1946

Right out from my back door a few years ago, I laid out a delightful cross-country ski course. Down through a couple of fields to a creek bed winding north, bordering the old nine-hole golf course, almost out to Storrs pond, and returning back down the west side of the golf course. It is about five kilometers long, just the right length for a good workout for my dog and me at the end of a busy day. Good as it's been this year, my thoughts yesterday turned to summer. (As you know, we don't have spring in Hanover). Sort of wishing to turn my skis in for a tennis racquet. Literally, just at that point, I broke through a thin crust and found myself up to my shins in water. Ah, I thought, the devil is at least on our side! He, too, is fed up with that heavy mantle of white stuff on top of his domain and decided to start melting it from inside out. I am certain it is the only way we will make it to summer, as the Lord keeps dumping it on top at a steady rate. Like another three inches today!

Thoughts of summer remind me of a story of dedication I heard not long ago of one of our classmates—Robert Adamson, his wife Dorothy, and son David. They live in Waterbury, Conn., where Bob has been a psychologist in the Waterbury school system for over 25 years. In the summer they run a camp, sponsored by the local Lions Club, for retarded citizens. The program accommodates 16 male and 16 female overnight campers, in addition to some 20 day campers per session. Primary focus is on the development of new skills which will better facilitate the functioning of retarded citizens within the community at large. Each camper is encouraged and expected to participate in the full camp program which emphasizes waterfront skills, group and individual sports activities such as badminton, volleyball, kickball, softball and basketball, and various activities geared toward improvement of basic coordination. Nice to learn of another classmate who really cares.

I had a warm letter from Ted Fajen. He and Patty have moved from the Milwaukee area to Sharon, Miss. A few years ago, they bought some acreage with an old lodge on it and then this year completed a small house for a permanent residence. Faj and Patty are still chasing retrievers at field trials, with Patty having qualified dogs for the coming National Amateur Championship. He reports the hunting and fishing are great, the people in the area outstanding, and the golf course just three miles away. Sounds great! We'll all be down next winter.

Received word that Malcolm McLane of Concord, N.H., was recently elected a director of the New England Electric System. In this new role, Malcolm succeeds another strong and dedicated alumnus, Dudley Orr '29, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. I also learned that Paul Bristol, of Burlington, Vt., has been appointed executive vice president of the Vermont Association of Realtors, Inc. Paul is a native Vermonter and past president of the State Chamber of Commerce and State YMCA. Clark Judge was recently elected president of the Chester, Conn., Rotary Club. Clark moved to that area after retiring as a colonel in the Marine Corps in 1973 and is presently associated with the Chester Bank in charge of advertising and public relations.

And finally, word comes from our good president, Jack Whitman, that Jim Barnet, of Lincoln, Mass., has accepted the post of class coordinator for the Campaign for Dartmouth. Big job for the next few years.

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