1975

The wedding of Hal McCartney and Sandra Smith in Marblehead, Mass., on March 20 was great fun. Certainly, the number of Dartmouth people attending made the occasion seem more like a mini-reunion to those of us not immediately involved in the ceremony. Best man Bob Vaeth was assisted by ushers Tim Gilchrist '74, Judd Porter '76, and Bruce Stewart '74, among others. Alums attending the nuptials in St. Andrew's Church or the outstanding reception held later at Hamilton Hall in nearby Salem (noted more for witches than wedding receptions) included John Low '72; Dana Johnson, J. Wright, Bill Anderson, Alex Rodzianko, and John Nystad from the class of '73; John Fisher, Herb Hopkins, Willie Morgan, John Henderson, Doug Peabody, and Dudley Flanders representing '74; Tom Nicholson, Andy MacDowell, Tom Meigs, Dave Farmer, Bob Sullivan, Peter Grose, and John Kilmartin from our class; Peter Cowan, Don Colacchio, Bob Deason, and John Gleason from '76; and Gary Schillhammer '77. And yes, the father of the groom, lan McCartney, class of '48. There were probably other Dartmouthians (if one can use the term) attending, but I can't take notes and sip champagne at the same time. The reception also featured a good, old-fashioned band playing standards and some Dixieland. The boys in the band were ably assisted by Tom Sisk '73, who blew some soaring solos on the clarinet. And on one memorable occasion while the band was taking a break, seemingly half of the people in Hamilton Hall gathered in the middle of the dance floor, assumed a rugby team's choral formation (arms around shoulders, sodden swaying and musical crescendoes punctuated by beer glasses thrust high in the air), and belted out a rousing rendition of "Men of Dartmouth." There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

After the reception, some of the guests had a nightcap at the Boston Yacht Club overlooking Marblehead harbor, which is home to some 3,000 sailboats in summer. The newlyweds were off to the Virgin Islands (no jokes, please) the following day, just when the weather started to turn typical for March in New England.

Other marital news came out of Hal's wedding. In June, John Kilmartin will marry Gloria Waliska, one of the four Flying Waliskas of Colby-Sawyer. Another airborne Waliska, Karen, will marry John Elliot in September. Both couples will land in Providence after the ceremonies.

Speaking of weddings, Gretchen Teichgraeber and John Neff '73 thought about it for nine years or so. They finally threw caution to the winds and got married January 23 in or around New York, I believe. Gretchen is a media manager in the circulation department of Time. John is a senior treasury analyst with Pepsico. Congratulations.

Richard Pechter and his wife Robin are proud to announce the birth of twin boys, William Harris and Joseph Emanuel, on February 9. Richard is an internal medicine resident at the Eastern Virginia Medical Center in Norfolk. Uncle Stewart Pechter is class of '73, and one of the gramps is Morton Pechter '43.

And finally, from the Deep South comes word about Larry Conley, a senior staff writer at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi and an instructor of journalism. Larry writes the copy for and designs the impressive newsletters and reports for the center, which was established in 1977 to study every aspect of southern culture "from folk tales to Faulkner, from black blues songs to Bear Bryant, from eating habits to Elvis, from Smokey Mountain moonshine to Martin Luther King." Studies include such diverse fields as literature, anthropology, politics, religion, music, and language. The center plans to translate European writings about the South as well as publish an illustrated Encyclopedia of SouthernCulture.

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