1934

If you are in New England or upstate New York when reading this, you will be enjoying the spectacular color background we took as our birthright 55 years ago. I have to use imagination to visualize that setting while I scribe these notes.

A1 and Helene Seitner had to use imagination when they returned to Jacksonville's summer scene to remember the "wild and beautiful country" and walking on a glacier while on their July cruise to Alaska. For A1, this was part of recharging the batteries before starting his 16th year teaching real estate at Florida Community College.

Al enclosed a clipping from The Jacksonville Journal with picture and story about Isaac Sulzbacher. It was quite a tribute, recalling the many civic contributions he had made in helping launch a consolidated city council. I.M. was also cited for heading the Arts Assembly and serving for years on the Transportation Authority. He remains active as an insurance broker. He and Helene celebrated their 50th recently.

In the midst of our fall reunions many '34s will no doubt compare notes on where to spend the winter months. For quite a few there is a second home waiting somewhere. We listed those we knew about with the newsletter a year ago, others recently. One of these was for BobPalmer, who shows Shalimar, Fla., as principal and Shreveport, La., now as second address. In between he and Myrtie travel to Arizona to see son Jim, a computer expert, and then check out their daughter, a LSU vet student, who made a trip to Kenya with a group doing research on elephants.

In recent correspondence with AndyDonaldson, I was reminded of my old Buckeye days before I came to Dartmouth. He had started out in Kentucky but moved across the river to the home of Cincy Reds. He's had a full career in the lithography and printing business and finds himself now the senior past president of the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. Andy has retired with ample time now for gardening, bridge, and entertaining grandchildren at their winter home in Naples, Fla., along with trips, like one to Africa a few years ago which he and Nance still list as their "most interesting." One who has been to Africa quite recently is James Darling. He and Phyllis have now returned to their home in Thetford after he served as a volunteer with International Executive Service Corps in Alexandria, Egypt. Jim assisted in developing a complete advertising and promotion plan for a food company there using background acquired while serving as a Mars, Inc., vice president.

Speaking of Africa, our 50-year questionnaire showed 25 percent of the class had been there. I wonder if anyone got there, as I did, without expecting it. That was back in 1944. I thought Uncle Sam was taking me to Naples via England but when I saw the veiled ladies at our landing place I realized it must be Casablanca and I started looking for Bogart and Bergman.

For some quaint reason known only to postal authorities, Phil Eckels has had trouble establishing that Kansas City, Mo., is still the main residence and South Padre Island, Tex., is the delightful second address used when he and Mary are not bird-watching elsewhere or traveling to see their five grandchildren. When in Texas they usually meet up with Ralphand Jackie Brabbee, who swing through for the month of March each year.

The Brabbees now call Pass Christian, Miss., their primary residence they finally took the major step of closing the Neenah, Wis., home. Surgeon son now practices in St. Louis, their youngest son pulls them to wherever there is a showing of his photographs/art renderings, and middle son has moved out to San Francisco working with an art gallery.

Now that our '34 Alumni Fund drive has been so successfully concluded with another record (this time for classes 52 years out), I'll wager Art Leonard would appreciate my reminder that life income trusts can be set up now and will provide you with a charitable tax deduction on this year's return. Then you will have interest earnings along with the satisfaction of having made a lasting gift to future Dartmouth generations.

Finally, we, the members of the late Roald Morton's class, cheer the selection of his brother, Bill Morton '32, for National Football Foundation's 1986 Gold Medal, a presentation made once a year to an outstanding American who has had close association with college football. We were there when he delivered the mail!

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