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Tom Carpenter's wife, Betty, reports that his rather severe stroke two years ago negatives his attendance in September and probably also next June.

Larry Bankart regretfully reports having to give up his favorite sport fishing for Atlantic salmon in Canada due to two heart operations resulting in the loss of use of his legs, though he feels fine from the waist up. He still participates in interviewing prospective Dartmouth kids every year and enjoys it.

News comes of Watterson Miller, a class- mate who left us early and covered the scene from A to Z, winding up in Ocean City, N.J., as famed "Mr. Mack" who still, at age 81, astounds the tourists and vacationers with a daily one-half mile swim before returning to the fishing shack where he lives.

Jane Perkins, widow of Al Perkins, writes from La Jolla of change of address (ask LarryLeavitt for it) and of their prominent daughter heading up one of the Olympic villages. She also tells proudly of grandchildren: Dennis Allan, now head of a large company in Tokyo, and two others in college, one on the dean's list.

John Hamilton wrote from his and Ruthie's long time summer vacation spot in the mountains of North Carolina to say they will not be able to be in Hanover in September but have hopes of making the 60th in June. They return to their winter home in Tequesta, Fla., where they frequently see the Justin Bugbees, who winter nearby but spend most of the year in their Springfield, Vt., home.

Jack Norris and wife Ellie had a two week travel in Austria, Germany, and Italy, where they saw the Passion play in Oberammergau, met with the leaders of Alcoholics Anonymous in Italy, and in Rome attended the Eighth World Congress of Therapeutic Communities a movement that is spreading rapidly worldwide. It is concerned primarily with narcotics but also is associated with alcohol addiction. Only one other Dartmouth person was on the program. They see Larryand Dot Leavitt occasionally and were planning to attend the Medical School program in October.

Bob Myers, having lost his wife in early 1983 after 17 years of happy retirement, has readjusted by involvement in church and golf club activities (president of "over 60 singles" with some 30 widows and widowers),traveling, and children and grandchildren. Bob Jr.'5O is doing great as an executive with Rohm Haas in Philadelphia. Daughter Cynthia, a professional artist with an excellent reputation in Washington circles,is married to a retired navy captain, and they live in McLean, Va.Bob boasts of three wonderful granddaughters and attended the wedding of one of them in Philadelphia last year. He did the Pacific Northwest last fall and spent two months in Florida last winter. He lives on a golf course on the outskirts of San Diego. There are six or seven "D" people there but unfortunately no '2ers.

The '25 mini-reunion in September brought out 38 classmates and wives who suffered through the 55-24 holocaust at the hands of Penn but otherwise enjoyed a breakfast and two dinners together during a beautiful weekend. The annual meeting, attended by all but three of the executive committee, heard reports of officers and transacted routine business before electing a new slate of officers. Changes in the lineup due to deaths or reasons of health include Pete Haffenreffer as president, George Zahm as vice president, Nate Bugbee as treasurer, and BobBorwell as bequest chairman. The president then appointed Whitey White as reunion chairman, to be assisted by Larry Leavitt and Connie Thompson, with Curt Abel as gifts chairman, and Bill Sleigh and Mac Shepard, publicity. Our 60th will be from June 10-12, and the mini reunion will be the Princeton game next September 21.

Answers to Whitey White's inquiry as to the mini reunion indicated that the following, although unable to attend in September, planned (or hoped) to attend the 60th: WebCollins, Line Davis, Ted Geisel, Paul Hexter, Dick Holden, John Hamilton, E1 Waring, and Bob Pierce.

Thought for the month: Even a family tree has to have some sap.

Larry Leavitt '25, left, received the Red Rolfe Award, named for the former athletic director of theCollege, during Dartmouth Night Weekend. The award is given for distinctive service to Dartmouthathletics. Leavitt was instrumental in setting up a program whereby admitted athletes are brought tothe campus in the spring to assist them in making their college choice. Present at the ceremony were,right, headmaster of Vermont Academy Peter Van De Water and his wife, Becky. Leavitt was for manyyears headmaster of Vermont Academy.

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