1952

52 From the climb up Mt. Moosilauke to the last cup of coffee and happy greeting in the '52 tent, our 40th (!) Reunion was complete and perfect. It was made so by the warm and lively atmosphere, perfect Hanover summer weather, and the efforts of many Look to Bill Montgomery's class newsletter for details.

Dwight Ketchum's two-year term as class secretary guaranteed that no one found out anything about him in these pages. Here are the highlights of a busy life. After graduation with an English degree magna cum laude, Dwight went home to his father's manufacturing-representative business in King of Prussia, Pa., largely dealing with Zippo lighters, the ones that went "clink" when we used to smoke. This business is still rolling along with Dwight at the helm, helped by his wife, Jackie. They have added Holgate toys to the line-up, which made for our kids the great hammer bench, shoe-lace shoe, and graduated wooden rings. Dwight and Jackie raised a girl and a boy, now in Philadelphia and Cape May, N.J. (see below). He enjoyed the job of secretary and is glad to pass it on. Sic transit. His predecessor is Jay Anderson, who achieved fame as reunion treasurer.

The Wall Street Journal reported the election in April of Dick McDonough to the Board of Geo International Corporation. This Chicago-based company supplies products to the graphic arts industry and manufactures oilfield equipment. Dick is senior finance vice president and chief financial officer of Bowater Inc. and a member of the company's board. Send heaps of congratulations to Dick at Box 4012, Darien, CT 06820.

Trowbridge for Stone Harbor Councilman. When Phil Trowbridge retired from New York Telephone, he moved permanently to Stone Harbor, near Cape May, N.J., a place with more historic homes than nearly anywhere. This spring he filed as a Republican in a three-way primary for town council, a process knowledgeable people compare to picking burdocks out of your corduroys. In any case, Phil withdrew. Send messages of encouragement to 182 104th Street, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247.

Those who wait anxiously by the mailbox for the next issue of New Choices, a magazine "for the best years," doubtless saw the piece on Gail Sanderson's career change, with pictures. When Gail's husband, PaulSanderson died, Gail became a real-estate saleswoman and then converted the family homestead into a most popular bed-and breakfast for Dartmouth '52s in Wilder, Vt. Not satisfied, Gail commuted a few cold miles for three years to Vermont Law School, graduated, passed the bar exam in Vermont and then New Hampshire, and opened her own law office. She is now stamping out injustice all over central New Hampshire and Vermont.

If this column is going to carry news about real people and real events, I have to hear the news about you: your interests, your activities, your areas of special knowledge, your occupation, and even your standing in the grandchild race.

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