1941

41 The time for our class minireunion, October 16-17, is almost upon us. I'll bravely predict that the Big Green (a.k.a. Dartmouth Indians) will edge the Yalies by seven points. I hope that a goodly number of the class will enjoy the glory of autumn in Hanover, regardless of the game score. The weekend arrangements made by Vic Schneider and superintended by Bill Hotaling are sure to please all die fortunate attendees. If Ginny and I fail to make the scene, it will only be due to a conflict with the arduous business of selling our condo in Virginia Beach and moving our worldly goods to Sarasota.

I'll also predict for the mini that many a glass will be raised to toast the memory of our departed classmates, particularly our longtime leader, Lou Young. After a courageous fight, Lou succumbed on July 25 to forces stronger than a Cornell football team and Red Friesell combined.

My slack mailbag produces some items of interest. Fast-moving President Don Stdllman and Pat had plans for escaping tie Florida heat. They spent July and August in the Northeast, visiting their daughter in Darien, Conn., and taking part in the Alumni College.

George and Betty Baine enjoyed two weeks of R&R at Riviera Beach, Fla., in April and later did some surf-fishing at their yearly haunt on the North Carolina Outer Banks. I hope they had time to revisit my son s Osprey Island Grille at Kill Devil Hills.

Brodie Bjorklund wrote in May that Fran had ruptured a disc in her lower back in a fall at home and that she was later hospitalized for kidney problems. The gutsy gal, wheelchairbound, still attended a big party arranged by their children for their 50th anniversary. In August Brodie reported that Fran was doing quite well with a cane and they were going to try for the mini in October. Way to go!

Frank Myers writes from middle America, actually Middletown, Ohio, where he's had a long and rewarding career in the newspaper business. He and Patsy do a lot of traveling now that they are retired. Frank remains staunchly loyal to the College but confesses that he's uncomfortable with the angry controversies that swirl around the Hanover Plain. He occasionally sees Clay Messenger in nearby Dayton, where Clay now enjoys retirement from his medical practice, but still does some consulting work without the headaches of malpractice insurance.

Lee Bye, in Rehobeth Beach, Del, says that he too is enjoying retirement, especially his grandchildren visiting their beach, his golf and surf-fishing, plus his weekly Kiwanis meetings. Lee doesn't care for the College's harassment of fraternities and the disappearance of traditions like the clay pipes at Commencement, but he gives an Indian yell for our 50th Reunion and last year's champion football team.

On that happy note, I'll close with a fervent wish for the success of all of this year's teams, both male and female, and the peaceful resolution of some of the divisive issues that plague the College. Cheers and good health.

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