1942

While the vast majority of us are sitting around gaining weight, our Jon Mendes is pounding the pavement of the Big Apple as the accompanying picture shows. Jon commented: "Once again we were lucky and finished. It worked out to number 80 out of 150 in the 60-plus age group with about 11,500 ahead and 2,500 behind."

Fritz Heinbokel of Armstrong Cork and Lancaster, Pa., noted on his Christmas card that he plans to retire at the end of this year, that he is about to become a grandfather, and that he and Janet are looking forward to both events.

Jim Farley writes of a trip which makes this sub-zero winter even tougher to bear. "We left Athens, Greece, in mid-September on a Dartmouth Alumni College Abroad junket, this one under the literate and articulate leadership of Bill Scott of the classics department. It included the Black Sea and Greek Islands (Mykonos and Crete) in its itinerary. Stops included Odessa and Yalta in Russia, Istanbul, Ephesus, Mykonos, and Crete, ending up two weeks later in Venice. We had a splendid time on this cruise. Bob and Mary Kirk were with us and they won some sort of trophy at racketball."

Ernie Grinnell telephoned in from St. Louis to report that he retired as president of the Frisco (St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad) effective October 1,1982, and had not yet had one bit of trouble adjusting to a life of doing only what he felt like doing. He and wife Christine went to Europe twice in the first year of retirement, first to London, Paris, and Rome, including a ride on the Orient Express (very appropriate for a life-long railroad magnate). The second trip was 14 days of golf in Ireland and Scotland, and then they spent ten weeks in Florida to ease the pain of winter.

Ernie reports that it only took him six weeks to learn to sleep late and that his major decisions now center around deciding if the lawn guy should start in front or back.

Ernie's call was followed up by a letter from Ed Spiegel, who wrote, "I retired January 1, 1982. Since then I have had an opportunity to reactivate my interest in a few civic endeavors, and have had the time to do many things that I couldn't do before. Ernie Grinnell and I, for example, have had a chance to play more golf together this past summer than was possible for years. So I'm enjoying my retirement. We are off to Florida this Friday."

Ed went on to say that the '42s about took over the Dartmouth Club Christmas, at which Ed and Ernie were joined by CarlHolekamp, Joe Logan, and Earl Poe. That has to be about the entire St. Louis delegation.

Mary Ann Curtis, wife of our own Guts, reports that she and the Reverend Curtis, now retired after 30 years at Christ Church in Gary, Ind., took a six-month tour about the country in a motor home. They got as far west as Hawaii, where they cheered their son Bob through the Ironman Triathlon World Championship last fall. Bob placed in the top ten out of 1,000 men and women from 48 states and 27 countries who competed in a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race, and a 26.2-mile run. While there the Curtises visited with the FordKaufmans. Ford has also just retired after a working life-time in the ministry (Congregational).

That's it for now. Borrow a pen and let us know what goes.

Jon Mendes '42 gives the high sign of triumph to his fans as he crosses the finish line in theNewYork Marathon. More on his venture is in the 1942 class notes column.

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