1948

Let's hear it for Dick Dahl, our fabulous newsletter editor! Issue after issue he gives us a really comprehensive picture of what's going on with the class. No need to tell you that takes a lot of time and effort. Your only reward is to feed him your information. How about putting Dick on your Christmas card list, and be sure to enclose that "what happened this year" part.

Speaking of publishing, Howie Hilton is out with another Sam Rourke mystery, this one titled The Outback Murders and set in Australia. He's the only classmate I know who has figured a way to take his travel expense off his taxes. He spins a pretty good yarn that keeps you guessing to the very end.

Don Allen '32 wrote of Bob Hoekelman's receipt of a special award from the Rotary Club of Canandaigua, New York, for outstanding service to that community. Bob has headed about everything in town at one time or another in addition to his busy medical practice and teaching at the medical school of the University of Rochester.

John Van Raalte told of a month-long trip with Maryellen to China encompassing travel by plane, train, boat and bus. Can't imagine John's not having covered some ground on horseback as well. He said they soaked up a lot of culture.

Celebrating his Both birthday, Bob Jeavons and Coleen were headed for an Alaska cruise when I caught up with them. He dabbles in politics in Greenwood Village, Colorado, where they've been for 40 years. He talked about cruising earlier on the USS Intrepid as a newly minted ensign during WW 11. He revisited it in New York harbor the last time they were there.

Reinstituting a tradition, John Hatheway hosted the kickoff party for the fall mini-reunion this year. This started years ago when the local 48s got together for a potluck and a few martinis and summoned in a few of those nearby who might come in for a football game and a march in the homecoming parade. Conspicuously absent was Pat, who held it all together in earlier days.

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