1929

Karl Michael was honored by having an award named for him that will be presented annually to the outstanding diver at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League Championship congratulations!

And here is the final batch of your reports to Jack Hubbard, including this nostalgic note from Al Welch:

"I spent most of the winter shoveling snow from roofs or chopping through ice in the gutters. Our arctic winter reminded me of a climb up Mt. Washington during one spring vacation. Larry Lougee's brother Dick led the trip, and Jack Gill and I made up the rest of the party. We stayed at the base station of the cog railroad and John Crowe, the agent, gave us a pint of corn whiskey. The climb was easy, but when we got to the peak the wind speed was about 75 miles an hour, according to a dog sled team. We leaned heavily against the roaring wind and finally reached a small cabin. Jack had frozen his ear tips and couldn't talk for ten minutes because of shaking. I froze the tips of three fingers, having lost a mitten. Dick was in good shape, having worn the proper clothing. The whiskey came through safely in Dick's pack, and I hope it was some recompense for the trouble he had with two greenhorns. The same two managed to get lost on Moosilauke a few days later, but that is another story."

From Joe Piazza: "My son Peter ended his military service as military attache to our embassy in Cambodia and is now writing. My daughter Jeanne is married to a professor at Mt. Holyoke. My grandson Nicholas Brownlow is a student at St. Thomas School in New York. After retiring at the World Health Organization, I taught French and was head of the language department at Williston Academy. Since retiring there have served Lyme, N.H., as selectman, library trustee, member of budget and finance committee, and moderator. Helen is a volunteer at Mary Hitchcock and Hopkins Center."

Ben Stacey: "We are in Florida — Sanibel Island — for the winter. Saw George Case in church, but he escaped before I. could reach him. We hope to see Herb Fish while here."

Ed Walsh: "I am still the annual meeting director of the National Account Marketing Association and have been busy planning our 15th meeting. I see Duke, Hal, and Stan Johnson. We miss a good friend though — PanosGeorgopulo."

Bob Helmick: "Louise and I came down to Hilton Head Island to see how we liked it and in two weeks bought a home. We have no regrets about leaving our good old West Virginia. My only regret is that I won't be able to get in all the skiing I like. I guess I'll have to settle for a couple of weeks in Colorado or New England."

Earl Liberty: "I am completely retired now but manage to stay busy and have discovered retirement does not always mean cessation of all activities — thank goodness."

Charles Pritchard: "Three married daughters, eight grandchildren, same wife since 1930 (our first date was Harvard-Dartmouth game 1925). Summer in Nantucket. Home, Nashua, N.H. Hobby, forest improvement on our property (450 acres)."

Ed Felch: "I remarried in October, a longtime family friend, Eleanor Karr Shipler (Mt. Holyoke '33), mother of David K. Shipler '64. He is New York Times bureau chief in Moscow and adds three grandchildren to my two. My son E. Pierson Felch III '60 guided him to Dartmouth and Naval ROTC. Pierce is general manager of AT&T's new Basking Ridge complex. My wife Lee and I have traveled over 16,000 miles in Russia, and we spent a month in Moscow, which I now know better than I do N.Y.C. Fascinating and occasionally frightening. A beautiful country to visit and leave!"

A sad note from Morgan Baker: "Since last June I have been having increasing difficulty with my legs. I can no longer stand for any length of time, nor can I walk any distance, so the thought of traipsing around Hanover is out of the question. I shall be much interested in hearing of all the doings."

And finally, the word from Bob Hazard: "We are in the midst of what we expect to be our final year in the transition and takeover of my income tax business by a young CPA. We are almost to the point of having checked in a thousand clients and are working night and day to keep pace. After April 15 we are going to move, probably to Towson, Md."

It has been a privilege for me to serve as your secretary for the past six years, and now the time has come to pass along the pen to someone else. Best wishes for good health and an enjoyable life till '29 meets again!

5606 Vernon Place Bethesda, Md. 20034

International Herald-Tribune editor and writer Harry Baehr was celebrated locally in May during Class Officers Weekend, when he was named one of two 1979 Class Newsletter Editors of the Year. The citation accompanying his award praised Harry's "colorful vignettes on the Hanover scene of the late twenties" and called him "a good editor — a great editor," one remarkable for promptness and resourcefulness in times of a dearth of news from the girdled earth.