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An indoor ice skating rink, scheduled to be built in Hanover this year, will be named in memory of James W. Campion III, who died of a heart attack in 1982 at the age of 52. His father was our Jim, an active supporter of '28 and Dartmouth who chaired our 25th reunion and died six months later. Jim III and his brother, Ron '55, owned Campion's; Ron is now president of the retail company.

The rink is needed for use by Hanover, Lebanon, and West Lebanon youth hockey teams, high school teams, the Dartmouth Skating Club, and adult recreational skating. AMCA International, a Hanover-based conglomerate, is contributing all the materials, and the College has given all the ice-making equipment from the old Davis Rink, which has been demolished. A local drive has been underway for two years, and the chairman says, "If we had to go out and buy everything AMCA and the College have given us, it would cost about $500,000." The substantial additional funds needed are being raised by contributions from individuals, businesses, and the Campion family.

In the spring and early summer, there's someone in the woods helping Mother Nature. It's Bill Ballard, retired biology professor at Dartmouth, who spends a good part of the growing season walking through the woods, stopping to pollinate wild orchids wherever he finds them. He is working under a grant from the American Orchid Society to help nature propagate wild orchids in Vermont. Bill, using his paintbrush and toothpick, transplants pollen from the male to the female part of the plant. Later, he collects some of the seeds and, under laboratory conditions, studies them to find what conditions orchids require for germination and growth. All this is from the spring issue of Vermont Life, which John Phillips sent me.

Bob Clark, cochairman of the committee responsible for the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Colo., was honored with the Community Award for 1985. The award, sponsored annually by all the service clubs in Fort Collins, was presented at a luncheon in the Lincoln Center. As the speaker said, in a time when most people are enjoying retirement, for 20 years Bob has devoted his time, talent, and energy to the betterment of the community. He served 14 years on the United Way board of directors, including a year as president, and also worked on the boards of many civic organizations. He also was an assistant professor of marketing in the business school at Colorado State University from 1965 to 1971. Bob worked at the Strathmore Paper Company in West Springfield, Mass., from 1929 to 1965, when he retired as sales manager.

Jack and Cornie Herpel are spending 10 days in England on a buying trip for antiques and collectibles for their shop in Morristown, N.J. Their son, Jay '59, after four years in Singapore as Asia manager for Ameron (noncorrosive paints), will move his family to headquarters in Pasadena, Calif., in June and will be in charge of the company's Asian and European concerns.

Rog Sundeen is glad to be home! EdFlanders tells me Rog had a stroke on November 1 and lay for three days and nights, unconscious, on the floor of his bedroom. Taken to a hospital in Manchester, he was there a month, then spent three months in a nursing home for therapy. Ed has dropped in to see him frequently. Drop Rog a line at 4 South Mammoth Road, Manchester, NH 03103. He'd appreciate it.

Howie Moss liked my birthday card. As secretary of his class at Peddie, he, too, sends birthday cards to 29 surviving classmates. Howie and Helen are enjoying retirement as owner-managers of their residential apartment house in Greenwich Village, 50 St. Marks Place, with five compatible tenant families. He helps as an officer of the block association he founded, which with other community groups works to improve quality of life in their neighborhood.

Don't forget the Alumni Fund. Make your contribution as large as you can.

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