1929

I was fortunate in having two trips to Hanover within a month - the first for spring skiing with son Jeff'71 near North Conway and the second to attend the Class Officers Weekend. Bob and Alice Monahan gave a dinner party for Frank and Petey Foster during my first stay, and en route home Gerard andMarjorie Swope asked me to join a dinner party at their home in Croton-on-Hudson. The following classmates and wives attended the meeting for class officers: Bill and Kay Andres,Duke and Horty Barto, Trunky and Ruth Brittan, Ed and Polly Chinlund, Jack and JerryGunther, Jack and Sue Hubbard, and GusWiedenmayer.

A visit to Hanover serves as a reminder that the names of some '29ers are a permanent part of the campus scene: the Karl Michael Pool, Cook Auditorium in Murdough Center (named for John Brown Cook, who died in April), the A. Marvin Braverman 1929 Circulation Center in Baker Library, and, sadly, a bronze plaque by a beautiful oak tree on Tuck Mall planted in memory of Jack Blair's son Robert Sherman Blair II.

And here is a final batch of your notes to Jack Hubbard:

Ed Walsh (Potomac, Md.): "Things are go- ing well down here. Duke, Stan Johnson, Panos Georgopulo, Hal Leich, and I get together for lunch occasionally and swap stories. Lots of fun. [The latest was in April at the Chevy Chase Club, where we were Ed's guests - H.H.L.] I am doing part-time work for the National Account Marketing Association of NYC and am director of their annual meeting, which will be in May at Marco Island, Fla."

And some sad news from Sonny Hetfield (Westfield, N.J.): "1977 was a bad year for me. In April I underwent surgery to have a kidney stone removed. In July we lost our oldest son, Walter L. Hetfield IV '56, who left his wife and four teenaged children. In September I had a pace-maker installed because of a heart block. However, we are still alive and hope to make the 50th. In fact, I'll be able to play golf in two weeks."

Rich Rimbach (Hawaii): "All well here - planning a freighter trip in March, stopping at Majuro, Ponape, Truk, and Saipan, and we may fly to Hongkong. My golf is up and down like a yo-yo."

Bill Magenau (South Wellfleet, Mass.): "My wife, daughter, and self took the Dartmouth Club trip to Athens in October. It was my impression that prices there have not risen so much. We saw a great deal of living history during our seven days and now want to return for a visit in depth."

Ed How (Severna Park, Md.): "Managing to stay well, but the battle of the bulge isn't easy. Retirement seems to be more enjoyable each ,'year since 1969, after 40 years with G. E. Kitty .and I enjoy the Chesapeake Bay country, but there are no '29ers closer than Washington."

Jeff Stearns (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.): 1 "We love our place and the life down here. Lots of golf, fishing, swimming, and socializing, and the weather is just magnificent. We took a trip up as far as Maine, seeing our families and friends, but we were glad to get back here. I've been lucky and have caught three sailfish so far."

Irving Levitas (Westwood, N.J.): "I am still very busy - medical director of a cardiac stress test laboratory at Hackensack Hospital, consultant to APA Transport doing preventive medicine programs for employees, medical director of Wellington Hall Nursing Home, medical consultant to the Medical Economics Corporation, and recently appointed Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the New Jersey College of Medicine."

Bill Morgan (Aberdeen, N.C.): "Play golf three or four days each week, often with JackMeany, but he is really out of my class. Have been living in North Carolina for over a year. Truly it's like spending a year-round vacation instead of just retirement."

And another satisfied resident of that happy state, Ken Macnair: "Enjoying life in the western North Carolina mountains - active with my wife Sally in playing lots of golf, gardening enough to fill the freezer, some hiking, and a bit of duplicate bridge. Had lunch with Jack Blair a few months ago but have run into no other '29ers in this neck of the woods."

Al Downing (Lexington, Ky.): "Last spring we managed to spend three months on the West Coast and Canada. On our return we stopped by at Calgary to visit Brett Sine and his wife. I manage to get to my farm frequently (14 miles away). We are trying to get our tobacco to the market in Lexington - the auctioneers sound like they are portrayed on radio and television."

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