1935

Your now happily married scribe and his bride wish to express their thanks for the numerous messages of congratulations and best wishes received over the past few weeks. We look forward to meeting as many of you as possible at the fall mini.

Lots of green cards for this issue. Of particular interest is one from Link Washburn still "busy on Government Arctic Research Commission and other Periglacial and Arctic Groups" as well as personal endeavors in the Canadian High Arctic. "Had dinner with Bill Lingley retired and in good spirits." Another card, from Jack Knode, reminds us that Pauline Webster, the Carnival queen mentioned in a recent "Tear Bag," was his date. He fails to say where things went from there but how many of us can even remember the names of our Carnival dates, much less say what has become of them since?

Reg Bankart, on a busman's holiday, writes of completing a mailing of 102 personal Memorial Fund messages to class widows but still finding time for "busting up the golf course with Babs" as spring was busting out all around them. Larry Sommer, in a card dated May 15, advises of the election of Bob Lovegrove's son, Robert, as Mayor of Missoula, Mont. Unhappily, we subsequently learned of Larry's death on May 28. Since I like to leave the sad news to the back of the magazine, you can find further details there. I will, however, mention a card from the widow of Bob Jacoby, who moved along February 4, because she speaks of his love for Dartmouth, community contributions, and great regrets at missing reunion.

I have a happier report on an initially ominous-sounding note from Lou Whytlaw, who at the time was about to undergo brain surgery. In talking to him since, I found him strong of voice, confident of full recovery, and about to go back on the golf course. What would The Great Class do without that game?

Dud Russell spent January seeing about all there is to see of the West Coast, by land and sea, winding up having dinner on the Queen Mary with Rudy Pacht and his wife. And where have we heard of that before? If Rudy has picked up the tab for all the meals he has shared with visiting classmates, he must own the Queen by now! Dud also passed along a report on Fred Raymond's parasailing adventures in the Bahamas Fred taking pictures from the air to prove he'd been there. The Russells will take in the Navy weekend with Lowie Haas and wife. And why don't you do the same?

Hal Klein and Miriam helped PerryWachtel and Dee celebrate their 50th in June. Hal says Perry could have been cum laude if the quality of his college work had measured up to his senior year letters to Dee. Earl Arthurs, whom I missed in Charlotte on my way south (he was cruising, probably in more ways than one), writes of a pleasant visit with Cam Duncan and Vevie in April. He subsequently drove our mutual friend, Betty Friedan, to Sag Harbor, only to miss me there. JohnGilbert will miss the fall mini to attend a med school 50th in Victoria, 8.C., after which he will do some traveling through Canada and Alaska. Living so near Hanover, he finds friends from other classes by attending their 50ths, the latest being 1936's. Sax Ziemen, fresh back from his South Pacific pilgrimage, promises a report on his adventures for the next issue. Guess whom he had a "happy brunch" with in L.A. (but evidently not on the Queen Mary this time)!

Bob Naramore and Corinne attended graduation this year to see son, Dick, get his master's in computer information science. Dick is now with General Dynamics in Norwich, Conn. In total irrelevance, Bob tells us that virgin wool comes from ugly sheep. Bad! Leon Marantz recalls happy days of long ago in New Hampshire Hall. He can boast of two Dartmouth mouth sons (most of us were lucky to have one) and a satisfying life-style involving six months in Palm Beach and six in New Jersey, less substantial travel time. He also reports a pleasant recent conversation with Carl Funke.

Wayne Geib moved in mid-July to Albuquerque. He has a son and daughter who practice their archaeology in Flagstaff and is hoping that an instrumentation-oriented son in Alaska will soon see fit to move south. Last item is from MorrisSherman, who moved to Ocala with wife, Kati, and 97-year-old father-in-law two years ago. "Still working for Deltona and doing fine sorry we missed the last reunion." He signs off "Our love to all of you." As do I.

P.S. Please note my new address, as of August 15, 1986: 6680 Williamson Dr. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30328.

P.P.S. Late flash from Fred Raymond "The Great Class has done it again! Alumni Fund returns aren't complete yet, but we are already $5,000 above our goal of $125,000. Many thanks to all who worked on the campaign the cooperation was terrific."

Six members of the class of '34 joined the class trip down the Danube River this summer, accompaniedby their spouses. Pictured, left to right, are Stanley Smoyer, William ]udd, Robert Balgley, RobertEngelmatt, Harry Gilmore, and Joseph Lehmann.

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