1932

Alex Christie reported last May that he and wife Helen attended the graduation at West Point of their eldest grandson. More recently, we received another letter from Al stating that they were so impressed by the graduation exercises and by the Cadet Corps, that Al made it the topic of an article he submitted to Ping Ferry for his 50th collection of the "Class of 1932 Great Book." The topic of Al's article is "Thoughts on College Education." This project of Ping's is becoming more and more interesting as we approach the great dates of our 50th reunion June 11, 12, and 13,- 1982.

We have previously mentioned the unusual collection of sands from different beaches in countries all over the world made by Jim Corbett's wife Amy. Additional information was received from Amy after we sent her some sand collected on the beaches of Tahiti on our last trip there in January. Says Amy, "Why didn't I start this collection years ago when we did a lot of tripping anyway, I have about 40 spice jars of different sands and a display shelf to show them off at our house at Lake George." We hope to help Amy add some additional sands from various other beaches around the world and to see the collection she already has made when we visit them after our mini-reunion in October.

We received a very nice letter from Mary Manville of Arlington, Va., the widow of our classmate Dick, who passed away on August 6, 1974. She sent us a copy of a very fine article that Dick had written for the 1932 Aegis covering the 1932 senior Mt. Washington trip, in the belief that it would be of interest for our 50th reunion. If you want to refresh your memory of this trip taken by 19 stalwart '32s on February 26, 1932, and don't have the Aegis, please let your secretary know and I'll be glad to send you a copy. The leader of this trip was Elly Jump, with Brandy Marsh and Pete Knight as second and third in command. From the article, which we hadn't read in at least 49 years, we learned that "Brandy, Art Allen, and Brister took their turns at holding the audience spellbound with their mighty stories," and that Bill Brister came fully prepared for this hardy trip with clean pajamas and a dressing gown! Joe Boldt is mentioned as "the wolf of Mt. Washington, who had last been seen eating pie a la mode and had the total sum of 35 cents in his pocket! " Any photos or articles pertaining to our class activities will be gratefully accepted by your secretary as part of our collection of 1932 memorabilia; they will be taken to Hanover for all to enjoy at our 50th.

Chairman of the Board Wilbur Mack's handsome face appears on page three of the 1981 annual report for the Scherer Corporation of Detroit, Mich. Deke is making good progress in reorganizing "the world's largest manufacturer of soft elastic gelatin capsules." We understand from this report that the Scherer company has 17 facilities located in 11 countries spanning five continents, and that products from their plants are used in virtually every country in the world. Busy as he is, Deke is looking forward to attending our reunions.

We were very happy to receive notice from Joe Byram in Naples, Fla., that at the annual meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida Bob and Marion Buckley, as well as Cal and Sigrid Geary, from whom we haven't heard in a long time, were in attendance. At the 1932 table Ed and Greta d'Ancona and the Byrams made a fine representation of our class. Presiding at the head table was President Bill Allyn and his wife Sonya.

Irv Kramer writes that "We hope to make the mini-reunion in October if we're not in China." He says, "Ruth and I are listed at the moment for a three-week trip that includes ten days sailing down the Yangtse River. As for the big one next year, we will be there with bells on, the Lord willing. At the moment we are also counting on staying for the extra few days after the reunion."

Upon our return in late August from three weeks of vacation in California and Montana, we had a card waiting from Bo Wentworth saying, "Ginna and I are here in Hanover at the Alumni College for a seminar on the Middle Ages. Very interesting thus far but only just started. Have seen Louis and EvalynHeavenrich, Dave and Adelaide Kirby, and John and Rita Richardson, all enrolled for the courses."

Correction: In our April notes while writing about Dick Hazen, we indicated that the engineering firm Hazen and Sawyer was named after Dick and the son of Pete Sawyer. We have since received notice from Pete that we were in error and that the firm was named after Pete's brother Alfred. Pete explains, "After Alfred's death the firm kept the original name, thanks to Dick's opinion of the reputation established from Kuwait, Liberia, Puerto Rico, and West Palm Beach to New York State." My apologies.

We look forward to seeing many classmates at the annual mini-reunion in Hanover October 23 and 24, with the feature of the DartmouthCornell game and the glorious autumn foliage in full color at that time. Howdy and Dottie Pierpont as usual are organizing this great affair.

Your obedient servant,

Justin Stanley '33 (left) and Timothy Russell '70 got together last June at the Institute forAmerican Studies in Salzburg, Austria. Russell was attending as a fellow, and Stanleyreported that he "had the imposing title of professor."

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