1935

A couple of months ago I made an attempt to list the classmates who are serving as alumni club officers, but one important omission has COme t0 my attention. Fitz Donnell, at the time his death in November 1980, was serving as secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii. I missed the fact that his wife, Mimi Donnell, is now handling the job. As she says, "It's possible that I am the only Louisiana State graduate serving as a Dartmouth club secre- tary." Mimi is working to sell her interest in Fitz's company and is planning a month's cruise to Micronesia on a cargoliner in June. We hope to see her back in Hanover for our reunion and the club officers' meetings this fall!

And some people do get back this way, even in the winter. Spotted at a hockey game in February was Dick Hube up from Connecticut to visit friends in New London.

Recently I had occasion to be in touch with a New Hampshire classmate and, incidentally, a brother member of Kappa Kappa Kappa whom we haven't seen in Hanover. Dick Upton is a member of the prominent Concord law firm of Upton, Sanders & Smith. He has been and continues to be heavily involved in public service and private practice in the New Hampshire state capital. We hope Dick and his wife Shirley will be joining us at some of our class gatherings, which no one nearby should miss!

Doc Beach is recovering from a broken leg, torn ligament, and a dislocated ankle. This with the help of two Dartmouth alumni orthopedic surgeons who worked on him at a Hartford hospital. This unusual reunion was evidently entertaining to both the principals and the nurses according to Barbara's account, and it seems "Doc will ski again in a while."

Whenever I get the feeling that hardly anyone remembers that our class secretary needs news for this column, I can usually count on hearing from Ralph Specht down there in Sarasota, where he and Trudie have lived now for ten years. Ralph's real estate activities and golf keep him busy, as evidenced by his becoming a member of the Million Dollar Sales Club for having sold over one million dollars in real estate in 1981. His letter starts off like that of a true sales agent with this quote: "This is the height of the winter season on the Florida West Coast, and quite a few members of the class of 1935 are taking advantage of the beautiful beaches, the warm sun, and the balmy weather."

There have been social gatherings with Anne and Harry Ferries, Lois and Bob McLellan, Laura and Rey Moulton, Gwen and Ken Webster, and Audrey and Bob Richter. More recently, Dorothy and Bill Russell and Cherry and Rem Ryder have arrived, and Jean and Al Sherwood are not far away at Naples. And now the final pitch for Florida: Ralph said that a few weeks ago he phoned his brother, Frank Specht. "He lives in Bethesda," wrote Ralph, "and when his wife Edie answered the phone, she said he was outside on the porch chopping ice. I told Frank the only time we chop ice down here is when we are making a drink." Here's how!

Finally, some sad news — there have been three recent deaths in the class: Jack Raphael, "Marsh" Frost, and "Mink" Hawley. Their obituaries are in this issue, and Newsletter Editor Reg Bankart deserves credit as author of the notice on Mink Hawley, with whom Reg roomed junior and senior years.

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