1942

As you may have read, up to this point, we have had a snowless winter, and it is a strange one. My snow shovel is gathering rust and I have yet to need the fellow who plows our driveway. Mary Kirk (relative) has tickets to the Lake Placid Olympics and when I question her about the roller skating events, I receive a less-than-polite answer!

To the readers of this column it will come as no surprise that I continue to moan about the lack of news and the difficulty in manufacturing some. My predecessor found the job so trying that he quit in mid-stream and moved to Japan to beat the rap. He's now returned to another outpost, this one being Philadelphia. Stu Finch is the culprit I'm describing, and he is now busy setting up an internal medicine department for Rutgers Medical School at Cooper Medical Center in Camden, N.J. Along with this, he is professor of internal medicine at Rutgers and chief of medicine at Cooper. Welcome back to the U.S.A., Stu and Pat Finch.

I didn't see Warren Kreter when he was in town for the December meeting of the Alumni Council. The reason I didn't see him was that he was too busy. Krete only serves on the nominating, alumni awards, Alumni Fund, and bequest and estate planning committees, piUs being the campaign coordinator for '42.

Mike de Sherbinin reported on a trip to Alaska with Polly and three of their four grown children. They saw Kelley Wehnes in Minneapolis and John Storrs in Portland. The former is a stockbroker and the latter is an architect, both without the aid of writing equipment. Mike also reported that Jerry Tallmer was riding in the elevator of the apartment building where he lives in N.Y.C. and noticed another passenger reading the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Turns out that it was BobGrimm. What a delightful tale of Fun City.

In January of 1979, Pat and Frederica Reily, those intrepid scheussbombers from Louisiana, hit the slopes of St. Moritz and were somewhat distressed to be hit right back by an avalanche. Not to be outdone, they are returning to the scene and should be there right about now.

I haven't heard of too many career changes lately, but here's one that shows more than a little fortitude. Following five years of night classes at Suffolk Law School, Ed Hawkridge was admitted to the Massachusetts bar on June 5, 1979. That's an awful lot of writs and torts. Are there any more career changes out there that I can report on?

Larry Holfelder is a manufacturer's representative in Lafayette, Ind., where Gwen and he have lived for the past 25 years. Three married daughters (two in California) plus five grandchildren make for a busy life. Larry sees Lindy Di Fabio from time to time, as that gentleman is the furniture king in Greater Lafayette.

Bynum Hinton brought us up to date. He and Helen Jean opened their own law office in Bethesda, Md., following By's retirement as Washington representative and vice president for Sinclair Oil Corporation. About a year ago they decided to remove the shingle and enjoy retirement, which, By stated, "has been more fun than skinny dipping in the Pompanoosuc with the Waczynski sisters." (Note to Attorney Hawkridge: Stay loose, I may need you. R.F.K.)

The Burpee seed catalogue arrived a couple of weeks ago, which is a sure sign that spring is around the proverbial corner, so enough is too much.

Let's hear from you.

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