1932

Life doesn't begin at 70, but sometimes it becomes renewed at around that age. Jack Weisenfluh demonstrated this when he won the 1982 National Squash Tournament in the over-70 category six years after a heart attack, when he was told by doctors he would never play squash again. A story in the Potomac, Md., Almanac reported that Jack was annoyed about having opponents know how old he is, since they might feel "they should take it easy" on him. He has been accustomed to playing younger opponents. He blamed his near-fatal heart attack on Washington's "killer" summer heat, which struck him down while playing tennis. A picture of Jack in the Almanac bears a distinct resemblance to the older Ernest Hemingway. Then-newly-constructed squash courts at Dartmouth were responsible for the beginning of his long squash-playing career.

Another newspaper clipping, from the Albia, lowa, Union Republican, brings the news that Bob Bates has been named Monroe County's outstanding senior citizen. A lawyer and native of Albia, Bob left the legal profession in 1946 and joined his wife in forming an interior designing firm in California. Since his return to Albia in 1956, he has been actively involved in banking and community affairs and most recently has been concerned with the welfare of senior citizens. His activities have included restoration of historic buildings and working with the community theater.

These notes would hardly be complete without up-dating all concerned with the most recent travels of 1980 Class-Secretary-of-the-Year Whip Walser, who took off for Alaska immediately after the 50th.

"My travels took me to Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, and by railway over the Chilkoot Pass to White Horse in Canada. Then overland to Dawson City in the Yukon and by automobile to Fairbanks . . . Then by train to Deneli Park (formerly McKinley Park) where we saw a great deal of game including grizzly bears (for the first time, after five years of trying to find some in Glacier Park, Mont.), moose, mountain goats and sheep, caribou, and many species of birds including a good many eagles. We continued to Anchorage, visiting the Manatuska Valley, and then back to Juneau for some King Salmon fishing . . . Excellent sunny weather during 99 per cent of the trip.

"On the way home I stopped off in Seattle and had a nice day with Charlie Odegaard, who met me at the airport, took me to lunch, and deposited me at the Amtrak station for my overnight trip to Glacier. I then spent another ten days with my wife Adeline, who did not come with me to Alaska but met me at Glacier, and with my two kids in Missoula, Mont."

Also drawn to Alaska was Jay Whitehair, who wrote from aboard the S.S. Rotterdam, describing how the 39,000-ton liner with 1,000 passengers on board was held for more than a quarter of an hour on the high seas for Bud Powell '34, his wife Jane, and his sister-in-law. Apparently the Powells left Juneau on July 16 by seaplane for a flight over the vast Mendenhell Glacier, intending to rejoin the ship. But they were forced down by fog in an inlet some distance from the Rotterdam. The ship's captain dispatched a launch to pick them up. When the launch's skipper radioed he could make the ship by 11:30 p .m., the captain replied, "Not good enough. I must sail by 11:15 p.m. because of the tide." By mighty effort, Jay reports, the launch's skipper did make it a little after 11:30 p.m. And thanks to the kindness and courage of the ship's captain, the ship was held for the Powells.

Others at sea after the 50th were our expresident, John Zimmerman, and Art Allen, commanding their own craft.

Before returning to Honolulu, Reuel and Ruth Denney revisited some of their old haunts in Vermont, where they lived in 1941 with their infant son when Reuel had a Guggenheim fellowship.

Omitted for lack of space from the 50th report was information about the Baker Library exhibit of publications by '32 authors. A committee headed by Art Allen and assisted by the Baker Archives Department arranged an impressive exhibit of books and articles by '32 authors. Carlos Baker and Reuel Denney are only two of the published writers from our class. Others whose works were on exhibit included Alpert, Boldt, Cardozo, Ferry, Fisher (Cal), Mackinney, Stoiber, Westheimer, and Willey and that's a far from complete list but the best I've been able to compile from available sources.

Finally, for those of you who didn't notice the change of name at the top of the column, I'm sorry to reporc that Dick Clarke suffered a heart attack shortly after our 50th and after taking over the reins of class secretary. I'm glad to report that at last word he's making a good recovery, but he felt it best to relinquish the secretarial job.

John Otto Zimmerman '32 was presented with an Alumni Award during his class's 50th reunion in June. The citation hailed his career achievements, culminating in the post of president of General Motors Acceptance Corporation; his generosity in lending his financial expertise to such community groups as Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A., and the State Traffic Safety Council of New York, among others; his interest in sailing and the Mystic Seaport Museum; and his work for Dartmouth, including as an overseer of Tuck, an area enrollment director, his class's president, and a worker on several capital campaigns.

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