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First of all, let me put in a straightforward plug for some of our local businessmen in Hanover, Seaver Peters and PaulDalton, who continue to swell our class population in the North Country.

Seaver Peters informs us that Golf & Ski Warehouse, a retail sports operation on Rt. 125A in West Lebanon, is a Peters family venture with Seaver signing his name and his sons, Scott and Mike, running the business. Anything you might need in the world of golf and skiing is available, including an outdoor driving range which is open from this month until October. In real life, Seaver is vice president and branch manager in Hanover for Advest, Inc.

After 30 years with Monsanto, Paul Dalton retired in 1986 and he and Jan moved to Orford, N.H. They shifted gears completely and bought Country Comfort, a 17- year-old jewelry, gifts, and imported clothing store on Allen Street, directly behind the Dartmouth Bookstore. The Daltons are not always minding the store personally, but they do urge any and all of us to stop in to say hello.

You may have read about X-Delta, a massive three-ton metal sculpture which has lead a nomadic life on the Hanover Plain. The sculpture, which was commissioned by Kent Klineman some years ago, first resided on the lawn of Sanborn Library and later in Sphinx's backyard. It was relocated in December to the Bedford Courtyard of the Hood Museum (perhaps its final destination), having been hoisted over the museum by crane.

Ralph Destino has been in the news twice lately. On April 6, Boys' Towns of Italy will celebrate its 45th anniversary. Among those being honored at the festivities, Ralph will receive the International Humanitarian Award. Meanwhile, back at Cartier Inc., Chairman Ralph will hand over day-to-day operations to a new president and chief executive officer while remaining in charge of long-range planning, acquisitions, and marketing strategy. Of course, The New York Times describes Ralph as 54 years old, so he may be feeling the wear ana tear of age!

What to make of Bob Rafelson? He has directed a variety of landmark movies, but claims that he makes movies "to stay off the street." Rather an interesting career —we've all heard of "Easy Rider" and "Five Easy Pieces," but I don't know how many of us have actually seen them. More recently, Bob directed "Black Widow" in 1987 and, this year, "Mountains of the Moon."

Now for something many of us may not have heard about—at least for some time the Dartmouth Educational Association. The D.E.A. has been around for almost 100 years. Basically, it is a perpetual revolving loan fund, solely "for the purpose of assisting needy students pursuing courses of study at Dartmouth College." The fund has assets exceeding $1 million, virtually all of which is on loan, and will provide new loans to over 100 students this year. Annual membership dues are set at $25 to provide a broad-based membership among College alumni. An increasing number of alumni have chosen to become life members by contributing $350. There were 1,416 members a year ago, including 44 classmates, of whom 15 are life members. The need is compelling, as is the satisfaction derived from knowing that your membership dues go directly to help deserving Dartmouth students over and over again. Please give it some serious thought —you may send your check to, or obtain more information from, Caleb Loring III '66, Treasurer, P.O. Box 5600, Beverly Farms, MA 01915.

We were saddened to learn of the death of Neal Hendry in January—our condolences to his wife, Penny, and his children.

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