1952

12 Columbine Road Weston, MA 02193

So much for the promotions, retirements, and "early" retirements of the past two months! Consider my stategy for today! The setting is Hanover, a sunny, crisp Saturday morning in October Harvard and Dartmouth will meet at Memorial Stadium later today. Left the family wagon at the Sphinx at about 10:30 a.m. loaded with the usual provisions. Regular tailgaters there said the area started to fill up at 8 a.m., and some vans and campers were said to have been there all night. So despite the poor football records, it is shaping up like a very crowded day in Hanover.

Now I am positioned at a table in the lower level of Baker Library, surrounded by the Orozco murals. Somehow I don't recall such witty and sometimes filthy writing on the library tables from my visits there in the early fifties. This month's column is slightly overdue (preoccupied with the October 15 extended due date for my own tax returns), so I decided to forego part of the pre-game festivities to get the job done right in the shadows of Blunt Alumni Center. The strategy for the remainder of the day drop the draft off at Blunt, back to the wagon to deposit my notes, etc., walk over to the Frank andDrewry Logan's for lunch with some other '52s, game, return to the Sphinx to rejoin the regulars there, and eventually wind up at Thayer for a dinner with over 25 classmates and their spouses, friends, offspring, etc. That's a lot! Now Edythe will be picked up at our home on Lake Sunapee by John and Judy Grocott, who will link up with me at the Logan's.

In addition to the provisions left in the family chariot, there is a small wedding gift for Dick and Carol Gowen '50. That's right, Red Gowen, a venerable bachelor all these years took the big step last spring. I'll have more about that merger next month, so let's get a little closer to 1952 now.

We had a sparse representation at the UNH game last month. Andy Stewart and his wife were in town. Dr. Andy hobbled high up into the west stands on crutches. He was involved in a collision on the Dartmouth Skiway last February, resulting in a very sore hip. Months later it turned out to be a fracture. Andy said he may ultimately be a candidate for a new hip joint. I suggested that he consult with Dick McDonough's wife, Caroline, who had successful hip joint replacement surgery over a year ago. Same advice applies to Tank Creamer, who has problems with both hips and may require surgery. The hip problems don't keep Tank off the golf course, though. Bill Montgomery, my seatmate in the west stands, and I had a nice chat with Bill and Dottie Price at halftime. Bill toils in the Office Products Division at Nashua Corporation, where classmates Charlie Clough and Sam Daniell also earn their livings. Charlie is the CEO at Nashua, where JoeBaute sits on the board. Still another '52, your scribe, spent many years romping around Nashua's premises as the Price Waterhouse partner in charge of the annual audit until the mid-seventies. In addition to their home in the Nashua area, Bill and Dottie have a place in Fishers Bay on Lake Sunapee. Their son, Rusty, is a resident in surgery at a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital, and their two daughters are married and living rather far from New Hampshire. Seen at a distance at the game were Roy Abbott and Jack Wall. Of course, Charlie and Alison Curtis were across the way in the UNH section watching son Scott perform for UNH. Guess we're getting so far along in years that 1952's are alotted tickets in the west stands. Just to keep us on our toes, though, we're back in the east stands for the Harvard game.

After the UNH game, I had a long talk with Don and Jan Myers. It was good to see Don back in circulation after more than a year of battling the effects of inhaling paint fumes during a routine check on the repairs being performed on his boat in a St. Thomas boat yard. The accident, complicated somewhat by Don's asthmatic condition, virtually put Don out of commission until recently. He was unable to conduct his dentistry practice for several months. Although he still has to take it very easy, he was anticipating a November return to the practice. Their son, Jamie Myers '87, was tailgating with them. Jamie has finally had to pass up football as a result of his back disk injury.

Amidst all the recent news of the change in leadership at Dartmouth came the announcement that another '52, JohnRosenwald, has been appointed to Dartmouth's Board of Trustees. Congratulations, John!

Have received a couple of notices recently from Tom Ruggles '50 about the audio tape that Ron Rose put together of the Glee Club's performances at the June reunion. Bill Montgomery will present details on how to obtain the tape in an upcoming newsletter.

Well, my strategy to do this before the day's festivities begin seems to have worked. Despite my anticipated shortfall in length, I have reached the suggested word limit. Really thought I was going to have to wait to collect today's news to make this a complete column. All the more for next time.

A final sad note to this column. PeteGuenther passed away from cancer last month. Pete had practiced law and lived in the Concord, N.H., area for many years. An obituary will appear later.