1934
As you may recall, last month I promised a further report on our one-of-a-kind classmates. John Hoyt is now the sole '34 whose permanent residence is in that great state of Texas although others slip in for the winter months and the widows of John Wolf, Charles Faulkner, and Dave Hedges reside there. Jo shifted from his native Detroit after Coast Guard duty in World War II and found a Humble home as lawyer he is currently attorney for that city and the First City Bank of Humble, where he's also a board member. Time is a problem, but he squeezes in golf once or twice at week and rates a 15 handicap. He and Lois have their daughter (with Delta pilot son-in-law), their Texaco son, and grandchildren all living in nearby Kings wood. John sees Dave Hedges Jr at attorney meetings and occasionally gets up to Freeport, 111., to check on old roommate Gordy Hunter.
Out in Wyoming, its Robert L. smith who was one of two '34s initially from the Equality State and he has been our sole resident there since graduation. (I can remember spotting him in a Buffalo, Wyo., store back 'n thc late thirties when I stopped in to buy a cowboy hat for proper dude ranching in the nearby Big Horns.) Bob has managed a large Spread for years and still has rangeland holdings but leases them, so he doesn't have the daily care of livestock, just the maintenance problems. That allows for winters with wife Dorothy in Green Valley, Ariz. Their son works for Texaco in connection with land resources and lives with his family in the Buffalo area. Bob plans to introduce Dorothy to New England at the time of our 50th.
Out in Oregon, the sole '34 is William Hackley. Bill came to Hanover from Oak Park, Ill., but had been a long-time resident of southern California until the recent shift to Beaver Country. He is apparently still active in accounting work.
Then there is Walter W. Blood Jr. in Arkansas He spent his career in the New York financial world. When 1 asked Walter how come he landed out in the land of the Razorbacks, he said it was very simple: "Once retired, Ada and 1 recognized that a 60-by-100 lot was too small for our taste in gardening and that the cost of living in the New York area was too high. We then had one son living in St. Louis and one in New Orleans, and Ada's mother lived in Great Bend, Kans. By triangulation. Arkansas was right in the middle, a day's drive from each. A little further investigation also indicated a significantly lower cost of living."
What a job they did adapting to Dardanelle. On their one and a half acres, within walking distance of the Arkansas River and in the shadow of the Ozarks, they created an orchard, shade trees, a rose garden, and a vegetable lover s cornucopia (cauliflower, broccoli, turnips. kale, eggplant, lettuce, leeks, sweet potatoes you name it). The spread rated a fullpage story in the Arkansas Democrat. The Bloocs :all the move a great success. In addition to gardening, there's golf; the fishing is good; the folks are friendly; and there are lots of fellow retirees (from the Midwest).
When you read this it will be too late for the Kentucky Derby, but next time you roll through Bluegrass country remember that Bob Lindstedt is down there in Middletown, Ky. He was one of our Macomb, 111., natives who after Army service crossed over the Ohio with Nancy and their son. He was an account executive for a motion picture advertising firm until his recent retirement.
Nettleton Payne now lives in Shawnee Mission, Kans. just a block from the Missouri border. He shifted residence to the Sunflower State 42 years ago and is still partly active in the grain business running a number of small country elevators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. He and Mildred have two married sons and grandchildren one of the boys was accepted at Dartmouth but decided on that other Indian school (in Palo Alto) and is now a neurosurgeon. Net reports that his old college roommate, Frank Biggar, who came with him from Pembroke High in Kansas City, Mo., and who maintains a Missouri mailing address, is actually also in Kansas, unhappily for some time now in a Kansas nursing home.
Near as I can determine, our retired Navy commander. Roily Wilson, is the only 34 who claims official residence in the District of Columbia. I'm not sure if this rates one-of-a-kind state listing and besides he's just as likely to be found traveling on the other side of the globe as looking over Congress's shoulder.
Got to close now. So hold still till October for the final four states can you guess them'
Unhappily, just at presstime, word was received from his wife Bette that Stanley Bloomfield passed away on April 12. See the obituary section of this or a subsequent issue for details.
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Arthur James Leonard Jr. '34 was named Bequest Chairman of the Year'' for 1982, and the second recipient of the "Ford H. Whelden 1925 Award," at Class Officers' Weekend in May. His citation noted his successful business career, his civic activities, and his services to Dartmouth - especially in heading up his class s bequest program "conscientiously and effectively" since 1968 and leading it to records unsurpassed by any younger class.
