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This is the first opportunity for your class secretary to publicly express the sympathy of all of us to Reg and Babs Bankart in their loss of a granddaughter and the suffering of injuries by her parents. That tragic accident occurred last November. While you'll not see these words perhaps until April, we can all hope that the progress related by Dero Saunders in the "Tear Bag" is continuing and that the devotion of Reg and Babs in helping to care for their family has resulted in rapid recovery of the surviving family members.
Recently received was a welcome note from Len Shortell. Most of 1982 had been a very bad year for Len, with extensive health problems, multiple hospitalizations, and operations. Now "back in business," he and Rose expect to return soon for a Hanover visit, scene of so many happy memories of people and places.
Long retired from the glass business, Ted Harbaugh keeps busy these days as sales manager of the Toledo Symphony, building audiences for an increasingly well regarded and nationally known orchestra. Kay continues teaching violin to small children, some only four years old, by the Suzuki method. An exciting trip for both was a spring flight to Madrid for the opening of the El Greco exhibition later to be seen at the Toledo Museum of Art.
A Christmas letter from our adopted classmate Eric Hawke has this paragraph concerning our mutual friend and classmate Ted Steele, who died in 1981. "Of special note is that Ted's memorial fund at Dartmouth arrived at a figure sufficient to be a permanent endowment. His family and I have made a decision to have the income used to buy books on literature and linguistics for Baker Library. These volumes will be marked with a bookplate perpetuating Ted's memory from here on out, and that is a pleasing thought."
We can always count on hearing from at least one classmate doing the Florida routine in winter. Bob and Audrey Richter are renting a condo on Siesta Key and they report seeing '35ers Bob and Lois McLellan, Harry and Anne Ferries, Rey and Laura Moulton, Al and Jean Ritchie, Ralph and Trudie Specht, Ken and Gwen Webster, Joe and Allison Fellows, and Rem and Cherry Ryder. Sounds like a most congenial group having a great time, either as permanent residents or as "snowbirds."
Sometimes those of us in or near Hanover tend to think of Dartmouth as the only nearby institution of higher education, but it's not so! Colby-Sawyer College for women in New London, N.H., is attracting increasing, favorable attention in these parts. We were recently privileged to hear at Eastman an informal and most interesting talk by Colby-Sawyer president, H. Nicholas Muller III. That name sound familiar? Indeed it should, for Nick '60 is the son of our own classmate Hank Muller, whom we remember well and whose untimely death occurred in 1974. Watch for the growth of Colby-Sawyer under this vital leadership!
Those of you who receive and read Tuck Today should have noted the work of the newly appointed managing editor, Meg Colton - none other, of course, than the daughter of George and Ruth Colton. Also notice the class notes for the Tuck class of 1936 (ours). Ed Drechsel does a great job with the column he prepares about those of us who attended the school. Like your secretary, he can use all the news that's fit to print, at 170 Hillcrest Road, Berkeley, Calif. 94705.
The other day we happened to watch a Boston television show featuring, of all things, a wild game supper in Bradford, Vt. Identified in the large crowd attending was one Gary Tomlinson. Another class offspring? Yes indeed! Gary is the son of Barney and Kay Tomlinson, long-time residents of Bradford.
Other T.V.-watching recently resulted in our seeing a Boston attorney being transported to a court appearance by wheelchair and ambulance and accompanied by a nurse. Charlie Nayor got out of his hospital bed to argue the case and was then rushed back for a scheduled intravenous medication. Some dedication to a client's cause! At the time of my writing this I know no more of Charlie's potentially serious blood infection. Here's hoping that his recovery has already taken place!
Among the classmates who take special and occasional benefit of the summer Alumni College program are Wayne and Skip Geib, who plan to be in Hanover for this summer's program. For those who cannot devote that much time to a learning period in Hanover, we call your attention to a special "Hanover Holiday" program for classes 45 or more years out of college. Monday, June 13, to Wednesday, June 15, "The Challenges of the '80s" will be an attraction you might well plan on for this spring!
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