1942

May 1940. We near the end of year number two on the Hanover Plain. In Europe the Nazis continue their sweep, taking Belgium. Glenn Miller and Red Norvo are the two Green Key bands. Randy Gilpatric is chosen to head the 1942 Green Key. Larry Ritter keeps winning, taking two firsts in the Holy Cross track meet. Joe Palamountain and BateEwart are picked to head the junior editorial and business boards of the Daily D. May 1940. Fifty years ago.

A large contigent of '42s, including former class presidents Charlie Brown, DickBurns, and Bob Kirk, was on hand at the White Church in Hanover on Tuesday, March 6, for the lovely memorial service for Ad Winship. George Colton '35, Ad's long-time associate in the College's development office, gave the eulogy, which I thought captured the spirit of our departed leader. The excitement and inspiration of his leadership will be sorely missed.

One of Ad's many actions on behalf of the class had begun to bear fruit at the time of his death. As Dick Lippman has reported, the first of many regional meetings, this one in San Francisco in February, was a huge success and will be the first of such meetings in the Golden Gate area.

Other meetings are organized for the east and west coasts of Florida as I write this in early March. I will miss Dick Rugen, BillRussell, and John Corwith's Sarasota shindig on March 8 by four days. Washington, D.C., Cape Cod, Philadelphia, North Jersey, and Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit get-togethers are also already organized or in the process of being organized. This is truly one of the many fine legacies Ad left us.

The mail brought a get-well card from Joe McCormick in Danville, Ill. A subsequent chat with Joe brought forth the news that, although Joe has been retired since 1984 after 38 years with UniRoyal, he is busier than ever. For the last five years he has been teaching adult illiterates how to read ("a most rewarding endeavor") and working with SCORE, counseling fledgling businesses for the SBA. Additionally, he is involved with the Institute of Industrial Engineers, even though they don't have a chapter in Danville. For 25 years Joe has been involved in alumni interviewing of prospective Dartmouth students, a job he still enjoys. Joe says he is in relatively good health although the after-tennis sessions he has with his tennis partners "sound like a medical clinic."

I was on the phone with John Storrs out in Portland, Ore. Big John reports that in spite of open-heart surgery ten years ago, a gallbladder operation a year ago, and a subsequent heart attack, he is still busy with his architectural practice. John went out to Portland from Yale in 1949 and has been there ever since. John lost his first wife over 20 years ago. His second wife is 20 years John's junior. There is one son, Leather, now in college from his second marriage. "This has kept me young," John says. Fran, the second wife, is a dermatologist with a worldwide reputation. This has meant much traveling for the Storrs over the years, including a worldwide tour this past year and a forthcoming trip to Chile in November. "My plans are to be in Hanover for our 50th," John says.

By die time these words have reached you, your class officers and executive committee will have had a meeting in Hanover on April 27. We want to keep the fine momentum that Ad Winship has created in class activities as we head to our big 50th Reunion, now just 24 months away.

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