1930

In March, a pleasant visit with the Dick Bowlens in Walpole. Dick probably is our most active downhill skier, roaming the Green Mountains, introducing several grandchildren to the sport, and acquiring fee concessions on most lifts by virtue of his seniority. This time I persuaded him to accompany me on a cross-country run on the Walpole links. However, we did join the pros for an Association of Stratton-Bromley Senior Skiers cocktail party at Stratton Mountain. Didn't run into Sam Hutchins, who is an active member, but did have a chance to chat with Jack McCrillis '19 of Newport, N.H., who must be the outstanding grand (not old) man of skiing. We reminisced about the saga of Dick Durrance '39, who came from Garmisch to high school in Newport and astounded the U.S. skiing world with his learned-in-Europe abilities. And Otto Schniebs, whom Jack persuaded to take a look at Dartmouth, where he became the first ski coach. During those years, Bob Walker and I spent every winter weekend sampling the likes of Wildcat, Thunderbolt, Hells Highway, the Taft Trail, Cranmore, the Dartmouth tramway (at $1 a day), and Tuckerman's Ravine and the Gulf of Slides in May. Don Hight and WinDurgin, who were weekend ski racers, will tell you that those were the days, provided you were willing to climb for a couple of hours in exchange for five or six minutes of downhill. Don reports that he is cutting down on medical commitments and will have more time to attend class functions and get reacquainted with members of the class.

Red Lynch, who maintains homes in Lebanon and Florida, writes that although he started out with our class, he eventually graduated from U.N.H. in 1931. Nevertheless he is a card-carrying member of 1930 and recalls working at commons and his friendship with Al Dickerson and Eddie Jeremiah. HenryBirge reports from Moosehorn Farm, East Hartland, Conn., that Sylvia and he will celebrate their 50th this spring, that he retired in 1972 but is still a professor at University of Connecticut Medical School. He is concerned that with annual medical school tuition approaching $14,000 in some areas, there will be a shortage of doctors. Among his hobbies are six grandchildren and the preparation of a family genealogy. Bob Marr, who over the years has arranged the Ojai reunions, finds that there is insufficient interest to support a 1981 meeting. We are grateful to him for his past efforts and hope that he will try again next year. He reports that Helene and Pete Callaway are in Europe, which suggests good recovery from Pete's bicycle bust. Alice and Herm Sander are counting on at least all New England classmates to attend a class picnic on Saturday, August 29, at their home in Candia, N.H., ten miles east of Manchester via Route 101. Included in the program, which will start at noon, will be liquid and solid refreshments, Christmas tree farm and apiary viewing, chamber music, and the fellowship that goes with every 1930 reunion. Milt McInnes will provide more information in the "Thirtyteer." Save the date.

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