1930

It was a bad summer for 1930 with the loss, in just over a month, of MickeyEmrich, Dick Bowlen,Joe Placak, A1 Marsters, and Bob McClory. We offer sympathy to Lou Emrich, Gwen Bowlen who is quite ill, Doris McClory, and Esther Marsters, and to Joe Placak's remaining family, since Edna died in March. With Mickey's and Bob's passing we also extend condolences to eight surviving members of a fine Psi U delegation which numbered 26 in 1930.

Happily I can report that my paisano, Dr. Hub Christman, is in good shape and says wife Margaret has "a few minor residuals," but has made a remarkable recovery from her stroke three years ago.

A note from Dick Hood a while back says that he and Hilda are both well and send greetings to all class members. He reports that Bob Winter, not far away, is fine. Dolly has had some problems in the past year or two, and we wish her well.

The 1988 Dartmouth Educational Association membership list shows that 1930, despite the grim reaper, still leads all classes in number of members.

When ex-expatriot Paul Clarke returned to the States several months ago, I sent him a welcome-home note, with the suggestion that he might like Southern Arizona's Madrid-like climate. Paul responded with a cordial thanks-but-no-thanks letter, saying he'd spent two-and-a-half WW II navy years in San Diego, and didn't want a Southwestern, one-season, year-around climate. He's opted for New Jersey's four seasons and is awaiting a vacancy at Knoll Heights Village, near his daughter in Sparta.

I wouldn't debate Paul's preference. However, San Diego, despite many attractions, is not "Southwestern" though I admit it might appear so on the map. As to seasons, Tucson sometimes has four or more in one day, with a 50° change between morning low and afternoon high. In fact, in a single day during the winter, Arizona occasionally has both the nation's official low and high temperatures, with picturesque places Eke Hannagan Meadow, Alpine, or Show Low on the cold side and Bullhead City or Gila Bend at the top. I just thought you'd like to know. Greetings.