1929

Dave and Tancie Martin joined the Alaskan cruise last September and report: "John Dickey lectured primarily on Canada and United States-Canadian relations. It was extremely interesting and everyone on board learned a great deal from him. The highlight of the trip was the day-long cruise in Glacier Bay. We saw several glaciers, and ice broke off into the water at frequent intervals. In January we will sail on another round-the-world cruise, arriving back in this country about the middle of April."

John Moxon's Christmas card portrayed him on a rocky cascade in the Great Smokies, during a Trail Riders trip.

Rip Ripley wrote about a very successful pre-50th reunion of Cape Cod and Rhode Island '29ers in January - details in Harry Baehr's newsletter. Duke Barto has asked Rip to chair a nominating committee to present a slate at our 50th, along with Dick Brown, Ellie Cavanagh,Gene Davis, and Phil Mayher, so get in touch with one of them if you have any suggestions.

Merv Pallister writes he is still enjoying "la dolce vita" in Shoreham, N.Y. For some reason his name was lost by the Alumni Office until Jack Hubbard assured Hanover that Merv is a dues-paying member in good standing!

John Ball had a trying time during the past year but has now recovered: "On November 10, 1977, I slipped walking down a ramp and fell backward with the back of my neck hitting the edge of the ramp. This broke my neck with what is called a fracture of the adontoid process. At first the neurosurgeon tried a halo and vest method but after a month and a half of that relict of the Inquisition they found that the fracture had not only fused but had slipped, so there was nothing left to do but operate. The Lord took care of things and by June I was out of all braces, collars, etc. No paralysis — just a stiff neck, where they took some of my own pelvic bone and wired it to the top of three cervicles. I can play some at golf, swim, walk, hunt, fish all in a somewhat restricted way - but I am healed." John, thank God for modern surgery. I have benefited too - not in such a dramatic way. Your recovery sounds miraculous.

Some more of your notes to Jack:

Ed How: "Hope to see you in June if all goes well. Kitty and I had a great trip to England and Scotland in September."

Joe O'Leary: "As of April 1, 1978, I retired - compulsory at age 70. Since then I have done little or nothing except garden and yard work (the yard is three or four acres.) Peggy and I did take a trip to Washington the beginning of August to attend the week-long convention of the International Platform Association. For the past four weeks I have been playing bachelor. Peggy is in West Virginia visiting kinfolk. It may be a preview of the coming winter - Peggy swears that she will never spend another winter in the North; I plan to stay here. So ... "

Irving Hanssmann: My wife Elaine and I stay quite well in spite of our ages. I retired from private practice of internal medicine four years ago but immediately became bored and have been working as a staff physician at the Glenwood State Hospital School for the Mentally Retarded. It is an 8:00-to-4:30 job, the pressures are minimal, and it presents quite a challenge. There is also much satisfaction in seeing the improvements that can occur with proper guidance and therapy.

"My son is a psychiatrist in Sacramento. He has a daughter, which gives us excuses for trips to California. My daughter lives in Lincoln and has two children whom we see often. In addition to her household duties, she does social work with terminally ill cancer patients at the Nebraska University Medical Center."

Lots more notes for next time!

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