1922

As all Twoters would expect, Malcolm Clarke ranked number one in the New England Lawn Tennis Association listing of "Men's 80 Singles," published in The Boston Globe on January 21. Last summer the Globe reported, "Clarke has won 27 national senior titles since 1975. He first played tennis on a dirt court on Birch Island, Maine, was good enough to enter the national amateur championships at Forest Hills, N.Y., in 1917, and then played infrequently until the mid-19705." In the interim he won a Phi Beta Kappa key and a football "D" at Dartmouth, got his master's at Middlebury College in 1929, and had a long and successful career in secondary education. The Globe further quoted Mai as saying, "The beauty of the very senior competition is simple: you can go into any match thinking 'lf I win that's fine, but if I don't, I will have had a lot of fun.' " Congratulations again, Mai,. from all classmates, and may you always have lots of fun.

The class of '22 sends its very best wishes to Jean Kemeny, wife of our classmate President Emeritus John G. Kemeny. The ValleyNews on January 5 carried the following statement from Jean: "I had a heart attack on December 31 and was admitted to the coronary care unit [at Hanover's Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital] where I have been for five days. The doctors did a catheterization to check the coronary arteries and were pleased to find they are not as occluded as they thought, and medication can solve the problem. I was transferred to a main patient care floor today (January 4)." Jean has long since left the hospital, with our earnest wishes for complete and rapid recovery.

And now, notes from around the circuit: Charlie Throop writes: "After all these years, I've been caught up in writing about things in our times. The Dartmouth Outing Club [of which Charlie was president in 1922] is working on a book about Moosilauke and how it was a Dartmouth institution for 20 years, before it burned down after almost certainly being hit by lightning." Now, brace yourself, Charlie. The 1985 president of the DOC is a very personable girl.

Bob Burgess reports:, "Last spring we moved into Abbey Delray, a retirement complex about three miles from where we lived. New address: 1070 S.W. 20th Terrace, Apt. 133, Delray Beach, FL 33445. It has proved to be a most pleasant place. The easiest way to reflect my physical condition is to say I enjoy golf, which I play frequently."

Charles Tapley writes, "Four years ago a huge truck ran into my new car on the side I was on, completely wrecking my car and nearly wrecking me. I was told I would never walk again, but I knew it would be easier to repair a human being than to repair a car. Now I am nearly as well as before, able to walk miles, but on account of a shoulder problem, I am unable to drive a car as yet, but ..." Charlie, you are expected to drive from Danvers to Hanover for our 65th reunion in June 1987.

Hal Burnham says: "At our age no news is probably good news. Still able to make the Maine-Florida transfer, but for how long? From here (Manset, Maine) we have to change planes twice, Boston and Atlanta, and, of course, 60 miles to Bangor by taxi! The reason: Mildred's great-grandpappy built this Manset house in 1832, and we are sort of tied to it and it is a wonderful location and view." View lovers will unders tand.

Last year the men, women, and friends in the 1922 family contributed $47,774 to the Alumni Fund, thereby establishing a record for a class 62 years out of college. This year, in addition to the money, Spenny Smith would give an arm, a leg or both to see 100 percent participation. Give what you consider realistic, but please do give.

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