1980

Tales from the Crypt, Volume XI, Chapter 6: So it's been two months since you saw the sun . . . the streets are slushy and the first daffodil is still weeks away .. . your car isn't the only thing in your life that's hard to start . . . Well, no worries, mates! Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night stays the class secretary from his rounds . . .

Dateline: Minneapolis, Minn. Ground temperature: 27 degrees fahrenheit. Anticipated day of ice-out: the 4th of July. Economic outlook: business as usual. In a departure from the typical gloomy news flowing from our nation's banks comes this bit of sunshine: Norwest Bank has promoted ScottSlater to director of corporate bank marketing. While banks in other parts of the country flounder, Norwest has enviable capital ratios and continued good results. Scott concludes, "We avoided those dubious highly-leveraged transactions and stuck to our time-tested belief of making loans only to basic non-cyclical businesses: makers of ice skates, antifreeze and snowmobiles." Market Climate Quiz: Q: What do you get when you buy a toaster in Boston these days? A: Bank of New England.

Many other '80s have followed Mary "Tyler Moore and settled in the Minneapolis area. Buddy Ide, a practicing dermatologist, is making adolescence easier for thousands in the area. Buddy, who likes to hunt and fish, takes advantage of the limitless opportunities of the great Minnesota outdoors. "It doesn't bother me when people refer to this town as Mini-no-place," says Buddy, "or when they joke that our annual forecast is nine months of winter, three months of bad weather... or that we're only three days by dogsled from International Falls, Minn., the coldest place in the continental U.S. (where Sears films the Diehard battery commercials). No, I guess the only thing that bothers me is when people refer to Minnesota as the Land of 10,000 Maniacs, not the Land of 10,000 Lakes ..."

Air Jordan, cont'd: Mike Danko, who ran his share of miles on various Dartmouth track teams, has traded in his Nikes for a new form of transport. Mike now pilots his very own Grumman American Tiger, Hope and Glory. And in a barnstorming escapade the likes of which we haven't seen since Wilbur and Orville buzzed Kittyhawk, Mike and wife Mary flew Hope and Glory from their home in San Francisco to Hanover for the 10th Reunion in June. Now that's cross-country! Mike and Mary are attorneys, and their prowess in the air should serve them well on die ground as the Paper Chase continues.

Arkansas, home of some fine football and basketball teams, and quite a few Razorbacks, now harbors some Big Green spirit as well. Rob Rough, who hails from Westfield ("what exit?"), N.J., now calls Little Rock home. Rob is chief financial officer of Harvest Foods and was recently elected to the board of directors of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society. Rob adds there's only one thing left to say: "Soooooooooeeeeeee!!"

Make Way for Ducklings: Congratulations to Kris and Nancy Jepson Treu and welcome to Torrin Kurt Treu, their third child. Nancy writes from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, that nurses in the maternity wards were busier than one-armed paper hangers last fall. Chuck andStephanie Baker Jarrett announced the arrival of Megan. Katie and Parker Small welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Lizzie. Parker immediately presented Lizzie with her very own 35 mm camera and slide projector. Kodak remembers ...

Babes in Toyland, cont'd: Congratulations to Ed and Carla Sloan, who made their second trip to the cigar store when Caitlin Alexis was born. And pity the attending physician when Tom Marek's second child, Joseph Brendan, was born. Tom presented his son with a case of game films, a tackling dummy, and a teething mouth guard. Until next time, keep the sun on your face and the wind at your back.

MichaelH.Carothers,2323 Thornwood Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091