1946

There is an important athletic-related program at Dartmouth, about which many of us may not have heard. The Sponsors Program, unrelated to the Alumni Fund, provides the DCAC with funds to finance the transportation costs to "fly in" prospective student athletes, who would otherwise not have a chance to see Dartmouth firsthand. This program is a vital tool for our coaches as they expand their recruiting efforts. All the Ivy League schools have similar programs and work within NCAA regulations that govern them. More sponsors are needed. Average contributions are $250 and may be made annually or otherwise. Currently, just nine members of our class are involved in this essential program. Should you care to help, checks should be made payable to Dartmouth College and forwarded to adopted classmate Alden H. "Whitey" Burnham, Associate Director of Athletics, Alumni Gym.

"Mo" Marino took office last May as president of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in New Orleans. Marty has been on their board of examiners for certification in this specialty for six years and designed the continuing education program for the American College of Surgeons in endoscopic colonoscopy, to provide general surgeons and others with "hands-on" instruction in the fiberoptic procedure. He is chief of colon/rectal service at the Brooklyn Hospital and at Victory Memorial Hospital. In between times, he writes medical papers, plays golf twice a week, plays tennis, and sails on Lake Candlewood in Connecticut whenever he gets a chance.

Sandy Treat writes from Toronto that he is trying to get the aluminum can in use all across Canada, but that he also is active in support of Outward Bound in Canada, still has time to ski there at Collingwood, and makes two annual trips to Vail.

Paul and Peg Bristol moved back to Mont- pelier, Vt., in 1978, when he became executive vice president of the Vermont Association of Realtors; he now is president of the Montpelier Rotary Club.

It was a treat to have a nice if brief visit with Dick Flicker, of Ridgewood, N.J., who was in town for Club Officers Weekend.

Bryan Battey made a permanent move to Pompano Beach, Fla., last June, where he finds the music business booming and the living delightful. He is under management by Louis Greenstein Theatrical Agency in Fort Lauderdale. He says that he "hasn't found any Dartmouth types, but then I haven't had time to check out all the yachts along the intercoastal."

Gus Ruetenik now operates a "cut-yourown" Christmas tree farm that overlooks the historic town of Zoar, Ohio, where he serves as a volunteer fireman and member of the Zoar Business Association. He also is president of the Ohio Christmas Tree Association and enjoys the quiet life, now that their four children have finished college and are raising families in Cleveland, Boston, and Washing- ton, D.C.

Joe Spector says he is enjoying very active retirement and spends seven or eight months a year in Tangiers, away from his New York home.

It was a pleasure to break bread with Rayand Sue Dewees, who landed in Hanover after a skiing junket to Stowe with sons Walter, a student at Penn State, and Chris 'B6, who is off campus and working in a Washington, D.C., law office this term.

Don Millians writes that he is really enjoying retirement in his new home in Weston, Vt., and had a great two-week visit there with Dick and Jean Price, up from El Paso, Tex. He would like to have visitors and urges classmates to get in touch when they are in the central Vermont area.

Larry and Bobbie Bartnick are well established in Louisville, Ky., where he has been head of the mathematics department at St. Francis High School, a private school in the city. He says, "These past four years have been quite a change from my 19-year stint as superintendent of schools in Goshen, N.Y. After another year or so, I expect I'll be fully retired, except for consulting now and then. I look forward to lots of travel, even more than I am able to do in the summer months."

It is with deep regret that we report the death of John S. Ashby Jr. on July 9, 1984, in Indianapolis, following a long illness and several operations. John had been in the insurance business there for many years, when he started his own rare coin business in the mid-seventies, as an outgrowth of an earlier interest that was cultivated while a daughter was working for a Girl Scout merit badge on coins. He had been an avid sportsman, playing squash and golf for many years. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Marge, daughters Susan and Martha, and other members of the Ashby family in their time of loss.

Best wishes. Please keep in touch.

Hayes Hill Etna, NH 03750