1939

It is our sad duty to report the passing of two more of our classmates, both lost to cancer, which has certainly taken its share of '39ers. Stu Tupper died on March 19, and Bill Sexton succumbed on July 12. (Obits in this or a subsequent issue). Also on sad note, we record the passing of Grey Emmons, Betsy WymanEmmons' husband, this past July.

On a considerably brighter note, we restate for the record that our reunion Alumni Fund effort topped our goal of $400,039 to set a new 45th-reunion class college record, thanks primarily to Mr. Anonymous, who belatedly filled the coffers to overflowing. Bless him! But he can hardly be expected to do the same for an encore at our 50th. Be so forewarned. We need a greater joint effort for this one. Big thanks to Corner, Tomkins, Howe, and their troops for this magnificent accomplishment. Jim Corner and Doris celebrated Jim's success with a bus trip through Maine and Nova Scotia in late June.

Charlie Thompson could not fit in the 45th reunion this past June due to a planned summer trip to Russia. Last winter he covered Mexico, and when not spending his spare time "doctoring" in Newton Highlands, Mass., he can be found at his tree farm in Canaan, N.H., or at home in Squirrel Island, Maine.

Henry and Lanie White are another pair who'd like to have been in Hanover in June but opted for a European trip in May and a 50th-high school gathering in Hingham, Mass., this past September.

Hughie McLaren sent along a clip from The New York Times informing all that SamThurm would retire at the end of August as a senior vice president of the Association of National Advertisers and as its Washington representative. Sam "retired" as VP of advertising from Lever Bros, in 1973 and as chairman of the ANA, the American Advertising Federation, and the Advertising Research Foundation. No wonder they call him Mr. Advertising!

Art Ide reported to us at reunion that he had three in his family graduate from Dartmouth last June. Son Warner with a 8.A.; daughter Genet with a master's in geology; and a son-in-law with a Ph.D. in geology. Genet topped it all last August by producing a grandson for Art and Nadine.

From Henry Glovsky comes a note advising that his brother-in-law, Mert Tarlow, was honored at a well-attended dinner by the Brockton (Massachusetts) Art Museum for his contributions and support by way of time, energy, and service over the years since its inception. He was a founding member, trustee, and ultimately chaired the board for many years. Henry suggests that Mert is living rebuttal to all snide gags about in-laws.

Bert MacMannis passed along a note from Ellie Noyes, whom many classmates remember as a track coach circa 1939. Ellie wrote that he is recovering from surgery to repair impaired circulation in his legs which kept him from walking. "Recently made a quantum leap forward, and this past May managed a quarter-mile hike," he says. He now looks forward to his eighties and sends his best to his many friends in the class.

George Neiley took a blitz-bath at Mayo Clinic this past May, which served to pulverize a pesky and painful kidney stone. This action changed his reunion plans at the last minute, but he and Ginny came east for a visit with daughter Cynthia and family in Shelburne, Vt., and paid the Jacksons a visit in our summer digs in York Harbor, Maine, in early July.

See y'all in November in time for turkey.

Class secretary Dick Jackson uncovered "a bit of '39 nostalgia" in the photograph above,taken in December 1960 in Oklahoma City following a regional Dartmouth meeting. Leftto right are Cleve Spillers, Paul O'Brien, Ed Oppenheim, Dick Shaw, and Rog Stanwood.

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