1949

Bob Barnaby reverses the traditional southward migration as winter approaches, moving to Vermont to join us hardy souls—or maybe we're just numb. Bob recalls he and Carol in Wigwam freezing ice for their ice chest by filling a slope-sided dishpan with water, then placing it at the foot of their bed. While the oil heater kept other parts of the premises above freezing, not so the bedroom. Before going to class in the morning, Bob would stomp on the back of the pan and put the chunks of ice in the upper half of their "refrigerator." Oh, the good old days. Any other such reminiscences?

Quent Kopp writes of his quest for the elusive Gunther Perdue,who missed our reunion due to circumstances partly beyond his control. We rejoice with Gunther for his likely election as a charter member of the soon-to-be-formed Onion Growers Hall of Fame.

The football season up here has come to an end, mercifully. Coach John Lyons is out, along with Buddy Teevens'79 at Stanford and numerous others. A tough business. How much is it Lyons and how much the constraints of the system? The answers vary, but 1 and 9 grates, especially while looking across Memorial Field at the seven pennants symbolic of Dartmouth's Ivy championships.

Punchy Thomas organized a Christmas ver- sion of his class luncheons at the Norwich Inn on December 10. In the spirit of the season, wives were included, which enhanced the festivities. Attending, in addition to Pat and Punchy Thomas, were John Stearns, Doug Thompson, Barbara and Vail Haak, Alan Brooks, Shirl and Ted Krug, Fran and Jay Evans, Lorrie and Dean Merrill and Sandy Woodbury, sans Paul, who was overcommitted. Next occasion, probably May.

The Alumni Magazine is planning a couple of special issues including one featuring stories, historically accurate or appropriately enhanced, of the fabled Freshman Trips to Moosilauke, et al. If there are contributions from our class, please send them to DAM or to me.

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