1943

Let me open with thanks to those classmates who have responded to my plea for news. I won't enumerate by indi-vidual-you know who you are—but whether by letter, telephone call, or response to my goading, I am grateful—just keep it up!

Bob Stokes reports enthusiastically his barging experiences on English canals. He and wife Caroline have been doing what is called "Self Drive Canaling for five years, and Bob goes on to note that their companion couples have all been in their eighties!

Bob Krumm, who attended Charles"Chic" Webb's memorial service, mentioned that Phil Bowie and Harry Bishop were also attendees at a "very impressive service

Bill Woythaler writes from his upstate New York Shangri-la that recent travels included revisiting Williamsburg and the Hampton Roads area, where he and wife Lynn started married life. Bill says they don't travel much, and I can understand why from the picture he enclosed of their New York retreat.

Howie Thomas, who is an occasional tennis foe or partner, has been out of commision this summer—a bum leg. He was off to France the middle of September for a month, where his wife, Jackie, has relatives. Hopefully Howie, Bing Donaldson, and I will have gotten a tennis game under our belts in late October before Howie heads for his Arizona winter digs. Howie notes he has a Cape Cod neighbor who is a granddaughter ter of Dartmouth's turn-of-the-century president, William Jewett Tucker. If we can get Howie to interview the lady, perhaps he will write this column one month.

Tom Mcmanus called recently, and we had quite a chat about the automobile business. Tom and family remain active with a dealership in Wakefield. His grandfather had one of the first Ford dealerships obtained from Henry the First back in the early twenties; the association with Ford continues. A heart condition slows him a bit, but Tom still plays tennis, particularly at his winter place at Vero Beach, where he occasionally runs into Bob Ehinger and Alex Nagle Tom remembered selling me my first car in 1950.

Frank Hartmann despite health problems lems stays involved with his great passion, golf. He recently was appointed to a USGA Committee responsible for selecting the annual recipient of the Joe Dey award for volunteeism.

Dick Wood's widow, Jean, recently called to correct a couple of errors in Dick's obituary, which appeared in the September issue of DAM. Dick was in the U.S. Army attached to the OSS; Jean served in the British Royal Navy. Dick's brother, John, was Dartmouth '39, not '48. Jean, like this reporter, finds owning a dog great therapy in widowhood.

Finally, I have to report two more deaths since the last column: Jim Hooker and Dick Smith. Our condolences to their families.

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