1952

1952

The weather was perfect—and so was the attendance—as classmates and family gathered in the Upper Valley at the nearby Quechee Club in Quechee, Vermont, for our annual class of 1952 summer luncheon on August 23. We had 26 people sign up, and 26 people showed up. We trust they all had an enjoyable afternoon. Attendees included Anne and John McDonald from Ticonderoga, New York, and Vic Trautwein from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, our most distant travelers for the occasion. Dodie and Jack Boyle. Julie and George Hibben. and Cecily and Steve Parkhurst drove up from the metropolitan Boston area, while Mary and Alden Fiertz joined us from Brattleboro, Vermont, and Judy and Gene Cesari came down from South Ryegate, Vermont. From closer to home, we enjoyed the company of Liz Russell, Judy Breed, Jane and Jack Unkles, Dan Van Dorn, Charlie Curtis and daughter Cindy Curtis, Boots and Jim Churchill, and class president Frank Logan and wife Drewry, as well as your class secretary and his wife, Maggie. In addition to the opportunity for all those gathered to have a chance to renew and share friendships, Frank Logan presented a most interesting story of the struggles of Dartmouth in the early years of the College and the role of some key participants, reminding us that Dartmouth will be celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2019. Does the name John B. Wheeler ring a bell? Frank’s presentation was well researched, and his remarks will be provided to the class as a whole. As you might expect, we are not having so many of this kind of gathering these days, like the ones we also held in New York and San Francisco for so many years. In other class news, College fund chairman Jim Churchill, reports another banneryear of College support in fiscal 2018, with $374,000 committed. Unfortunately, we report the loss of several other friends in recent months. Two Cleveland classmates, Norman Jeavons and John Klein, passed away in July, along with Frederick “Ted” Fellowes from Virginia. Nelson Ehinger. Darien, Connecticut, died in August of this year.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@ aol.com