1943

Both home and away football games were the centerpieces of many personal reunions among classmates this year, but the climax was the mini-reunion in Hanover for the Cornell game on October 22.

Mini-reunion Chairman Don Taylor reports that 40 members of the class and their spouses or friends turned out for the festivities for a total attendance of 77. Class President Fred Lent, who came with wife Polly all the way from Chicago, conducted an informal class meeting at which Church Leonard was given a rousing ovation for his contributions to the class. Amidst catcalls and wisecracks, those in attendance decided to hold the 1984 mini-reunion in Hanover at the time of the Harvard game, the weekend of October 19 and 20. It's not too early to mark those new calendars.

At the same gathering, Reunion Treasurer Andy Caffrey reported that the class made a $2,534 profit on the 40th reunion in June. Word of the success of our 40th apparently has been getting around. We've had queries from two other classes already, and Ken Sorlien writes from Center Harbor, N.H., that he and wife Chip found it "fabulous and inspiring" and a "warming experience." Amen to that.

Still on the football scene, Bob McQueen donated a box at the Meadowlands for classmates attending the Columbia game. His offer was announced at the October 22 class meeting and the seats were snapped up quickly.

Frank Hartmann is a principal in the Meadowlands complex, but he doesn't spend all of his time there. He writes that he was playing golf in a U.S. senior amateur tournament in Carmel, Ind., near Indianapolis, when he ran into Jake Holliday, whom he described as "a true conservative (sensible and compassionate), a patron of the arts and of golf, feisty, provocative, and sharp as ever." Seeing Jake was a consolation for Frank who was, as he said, "clobbered" on the Crooked Stick golf course.

We ran into classmate Dale Ruedig at the Holy Cross game in October. He's a retired lawyer, living in Sunapee, N.H., and is the father of David Ruedig '70, a stockbroker in Concord, N.H., who now holds the position with Paine Webber that formerly was held by the late Bob Pelren.

Dartmouth Trustee Bob Field and wife Pauline have moved from their long-time home in Purdy's Station, N.Y., to Etna, on the outskirts of Hanover. Bob, who retired last year as deputy chairman of Price Waterhouse International, has been named to the board of trustees of the newly-incorporated Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Ted Hopper writes from Severna Park, Md., that he and his wife Esther are looking forward to his retirement and the chance to spend more time with their children and grandchildren, all of whom live within 20 miles of their home in suburban Baltimore.

Jim Malley's new post as assistant dean of Boston College Law School included an opportunity to make the rounds of several New England colleges, including Dartmouth, in mid-October, interviewing potential law school candidates.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Dr. and Mrs. Berger Carlson of Concord, N.H., whose 18-year-old daughter Jill died October 22 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

RFD 7, Box 34 Concord, NH 03301