry to wind up representing such an unmanageably large territory.

Also a few months ago we got a report from Pete Stuart that Bob Jackson was CPA-ing in Maine these days, and as confirmation, we just received a clipping from the Lewiston paper that Bob is teaching a graduate accounting course for the continuing education division of Thomas College.

Ed Thornton was kind enough to respond to my request for news with a full report. Ed practices law in partnership with his father in Manchester, N.H., and lives with his wife Jeanie and daughter Tara in nearby Bedford. They are incredibly active in the life of their community, filling leadership positions in many public service groups, from Boy Scouts to church organizations. Now that Tara is a third grader, Jeanie has come out of "retirement" to manage a recreation center and food program for the elderly, and she is finding it personally rewarding. Ed has continued his enthisiasm for hunting and fishing, and claims he's fished in almost all parts of eastern Canada and most of the states in the eastern third of the United States. Ed, if you're out this way between February and September some year, look me up and we'll try for some salmon in Monterey Bay.

Just like H & R Block with its umpteen reasons why, we now present Reason No. 415.37 why you and your family should attend the class reunion June 17-19: The West Coast drought. If you live out here, you'll want to get back to Hanover to take one of those long, long, back-to-the-womb showers you used to take in times of trouble - academic, financial, or romantic.

If you were planning on a vacation out here, you'd be better off to forget it and go to the reunion instead. Throughout the West water rationing is becoming common. For example, here on the Monterey Peninsula we're restricted to 50 gallons per person per day. That may sound like a lot, but an average unconstipated adult male practicing a socially acceptable level of personal hygiene can easily use up his daily quota before getting out of the bathroom in the morning. If you're still bound and determined to come out to see the Portland Rose Festival, or Yosemite, or whatever, then at least be sure to wash thoroughly before leaving home, bring along a canteen full of water, and buy one of those portable chemical toilets that the farm workers use and hitch it to the rear bumper of your car.

Reason No. 415.875 for attending the reunion is that we will have our very own T-shirts at the reunion, so we don't get lost or separated from our group. Hope to see you there.

Secretary, 728-14 th St. Pacific Grove, Cal. 93950

Treasurer, 105 Crosby, Hanover, N.H. 03755