1945

Irving Berlin's famous song of the Yuletide gives me second thoughts, with the vivid memory of the Great Blizzard of '78 for those of us who live in New England. Maybe it's a reluctance to let go of those golden autumn days in October when our class had its executive committee meeting and mini-reunion. We had quite a gathering of classmates, wives, and children even though some old goats like Harry Hampton and his lovely wife Ginny were at a wedding and unable to attend. However, daughter Marcie and her young man were there.

Others included Frank Hutchins, Cliff and Betty Jordan, Ted, Barbara, Janie and Laura White, Austin and Shirley Wason, Spence and Connie Johnson, Moose and Joan Rowan, Vic and Vesta Smith, Geof McClay, Steve and Jean Hull, Joe and Shirley Michael, Shorty and Allon Pierce, John and Marylee Osborn, Ed and Doris Pirie, Moe, Jane and Alison Frye, John and Molly White, Pat and Ted Smith, Peter and Nancy Beck, Irv Graves, Marge and Bob Paulson, George and Betsy Barr, and Scott and Nonie Parrot.

Our class executive committee meeting was held on Saturday morning instead of Friday afternoon, so people generally didn't arrive until the evening before. The weather was beautiful and the foliage right at the height of the season, even though we lost to Boston University at the football game in the afternoon. We were also intrigued to see the WBZ "Evening Magazine" crew around that weekend taking shots of the campus and the game for a broadcast early in November featuring Les Godwin '30. Unfortunately, none of our classmates appeared in any of the shots, but in spite of that, the program was very well done.

An item from the Washington Post was brought to my attention by Harry Hampton who recalled nostalgic memories of busted gallon jugs with frozen eider laced with raisins on window sills of Hanover. Here is the item: Americans may now brew beer in the home legally for the first time, and it is no longer necessary to obtain a Treasury Department license to make wine. Any single person over 18 may produce 100 gallons a year of each spirit legally and tax-free. In a household of two or more people over 18, the limit goes to 200 gallons a year. I wonder if this would be of interest to current students at Dartmouth?

The Bud Morris clan is healthy and happy (as you can see by the mug shot of the head of the clan) and living in the western part of the country. Bud aban- doned a background of geology acquired at Dartmouth, education acquired at Columbia, and law acquired at the University of Virginia, to get into advertising and public relations. After 15 years in the agency business in San Francisco (12 with Young and Rubicam) he moved to American Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., where he has been manager for six years. AMI is at the hot end of the semiconductor spectrum, dealing in large-scale integrated circuits to control computer memories, appliances, autos, telecommunications, watches, calculators, TV games, home computers, etc., a very exciting industry to be in, and an exciting company to work with. Two sons: Doug, 27, in Tucson, Ariz., trying to establish himself in the food business; Ross, 22, finishing his senior year at U.C. Berkeley. Bud and his wife Dee have been happily married for almost 28 years, and with some good timing they might make their first reunion in 1980. Steve Hull, take note!

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