1948

"Oh, to be in Hanover, now that October's there!" With apologies to Browning we salute our '48 brethren who had foresight to be in the New Hampshire hills for the annual Dartmouth Night acitivities and the Yale game. Bud Gedney advised that mini chairman Joe Smith expected about 30 '48s, plus spouses and friends, to be on hand for the occasion.

All of us remember Lou's Restaurant on Main Street, its popular proprietor Lewis Bressette, and how it was the official hangout of a group led by our own FritzMcTarnanan and Emil Hudak '50. Lou's is no longer operated by Lew, who since our day has become "Mr. Mainstreet" and a leading community figure in Hanover. Lew recently advised me that Harry Tanzi had died. (How can I ever forget how Harry passed out apples to the kids going up the street on their way home from the Hanover schools!) Lew's notice reminds me that Harry came to our 40th Reunion tent behind Dartmouth Hall in '88, where BudThorne remembers he picked up with old friends Rick Landon, Hank Mueller, and Mouse Taylor as though they hadn't left town some 40 years before. All '48s who knew Harry will be glad to know his fellow townsmen have organized the Harry Tanzi Memorial Scholarship Fund in his memory, and Lew is a main solicitor for his old comrade.

Rod Susen has been in San Antonio only two years, but he's already made his mark in this large Texas city. His photo appeared on the front page of the local newspaper in September, the caption for which stated he was named "Volunteer of the Year" at Hospice San Antonio's Heart of Gold Awards Banquet. Rod modestly explains that the Hospice is a community-wide effort to help the families of the terminally ill by providing volunteers who fill in at the home of the patient to help make life easier for the ill and the bereaved during those difficult final months. "Terribly sad, terribly stressful," says Rod, "but the gratification from helping others is tremendous!" Congratulations, Rod.

Effective Tom Morris of Troy, Pa., was appointed chairman of the board of the First Bank of Troy last July. Tom has been an outstanding citizen and entrepreneur of Troy for many years, started several successful companies, and has been a pillar of public service in his community. One of several Mercersburg men in our class, Tom and Dixie have three daughters and five grandchildren. A salute from Eleazar, Tom.

Plaudits also go out to Jack McFalls of Seattle, who continues to be one of the world's experts in the field of gold investing, and who was deeply involved in The Boston Gold Show last May; to Bob Mohrbacker of Pittsburgh, a recent retiree after 35 years with U.S. Steel, who in July returned home after several months in India where he had volunteered to help local industry on behalf of the International Executive Service Corps; to our own Smithsonian historian and anthropologist Wid Washburn, who may become a candidate for alumni trustee under the new rules approved by the Alumni Council last May. We also proffer best wishes and hope to Tom Rafferty in Atlanta whose beloved granddaughter has cerebral palsy and an uncertain future.

As I write this, it's Saturday mid-afternoon here in Houston. The half-time score Dartmouth 13, Yale 10 just flashed on the TV screen from Hanover. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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