1944

One doesn't have to have been an English major at Dartmouth to have suppressed a giggle at our mini-reunion financial report on the 50th reunion: "We finished with a surplus deficit." And that reminded Clark MacGregor of a dandy bit of Washington lingo: "a non-reimbursable loan." That's a euphemism for a bad debt.

Continuing mini-reunion one-liners: BarbaraMac Gregory: "If Clark dies before I do, I'll kill him."

Dave Patterson: "Our 50th Reunion book supplement is due out in December—and so is Christmas."

Tom Miner: "I'm still fishing up a storm, and how I love it."

Fritz Witzel: "I'm almost retired after a lifetime of business travel. Enough is enough."

Bill Orr: "I'm still wearing my original senior jacket, but I can't take off our 50th Reunion hat without also losing my toupee."

Karl Musser: "Growing old isn't for sissies."

Dale Brougher: "I am 100-percent impressed with our new provost, Lee Bollinger" (who spoke at our class meeting).

Stan Barr: "Thank God for the Maine woods."

Leonard Rieser: "Breaking an ankle in a fall while still recovering from a hip replacement was the dumbest thing I've ever done."

Swampy Marsh: "Our highlight these days is daughter Jane, in the area and going for her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Dartmouth."

Wemo Epply: "If a dog will wag his tail when he's happy, what will a goose do? Answer: Make him bark."

Russ Burdge: "Helena and I have been in heaven sailing our party boat, The AfricanQueen 11, down the Connecticut River, cocktails in hand and the fish jumpin'."

Dale Sisson: "We're ecstatic about remodeling our former summer house in Northport, Mich., as a permanent retirement site."

Jack Stephenson: "We went off to China for three and a half weeks, supposing we'd miss having to provide doughnuts for this minireunion, and here we are."

Dan Donovan: "Being retired hasn't all that much appeal. Discount movies, car washes, and maybe a meal here and there. As for the rest, don't get old."

John Berry: "My grandson Jonathan D. Berry '98 is the happiest kid on campus these days."

Twitch Miller, newsletter editor: "You can make someone's day by simply sending them a little card! (Send me a little green one.)"

Fritz Hier, quoting an old friend: "Every day I count my blessings, and every day it takes me longer."

And, that's it. Blessings.

P.O. Box 24, Loveioy Hill, Cornish Flat, NH 03746

I'm still wearing my original senior jacket, but I can't take off our 50th Reunion hat without losing my toupee. BILL ORR '44