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Frank Gado writes: "The picture of our classmate, Mr. Murphy (currently on the '58 Web site www.alum.dartmouth.org classes /58), was inspiring. I am so happy that John has at last found a useful purpose in life."

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New Hampshire State Supreme Court Chief Justice Dave Brock announced his retirement, ending a quarter century on the states highest court. "Retiring is not easy but I am confident about my decision. The time is right. The Supreme Court and the judicial branch are strong," Dave related to the Concord Telegraph. His retirement took effect December 31, and he cited as one of his major accomplishments a stirring dissent that argued that a statewide property tax was an improper way to finance public schools. Dave had served on the Supreme Court since 1978 and as its chief justice since 1986.

Larry Hampton notes that he's joined a nice golf club in the Algarve and tries to play weekly despite bad knees, which will be replaced soon. "Helga's daughter, Kerstin, married a Portuguese lawyer in May, so hers are all done. My two are still single, though the younger, Brittany, is living with a very nice (but unemployed) guy. She's finished her residency in ob/gyn and is now doing a fellowship in female pelvic surgery. The older, Joy, is a pediatric nurse practitioner running a clinic subsidiary of Mass General in Chelsea High School in Boston. Everyone is doing fine, thank goodness!"

Pete Hesbacher writes: "You can cause trouble doing 'birth songs.' A few years back, Nicole Wright called to determine the birth song for her fiance before she accepted the engagement ring. Now she calls him by his birth song, My Ding-A-Ling. I was not invited to the wedding, but what might you expect from someone whose dissertation researched the placebo response?" Pete's interested in birth songs, which represent the top tune the week you were born. His was Did I Remember, but he didn't.

Andy Petersen sent an article from the ValleyNews that described a project by the College and Hanover Historical Society volunteers involving the Dartmouth Cemetery near the Tuck-Thayer campus. The effort resulted in cleaning headstones, some of which date back to the 1700s. He and I used to reflect on how cold those subterranean folks must get in the winter. Turns out the consultancy hired to help with the conservation effort was Jim Fannin's firm, Fannin-Lehner Preservation Consultants of Concord, Massachusetts. Andys been busy doing tax work, traveling and helping wife Sharon run a quilting business. Last summer he and his son, Jeff, climbed Mt. Shasta. Andy is on the board of managers of the Appalachian Trail Conference.

Diane (Mrs. Glenn H.) Wilde sadly related that her husband, Glenn, died on October 3, 2003. The class sends our condolences to her and her family.

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