1939

It is regrettable that we must start off a new season of notes by recording the death of Bill Geery, who, we have just been notified, lost a bout with cancer in July 1976. Bill had spent a lifetime with the same company, having joined Deluxe Check Printers Company the fall after graduation from college.

We came upon some information during the June reunion which we had no room to include in out last notes. Bill Green received an honorary degree from St. Anselm's College in May, adding to an already-long list of distinguished accomplishments. We learned that Dick Hobbs has just been appointed a member of the Alumni Council, representing District 3; that Bob Cushman was elected a director of Paine Webber Inc. of New York; that HowieNopper, Roy Middleworth, and Dick Woodward were making their first trip back to the campus since grabbing their diplomas in '39 (it is just possible the same could be said for Kev Fay and Bill Lyons, who made the trek back to Hanover all the way from California); and that Georgeand Shirley Hanna sat a few rows ahead of Tomand Sue Brooks at the Boston College Law School commencement, proudly watching Katie Hanna and Peter Brooks pick up their degrees — the latter magna cum laude. Also of note with regard to our 40th was the unscheduled appearance of Hank Hastings from the wilds of Vermont. He had been listed in our 40th-year book as one of the seven "lost" men in our class. Hank was not too specific about what he has been up to of late, but we did learn that he has fathered four children, the last of which he saw graduated from the Putney School of International Living this past May. A son Stan, we know, is a graduate of Yale and now in Yale Law School. He was the captain of the Yale squash team. Hank himself stopped in at Chase Field in May and was the oldest participant by far in the alumni-varsity lacrosse game. So much for the old all-American goalie. On the distaff side, Peggy Tishman has just been elected a trustee of her alma mater, Wellesley, this past spring. And to wrap up our reminiscences of reunion, Al Steffen, who was not present, wrote that the picture in the class directory (page 88, upper left-hand corner) which presumes to identify him in his mature glory is not, in fact, an image of him. He can't identify the picture, and we welcome anyone who can to write in and clear up the mystery. Al is one of seven classmates living on Hilton Head Island and reports seeing at least two others, Paul O'Brien and Dick Clark, recently.

John Steele (who was at reunion) has recently been elected a vice president of Time Inc. He is in charge of government affairs in Washington, D.C. He was also honored by election to the hall of fame of Sigma Delta Chi, Washington chapter, in recognition of more than 25 years of distinguished journalism.

Art Ide had a knee operation after returning from the big 40th in June — all the better to skip up the ranking ladder on the western supersenior tennis circuit. He was reported to be doing well at the last writing.

The late Phil Wentworth's widow has remarried and can now be addressed as Mrs. Wilfred J. Kindermann, 6 Mohawk Trail, Chatham, N.J., 07928.

Jim Garnett wrote an eloquent "going-out-of- business" letter in the Highland Park NewsAdvertiser, summing up 61 years of service to his community through the medium of Garnett's Store. Jim and his dad have a fantastic history of service to Highland Park, not only through the store but as local councilors and directors of the neighborhood bank, Boy Scouts, the library, the hospital, and almost everything else in town. They held a whopping June sale as a last gesture to their customers. What we'd like to know is what Jim plans to do to keep busy without the store. Guys like Jim Garnett aren't usually happy watching the traffic roll by from the front stoop.

The Dartmouth Printing Company ran an ad in this magazine featuring a testimonial from Buzz Waters, chairman of Rourke-Eno Paper, and including a shot of Waters on his skis (probably on the lower part of the practice slope). He looks fit, though.

We close with a "well done" to our fundraisers and all their helpers, who gathered up a total of $344,787 (with 68 per cent participation) in our reunion effort. A very creditable showing, particularly since it does not include the special $40,000 40-year gift in support of the class scholarship program.

By the time you read this, our fall minireunion will be history and we'll give you a report on it next month.

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