1970

I hope that all of us will have thawed out by the time this column appears in print. We certainly had a cold spell this January in New York. I will also be out of news with this column, so I really need a supply of "fuel" from all of you.

I had word through Thorne Butler that he had gotten together with Carl Andros and Denis O'Neill at J.B. Howard's place in Chesterfield, Mass., where our classmate is an attorney. Thorne, for his part, is director of development at Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has an enrollment of 85 students in grades kindergarten through 12. Last year it sent two of its 52 graduates to Hanover on early decision. Quite an enviable record. Thorne and his wife, Kelly, also have another reason to be proud. Namely, Taylor Butler, who was born in May 1984. She is really a beauty, and I was thrilled to meet her when Thorne and Kelly were last in New York and we were able to get together for a lovely lunch. Thorne mentioned to me at that time how much he has enjoyed being a district enrollment director for Dartmouth, interviewing the fine applicants that are currently seeking admission to Dartmouth. Several of our other classmates have also said much the same, so it may be something that others of you may wish to do.

Our get-together in Hanover in the fall provided news of other classmates. Dr. HarryMorgan is a geriatric psychiatrist at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn. He and his family live nearby in Glastonbury. WayneOsmond has his own landscaping company, while Ric Shepherd has now opened a financial consulting C.P.A. firm, handling clients particularly in the Boston and eastern Massachusetts areas.

John Lewis is into computer software up in Burlington, Vt., and Greg Hemberger is a partner in the architectural firm located behind Casque and Gauntlet in Hanover. Greg has completed a number of fine commissions, including Collis Center at Dartmouth, the Board and Basket operation, which some of you may know, as well as retail business space in West Lebanon.

Our classmate Tom Coffman is also an architect with Sasaki Associates and has just completed a new teaching amphitheatre, medical library, and atrium at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass. Tom was project manager on the job. His firm is located in Watertown, Mass.

I also received a letter from John Parkhurst, who was kind enough to provide information about his activities. John wrote: "In the last three Congressional elections, I have been working in the campaign of Helen Delich Bentley, who was elected on her third try in 1984. She is the first woman to have navigated the Northwest Passage (aboard the icebreaker Manhattan) and declared victory only after the absentee ballots in Maryland's Second District were counted."

"The nutcrackers are sweet" was the headline of a recent feature in the Ottumwa, lowa, Courier aboutLee Pulis '7O and his sculpting avocation, which includes production of some ten to 15 nutcrackersannually. Around Christmas time, his living room looks like Santa's ivorkshop, as he fashions thenutcrackers in various shapes, including a football player, Uncle Sam, or Santa Claus. Pulis has sculptedin wood and in steel for several years. He recently made 40 miniature reindeer and has used a chainsaw to sculpt larger reindeer for people's lawns.

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