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Despite the warm breezes, the crocuses, and the daffodils, winter is alive and well in the high country. Killington is going full blast, and in Colorado and the Sierras they are talking about skiing forever.
An almost-tragic story from the winter concerns Mayo Johnson. In mid-February, on a fine, sunny day, he decided to cross-country ski at a touring center not far from his Beverly. Mass., home. While on the trail he slipped on some ice, fell, and broke his left hip. It soon became apparent that he was all alone in the area. He tried crawling, which kept him warm, but he could not navigate uphill. The sun set. the stars appeared, and the temperature dropped to 14 degrees. And all the time, Majo was within the sound of traffic on nearby Route 128. Meanwhile, Julie came home from her classes at Wellesley and realized that Mayo was unusually late. She noticed that his cross-country skis were missing and on a hunch went to the touring area and found the car. She thengot on the phone and organized a rescue party that consisted of Ken Gregg, a former resident Mary Hitchcock, Dr. Peter Bixby '42, and Dr. Bryant Barnard 'SB. They found Mayo in short order and hauled him out on a toboggan, into a waiting ambulance, and onto the operating table. He had mild hypothermia and the hip should be healed in a few months. The moral of this story is, obviously, don't ski alone, but having a quick-thinking, fast-acting wife is a good back-up.
Dick Thomas has been named associate publisher/world-wide advertising sales director of Time Inc. Dick has been with Time ever since he left the Marine Corps in 1956. He has worked in a variety of advertising sales assignments. He was the first advertising sales director of Money magazine in 1972, and he has been the sales director of People since it was launched in 1974. He became associate publisher of People in 1978. Dick and Pris live in Old Greenwich, Conn.
Bob Henderson represented the College at the inauguration of William R. Dill as president of Babson College, Wellesley, Mass.
The New York Times gave excellent grades to Cable News Network for its outstanding coverage on the problems of Central America. Whereas the regular networks seem to focus on two-minute clips of "bang-bang" footage of violent battles and acts of terror, C.N.N, has devoted entire 30-minute segments to focus on the different countries' situations as a whole. Reese Schonfeld, president of the Cable News Network, was praised for bringing this new dimension to television news.
John Dodge's new development, Piper's Landing, is under construction in Stuart, Fla., just north of Palm Beach. It is scheduled for opening next January. It will encompass 307 villas, garden apartments, and custom homes; an 18-hole Joe Lee golf course; lakes; tennis courts; swimming pools; and a boat-docking lagoon off of the inland waterway.
Fred Chase spent three Weeks in January roaming through Kenya with some of his cousins. They saw everything, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean, to Nairobi, to the Rift Valley in the north. Perhaps most exciting was going on safari in the foothills of Mt. Kenya.
Jack Koerner has been elected to the board of trustees of Cazenovia College. It is the only all-girls school left in New York State. Right now, the board is wrestling with the problem of whether to stay that way or go' co-ed. It's not an easy decision.
Freddie Hitt and Elaine Alderman were married April 4 in Cheshire, Conn. We hope to have some details next month on the champagne brunch that followed the ceremony.
Burton Bernstein wrote a wonderful story about his family and growing up. It was printed in several issues of The New Yorker beginning in mid-March.
The class was scheduled to have a meeting Saturday, May 8, at the Hanover Inn in conjunction with Class Officers' Weekend. The next one is scheduled for Saturday, October 16, at the Norwich Inn before the Harvard game.
That's it for this month.
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