1928

The Class Officers Weekend, May 6—7, is always a good source of class news, so I came early to have time to make the rounds of various College offices like Admissions, Alumni Records, and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Asking questions paid off, because I found that Rupe Thompson's grandson, Christopher Thompson, was accepted for the class of 1987. He is a senior at Andover and a resident of Westwood, Mass. His dad is Peter Thompson '55, Tuck '56. Moving up the street to the Alumni Records Office, I saw a letter which had just arrived from David L. Babson and Company, a prestigious Boston investment counsel firm, announcing that that same Peter C. Thompson was named president of the firm.

George Davis had called a meeting of the '28 officers in a conference room of the Blunt Alumni Center, a great addition to the campus in case you haven't visited it. (In your Dartmouth days you knew it as Crosby Hall, and some '28ers lived there.) Present were Curly Prosser and John Phillips reporting on the 55th reunion plans (they expect an attendance of over 140); Head Class Agent Bill Marx with up-to-date Alumni Fund figures, which looked good; and Jack Kenerson who, with Curly Prosser, reported on the 55 th reunion gift project (the money is earmarked for scholarships for '28 offspring). The Class of 1928 Funding Asssociates, as the project is named, has $57,000 in hand, $23,000 more insight, and additional gifts expected. Craig Haines and your secretary rounded out the officers, who worked from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Joe Tidd of Hanover also attended the meeting. Officers who couldn't be there were Bill Morton, Art Kneerim, and Herb Sensenig.

The officers thanked Dick Clark of San Diego for the beautiful pen and ink heading used on the latest issue of the " '28 Campaigner. Art Kneerim encouraged Dick, who is an artist, to make the new heading. Nancy Elliott, who is in charge of assisting newsletter editors, told officers of other classes that they are welcome to use the drawing, which shows the campus from Baker Library to Dartmouth Row. Any officers who might be interested, write Nancy.

Using the telephone, I decided to check on Jerry Johnston of Wilton, Conn. Jerry sounded weak said he had been pretty sick. He retired four months ago from his own advertising agency, which for many years had booked a the radio broadcasts of the Texaco Metropolitan Opera Saturday afternoon concerts all over the country.

Just before Bill and Bobby Norton left on the"' for a triP to EuroPe, I called them. Bill said the main news is that they have ingur grandchildren (three boys and a girl) play- & on lacrosse teams: one a sophomore at Darthigh, one at Washington College, one in Hermon.

A call to Frost Wilkinson, our only dentist, brought out a lot of interesting information. Wilkie is still practicing at the age of 80, but works only four days a week and sometimes only three hours a day. I remember attending the testimonial dinner for Ernest Martin Hopkins in New York in 1958 with Wilkie and Anne. Their hobby is travel for the past 15 years they have been spending six weeks in Europe, always from September 1 to October 15. They fly to Paris and buy a new Renault on a purchase and resale contract, and it is always ready for them at the airport.

Another nice telephone visit produced news from an old friend we haven't heard from in years Lew Terry of Milford, Conn., who works for Allen Products. Lew thanked me pro- fusely for 20 birthday cards which have given him a chuckle or a belly laugh, and to his amazement, "always come in on time." Lew has six children. He and Marilyn have a daughter, Kristen, who, at age 13, is the youngest child of a '28 couple. All these years we have proclaimed that Art and Lee Kneerim's son Will, age 17, was the class "baby."

Hope you have a great summer, and that you will write me. The cupboard is bare!

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