1956

Until recently Dick and Sally Kurts owned a place in my home com- munity of Eastman and Dick was a member of the Dartmouth at Eastman Social Group. They have moved on, now living full time at Harbour Ridge in Florida, where they reside amidst more than 50 Dartmouth families. Dick indicates that they intend to rent in New Eng- land or Colorado during August and September. Let’s hope that they may make it back to the 60th reunion!

Saw Bert Wittermore at several local area ac- tivities. First a Country Squires luncheon here in Eastman and, more recently, at a meeting of the Bartlett Society in Hanover. With open bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres, a talk by President Hanlon, plus a lady friend (Holly VanLeuven), it was clear that Bert was enjoying the evening. He also says that he loves living in Pembroke, New Hampshire, where “the green flame burns ever brightly,” with numerous Dartmouth friends in the area.

Usually I interrupt at this point to announce entrance of the Barbary Coast Jazz Band play- ing in honor of one or more fallen classmates. Not so on this occasion. No sad event to report. This time the Dartmouth College Marching Band plays in recognition of all living members of the class.

My desire to get in contact with Mort Galina resulted in an email from his wife, Brenda, and a subsequent telephone conversation. Mort and Brenda are both well and enjoying life in the At- lanta area.

I close with the sixth stanza of a poetic lim- erick written in 1997, “Classmates Forever.”

“The ties that we never shall sever, Old friends from our youth a strong tether; New friends and the wives, That have entered our lives, Every one of us classmates forever.”

P.O. Box 1733, Grantham, NH 03753; (603) 863-3360; joel@poeticlimericks.com