1935

I should be grateful that DAM will accept 250 words (or thereabouts) from me six times a year rather than nine columns spread out over 12 months as in the past. News is hard to come by and I can't see this changing. Some secretaries, however, are complaining that Class Notes, "the single, best-read feature in the magazine," is being "butchered" by the new production schedule. An interesting argument to which I'd add "readability," and by that I mean typeface and clarity. "Kinda small print," is how classmate Sam Milesky of Madison, Wisconsin, put it on a recent Green Card. (Sam, by the way, is looking for a 65th reunion hat. Bill Adams, take note.) Our eyes are aging like everything else (aka macular degeneration) and this secretary would be grateful if DAM showed as much attention in our behalf as the new editor has obviously demonstrated in his handsome redesign of the magazine. Now for the news:

Hunt Harrison wrote from California that he is living alone "in a small but comfortable house" about 15 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. "New Hampshire seems another world. Great memories." From Lois Brown (Sandy's widow) in Concord, New Hampshire, came this: "I think the class of'35 got rained out on their Bema commencement and ran down to Webster to finish the event. Right?" Lois is correct. Webster today is Rauner Library, where her son Stan is in charge of the Colleges rare books collection. Babs Bankart (Reg's widow), Brunswick, Maine, sent this: "I'm fine, just poor eyesight." A card from Cherry Ryder (Reg's widow), Grosse Isle, Michigan, said: "Just say I'm fine." Bob McLellan, Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, had praise for the class in these words: "Hail to the new vice president (Bill Mathers)."

Best news is I have no obituaries to report.

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