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Box 96 Green Valley, AZ 85622

As I write this on February 8 in antici- pation of next week's deadline for April, the January/February issue hasn't yet reached this desert outpost, but I know that some have received it; also that some have read the 1930 class notes, because they want to know what a bema is. A bema, according to the American HeritageDictionary of the English Language, has two meanings: 1) in Judaism it is the platform from which services are conducted in the synagogue; 2) in the Eastern Orthodox Church it is the enclosed area about the altar. Maybe our two Hanoverians, Bur-ton Crandell and Charlie Widmayer, can find out for us when and why our Bema was so named.

As I reported in Jan/Feb, Garven Dalglish underwent carotid surgery last fall, the week after our mini-reunion. I was told then that he got along very well, following the example set some months ago by our distinguished newsletter editor, Milt Mclnnes. I have now heard from Jane Dalglish that both she and Gar are "fine."

Speaking of Milt, who doesn't often write about the Mclnnes doings, a letter from Blanche Mclnnes reports on their winter visit with Pete Callaway (who, I agree with Blanche, is a "beautiful person") and dinner with Chuck andDeeDee Faye. Chuck and Milt are both lifetime railroaders, and the Mclnneses have been seeing both the Fayes and Pete for 30-odd years.

While visiting their daughter in California Blanche had a brief recurrence of last summer's illness but received excellent care there and recovered completely. In her letter she sounds healthy and happy. By the time you receive this she and Milt will have spent March in Florida.

Also seeking refuge from the icy winter were Lari and Pres. Widmayer, who spent February on Jekyll Island and a few early March days in Silver Spring, Md.

SMALL WORLD DEPARTMENT — A Mrs. W.S. Gaffney of Las Cruces, N.M., had a son in Dartmouth in the sixties. Thumbing through one of his old AlumniMagazines, she noticed my reference to Susan Long and wondered if this could be her old friend, Sue, who had married a Dartmouth man by the name of Long. If so, could I provide her address? In doing so I told her that Susan was indeed the widow of George (Shorty) Long, who had lived across the hall from me for two years in Russell Sage. I also asked Mrs. Gaffney whether she had ever met a Mar-garet Moore in Las Cruces, whose late husband, Kelsea Moore, had also been a classmate of Shorty's and mine. Yes, she knows her well but never knew of the Dartmouth connection. I could have added that the Moores lived in Sun City, Ariz., where Susan winters, and probably knew her there. In closing, Mrs. Gaffney says "A wah-hoo-wah for Dartmouth," which she thinks makes a lot more sense than "Give a rouse for." Amen.

Strangely, no matter how short of news I may be, the name of Sigourney Weaver seems to come up in every issue. Yesterday I was interviewing one of the candidates for musical director of the Tucson Symphony and discovered, through a twist of the conversation which I can't retrace, that in early days he had known and dated Sigourney.

Through what is frequently described as "a generally reliable source who wishes to remain anonymous," I have picked up several items of exciting news: a) that AlMarsters is coming out of retirement to become backfield coach under Buddy Teevens; b) that the United States is sending Lee Sturman to Beirut as its next ambassador; and c) that Ellie French is going to run for governor of New York on the Republican ticket. Since release of this news may be a little premature, don't be surprised if there are denials.

I will gladly accept other items of exciting news about classmates.

Greetings.