1940

P.O. Box 336 Old Lyme, CT 06371

Dear Class: Christmas shopping looms ahead! These greetings come from our classmates as of September and October. Chap Wentworth crashed through with a two-pager from which I picked the news: he's now executive editor of California County, the journal of the County Supervisors Association of California. He and Janet are thinking of leaving the city for Creekside Village, where Bill Chapin hangs his hat. Chap hopes to be invited to ski for the U.S. team next January in Courmayeur as top seed in the "Superveteran" class, having placed second in the giant slalom at Park City. The Wentworths see Harrietand Ben Webb. Chap ends with "My best to you and the whole tribe!" He hopes to be at the Princeton game November 22, so you may have seen him there.

Stet Whitcher collects newsy notes from the back side of the class dues notices. (Have you sent yours?) This one from AlEiseman, who reports working four days a week and loving it. Al and Alberta were off to Africa during October, looking at all the game.

Stepping aside from the news for a moment, I am sorry to report the passing of three classmates in recent months. William Green ("Abe") Maxson on September 16; Edwin Gladstone Bovill Jr. on August 29th; and Alfred Woodrow Humphries on September 24. My thanks to John Allen, Stu MacPhail, and DickGoulder for sending on information.

John Allen continued to say that his wife, Buzzy, is currently on a trip to Portugal with a group from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston . . . "am feeling great and playing a lot of golf . . . run into BobClark and A 1 Eiseman from time to time. Sorry I couldn't make the fall mini, but then there is always next year. Our kids are fine all have done very well, and we are very pleased."

More from Dick Goulder: "I keep wishing Zel and I could have been en route to Hanover for the mini we will miss being with group and will do our best next year. We are currently up to our eyeballs redecorating our pad and will be on the West Coast (in October) attending the wedding of our niece." Good to hear from our "Secretary Emeritus."

A quick postcard adorned with a photo of King Olav V of Norway arrived from Tom George, who is in Norway because of two exhibitions he is having in Oslo. Tom is fine and obviously continuing to create. On that subject, those of you who received a print of Tom's work at the 45th reunion may like to know that Jack Little found these same prints selling for $l50 at the Dartmouth Bookstore last September.

A low-flying aircraft dropped a water- proof packet on the Connecticut River the other day, and it turned out to be a letter from our West Coast (southern region) correspondent, Scotty Rogers. "Carol andDave Davenport visited us recently at the finish of a well-planned odyssey that began in Cleveland, continued onto the

train to Vancouver for the fair and eventually down the coast for a weekend with Loomie and me." The Rogers were in Italy earlier this year, returning in time for the first fall mini.

One of the subjects that came up at our class meeting in September was our objection to having the Green Derby called a tie, when we had clearly beaten '37 by a whisker. John Moore raised the issue and Lloyd Blanchard (batting for Ted Miller) did indeed do battle: "We had some fun," reports Lloyd, "but of course the tie remains written into the record. At least the class agents are all aware that 1940 won the 50th running of its sectional Green Derby even if only by a nose." Another subject much discussed (in addition to plans for the 50th) was "how to get more classmates to come to mini-reunions." Your suggestions are invited. Send them to me or to Bob Austin, who by now has recovered fully from the gall bladder operation that caused him to miss the September mini.

Lee and I went to the mini for the Navy Game (help!). Some 700 of us showed up for the party/dinner on Friday in Balti more and a goodly number of them were on hand for the boat trip to Annapolis on Saturday, despite occasional sprinkles. We saw a number of classmates at the game and/or party: Betty and Bob Bunker (including grandchild!), Kate and HowieTailmadge, Louisa and Mac McAllister,Don and Nancy Fox, Jules and AliceWachs, Joe and Roberta Bird, Helen andCliff Falkenau, Phyllis and Bob Unangst, and Cliff and Christina Holmes, with son Stacy. If I missed any of you, my apologies. We grew tired of hearing the cannon go off and sought refuge after the third quarter. The most touching moment occurred when young Mr. Hayden '88, with the Dartmouth Aires, dedicated the singing of "Dartmouth Undying" to his grandfather, our own Boo Hayden.

This is the first column since Dave McLaughlin announced his resignation, and I have no comment to pass on to you other than to note that this is a job that is becoming harder and harder to fill. So says Hedrick & Struggles, a leading head- hunting firm. We surely need a gifted man now. To end on a personal note, all three of our children were here for the Columbus Day weekend. Daughter Leslie in from Minneapolis to see about doing illustrations for a book and the two boys joining in. Have a Merry and a Happy and send me news for the new year.