1931

We open witti the second paragraph of George Nickum!s letter from last month's column. "Your column discussed the health problems that Marty Zinn has been having. I wrote him and just received a nice letter back saying he is back on the job and regretting only that he cannot get out on the golf course anymore. Having both had colostomies, we are thinking of forming the '1931 Bag Club' or the' '1931 Alternate Route Group.' If you know of any other '3lers similarly afflicted, tell them to write us. There is no initiation fee, no dues, no meetings, no newsletters, but anytime they meet, each member is permitted 15 minutes to talk about his operation. We'll see you at the 50th."

In August we heard from

Cliff McDonald: "Hope you enjoy the hot weather. Went to Hanover last Monday for a meeting with Dave Orr, Irv Bettman, and Lucy Cogswell, and it was a beautiful day there."

Ed Burrill: "Retired from Texaco, Inc., in 1972 after 37 years. Jean and I usually spend a couple of months in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the winter and a good share of summer at our lake cabin, Have two daughters and seven grandkids living fairly close to us. The only Dartmouth men I see frequently are Art Buffington and Herb Bissell, both '29. Do some volunteer work at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and local Red Cross."

Mac McCortney: "I still keep pretty busy. 'Estate Management' I call it. Try to spend three or four weeks in the winter in Florida and three weeks of every month on Lake of the Woods in the summer. Hasn't worked this year. Only one week in Florida and an abbreviated time in Canada. Missed a dinner with Frances and Si Leach about a month ago business called. Gin, my wife, made it, though. I'm looking forward to our 50th."

Bill Waterman: "For the second summer I have left my volunteer job with legal aid in Davenport to spend five months at our cottage in Michigan. It was so pleasant last year in September and early October that we did not return home until mid-month. Winter in Davenport among our lifelong friends is pleasant even though the weather leaves a good deal of room for improvement. We've investigated other locations in this country and have found none which outweigh the enjoyment of being with old friends. Contact with Dartmouth people, other than Bill Minehan's pleasant importuning for the Alumni Fund, is infrequent to the point of nonexistence, except for Fred Lent '42, a summer resident here in Pentwater, Mich., and a longtime close friend."

Ned Campbell: "After living in the city all our lives, Alice and I moved to Fox Chapel, a suburb of Pittsburgh, to a ranch house surrounded by two and three-quarter acres of woods, which provide a home for three to five deer who chew up our yews every winter. We love it and now grow vegetables as well as flowers. We are fortunate enough to have our son, daughter-in-law, and their two kids, Jed and Susan, five miles on one side of us and our daughter and son-in-law, and their son Brook, aged nine, two and one-half miles on the other side. Jed is at Allegheny College, second year; Susan, a senior in high school; and Brook, a third grader. We're close enough to see each other regularly, but not close enough to be nuisances to each other. Still work every day at my advertising specialty and premium business and intend to do so as long as I feel well. Do take more and longer vacations."

In September news came from

Jack Benson: "We have had a 'local' summer, visiting on the Cape a couple of times and with our daughter on Long Island. On our way to see her, we stopped for a pleasant visit and lynch with Elsie and Vic Rockhill. Vic is now completely retired from Chase Manhattan and is quite the country squire and agronomist. We also stopped to see Bee and Doug Woodring while at the Cape." Jack is president of the General Association of Alumni. He modestly says: "A fifty-year man is usually 'elected.' The job will involve three meetings this month, and I also have one for the Campaign for Dartmouth.

"However, I can still play golf a few days a week, and our current foursome of Boyle,McCarthy, McDonald, and Benson has met at Haverhill and will clash again at Manchester, Mass."

Harry Reed from Italy: "Unfortunately, anything I could write about my life here would be of little interest to '3lers. The only news I have is that Ed Gruen and his wife Berta spent a couple of days here early this summer. I've just had a letter from Jack Weisert saying he and his wife may come this way in October."

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