1948

A little reminiscence. FritzMcTarnahan forever to be recalled in Hanover as a member of that famous I post WWII group which also included such stalwarts as Barlow, Hudak (with his Navy jacket), Leede, at al., and which held daily court in Lou's Restaurant received a postcard in May from old roommate Dave Anthony, back in Hanover for the first time in years. The card showed two empty chairs on the Hanover Inn porch which Dave had marked with an x to show where he and Pat sat while watching today's life on our well-remembered Green.

Dave arrived at Dartmouth in March 1944 in perhaps the smallest freshman contingent in 100 years. Like many in our day, his service with Uncle Sam meant he couldn't earn his diploma until February 1950. In die meantime he and Fritz roomed in Richardson and Middle Mass, in the latter with HankWoodard when the three of them got to know the old beer hall in College Hall basement. Dave also recalls with nostalgia working for Lou at $.50 an hour on the evening shift, most of which went for breakfast and lunch the next day. (He looked for old friend Lou in May at the Hanover Improvement Society office, near where the fire house used to be on Main Street, but Lou wasn't in. Nor could he find the old pictures which today's owner of Lou's took down. Dave also missed the book store next to C&G and couldn't believe Campion's has gone.) Dave and Pat, residents of Tulsa, parents of three and grandparents of 11, expect to be back for 1948's 45th in '94.

Tom Kent takes pride in running one of the few still-operating wool knitting companies in the United States. His family's Kent Manufacturing built their first mill in the Greenville, S.C. area in 1843, and Tom heads the fourth generation of Kents in the business. Their worsted yarn (Marve Axelrod buys it for his sweaters) meets the competition of imports from the rest of the world, which Tom

says now control 60 percent of the U.S. trade, a fact leading to widespread cries for tariffs. Although Tom says a shrinking customer base is tough, he feels he can continue to compete successfully by always maintaining a modern plant. He's saying tariffs would make it easy, but the higher prices would also lower the standard of living of Americans. Tom prefers to stand on his own feet.

If you go to Hanover during the remaining summer, be sure to have "bed & breakfast" with Bud and Barbara Munson in their delightful place near Hanover Center. And if you stay longer, Lorry Spademan in Woodstock can arrange a rental in the Woodstock/Quechee area. The Upper Valley remains a great place to be, and you'll find plenty of other '48s already there.

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