1938

As I write, we have just emerged from a snowstorm celebrating the fifth anniversary of the blizzard of 1978. Even though I am younger than I'll ever be again, I have not rushed out to clear the eight inches of snow that has my car locked in place.

Speaking of warmer climates, we had a long letter from Dick Woodman, secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, who advised that he was just (December) getting back on the golf course following surgery on his right foot, as a result of an infection last September.

Dick advised that Paul Thorpe, who made a prolonged trip to the Southwest and Canada last summer, has declared that he will never drive that far again. Ed Woods was back from a summer in Vermont, and Bob Deery was recovering after a couple of months of dental surgery. Dick Stoughton toured Japan, and Tom Boyan has been keeping busy with his new house and the golf course. Both are officers of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota.

Red and Elizabeth Heath stopped off at Durango, Colo., on their way back from a visit with their daughter in San Francisco last fall. A phone call located Speck and Evelyn Holmes in Grand Junction, Colo., and a luncheon was quickly arranged in Ouray, Colo., overlooking Wild Horse Peak (elevation 13,271 feet). Speck, now called Tom, is in good health, having come through a variety of harrowing experiences. His jobs included miner, foreman, engineer, mine and plant superintendent, and general mine superintendent of the world's largest tungsten mine. In 1952, his home in the High Sierras was wiped out by a snow slide. Both his wife and 14-month-old son, who were buried in the snow at considerable depth and in different locations, were ultimately located and came through O.K. In 1965, Speck, while directing the drilling of a tunnel, was caught in a cave-in which crushed his back. A five-year recovery, involving four major operations and a period when he had to wear a body cast, saw him hale and hearty and back in mining, above the ground. Speck retired two years ago and now keeps busy with mine consulting, hunting elk and deer, lots of trout fishing, and, as a hobby, tying flies for sporting goods stores. Red Heath is already planning another visit with Speck come fall, to try the trout fishing.

The governor of Massachusetts named the Fox Hill Draw Bridge in honor of Belden G. Bly jr., retired member of the General Court of Massachusetts, House of Representatives. The bridge crosses the Saugus River between Lynn and the Revere marshes. Jerry advised that "the Governor in his message to the legislature, in parts said it was appropriate because the bridge was broken down, antiquated, at al." Jerry's term in the legislature lasted 32 years, which wasn't bad for a biology teacher who had never held office before. In a lengthy newspaper article we get quite a picture of Jerry. "During his time on Beacon Hill, Bly issued so many press releases that some people half expected to see him walking around with his arm in a sling. . . . There were press releases on such issues as the sex life of a clam, the desire on Bly's part to move the winter capital of Massachusetts to an island off the coast of Florida, and a move to require judges to wear wigs." Then there is the part about the hookers! We have sent the clip to Dan Marshall, so that you can all enjoy life with Bly.

California Supreme Court Justice Frank Newman announced his resignation effective December 1982. Reported to be one of the court's most liberal, but unpredictable, members, Frank was appointed to the court by Governor Brown in 1977. He will return to active status as Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, where he once served as dean.

WOW! A note from Jack Mcintosh speaks for itself. "The enclosed picture is of my wife and me, our ten children, and their spouses, and our 12 (now 13 ) grandchildren. The occasion was our 40th wedding anniversary in August 1982." Unfortunately, since the picture was not black and white glossy, we are unable to use it with this report.

Interesting mail: An elementary and high school classmate of Ernie Hartung's, and a reader of the D.A.M., caught Ernie's name in our column and asked to be put in touch. And Mark Harty '73, president of the Dartmouth Class Secretaries' Association, wrote to ask if we knew his uncle, Phil Harty!

Recent moves: Ray Ammarell, retired, to South Carolina; Al Boerker to Manassas, Va.

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