1929
Jack Hubbard's dues notices brought in a good lot of reports on the travels and travails of '29ers.
Harry Lewis's grandson Kevin graduated from Dartmouth in '81. Three other grandchildren also graduated recently, one from Princeton, summa cum. Harry and Gretta enjoyed the cruise of the Baltic sponsored by Dartmouth Alumni College last spring. They toured the high Rockies this fall. Charlie andBetty Shaeffer were joining Ed and KittyHow on a trip to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel in late October. Charlie reports seeing Reed and Bert Banks from Trumbull, Conn., recently.
The Rick Rimbachs were among the last passengers carried by the Johnson lines, taking four weeks to get to a five-day stay in Sweden and ten days in England. They returned to Oakland as the only passengers on a 24-day trip on the Blue Star Columbia and are now "delighted to be home in Maui, even though the trip was grand. We play golf three days a week and are disgustingly healthy. Wah-Hoo-Wah." Dan Marx of Menlo Park, Calif., enjoys the stimulating company of Dan Luten about twice a year and enjoyed lunch with John Irving when John's ship stopped in San Francisco on an Alaska cruise. Some of you in England, France, Belgium, Spain, or Portugal may have heard from John on the Alumni College cathedral tour. He says he's now going to stay put in Florida for a while. John and Alice Laffey will be looking for '29ers at the Sarasota Dartmouth Club this winter. Walt Sherwood, Ted Arliss, and Frank Middleton should have seen them by now. Walt is looking forward to our 55th in Hanover.
Bob Brinkerhoff writes from Virginia, "Whitestone, near where we live, is where the Rappahannock opens on Chesapeake Bay, well off the Florida flyway. Beautiful country. Hundreds of retired people, an interesting mix of admirals, colonels, Washington bureaucrats and lobbyists, and business types from the North; makes for active social life. We have a pretty waterfront, boathouse, swimming pool, oysters and crabs, big vegetable garden, couple fruit trees, two freezers full. Everything grows fast. Keeps me busy trimming, mowing, cutting firewood, etc. Progeny often visit. Jeanie and I get plenty exercise, stay healthy, thin. Don't see classmates except at William and Mary game at Williamsburg, near us. Would like to see,some. Can't write more, too busy. G'bye!" MervPallister writes from Shoreham, N.Y., ihat he has grandchildren at Gettysburg and Yale and is "still hanging on." Fred Ingram writJs from North Carolina: "Sorry Barrett didn't live long enough to make the wish he expressed in the May issue. We will miss him. You'd like Tryon."
Ellie Cavanagh says he's retired in Northampton after 34 years of practicing obstetrics and gynecology. What a short line to tell of a lifetime of service! Bob Lyle writes from Dallas: "I was in East Texas last week. The loblolly pines planted in January are now 18 to 24 inches high. They seem to have survived the summer well. A neighbor and I are investigating raising Christmas trees. They take but six to eight years to mature and could make a fine cash crop. You who live so close to Hanover should greatly appreciate the short distance. When you next attend a gathering give the brethren my regards."
Berne Bernham says: "Daughter Betsy in the class of 1984 is as fanatic a Dartmouth lover as any of us. Nurtured perhaps by her many trips to Hanover with her father and brother, Dick '71, the virus 'Hanoverensis' took hold for life on the first day of her Moosilauke trip. She dislikes the chauvinism of her male counterparts, the fuss over the Indian symbol, the cold of New Hampshire winter, but is ecstatic about every thing else. I am grateful for the excuse for frequent trips to Hanover. I hope we will all be spared to enjoy our 55th reunion which coincides, happily, with my daughter's commence- ment." Berne's letter has the flavor of our talks with some of the students now in Hanover. Fifty years do make changes, but Dartmouth is still there in all its glory.
One classmate writes, "Our class seems to be leading the league in obits. I almost think I should try my hand at my own, so my wife, or whoever, won't be forced to do so. (Of course no quotes on that last.)" So no name, but it seems to me like writing a will and making other arrangements to make things easier for our families not to mention your scribe is a good idea. So I threw together a few notes for my own. If you agree, send me some notes for the files. I hope it will be my successor's successor's successor who will be grateful.
Henry Sharpe writes uncomplainingly about the hip operations he's been preparing for ever since our 50th. Everything seems to have gone wrong, and he's on crutches and far from comfortable. All he'd put in these notes is his closing sentence, "As we enter the Jewish New Year I take this opportunity to wish all my classmates the best of health during the coming year. Shalom." Bless you, Henry.
Thought while shaving: The Guy who writes the Final Book Makes most capricious jokes. Why cause a kid like me to look Like all you older folks?
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