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By the time you read this, class officers weekend and the class executive committee meeting, scheduled for the first weekend in May, will have taken place. It is hoped that a goodly number of you attended. A full report on this class get-together will appear in the next issue. Also, those of you planning to attend the William and Mary football game in Williamsburg, Va., on Saturday, October 11, should make your reservations right away for that weekend at the Holiday Inn West, and let Barry Sullivan (536 Washington Building, Washington, D.C. 20005) know you are planning to be present. A number of classmates have already made reservations. The following weekend, October 17-19, the class fall minireunion in Hanover is scheduled, with most classmates and spouses staying at Bonnie Oaks Resort in Fairlee, Vt.
Following in Louis Benezet's footsteps, Steve Dietz was married in March to Helen H. Abell of Thompson, Conn. The bride, a portrait artist, is the former owner and operator of the Giles Gift Shop in Thompson. Steve is currently co-chairing the board and is co-chief executive officer of Time Buying Services Inc., a media buying service, and formerly chaired the board of the Kenyon and Eckhardt advertising agency. Congratulations, Steve, and a warm welcome from the class to Helen.
At last report, Joe Cunningham was still living in Puerto Rico but working on expositions that brought him back to the States. His daughter, her husband, and their son are living with Joe in Puerto Rico. His son Alan has presented Joe with a granddaughter and a grandson.
At the time of this writing, Larry Jump was leaving Colorado to drive to Morehead City, N.C., where his motor-sailer Phoenix is moored. Larry plans to voyage slowly down the coast to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is also in the process of selling his small ski area Arapahoe East, so probably will be back in Colorado for much of the early summer at least. His wife Marnie is racing in the Budweiser World Ski competition for senior citizens. At 60, she is winning, while Larry has given up skiing for ski bobbing! Daughter Alice is in her first year at Columbia Law School after graduating summa cum laude from Yale. Larry's other daughter Patricia is a first sergeant in the Air Force, and his son McGleane has just married and is a diesel mechanic. Bud Titcomb is helping Larry design a new boat for Larry's retirement years, as the present one is a bit large at 46 feet.
Retirement, whether in whole or in part, seems to agree with our classmates, judging by the reports from the following: Dick Brierly took early retirement from Stearns and Foster Company, but is still on the boards of seven public companies and is also running a oneman merger and acquisition company. He never had so much fun and doesn't miss the day-by-day pressures one bit. Dick spends seven months in Cincinnati and five in Arizona and has offices in both places. Ted Olson is still reporting for duty on a part-time basis and manages to play a little golf. Dune Newell has been retired over a year and hopefully is "slept up" by now. Last summer Dune and his wife Phyllis visited Hanover and then drove across Canada to Vancouver, stopped off in Seattle to spend a few days with his son, Duncan III, and then went on home to Arizona. Shep Curtis is somewhat footloose, having stepped down from chairing the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care and going on a half-time basis at the Boulder Medical Center. Shep may embark on another career and has been looking about for different prospects. Bob Ingersoll, a member of our Florida contingent, advises that both he and his wife Mardie love retirement. They play golf and he still does hydroponic gardening. They preserve his products, which include a number of exotic fruits and vegetables. Sounds like a way to beat inflation.
A note of sadness: On February 14, RalphButler died after a two-year illness with cancer. The class extends its deepest sympathy to Ralph's widow Ruth and their son Ralph and daughter Betsy. On March 16, George Marsh passed away after a valiant battle with lung cancer. The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to George's widow Meg and their two sons, Everett and George.
Classmates, don't forget that the deadline for giving to the Alumni Fund is fast approaching. As our ranks thin, it becomes more important than ever that those of us who have been fortunate enough to have so far beaten the in evitable take part and contribute. Remember,a gift to the Alumni Fund counts towards the Campaign for Dartmouth as well.
Vain about Dartmouth? "Vanity plates" are what some states call them; other states have other names. But the principle is the same: anyone who has a message — of five or six letters or less — to get across to the motoring public can have it emblazoned on a vehicle license plate. A few examples of Dartmouth-related "vanity plates" recently came to our attention, and we'd like to make a collection of them for what should be a humorous photo-essay. If you have a Dartmouth-related license plate, could you send us a black-and-white photograph of it with your name and address on the back? All photographs would be returned.
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