1954
My New England liaison, Fred Alpert, sent me a recent issue of the Boston Globe featuring a nationally syndicated article about Don Keller, boss of the hot-performing Keystone S-4 Fund. The $650-million Boston Fund, up more than 12 per cent thus far in 1983 (versus a roughly five and a half per cent gain in Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index), is just about fully invested with cash reserves of around one and a half per cent.
According to Don, "In looking at the 1983 stock market, it's clear judging from the performances of the various averages that it's the smaller and more speculative stock that's getting the big play." Don went on to name his six favorite stocks, each of which is already up dramatically in price and racking up earnings growth of better than 50 per cent a year. Keep picking those winners, Don!
Dick Page spotted the following item in the New Yorker magazine. I print the note in its entirety:
CORRECTIONS
A woman in a Picture magazine photograph last Sunday was misidentified as Queen Margrethe of Denmark. She is Margaret Ankeny of Wayzata. — Minneapolis Star & Tribune.
Who still has her dream.
Who else, bat the wife of our own Walt Ankeny!
During Freshman Parents Weekend in late April, Nan Pope organized a highly successful '54 parent/freshman cocktail party. Those in attendance were the Popes, Robinsons, Hestons, Christophes, Pages, Geithners, Addises, Johnsons (Bayard), Greenbergs, Steinbergs, and Van Hooks, together with Dave McLaughlin and Seaver Peters. A very festive occasion.
As weprepare this June column, we have to plan ahead since the next column will not appear until the October issue, which will arrive in your mailbox well after the Homecoming game. Thus, it is prudent at this point to outline briefly some of the get-togethers that '54 is planning for the fall. First of all, Dartmouth will be playing Army at West Point on Septemer 24 a great time to visit the Academy! here will be a large Dartmouth reception and dinner at the Thayer Hotel. You should have a ready received or be getting soon more infor- mation on this affair. Our class will be tail- gating near the Dartmouth tent in the field/ par ing lot right across the street from the hotel. For Homecoming (Cornell) on October 20 and 21,;54 will be partying at the Woodstock Inn on Friday, October 21, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m and moving to Hanover for the big parade and bonfire, then to the Hanover Inn for 101 overlooking refreshments in Room rade activity. bonfire and' the post-pa- On Saturday, the class will have a table in Leverone Field House, so bring your picnic there before the game. If you come without a picnic, there are cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and a cash bar and keg beer for those who require all those pre-game goodies. Immediately following the game, there will be a cocktail reception in Faculty Lounge at Hopkins Center featuring an open bar plus keg beer. These parties are becoming a real treat, since more and more classmates appear and lots of sons and daughters, too. Last year 47 graduates appeared for the after-game party. This year we are try- ing something different in anticipation of our 30th reunion. We will be joining the classes of 1953 and 1955 for a three-way dinner/dance at the Sheraton in West Lebanon on Saturday evening of homecoming weekend. This will be a good chance to renew old acquaintances and have a lot of fun at the same time. You will receive more information about all these activities as we get closer to the events. There will be rooms set aside at the Sheraton for '54s, so reserve early for Homecoming.
Please also start thinking and planning for our 30th reunion on June 11—14, 1984. This is going to be a lot of fun. It will be held Monday through Thursday, so make sure you block out the dates now. Your reunion committee is planning that everyone will have a lot of fun (and value) at this big event. See you there. Details will follow.
My last travel trip for before the summer season highlights the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine. Not only is Kennebunkport a fun place to visit, but the Colony is one of the last remaining stately oceanside hotels with lots of porches and water views. The price-value relationship here is great. The 1983 minimum rate is $104 per day per couple, and that rate includes three meals a day for two. Lobster abounds. Try the lobster and cheese omelette for breakfast. The Colony is owned and operated by George Boughton '28 and the welcome mat is always out for Dartmouth alumni. Reservations are a must. There are always one or two Dartmouth undergraduates on the dining room staff, and that always makes a meal a little more enjoyable. This summer you might look for Laura Gillespie '86.
Finally, some classmates who shall remain nameless have said that I could never spell, even though I did graduate from both Dartmouth and Cornell. For those, I pass along this quote from Mark Twain: "I wouldn't give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way." See you in the fall.
The class of '54 took the attendance award at a recent dinner of the Dartmouth Club of Westchesterhonoring '54 classmate and president of the College, David McLaughlin. From left to right areRichard Pearl, Michael Morrissey, McLaughlin, James Love, and John Gillespie. Present at theaffair but missing from the picture were Peter Geithner and David Metz.
Alan Bialosky'54 and his wife Peggy have continued to make headlines with their teddy bearbusiness. A Wall Street Journal article last December reported that the couple has "succeeded inbusiness by bearly trying," and the January issue of Family Circle ran an article featuring theBialoskys on making your own teddy bear. The pair credit their business success to the discoveriesthat teddy bears have a universal appeal both boys and girls are attached to their scruffy stuffedfriends and that grown-ups retain that affection. Bialosky recently said he must have the best jobof anyone in his class, and he reported that one model of the Bialosky Bear for 1983-84 will be in aDartmouth Green sweater.
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