1935
A class secretary is always happy to receive news of classmates to share through his column with the rest of the Dartmouth world. Many of you have responded to my recent appeal with cards and letters, for which my sincere thanks! You are helping me write interesting details for several issues to come.
George Cook in Miami is "still doing the nine to five (or six or seven) bit in my own business of golf apparel sales, assisted ably by my son, my wife, and assorted staff, and still hoping to make a reunion."
Clay Titus has been enjoying retirement in West Palm Beach since 1978. He saw Doc and Helen Cornthwaite in March, and on a trip to Valencia, Spain, this month he hopes to catch up with Dick Hurd.
It was good to hear from Newk Stainsby, who has had a rough year, with major surgery and a 42-day hospital stay. Now he's pretty much back to normal and "can't wait to get back on the golf course." He and Fran look forward to making a football game with us in the fall.
Now here's what Chuck Moon has to say from his new home, but still in Grosse Pointe Farms. "It is lonely and cold here in Detroit. All of our classmates, such as Blakeslee,Hulett, Ryder, and Williams, seem to have migrated south for the winter, leaving Hodges and me to work alone." Come to New Hampshire, Chuck, on your trip east!
Noting that the class news efforts seem to read repeatedly about the same people, Saul Deitel says, "Surely there are guys out there who could drop you a line about themselves guys who haven't been heard from? Me?" Thanks for the chance to make a point, Saul, and congratulations on your election again as president of the Dartmouth Club of Tucson!
Another club officer is Hal Stanton, public information officer of the Dartmouth Club of Springfield, Mass. Business is booming at Bay State Film and Video, and his "third hat" at WWLP Television has him hosting Laurel and Hardy three to five times weekly plus Sunday nights at KSTU in Salt Lake City.
Len and Ada Bryant are busy preparing for the June wedding of daughter Laurie. She graduated from Smith in 1975 but spent her junior year at Dartmouth. We remember her because she attended our 40th reunion and a couple of fall reunions. Congratulations to the husband-to-be!
A note from Dr. Dick Potter in Petersburg, Va., says he hopes to return soon to his office after a "bad year," 1980. Try this on if you think you have troubles: Operated on for cancer of the bladder in April and for an aortic aneurysm a week later, plus cobalt 60 treatments for throat cancer .in July and August! Dick, we're pulling for your speedy recovery.
Len Shortell from Leesburg, Va., put more words on a single postal card than I've ever seen from any of you or anyone else. Len and Rose see Bob Linson occasionally and do a great deal of traveling in the U.S. and Europe. Very glad to note they plan to include Hanover on a spring trip to New England and hope they'll make it again for the October reunion.
Bob Boehm writes of a recent trip to Nicaragua, on which he was a member of a group seeing government officials and people of importance in many towns and villages. He enclosed a copy of an article he wrote to be published which you may have seen by the time you read this. I must limit myself to a few quotes. "Nicaragua is not a Communist country. It is one of the rare countries in Latin America where local police state dictatorships have been overthrown and where important social and political changes are everyday taking place. .. . Private property has not been abolished. . . . The picture we have seen is one full of frustration and hope. . . . Everywhere was the attitude of genuine friendship of Nicaraguans toward the American people." We hope you get to see the full text.
To Cramp Carrick I'm indebted for a copy of a New Hampshire Times issue, the front page of which carries a picture entitled "Mountain Man Sel Hannah." Inside, several pages detail the fascinating career of this classmate, from the days of his 1935 ski team picture to today as the renowned designer of nearly 200 ski areas. "He has changed the face of mountains and left his initials carved in the snow." No way can I really do justice here to this tribute and its subject!
With the passing of time we must note the death of another classmate, Loring P. JordanJr., after a distinguished career in the law in Boston.
Have you made your plans for October 2?
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