1935

Not to be outdone by any noise I may have made about the '35 Club of the Upper Valley, how about the '35 Club of Cape Cod? There are now nine permanent resident classmates on the Cape. Bob and Lois McLellan hosted an inaugural mini-reunion in December at their home in South Yarmouth. They were joined by Bud and Eileen Cahoon, Mercer and Marion Curtis, Dick and Shirley Kenney, and Al and Marianne Dodd. Sorry to have been unable to make it were Dave and Polly Johnson, Sam and Miriam Boggess, Charlie and Grace French, and John and Helen Wallace. Bob said, "Yes, we had to get the Aegis out to check the identity of certain classmates as we became involved in various tales of yore."

Here's more from Dean Couper on that trip to the Fiji Islands and New Zealand. Dean had a great time with other members of the 37th Division, who were the first Army troops to land in Auckland 37 years ago. Dean said, "One of the surprises of the trip occurred in Rotorua, N.Z., where we attended a dinner and concert featuring native songs and dances. At the end of the concert they invited members of the 37th Division to come forward and join in singing their farewell song, 'Now is the Hour.' As I was leaving to return to my table, who should say 'hello' but Frank Cornwell. Frank and Ruth had also been to Fiji and were on their way to Australia!"

Other travelers include Put and Louise Kingsbury, who "vacationed" for a month from class treasurer duties in Keene by returning briefly to Rochester and Minneapolis and then going on to Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Zihuantenejo. Lest you be concerned, the 45th reunion "profit" had previously been invested as planned in a 5½-year certificate at Dartmouth Savings Bank at about 11.29 per cent.

President Len and Ada Bryant are back from traveling in Europe and in several corners of the U.S. visiting relatives. Len's sister Frieda in South Carolina is the wife of classmate Hobe Griffin. They entertained Len and Ada with pictures and stories of a trip by chartered sailboat with John and Lee Howe to the Adriatic and Yugoslavia. Incidentally, have you read glowing reviews of and have you purchased Everyone's Money Book by Jane Bryant Quinn?

Sid Diamond has been appointed commissioner of patents and trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He says this is not at all what he had in mind when he "semi-retired" from New York City to Tucson in 1971. His legal residence is still in Arizona, and he and Mary expect to return there some day. He is extremely busy and missed both class reunions because of traveling on official business. This winter he was scheduled to spend over a month in Geneva at a conference on revision of the basic international treaty on patents and trademarks. Sid was quoted as saying that one of his major priorities on the job will be President Carter's industrial innovation program and improvement of the agency's informational services to inventors and businesses.

The Deere and Company annual report carried a tribute to its retiring vice chair and chief operating officer, Woody Curtis. We're proud to print this quote from Deere's board chair: "Through his ability to grow professionally, and through his insatiable intellectual curiosity and his acute business intuition, he has made a unique contribution to our company's growth, which has made John Deere a leading worldwide business organization. Additionally, his warm personality and compassionate concern for others have made a host of friends both for him and for Deere over the years."

Too late for you to enter it, but Jim Boldt, I read, will serve as director of the second annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament sponsored by Ridgewood, N.J., Newspapers. At least 150 puzzlers from all over will cross wits under Jim's leadership. He, incidentally, edits puzzles for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.

Ted and Kay Harbaugh visited with Fred and Dottie Haley while on a trip to Seattle and Tacoma. They were on the coast to hear son Ross perform as cellist in the New World Quartet, winner of the prestigious Naumberg Chamber Music Award and now playing in principal cities across the country. Son Bryce '65 is Y.M.C.A. secretary in Defiance, Ohio, and son John '67 teaches German in Satellite Beach, Fla. Since retiring two years ago, Ted himself works for the Toledo Symphony scheduling four ensembles.

You must be doing some interesting things, too. Let's hear from you!

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