1945

Monday, February 22 . . . one week to copy deadline for April issue . . . check file . . . empty . . . vague sensation of panic.

Tuesday . . . news item arrives courtesy of Cliff Jordan . . . last November saw in Norwich, Vt., the marriage of Lee Stacy's son, Leland J. Stacy 111 '76, to Michelle F. Valensi '77, daughter of the late Randolph Valensi '33 . . . make notation - play up theme of allGreen family . . . spirits on rise.

Wednesday . . . Post Office Box 39 turns up no news of '45. . . note turns up in file mysteriously . . . Shirley Wason writes that she and Austin spent two nights at the Woodstock Inn and took in a hockey game at Thompson Arena

. . . typical of this erratic season . . . ends - with 19 seconds left in overtime period - not with a bang, but with a whimper . . . check envelope ... no postage . . . strange.

Thursday ..." '45 Mail Call" arrives . . . Big George has done it again . . . scooped on Stacy marriage bit . . . spirits sink.

Friday ... receive request from National Class Secretaries Association to submit article entitled "How I Survived the Winter of 8B2" . . . ego soars.

Saturday . . . tidbits of info drift in from Hanover ... in December in the sunny southland Murray Sams Jr. represented Dartmouth at the inauguration of the fourth president of the University of Miami . . . while up in the industrial heartland William Portman has been named to chair the steering committee of the Leadership Cincinnati Program sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, which represents 2,900 businesses throughout southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana . . . enrollment in the program, which is "designed to develop new leaders for the future of Cincinnati," is limited to 45 (did Dick set this number?).

Sunday . . . file empty . . . spirits hit bottom . . . chuck half-written article on surviving winter in waste basket.

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P.O. Box 39 Atkinson, N.H. 03811