1940

For Laurie Herman, April 19 has become a very special day, making the events leading up to America's Declaration of Independence almost a personal memory. For the past several years on Patriots' Day (celebrated from Boston to Concord and the towns between with almost more fervor than the Fourth of July itself), Laurie has re-enacted a successful but littleknown ride. Revolutionary War hero William Dawes, Jr., rode from Roxbury to Concord on April 19, 1775, warning the colonists that the British were coming. But this year, 203 years to the day after the event, Laurie rode the distance, from Boston's North End (a poetic liber- ty with fact) to Lexington, in the role of Paul Revere, whose dramatic ride Longfellow im- mortalized in his rhythmic ballad. Laurie, who in real life did his bit in the cause of freedom as an officer in the Air Force during World War II and who remains a colonel in reserve, rode as a member of the Massachusetts National Lancers. With no symbolic significance, we trust, his mount was named "Ding Bat," ac- cording to the account of the Boston HeraldAmerican.

Just a reminder for your calendars. The fall mini-reunion for the Class will be the Friday and Saturday keyed to October 14, when Big Green gridders take on Yale in what should be a classic contest. Specific plans have yet to be made, but if you're planning to come and will want rooms, be sure to let Bob MacMillan know. Hanover and environs will be filled to the scuppers that weekend, so it is important to reserve early. As you'll remember, festivities start Friday evening with a pre-game rally and Dartmouth Night and the torchlight parade of classes.

From Creighton Holden comes word that, after his stint in government, he's finally settled down in Columbia, S.C., as chief executive of the Carolina Inns. His address is 18 Northlake Road, and the zip is 29204. (His home adjoins both a golf course and lake with tennis courts nearby.) To signal the completeness of his transfer, even though he is keeping his home in Michigan, he writes, "Anybody coming this way, y'all stop by, heah?"

Bill and Pattie Squires escaped from Wellesley Hills' extended winter by visiting St. Croix and the Virgin Islands in a tour sponsored by Walter Yusin '58 and the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Massachusetts. They were in the company of 12 other Dartmouth couples (none of them '40, however), and they thoroughly enjoyed the company and their travels. They did everything from snorkling at Buck's Island to dining at the best gourmet places and day-tripping by airboat, throughout what was for so many years Boband Jane Austin's stamping grounds.

Speaking of the class newsletter editor, who too rarely reports on his own many activities, we should mention that Bob reported during Class Officers' weekend that he's been elected a selectman of his hometown of Webster, N.H. - on a write-in ballot, if you please. He's also president of The Preservation of the Old Meeting House (1791) and a member of the planning board for the town of 800 people.

All of your officers were in Hanover for the meeting except Art Ostrander, whose convalescence from his recent illness and his Alumni Fund efforts combined to make it impossible for him to trek back from his new home in Rossmore, Calif. He has repaired there in retirement to enjoy what he calls the West's "relaxed and salubrious climate." He had made his way alone across the continent gypsy-style with all his gear packed in a trailer.

Others present in addition to the Austins were: Hugh and Joan Dreyfus, who departed immediately afterwards for a second honeymoon cruise aboard the S. S. Stattendam to Bermuda, the first time since they were married 29 years ago; Stet Whitcher, who reported the class is holding its own financially; Joyce andElmer Brown, who is holding down the new post of class campaign coordinator for The Campaign for Dartmouth (a felicitous choice, indeed); and Gordon Wentworth, who reports a small colony of 40's have joined him as permanent residents of Cape Cod. Others are BillPellington, who has retired from government and is living in Wellfleet; Chet Berry; and SidMcPherson, who is serving as a surgeon at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.

From his digs in Janesville, Wis., where he's still teaching management at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Sid Phillips reports he enjoyed a memorable two-week tour of New England, visiting family and friends, including son, Carl '73, who lives high on a hill outside Burlington, Vt., where he represents IBM. He also reported he hears occasionally from WillPitz (Manitowe, Wis.), particularly about now, which is Alumni Fund time. And speaking of the Fund, may I add my urging to any of us who may not have sent in a gift yet to do so right away - for Dartmouth, and to give Art still another well-deserved record year.

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