1943

The weatherman accommodated and gave us perfect Indian Summer conditions for last October's minireunion, which was also Dartmouth Night and Yale game weekend. Some 30 classmates and 23 wives/companions made the scene. Most returnees were fall reunion regulars, but one name caught my attention Bill Burr. I don't believe he had been back for a class gathering in years. He didn't stick around after Friday evening, so I missed him, but Fritz Geller confirmed his presence. Correct me, Bill, if my facts are wrong. I think Lucy and Dick Proctor win the award for coming the longest distance to attend the fall mini. As to the football game, while not of pro caliber, it was exciting as Dartmouth won a squeaker with Yale on the one-yard line as time expired. Brad Copeland was a proud and happy grandpa as grandson Will Lyon, playing cornerback, contributed several key plays.

Following the game we convened at Thayer, where president Bud Hall conducted the class meeting. Phil Harmon stated we are sound financially, and BudKast recommended no increase in this year's Alumni Fund goal ($120,000) as living class members are declining all too fast. Bob Ehinger spoke briefly of the HenryEagle internship, a class project honoring our late classmate. Started six years ago, the internship allows Native American Dartmouth students to undertake summer projects designed to help Native Americans. This past year's intern, Lisa LeFlore, and the director of the Dartmouth Native American Program, Mike Hanitchak '73, spoke briefly about their activities. (Bob, thanks for the input). Following the Saturday evening dinner, and after Howie Leavitt pitched his message for newsletter imput and BobBarnum discussed bequests, we were entertained by a Fred Stockwell slide show of his latest adventures, a Norwegian trip and a trek to the Canadian Arctic. This was followed by Brad Copeland's film of the Dartmouth/Cornell Fifth Down game. The film commentary produced a few chuckles at the expense of Bud Kast.

The one sad note of the weekend was hearing of the death of Bob Field's wife, Pauline. Anyone who has been a frequenter of our mini-reunions knows how important the Field team, husband and wife, has been to their success. The Montshire Museum of Norwich was a great interest of Pauline's, for those who may wish to make a memorial gift. Bob, ever the efficient one, had placed reunion responsibilities in the hands of our '43 adoptee, Marge Boley. Marge deserves our thanks for keeping things on track.

Your scribe was fortunate to spend the weekend, along with Anne and BingDonaldson, as a guest of Susie and BobGray in their attractive. New London home. Speaking of Bob Gray, he showed me the 1998 fall term catalog of the ILEAD (Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth). Among the courses: "Aviation-More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About It"—lnstructor: Bob Gray.

Finally, Don McCorkindale penned that he attended "a moving and meaningful memorial service" for Chan Stevens the weekend of our fall mini.

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