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I can only surmise it is that "burst of enthusiasm" from Lyme, New Hampshire, i.e., Doug Wise promoting our reunion, that has spawned a rash of Green Cards!

Guess I'm not the only one "delaying" retirement. A note from Charlie Eytel tells that he is still working full-time in medical oncology in Naples, Florida. A bilateral knee replacement caused a minor pause in his tennis exploits, but only temporarily. Married to high school sweet- heart Mary Ann before leaving Hanover; their six children have rewarded them with 14 grandchildren, the oldest now in college! Charlie hopes to see us in June.

Someone once asked Pete Vultee why he chose teaching as a career. Pete had a simple answer: "June July and August!" Pete continues to teach at the Community Colleges of Spokane, Washington, having responsibility for remedial reading/writing lab and also teaching political science. He somehow finds time to play tennis until snow is too deep, then swaps racquet for skis—some of us knew what to do at an early age!

Bill Truex formed an architectural firm in Burlington, Vermont,3s years ago and is still going strong. His creations stretch from Maine to Miami. John Payne continues a successful career as a practicing anesthesiologist and department chairman at the Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland. John comments: "Four boys, four grandchildren, same lovely wife—no regrets; life is good. Thanks, Dartmouth." Peter Klinge just released a new book, Diaryof a Boy, about an exchange student in France in the 1950s. The story is compared to Catcher inthe Rye, only upbeat, not cynical.The list of working classmates goes on—not all seem to have the "passion" for retirement!

Perhaps we should envy those that do find that elusive passion. Jerry Scott has been retired for two years, living summers near Ocean City, Maryland, and winters in Summerland Key, Florida. Enjoying time to travel, Jerry and Jane have roamed from the coast of California to spending 11 beautiful days in Newfoundland—found far less traffic in latter location! Yet Jerry still finds time to write a political column for a suburban Philadelphia paper, and has become a "life master" in duplicate bridge, something he started at Dartmouth! Jerry is thinking reunion, if not this year, definitely in 2009.

Describing himself as a "chauffeur, dog walker, geezer" when he visits his grandchildren in Maine, Bob Perron continues his photography profession doing architectural and aerial photo assignments, much of it for the Nature Conservancy. Bob, still living in Branford, Connecticut, hopes to be in Hanover in June, perhaps mixing some "business with pleasure."

Paul Stein reports a "micro-reunion" in northern New Jersey, as he met for lunch with George Drawbaugh, Vic King and Wayne French. George continues to work with his own employee benefits program business, Vic is practicing law, as a single practitioner, and Wayne, though retired, is now a fully licensed EMT, regularly working ambulance runs. They send notice to Duboff, Goodall and Hobbie: "You are expected at the next micro!"

I just heard the snow plow go thru my yard. Must be almost time for reunion!

P.O. Box 98, Newport, ME 04953;(207) 368-4319; (207) 368-5029 (fax); goodyg@midmaine.com

REUNION June 14-17 2004