1943

Each month the list of '43 retirements grows. From Eddie O'Brien's newsletter, we learn that Paul Rill retired last February 1 from Alcan Cable. He'd previously worked for General Electric and Anchor-Darling Valve Company. Paul and Martha plan to stay in Williamsport, Pa., and enjoy their grandchildren.

Bob Grant has retired from the Mobil Oil Company in Valley Forge, Pa., and he and Jean have moved to Sarasota, Fla. Bob and Jim Olson recently ran into each other at the Palm Aire Country Club, to which they both belong. Jim lives in nearby Holmes Beach, Fla.

Bob Bradford and wife Miji (Mary Jane) both have retired from full-time teaching at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. He was teaching American literature, and she was teaching ecology and immunology. They now are devoting more time to their farm in North Whitefield, Maine.

Right after Dan O'Connor came out of the merchant marine following World War II, he was a disc jockey for radio station KFDA in Amarillo, Tex. Now Dan has retired from his writer-producer-director job at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., and is having fun as a disc jockey at radio station WQLR-FM in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Fran and John Goode, who formerly ran the Chieftain Motel in Hanover for ten years, now are operating the Jug Store in Norwich, Vt., with daughters Joyce and Katy. They sell liquor, wine/beer, snacks, and delicatessen items and even operate a soda fountain. John reports he was bored after he retired in 1981.

And speaking of the Chieftain, mini-reunion chairman Don Taylor reports that as of mid-August, there still were rooms available at the Chieftain for the class mini-reunion, November 1-3 in Hanover. If this copy of the Alumni Magazine arrives on time, there's still time to sign up for the festivities. There'll be a Dartmouth Night parade Friday, November 1, with the class sponsoring its own high school band," a class meeting in Thompson Arena's Smoyer Lounge at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, the Yale football game, cocktails and dinner at the Inn, and on Sunday, Marge and Fred Stockwell will host a brunch at their home in Grantham, N.H. Let Don know you're coming. His phone number is 603/863-3938.

Tiffin University in Ohio gave its Business Leader of the Year award in May to William M. "Bill"Jones, president and chief executive officer of Cleveland Machine Controls. The distinction is awarded yearly to a businessman who is "an embodiment of the American dream." Bill bought the budding industrial electronics company about 23 years ago, and it has prospered increasingly. He also is involved in a wide range of civic and educational activities.

Henry Keck, head of Keck-Craig Associates in South Pasadena, Calif., reports that his industrial development company recently was cited by the world's largest advertising agency (Dentsu in Japan) as the most outstanding in the nation. Henry says he was in New York last spring and contacted Ellie and GeorgeMunroe. George "still looks like he just turned 40," Henry reports.

Ruth and Paul Young spent three weeks in England in June, including a week on barges in the Stratford-on-Avon area. The Youngs were with longtime friends from Seattle, one of whom is a member of the International Whaling Commission, which met in England this year.

The Reverend Jim Malley has moved from his ministry at Boston College Law School to become executive secretary of the Jesuit Mission Office in Washington, D.C. The new assignment requires considerable travel to the world's hot spots in Central America and the Middle East, among other places.

It's saddening to report that the Reverend Brad Morse's wife, Elaine, died unexpectedly July 11 at their Lebanon, N.H., home. They had been planning a crosscountry motor home trip this fall. Brad, for 30 years an air force chaplain, says he's decided to make the trip with a granddaughter from Buffalo, N.Y., visiting family and friends in Wisconsin, Montana, Washington, California, Texas, and Delaware. If all goes as planned, Brad should be on the trip even as you read this.

Brad reports that his longtime friend, Dr. Charlie Does, who retired from his ophthalmology practice last year, is building a new home in Sebring, Fla., and that he and Jane plan to move there this fall for the winter.

Also by the time you read this, Electra and I expect to be back from a trip to Barcelona, Spain, and a visit with daughter Cheryl, who's teaching there.

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