1944
Right out of the chocks (chocks in hockey?) you should know, if you don't already, that on the evening of February 1 Army blasted UMass 11-2 in hockey, thus giving Jack Riley his 500 th college victory and making him the third winningest hockey coach in history. Everyone 'but Sylvanus Thayer himself (the founder of both Dartmouth's Thayer School and West Point) was on hand to watch Jack and his players register the 500 th win; it was the largest crowd ever to watch a hockey game at Army.
Jack has been head coach at West Point since. 1950. "Eddie Jeremiah recommended me," says Jack, "and Red Blaik hired me. The Dartmouth connection was everywhere." As of February 1, Jack's 1983—84 record was 22-3-1 and his squad had won 14 straight. He only needed a couple of more wins to become the second winningest coach ever, and we suspect that that will have happened by the time you read this.
A Christmas card from Rog Antaya revealed: "Just returned from visiting my son who lives in Lund, Sweden. Bette and I had a great time. We are now grandparents of two little girls and a boy. Forty years out of Dartmouth is a long time."
Speaking of grandchildren, Dick and ProcOstberg report 8.5 of them, along with the 1983 marriage of their third daughter, Karol. Their burned-out house in Ipswich, Mass., is all re-built; their sleep-in boat can practically sail to Maine and back all by itself; and in September Proc got away from it all, and from Dick, for a Radcliffe Seminar study tour of baroque and rococo art in France, Austria, and Germany. Clever thinking, excellent execution.
And speaking of marriages, we are tickled to hear of and to report on the wedding last year, for the first time, of John Rexford. He married Marsha Bonk, a Smith graduate and librarian living in Concord, N.H.
We heard about the Rexford tie from JackHaffenreffer, who was . John's roommate freshman year. "We've stayed in close touch," says Jack, "and any time I want any advice on my country place in Etna, N.H., I call on John. Among other things, he's the best darn land surveyor I know."
The Haffenreffers are using their noodles these days. They're attending a cousin's wedding in Hawaii, and after the champagne stops flowing they'll stay on to soak up some sun and pineapple juice.
A couple of moves in and out of the area: Dr. Harry Morse is now out of the Army; he and Mary have a place in Carver, Mass.; Harry puts in a day a week at a clinic in Keene, N.H., and is in and out of Hanover frequently. Out of the Hanover area altogether are Harry and Ginny Grieger. They gave up the winds of Norwich, Vt., for Florida's balmy breezes, namely Palm Beach Gardens. Over the years Harry built two houses in Norwich; now he and Ginny are apartment dwellers.
A VW bus was home for the Arizona BobMiller last fall. He headed east October 1 for a Dartmouth football game, but it took him six instead of three weeks to get' to Hanover. Needless to say, he didn't even get here for the second half. Bob retired from his law practice and is having the time of his life tootling around the U.S. "No deadlines, no special destinations," he says. "I'm exploring and looking and listening, mostly off the beaten paths."
Path-ing his way here and there is WemoEpply. He's been in Hanover most of the past year, staying with his sister who has health problems. He did get back to Colorado in September for the wedding of daughter Susan to, naturally, a former skier and ski coach. Wemo says Marty and Ja Densmore graciously had a luncheon for the wedding group at the Densmore home in Aspen on the banks of the Roaring Fork River.
Wemo also had a nice story about the late Bill Ard, who died of cancer in 1960, and his widow Eileen. Bill wrote shelves of detective stories before he died at age 38, and, happily, Eileen is still receiving royalties, not only from Bill's books but also from another writer who has continued Bill's Buchanan/Jonas Ward series. Wemo thinks there are some 30 "Buchanan" titles curently in print, plus some of the half-dozen or more Murray Hill mysteries that Bill wrote.
At hand is a nice, friendly note from BudgeGriffin, Union Carbide in New Jersey, with lots of mouth-watering details about a company trip to San Francisco and side orders of seafood and vin rouge.
Finally, two things not to forget: uno, the annual Alumni Fund, and we're asked to give more this year because of our 40th reunion and the fact that we're all so good-looking; and, duo, the 40th reunion itself, June 11-14, and let there not be a man among you who isn't planning to be in Hanover. Failure to make it will result in permanent banishment from all of this globe's pleasure domes and flesh pots, as well as eventual refusal at other worlds' pearly gates or hot coals.
That's it. Blessings.
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