1938

MUSINGS FROM MID-AMERICA. In a reflective mood, Indianapolis's Bill McMurtrie recalled events in both the far and near pasts. "I once played inter-fraternicy hockey," he recalls. "In sneakers. I was a substitute goalie." The score? "Oh," he said with amazing grace, "We lost eight to zero." For a goalie, saving grace would have been better.

More recently Bill and Ann roamed tie Wild West, bumming around the crevices and canyons of renown in Bryce, Yellowstone, and Grand. In Grand Canyon an alleged murderer was on the loose, and the McMurtries met the FBI as a consequence. Just a routine check; nothing to kill their enjoyment.

While in Scottsdale, Ariz., Bill got to talk with Ross Borneman, who, it seems, has given up his Terre Haute habitat for the land of the roadrunner and coyote. Last summer in Michigan Bill also got together with LukeNims's son, a lawyer and scratch golfer in Grand Rapids. Bill's own son, Hogie, a medical illustrator, is in touch with Dr. Bill Mosenthal, who is apparently hard at work on a new educational book on medical matters. Nice to keep things in the extended family.

JERSEY COASTER? Not if the reference is to John Kindergen. President of the Franklin Hills company that bears his name, John is still going fall-bore at his (thankfully) busy real-estate business. He's hale, hearty, happy; he travels a lot and (plug!) plans to be in Hanover for our 55th.

John's son is a graduate of Dartmouth and Tuck School, and his granddaughter is a sophomore at the College. To paraphrase Bill Shakespeare (not our class), John seems to have "set endeavor in continuous motion."

NOT SO MERRY ANDREW. The song is ended but the melody, if you can call it that, lingers on. In the wake of the late unlamented Hurricane Andrew, Johnny and CarolJohnson came back to Miami from a Caribbean cruise to find their house essentially spared but their pool area a mess. A little to the south, Key Largo to be exact, Bob andClaire Reeve found their house had taken a much more severe beating. Both are hard at work setting things to rights, but getting help in the process is a career in itself.

In general Johnny says Miami is doing well. The Cubans and other Hispanics, whom he calls "first-class people favorably disposed to America," will probably take over not only in numbers but politically in the future.

The Johnsons also spent time recently with their children in California, cruising to Hawaii as well.

CHUMMING. Blue-water fishermen know that to ensure a major catch you have to throw out a little bait. The "catch" in question is your attendance at our 55 th. One lure: some 53 classmates and wives from a variety of geographical areas made the mini-reunion in October and loved it! Other attractive reasons to come have probably already reached you. Others will come, chum.

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