1930

In my lofty capacity as treasurer of Tucson's Dartmouth Club I have just received 1990 dues from a newcomer to Green Valley, one Edwin H. Grant Jr. '53, who else but the son of our late great Ned Grant. He and wife Rosemary have accepted my invitation for brunch January 14, but my deadline of the 15 th rather closes out any opportunity for comment about our first meeting.

For me, this was one plus against four minuses. My thanks to Bill O'Brion for sending me a clipping about the death of George Lord in Fairfax, Va., on December 30, scarcely four months after Kay's death. Like Kay, George was buried in Hanover. With the Mag's tightening limitations on obits, even our distinguished necrologist, Garven Dalglish, can hardly do justice to George's outstanding career in medicine. For this reason I'm sending the clipping to Milt McInnes, who is welcome to scoop both Garven and me with more details than we have room for.

And, speaking of Milt, the other three minuses just came by phone from Milt, with the sad news of the deaths of Bert Sherwood, Ann Watson, and Dorothy Rich. We send the sympathy of the class, and my own, to Marj and Fred, and to Dorothy's and George Lord's families. The reaper is indeed grim.

To the travelers of the class add the names of John and Flavia Marsh, whom I missed on my Florida sidetrip last fall because they were wandering around Vermont, Chicago, Arizona, and finally San Francisco, which they left just six hours before the October 17 earthquake. Now if we can just get them to wander toward Hanover next June 4, to celebrate Charlie Widmayer's 82nd birthday (and mine) and their own first-ever 1930 Reunion.

Last month, if I can remember that far back, I think I wished you a Happy New Decade and remarked that in just ten years I could (God willing!) be wishing you a Happy New Century and 70th Reunion. With apologies to Father Time, I overlooked the fact that I will also be wishing you a Happy New Millenium.

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