1951

1951

I have been getting a lot of pleasure out of reconnecting with classmates as part of our new ’51 Cares program, described in a recent letter to the class from our president, Jack Giegerich. The idea is to reach out to a friend in the class that you may not have talked to for much too long. These calls turn out to be especially welcome when the recipient is experiencing hard times due to illness or loss. Try it—you’ll both enjoy it! If you need a phone number, I’d be glad to provide it.

Among those I’ve been in touch with: Joe Caldwell, Al Moses and Red Goldstock. Joe and his son have opened another art gallery—their third—in Hudson, New York. It is proving to be a destination for folks from New York City enj oying aweekend in the country. Al reports that Berl Bernhard is making progress in recovering from a recent stroke. Red, still playing tennis and bridge three times a week, calls himself “the luckiest man in the world. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing!”

Jean and I still look back with pleasure on our 65th reunion last fall. I enjoyed catching up with Bob Sirkin: I hadn’t seen him since we were fellow “heelers,” carrying water buckets in preparation for serving as managers of Dartmouth’s athletic teams. Jean Bowler was back for her first-ever reunion although she has been in Hanover as a Dartmouth parent and grandparent. Jean lost her husband Bob in a plane crash 55 years ago. Others back for a rare visit: Dick Eitel, still enjoying boating and life in the Pacific Northwest; Chuck Nadler, recently retired from his medical practice in Chicago; Jim Wylie, who has sold his plane but still travels widely in California and Washington as part of his property construction and management business; and Paul Meyer, retired from a long career as a college math professor and still indulging his passion for birding.

We report with sadness the deaths of Dick Mason and Hal Smith. Jack Giegerich attended Dick’s funeral.

—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com