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It snowed today (April 8) as this was being written in Charlotte, N.C., but by the time you read this, it will be almost June and only days away from our 20th reunion celebration. We can hope that it will be warmer in late spring than it has been in early spring.
If you haven't made your reservations yet to join us at reunion, late May is not too late. But reunion head Hop Holmberg says, "If you haven't yet sent your reservation, you should call me at 617/332-7655 after 6:00 p.m. E.D.T."
When we talked, Hop was quite confident. Though the requests for cash had been out for only days, already 55 members of the class had confirmed their "firm" reservations with cash on the line. "My best prediction is that we'll have about 170 classmates there, expanding by one third our previous best, which was 123 at our 15th."
How about the program? "We're ready and. it looks like it is going to be terrific," said a confident Hop.
Why don't you join us June 18-20? Actually, I'm going to get up there a day, perhaps even two days, earlier and attend several of the seminars.
I talked with Dave Prewitt in Philly tonight to find out about nominations for class officers for the next four years. Though the nominating committee had done its work, he had not yet contacted everyone, so we can't tell you in this issue who has been nominated. I hope to have that in the June issue.
Dave had recently bumped into Marshall Ledger, who writes for the Penn Gazette and who had been assigned to cover the famed Philadelphia Flower Show. I forgot to ask Dave to decribe the show.
Dave also reports that Ken Quickel Jr. is now with the Geisinger Clinic in Danville, Pa., a high quality group founded by some folks who previously had been at the Mayo Clinic. Ken is an endocrinologist. His wife Mary has just been elected to the school board.
Peter Holbrook exhibited new works, including his Rain God Mesa V, from February 26 to March 31 at the Frumkin and Struve Gallery on Chicago's elite Michigan Avenue.
Oscar Arslanian writes from Hollywood, Calif.: "I've been in business for myself for about two and a half years and find it stimulating, challenging, and most satisfying. . . . I've recently been elected to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board of directors." Oscar also sent along a recent biography which says: "As head of Oscar P. Arslanian and Associates, Oscar focuses his attention on public relations and marketing for entertainment industry notables and consumer products businesses from his suite of offices at the "top of the ship" at Crossroads of the World on Sunset Boulevard.
"The Arslanian client roster includes Rick Nelson, Fabian, the Mamas and the Papas, Ajinomoto, USA Inc., the John Hartmann Company, and the Espy Music Group, among others. His many projects have included Bob Welch, Rhino Records, Dynamic Compliance Fidelity Enhancement Systems,. Roger McGuinn, American and the Firesign Theater, as well as a special project involving Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States in 1979. "
The biogaphy, naturally, covers Oscar's career from Dartmouth to the present, and most of us who were at the last reunion recall Oscar's ties then to Capitol Records.
"Oscar's community activities are not "limited to the Chamber of Commerce, where he has served as chairman of the public relations executive committee for the past year. He also served on the 1981 annual chamber luncheon committee and chairs this year's committee. He has been very active with the Hollywood Arts Council, serving terms as vice president of publicity, chairman of the board of trustees, and director of community relations. He was also the event coordinator for the council's successful Hollywood Jazz and Art Fair."
The biography says he's married to Nyla, a native Californian, who also is in the firm and is active in civic affairs — as president of the Hollywood Arts Council for three years and currently as its director of members. Oscar closes with, "See you in June."
I'm a tad embarrassed, because I knew it, but you do fall victim to the computer. Ford Daley isn't lost, writes his mother, Mrs. G. Irving Roye. "I am proud to say that Ford has been director of the Dresden Plan at the Hanover High School since 1971, its inception," she says and adds that his current address is 7 Pinnacle Road, Lyme. Shame on the compuer (and your secretary).
Finally, President Gerry Kaminsky writes from New York about Bob Bayley, who works as an architect and designer. His wife is a graphic designer and is also involved with a dance company. They live with five-year-old son Ryan in Southold, N.Y. — and they'll be at reunion, too.
After years of writing about hospitals, I've finally seen one from the inside. I went in with chest pains that turned out to be pancreatitis— of mysterious origin. I don't drink (because of that earlier bout with hepatitis) and my cholesterol level is very low, which discourages formation of things like gallstones. I guess we'll just have to say that life has its mysteries
Join us at reunion, and let's have some fun in the sun.
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