1939

Thirty-three classmates, most with wives, were on hand for the mini-reunion. The victory over Princeton was glorious, despite the intrusion of some rain along about halftime. Those present were: Tom and Liz Burrell,Hank and Dot Conkle, Mary Darby, Wes andAnn Goding, Bob Bryant, Bob Dickgiesser,Buzz and Janie Waters, Lou and Peg Highmark, Dick and Math Jackson, Bob and EvieKaiser, Jack and Lois Kuhkle, Bert and SallyMacMannis, Cornie and Janet Miller, Hughand Trudy McLaren, Dusty and HappyRohde, Endy Smith, Bill and Robilee Tokins, Bob and Pat Thomas, Betsy Wyman,Curt and Bobby Anderson, Clem Burnap,Armando Chardiet and Lillian Mc Gcwan, Wally and Gail Davis, Jack and Pat Haverfield, Bud and Marybell Richardson, Fredand Jean Upton, Larry and Jane Vulte, Royand Millie White, Jack and Billie Coulson,Wells and Betty Bates, Bob and ShirleyHowe, Adene Kalaidjian, and Ralph Holben. Ralph should have won the award for coming from the farthest distance Paris though it went to Clem Burn from California. Reason is, Ralph was nosing around Hanover for a second home. He was sort of coming back to the womb whence he sprang many years ago.

Twenty-one of the number in Hanover were on hand for the executive committee meeting, which was opened with a prayer from the Reverend Bob Thomas. Treasurer Miller reported that last year 328 classmates paid $9,724 in dues. We are well on target for the $25,000 addition to the '39 Scholarship Fund at the 45th and $50,000 for the 50th.

Newsletter Editor Davidson was complimented in absentia for the quality and quantity of his newsletter ten so far this year.

Forty-fifth Reunion Chair Goding reported good progress towards June 1985. Coulson has accepted the. reunion treasurer's post, MacMannis will run the seminar, Kaiser the memorial service, and McLaren the liquid refreshments. Other committee members will be announced in " '39 Out" as they are appointed.

Our reunion giving co-chairs, Tomkins and Howe, stated that they were going to emphasize matching gifts in their efforts and will be tying in with our class matching gifts expert, Moreau Brown, in the process. Please be advised that if you wish to bed down in the Inn over reunion you should write directly. There may be some rooms.

Memorial Chair Coulson announced that memorial gifts from 33 people this year have totaled $8,304. He mentioned the recent deaths of Bob Hagge and Bob Richman during the meeting, noting that eight men have died since our last fall meeting in 1982.

Widows Chair Wyman discussed the various methods she uses to keep in touch with widows, noting that 25 widows have contributed $2,020 this year. A motion was made, seconded, and unanimously voted adopting Betsy into the class as an official member.

Bequest Chair Kaiser reported four matured bequests for $33,102, a total of 14 life income trusts totaling $535,000, and one life insurance policy for $500,000. He has 35 bequest expectancies, and 44 classmates say they "hope" or "plan" to participate. As fall reunion chair, Kaiser was complimented on the facilities at the Sheraton.

Special Projects Chair Dick Brooks (somewhere along the Mighty Mississippi on his boat) will be requested to develop a 1939 tie for next fall's mini and a patch for blazers as part of the build-up for the 45th, both featuring the class seal.

Kudos were again given to Class Agent JimCorner (at the time on a trip with wife Doris in France) and to his loyal cohorts for their success in the 1983 campaign just $1,000 off an inordinately high goal set by the College, with 75.8 percent participation.

With the business over, the meeting broke up into foursomes to tackle the difficult but lovely golf course at Eastman. The "1939 Classmate of the Year Award" was presented during the picnic at the Kaisers' before the game. Your scribe was embarrassed, but at the same time flattered, to have been the recipient for 1983, and thanks you all for the honor.

Bill and Hildy Ormsbee usually found at Howey In The Hills, Fla., summered on a small lake in New Hampshire, "reached by a quarter mile of road that must have been laid out by a demented surveyor and built by several exported Romans at about the time of Christ. Not only have we not seen any classmate, we have hardly seen any humans."

Bob Elkins, treasurer of Adams and Ruxton Construction Company, does not see retirement tirement on the horizon and seems pleased with the prospect.

From Dick Durrance: "Living in Aspen, still making films and doing real estate on the side. Although creaking in the joints, still ski, tennis, and golf." Howie Snyder retired on June 11 and hasn't had time to find out what it's like as yet. Wells Bates scored his first hole in one in August on a par three, 136 yard hole at Madison Country Club in Connecticut.

Seen at West Point for the Army squeaker were Bob and Evie Kaiser, Bob and MaryDickgiesser, Al Tishman, John and MarilynPerry, Bill and Jane McCarthy, Archie Mallon, and Ed Oppenheim the latter fresh from oklahoma's defeat at the hands of the Big Ten, certainly a blow to any oklahoma City boy.

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