1930
We're indebted, first, to Ave Raube for his phone call alerting me to the deaths of Carll Buhler and Les Godwin, and to Harrison Condon for sending me a copy of Les's obituary from, I assume, a Boston paper. Also to Fred Scribner, the only classmate who attended Les's memorial service on October 24 and who sent me the detailed memorial program, which concludes with the
"Vox Clamantis in Deserto" Dartmouth College
Goethe: "A man doesn't learn anything unless he loves it."
"Loving Dartmouth is a joyful experience."
I regret the program is too long for my column, but have passed it on to Bob Keene.
I'm additionally thankful to Bill Reinhart for his good letter enclosing the New York Times obituary on Gene Zagat, whose death we noted at the September mini-reunion. I've forwarded this to Gar Dalglish, together with Bill's own observations, though I know that Gar's limitations are more stringent than mine.
Bill adds the hope that I'm not adversely affected by the passage of all these years. Like most in our age bracket, he says, he does have some aches and pains, but he manages to keep active and get to the law office about three days a week. The commute between Maplewood and mid-Manhattan gets longer and longer. (Hard-core employed, like Scribner!)
Although the October Thirtyeer listed those in attendance at the mini-reunion, including Wally and Lois Wasmer, I have to note that neither Bob Keene nor I have mentioned the arrival of a new bride in our midst. Belatedly and with apologies I offer congratulations and every good wish to the happy couple. I must also ask how our Wally, no matter how youthful, lured and entrapped such a lovely young gal.
Finally, I can't resist quoting in full, except for the name, this item that appeared in the funeral notices of my Tucson daily: "ATTENTION: the obituary that was printed on July 23 for was printed in error. She is "not deceased. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused." Inconvenience? Like being buried alive or cremated?
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