1968

We had a real old-fashioned New England winter. Reminded me of the the winter of 1967-68 in Hanover, when the only way to separate my Corvair from the dead in the parking lot at 33 North Main was to bring the battery indoors every night. In any event, it was a great winter for skiing, snowshoeing, shoveling and watching the winter Olympics. Now the potholes are fierce and the tire dealers and auto body shop owners are grinning ear to ear. One stormy night I had the dubious pleasure of experiencing two (count 'em two) pothole-induced flat tires. Such is life in the frozen North.

Class treasurer Ron Weiss reminds those of us who haven't done so to pay our class dues. The modest dues contribution covers the cost of the Alumni Magazine, newsletters, and various class projects.

Larry Hall and Jim Snyder and their families enjoyed a week skiing together in February at Mount Orford in Quebec. This is the second annual skiing get-together for the Halls and Snyders. Larry and Jim report that "neither of us has changed since we roomed together in Middle Wigwam as sophomores."

I had a nice note from Art Gramer, who recently returned to Phoenix where he has started an advertising agency, Forest/Niccoletta, doing work for Phoenix-based regional and national companies. Art enjoys the desert, riding his Harley, and the solitude of being single with three grown children. Art is looking for news about George Cobb,Charlie Lieson, Chuck Cramb, NormJones, Bob Havens, and '68 swimmers.

George Spivey, principal of the East Falmouth (Mass.) Elementary School, recently played host to a troupe of puppeteers who were in town to entertain his students. Only upon closer inspection did George realize that the tour was headed by Dan Butterworth. This revelation, of course, inspired a mini-reunion over dinner. George said Dan's marionettes delighted the students and their parents.

David Soren recently had dinner with Biospherian Mark Nelson, then David and Noelle entertained Mark at home in Tucson. While Mark was inside Biosphere II, they had a three-way conversation with classmate John Stephens, a successful artist living in Thetford, Vt. David is currently professor of classical archaeology and art history at the University of Arizona and a guest lecturer at the American Museum of Natural History in N.Y.C. David is also working as an advisor/creative consultant for NBC's new miniseries, Lost Civilizations, shooting in May. He would love to hear from former Greensman folk-group pal Gary Hobin.

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