1934
I was about to start this report with a lament for the absence of any real winter, and with sympathies for our prexy, Sam Carson, who wrote in early February that he was so disappointed at the lack of cross-country skiing in Toledo he was heading south. If he had just headed east, he could have joined us frolicking in the "Blizzard of '83"! Instead, he and Alec have been gathering sun and snorkeling adventures while sailing somewhere in the Lesser Antilles on the Sea Cloud! According to a travel brochure I just received announcing an April cruise to Lisbon, the Sea Cloud is the last of the big clipper ships, and it's outfitted in exquisite taste that only the original owners, E. F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather Post, could afford. Maybe Sam will sign on as one of the 55 crew members needed to keep the 29 sails billowing in the breeze. But we're sure he'll be back in plenty of time to regale us at our 50th with tales of life aboard this legendary barque.
With most of the crowd getting used to life in retirement, it was startling and refreshing to have Christmas word from Sam McCray, sent from their Vail hideout, that while he was retiring from his long-time law firm at end of the year he was un-retiring at the start of 1983! Apparently all this has Marianna's approval, since the new partner is their son Alfred. It's official now, since I had later word on a McCray and McCray letterhead (Hulman Building in Dayton, if you need good legal advice). What an inspired way to lift a budding lawyer son.
I'll have to block out the white blanket the blizzard left us and think spring, since this is the April issue. It'll be just about cherry blossom time in Washington as you read this and that reminds me I promised a follow-up on the '34 delegates to the capital scene.
Tim Inglis, living now in Arlington, Va., is staying close to the Pentagon to be sure there's no problem collecting his retirement checks. He says others can travel, he's content now with memories of years living abroad under Army sponsorship fascinating places like Munich, where he was for two years. A stint with 1.8.M. followed Army retirement as a colonel. Now he gives time to charities and collecting, and he and Maggie are busy keeping up with their six children that they have strategically placed in Albuquerque, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orlando, Texas, and nearby Virginia and, of course, their six grandchildren.
The class also has an informed listener taking notes on the budget discussions from his vantage point in Bethesda, Md. After service as a captain in Army Ordnance, Dudley Tibbitts served as an economist on the U.S. Tariff Commission, then on the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. So he knows his way around the Washington scene. But instead of volunteering a quick fix for current problems, he and Cynette sail on the Chesapeake, go to Rehobeth Beach, visit Cynette's sister in the Beaujolais country of France, and keep track of their six children three of them married, one with a master's degree at home, and two still in college at William Smith and Ohio Wesleyan. They also have one grandchild.
Another who knows what's going on in Washington is Louise Barcella. Her late husband, Ernest Barcella, had been our class secretary from our advanced 30th to our 34th. Initially it was United Press that brought the Barcellas to Washington. In 1962 General Motors took over; after giving them a cram course for three years in Detroit, G.M. sent them back to the capital. Louise recalled that the Dartmouth Alumni Award was to be presented to Ernie in 1973 and she received it in his name posthumously. She is busy now with church and community activities and keeping track of their three sons and one daughter, all of whom live in the area. In the case of son Larry '67, that could be done the past year by picking up TheNew York Times or The Washington Post; he's been assistant U.S. attorney assigned to the explosive case of former C.I. A. agent Edwin Wilson, on trial for masterminding ah international web of illegal arms sales involving Libya. (Larry is credited with setting the trap that lured Wilson back from Libya and to express his appreciation Wilson is alleged, while in prison, to have put out a $1-million hit contract on Larry and his co-prosecutor.) Louise promises to be with us for our 50th. Washington wrap-up next time.
Meanwhile, as Bill Scherman reported in the newsletter, the College sponsors a Hanover Holiday program for those 45 years or more out of college. The theme this year is "Challenges of the Eighties, for the faculty and for the undergraduates." It's June 13-15 and it could be an interesting way to warm up for our 50th just 12 months later. We're old enough to be invited and young enough to enjoy hearing about "challenges" for others!
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