1948

Being on Mt. Washington last September reminded me of one of those weekend DOC trips way back in the fall of '44 when the navy truck driven by Dave Kendall '45 dropped a bunch of us V-12's and civilians off at the Cog Railway Base Station. We climbed up the steep Ammonoosuc Ravine to the Lakes of the Clouds and then on up the cone to the summit, where we stumbled in after dark. We were led by Al Gustafon. Some others included were almost certainly Dick Bredenberg, Walt Cairns, Charlie Kaufman, and Ted Thornton, as well as the late lan Macartney, Pete Owen, and Bob Tracy. We spread out on the floor in our sleeping bags during the subfreezing night in an empty hut luckily found at the top, but the next day was warm, beautifully bright and clear. We were above timberline almost all day and covered the northern half of the Presidentials (Madison?) on the Appalachian Trail. Macartney and I took a short side excursion to Mt. John Quincy Adams, the first of many miles we hiked together over the years ahead. Late in the afternoon we all walked out the Airline Trail to the old Jefferson/Randolph road for the trip back to Hanover in Dave's truck. Remember?

It would be good to hear from any of those on this trip who can add to or correct any of my memories of the foregoing bit of '48 history.

Karen Parker of Mike Choukas's office in Hanover kindly provided a recent listing of '48s residing in Florida. The total has grown to 39, including four widows, which may be the largest '48 grouping in any state. One of the latest families to leave the cold North is that of John and Shelley Jansing, who have cast their anchor at Hobe Sound, about 45 minutes from Palm Beach, where Bing Aspinwall is still active in national radio. John still retains his interest in Wall Street's Independent Election Corp., where his son works. He now has more time to hunt on a friend's ranch in west Texas, and Shelley has time to visit her cousin George in Washington's White House. Another part-time Florida resident is Dr. Bill Pace, who spends part of tie year at Naples, where he is commodore of the yacht club. He recendy phoned from the Houston airport and was interested to know that Joe Hickman also spends the winter in Naples. (Our good conversation wandered back to 1949 when David Auld, Wendy Griffith, and Macartney ushered at his wedding in Columbus.)

Paul Richrath in El Rio, Calif., advises that some time ago he saw a letter to the editor in the DAM from his old pal Captain Dave Richards, with whom he roomed in the V-12 and as a Zeta Psi. Paul, now retired from the title-insurance business, exchanged 12-page letters with Dave, now retired from his career in the navy and living in New Jersey. This was their first contact in over 40 years since leaving the hallowed halls of Hanover.

Any of you watchers of ESPN must have felt a strong burst of interest when part of the Dartmouth-Princeton football game was shown on Saturday afternoon, November 23. Our Big Green 11, coached by Buddy Teevens, won the Ivy title against the Orange on Hanover's Memorial Field, the first outright title since 1978. Bob Douglas gleefully phoned about this and pointed out that you sponsors out there are providing some effective help in enabling young high school scholar/athletes to know of our College on the Hill. Are you helping?

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