1952

It is always enjoyable to reconnect with classmates who haven’t been in touch for a while, and these past two monthshave provided ample opportunity. On a recent trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, we had a chance to visit with Will Rooke and his wife, Glady, and we’re pleased to report they are do- ing fine. Will had a hip replacement operation in mid-March, but he was moving comfortably and on target for full recovery. Also from Scottsdale, we have been in touch with Ted Hecht and his wife, Barbara. They are still doing some travel- ing, as is Em White, who recently returned to his Naples, Florida, home after hiking in Iceland and Greenland. Jack Barclay phoned recently from his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, and we had a long and interesting conversation. He, too, reports he is in reasonably good health and he sounds

Sarasota, Florida, where they enjoyed the warm sun at a Red Sox spring training game.

We received a delightful email from Ryutaro Shindo, Takarazka, Japan, that his wife and he “are so far fairly well.” They enjoy living in a quiet, small town, do not move around a lot, but try to keep themselves busy for social activities and contribute to the local needs as much as possible. As with a number of us, his hearing and vision sensitivity is a little by little declining with age, which he takes as a matter of course. Ryutaro states that he always remembers Dartmouth with pleasure, pride and gratitude. Sometimes he en- joys walking around the campus on Google Maps.

The North Carolina ’55s had their spring mini in Statesville on April 16 hosted once again by Mary and Jon Anderson, who are planning to travel to Seattle this summer to visit family. The group included Dave Conlan, Kathy and Ken Lundstrom, Betsey and Dave Miller, and Shirley and Paul Merriken.

Gus Aberle proudly reported that his granddaughter, Meredith, has been named a Phi Beta Kappa at Southern Methodist University.

Tom McGreevey, Aaron Simon and your secretary represented 1955 for the conversation with President Hanlon ’77 at his visit to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 18. Aaron recently moved from snowy Connecticut to the milder climes of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sadly, we report the deaths of Neale Clapp, Bernie Fulton and Robert Saidel.

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