1946

I am certain you all know it has been a strange winter in Hanover, and, with the exception of a few justifiably unhappy ski area operators, I think most residents have found it to be a rather interesting and even pleasant change. As a gung-ho skier, even I have found that after 20 straight years of charging off to the slopes almost every weekend there are other ways to enjoy the weekends. Even those 40 year-old skates have been getting a workout, and those lower fuel bills have been a most pleasant change.

My good neighbors Dune and Ruth Fitchet reported having a surprise reunion with Bill andYummy Graulty, up from Hartford for their annual sojourn at the Hanover Inn over New Year's. Dune also reported crossing paths with Jack and Sally Carter of Albany while they and their three children were spending the holidays at their vacation home in nearby Eastman. By all reports, the lack of snow didn't dampen either group's visit to the area.

I have received word from down New Jersey way that C. Welles Fendrich Jr. was recently named senior vice president in corporate development of Research-Cottrell Inc. Welles joined the company in 1975 after many years with ITT, where he had been product line manager for pumps, compressors, and industrial products. He is currently serving as a director of the Environmental Industry Council in Washington, D.C., and as vice chair and director of the Research and Development Council of New Jersey. Welles and his wife Roberta live with their four children in Princeton.

I had a nice Christmas greeting from Lowelland Mary Tay Thomas, bringing me up-to-date on their strong Dartmouth family. They reported a year of beginnings for all the family. Lowell has apparently said a joyful goodbye to political life and last summer returned to his favorite activity - flying climbers up on to Alaskan mountains. (Boy, am I envious.) Tay was eagerly awaiting word on a new book, her first novel, which she had just finished. Son Dave '79 celebrated his graduation from the College last June by climbing Mount McKinley as a "prelude to going into Nordic ski training for this winter's Olympics in Lake Placid. Anne '77 and John Donaghy '75 are in Boston, where John is in his second year at Episcopal Divinity School and Anne is awaiting the arrival of a baby this June - "the most joyous beginning of all." The Thomases, by the way, have moved back to their permanent residence in Anchorage.

Word came from out St. Louis way that Thomas R. Montgomery was elected late last fall vice president, operations, for Anheuser-Busch Inc. Tom has been associated with the brewing industry since leaving Tuck School in 1948 and is now responsible for overall operation of the company's nationwide system of ten breweries. I hope Tom will find it convenient to visit their Merrimack, N.H., plant around reunion time this June. I am sure he must recall that Hanover ranks near the top of the country in per capita beer consumption and an up-date of the market might be in order.

Word also came late last fall from New York that Clyde W. Meder had been named corporate assistant controller for GAF Corporation at the company's Wayne, N.J., research and administrative center. Clyde, his wife Esther, and two children live in Little Falls, N.J.

And finally, recent word from Dottie andHarvey White indicates that preparations are well in hand for our 35th reunion. I know they ar.d their committee are working hard to make it a memorable get-together. Remember the dates - June 9 through 11.

Three Dartmouth graduates on the faculty of Appalachian State University in NortCarolina shared an evening recently with Dartmouth President Emeritus John SloanDickey '29. The occasion was the announcement of the first recipients of scholarships from a fund named in honor of Dickey, established at A.S.U. by William Turpin '44, associate professor of economics there. Turpin plans to set aside $5,000 annually from his salary for awards to five liberal arts or economics students atthe school. From left to right are Turpin; Dickey; Karl Mamola '73 who chairsthe Physics Department; and James Hathaway '37, associate professor of management.

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