1925

Bunny Levison and Marian spent two weeks in California visiting their daughter and newly-arrived grandson Adam, after which they repaired to Marco Island where they have a condo on the Gulf. After attending a luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida, they visited with classmates Bill Bunting and Warner Washburn.

Ev Learnard, living alone in Sandwich on Cape Cod (after the loss of his wife in 1979), still has his tenor voice to enthrall the First Church communicants and audiences of the Cape Cod Chorale, delivers "Meals on. Wheels," and bowls (left-handed since his right wing gave out). He keeps his 23-foot O'Day sloop moored at Monument Beach in Bourne. It keeps him busy sanding, painting, etc. in off-season. He is also quite busy as chairman of some 150 judges at the Massachusetts State Science Fair sponsored by TheBoston Globe and MIT. He taught in India in 1968 for the National Science Foundation. He survived surgery for cancer in 1976. He has a daughter and a son, each of whom has provided him with two grandchildren, living in Walpole and Stowe, respectively. Now there's the kind of thorough rundown I like to get from you.

A quick count recently indicates to your secretary that we have about 190 living classmates (including nongraduates, transfers, etc.).

Among our nationally-recognized writers still very much active is Bob Misch, whose most recent revised-and-expanded OfficialMixer's Manual (Doubleday 1983) is only the latest of many books, including Foreign Dining Dictionary, Quick Guide to Wine, QuickGuide to Spirits, Quick Guide to the Wines ofAll the Americas, and Quick Guide to theWorld's Most Famous Recipes. He gives courses in wine appreciation at the Lincoln Center and West Side YMCA, which are in their ninth highly-successful year, and he is also a lecturer and wine consultant to the Dutch Treat and Overseas Press Clubs. Just to keep busy, his weekly syndicated column, "Wine Wise with Robert J. Misch," appears widely in daily newspapers, and his articles appear in such publications as Promenade,Wines and Vines, Wine Magazine, Woman'sDay, and others. He appears frequently on TV and radio, lectures before college, club, museum, and business groups, and serves as judge at state fairs and other similar events.

Among other honors, he has France's medal of the Comite National des Vins de France and is a charter member of the Wine and Food Society and a commandeur in the prestigious Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin.

He has recently returned from Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Italy (wine tours, of course).

Mott Garlock's illness has persuaded him to relinquish his post as treasurer of the class, and a nominating committee headed by EdBurns has picked Nate Bugbee to take his place, as well as Pete Haffenreffer to replace Bill Jenkins as president.

Larry Leavitt and Dot have their first greatgrandchild and report that Doug Archibald and Adeline had the same last October with another due in September, both on Adeline's side of the family. The Leavitts report an enjoyable Florida trip, attending the Southwest Florida Dartmouth Club and seeing the Abels and Bob Weinig and Catherine, with visits in Bethesda and Washington on the way home.

You should mark your calendar now for our mini-reunion the weekend of October 20 (Harvard game) and have in mind our 60th in June next year.

Thought for the month: Distinctions are important; for example, take the distinction between "involvement" and "commitment." A plate of ham and eggs involved a chicken, but the pig was committed.

Attending the spring dinner meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Southeastern Massachusettswere, left to right, John Thompson '33, Nat Ryder '24, and Line Davis 25. New officers of theclub are pictured near the Club Calendar at the end of the class notes section.

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