1955

Let me begin my term in this seat with a brief postscript to outgoing class secretary Dick Blodgett's fine review last month of our fabulous 40th Reunion. Twenty-four hours before festivities began on the Hanover Plain, an intrepid group of classmates repaired to the Ravine Lodge at Mt. Moosilauke to briefly relive happy days with the DOC, and for a few of us the freshman hike that began our life at Dartmouth. Included in our number were Judge Paul Mannes (still on the bench in Maryland), Pete Fishbein and Matt Weinberg (still at the bar in New York and San Francisco, respectively), Ted Ely (still marketing machine tools in Springfield, Mass., and by far the classiest of the group in terms of both mountain-climbing outfit and fitness), Frank Carlton (ex-city manager of Pikeville, Tenn.), Mordecai Jackson (a.k.a. Shep, Ex-IBM, and truly patriarchal in a handsome full beard); and Gus Aberle (no stranger he to the hills of New Hampshire).

The Ravine Lodge, built in 1937 to last 25 years, looked splendid and virtually unchanged in its 58th year. One notable evolution however: co-ed bunk rooms. The morning after, Barry's wife, Barb, insisted on a picture with the three men she had "slept with!" Apologies to those other chubbers not noted here; I will catch up with you later.

KUDOS EXTENDED: Red Hennigar received the Schaeffer Pen Award at the annual New England Hockey Writers Banquet. He was honored for his more than 40 years of outstanding achievement as a player, official, and supervisor of officials in the sport he loved and made memorable for all of us who watched him captain Eddie Jeremiah's ice men, including our own noteworthy Gordie Russell. What else could have made us in the dead of winter sit in an arena where the ice was made by opening the windows? Also, Tom Fulton, president and CEO of Landauer Inc., was named director of Great Lakes Chemical Corp., a specialty chemicals concern in West Lafayette, Ind.

TRTVIANOTED: In what is clearly an exclusive scoop, the San Jose Business Journal recently reported that John Ballard, president of Technology for Communications International, is a member of the Association of Old Crows and that his favorite snack food is candy corn. Now we know what accounts for his success in business!

FUTURE COLUMNS: At our recent reunion I was struck by the number of classmates who had recently relocated. This is clearly grist for a column or two. So could those of you who qualify (having changed venues within the past decade or so) please drop me a card or brief note explaining from where to where you moved and why, and anything else yon would care to add. Stuff my mailbox, please!

Fall mini-reunion reminder: Dartmouth Night weekend, 21-22 October, rooms being held at customary retreat in West Lebanon at the Radisson (formerly the Sheraton). Call (603) 298-5906 for reservations.

600 West 111th St., New York, NY 10025

The San Jose Business Journal reported that John Ballard is a member of the Association of Old Crows and his favorite snack food is candy corn. LEON MARTEL '55