1952

The mini-reunion over the weekend of October 12 brought 35 classmates and guests back to Hanover to enjoy a clear Friday night for the parade and bonfire, a soggy but victorious Saturday afternoon for the football team, and a warm party and dinner at the Hanover Inn Saturday evening. This event, with the substantial contribution of Caroline McDonough, wife of Class President Dick McDonough, has over the past few years grown to the point that it should be on the fall calendar of all classmates able to take off a few days in October.

Bill Clapp, back to College for the first time since graduation, was one of those returning for the mini. He brought with him a guest, Nancy Hummell, word that he was "soon to be married," and that his three children are all grown, out on their own, and doing well, and news of "semi-retirement" to Delray Beach, Fla. Bill has been a psychologist in Ontario, Canada, and reports that he is now also active in a new approach to recycling waste and has become a student of metaphysics.

Skip and Susan Meneely came from Texas for the weekend, and also to scout New England for possible retirement sites. Skip wrote that his daughter Marcia is at the Sorbonne this year and son Jimmy is in his last year of engineering at Dartmouth. He would also like to hear from Jay Stahl andRoily Barker at his home at 54 Berryfruit, Woodland, TX 77380.

Bill Davis and Jack and Dodie Boyle sent along notes with their reservations for die mini. Bill, from Media, Pa., gave word of a double retirement from his firm, BCM Engineers, lastyear, and from the navy reserves this past summer. It sounds as if retirement came just in time for him to take on the job of full time grandfather. Daughter Helen Davis Picker '79 has a two-year-old son and is expecting again this spring, while son Will Jr. anticipated a child by this printing.

The Boyles are by no means retired, but are working hard to support three homes and one son still in college. Jack writes that they are healthy, busy, and feel very fortunate.

In case you missed the business page, DickBressler retired from Burlington Northern Inc. and also from Burlington Resources Inc., having held the post of chairman of the board at both firms. He plans to remain a director of Burlington Resources.

It took only ten days for Bill Randall's retirement plans to change. He announced on July 19 that he was retiring as executive vice president of First Bank Milwaukee, only to accept ten days later the post of president and CEO of the same institution. Bill not only unretired, but also committed to stay through September 1991.

A surprise birthday party for Bob Meanix brought three friends some distance to help celebrate. Don Horrigan from Vermont, Dave Griggs from South Carolina, and George Clendon all came for Bob's sixtieth, hosted by Bob Jr. They sent along, as proof of the affair, a photograph of all four peering over and around a prized '52 banner, all looking healthy and happy to be partying to- gether once more.

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