1968

Macintosh Lane Bennington, VT 05201

As we head toward reunion 20, news of classmates is on an upsurge: Noel Augustyn announces from Washington (on very official Supreme Court stationery) the arrival of Monica Mary, born February 1. Monica joins Matthew, now 3 1/2. Noel notes that John Pfieffer and family will help celebrate Monica's christening.

Life at the Court has become a bit less frantic since the investiture of Justice Kennedy. Despite this Noel won't be able to make the 20th but sends best wishes to the class.

Ben Bennani sends along—from Northeast Missouri State University at Kirksville where he is professor of English—two magazines: Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry, Translations, and Letters, and Bestia, the official magazine of the Beast Fable Society. Ben notes that he founded Paintbrush in 1974 and remains as editor. He requests contributions from class poets and scholars or subscriptions from class members ($6.00/ year). The Beast Fable Society was founded by Ben in order to encourage research and writing in that field and will have their first international congress in Agadir, Morocco, from August 2-9. All society members are welcome. For more information, call Ben at 816/785-4185.

The Beverly Times announced Ken Cooper's appointment as principal at the Doyon School, Ipswich, Mass. Ken was previously principal of the Holderness Central School in Plymouth, N.H. He received his master's degree from Leslie College and his Ph.D. in school administration from the University of Colorado. The article notes Ken's commitment to making schools parent- and student-responsive using techniques such as a parent evaluation forms sent home with report cards and a school suggestion box. Ken's major out-of-school activities are tennis, swimming, and model building.

Peter Tracy is practicing law in the Eastern Sierras, acting as town attorney for Bishop and Mammoth, Calif. He originally migrated west for a master's in English education at Stanford and taught in the Bay area. He transferred to Big Pine for his first taste of mountain life, both teaching and serving as vice principal. He returned east for law school and served as Saratoga County assistant counsel from 1975-77. The mountains were in his blood; he returned to Bishop in 1977 and has been town counsel and has had his own practice since. He was named Mammoth town counsel in November of last year.

My apologies to Richard Wottrich for two errors in my column of three months ago. I noted that his company, DSI, purchased Saco Company when actually they arranged Saco's sale to Chamberlain Manufacturing. Even worse, I failed to catch a misspelling of Dick's name. Again, sorry.

On a somber note, Dave Detwiler died at the Medical Center at Princeton on February 3. Our sympathy goes out to Ellen and their daughter Rebecca Alma. A complete obit will appear in the next magazine.

Hope to see you all in June.