1949

Rounding third and being thrown out at home, as Bob and Ray used to say, there's Dartmouth action in various places besides Hanover, which has probably had enough of national publicity for a respectable period of time.

Bert Rodman continues to operate his insurance agency in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and proclaims enjoyment of three grandchildren. Bert is playing less tennis because of back problems but reports that when he is able to play, he tries "to find old men or young girls." Bert and Sue have a summer home at Falmouth on the Cape. It must be a matter of gratification to Bert that their only son, Jim, has been working in Bert's insurance agency the past five years.

Doug Thomson has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the National Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, pursuant to selection by the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Advisory Board was established by the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 to assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in coordinating programs and activities related to the identification, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Doug is president of Toy Manufacturers of America, Inc., the industry trade association for U.S. producers of toys and holiday decorations. Under his leadership, that association donated $100,000 from a fund-raiser last February to Parents Anonymous, a national organization to help parents who have or who may abuse their children.

The latest bulletin is the move of PaulWoodberry and Sandy from Dallas to Atherton, Calif., here in the San Francisco Bay Area. At this writing, I have not yet visited with Paul, but I know he is spending almost all of his business time with Boothe Financial Corporation, a San Francisco investment entity on whose board of directors he has served for several years. Paul and Sandy should be spectacular additions to the Dartmouth presence in the Bay Area.

From Centerport on Long Island, PaulBjorklund sends a "fish story" which details the exploits of Einer Grell. Flounder catches in the waters around Long Island have deteriorated, but last May in 65 feet of water on the Fire Island Artificial Reef in the Atlantic Ocean, Einar caught two monstrous flounders, one of which at five pounds, 10 ounces was only two ounces under the New York state record for that species. Meanwhile, Paul keeps "grinding them out" as a hard-driving doctor of dentistry and avers that Ginny and he aim for retirement in five years.

A report from the College discloses that Robert G. "Rocket" Reed III has been named chairman of the board of directors of Pacific Resources in Honolulu. Last spring, Dick Mallary was elected president and chief executive officer of Vermont Electric Power Company which delivers the bulk of power to all the electric utilities in Vermont. Dick is based in Rutland.

A1 Quirk and wife Pat announced last April the engagement of their daughter, Judith, to William T. Pike Jr. of New London, N.H. Judith graduated from Noble and Greenough School and the University of New Hampshire. Her fiancee graduated from Hebron Academy and UNH.

Skip Ungar has published a tour de force entitled America's Most Famous UN-KNOWN Song Writer. Actually the publisher is "Self-Indulgent Press" of Scotch Plains, N.J. The first song in the book is "Moon Over 83rd Street," a forgettable ditty from Skip's pubescent years in Manhattan. Skip acknowledges "all the people who assisted him with this epic, but since no one did, or wanted to, he has no one to blame but himself." The "epic" goes downhill from there. Although the price of the book is nonrefundable, and it may not be returned for exchange, "even with a sales slip," Skip's book can be purchased from him for a mere seven scooties at 10 Brandywine Court, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.

At my son's graduation in June, I enjoyed my own reunion with John Stearns,Punchy Thomas, and Ort Hicks. John's son, Tony, and Punchr's daughter, Krista, as well as Shep Kopp, are now safe at last in the wide, wide world as graduated members of the class of 1986. A good time was had by all.

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