WWW 6/10/13: Charleston mini was a big winner. Laurels and plaudits to Dave & Joani Prewitt for another masterpiece done above/beyond the call—how are we ever gonna let them retire...? Highlights included a historical overview followed by walking/bus tours of the venerable city itself, a dinner cruise on surrounding waters and out/around Fort Sumter, guided tours of historic Middleton rice plantation, Ron Heinemann’s stirring talk on the [never-ending] aftermath of the Civil War (“that unpleasantness up nawth”...), and a splendid supper at Charleston’s Hibernian Hall, whereto we were led by skirling bagpipes, culminated by an a cappella rendition of “Men of Dartmouth,” capably led by ol’ Injunaire Maynard Wheeler. Ya shoulda went.

After the final class breakfast, many returned home while intrepid voyagers Duck & Kathy Eicke, tc, Judy Miller, Paisan’ & Rozycki converged upon New Orleans to micro-reune with Roach & Puddin’ Roussel, Kenneth & Carolyn Kolb, and Henry Sarpy ’62 and his lady. Very hard to get enough of that amazin’ town, and many would agree that the class is ready for a reprise of the first NOLA mini-reunion—anytime the Kolbs are willing to host it . . . From there we moved on to Ocean Springs, MS, where Duck & Kathy hosted a superb garden party featuring Kathy’s famous oyster patties—and finer cuisine and camaraderie could not have been found in the American Southland on that special evening. Roz and Chuck Dayton have assumed the role of class roving photogs, and some of their choice views of these proceedings are presented here:

As the Summer Solstice draws nigh, it is likely time to start making plans for your year-end celebrations. David Birney’s delightful performance “A Christmas Pudding” is now in its 19th year, and is a lovely way to get into the holiday spirit at your own place of worship/local little theater; the scripts--there are two--are available through Samuel French Ltd. publishers:  www.samuelfrench.com/catalog/search?keyword=A Christmas Pudding. We attended the Los Angeles area performance last December, and consider our

souls the better for it— many good chuckles, , some reminders of the reality of our busy world, lovely music, and a generally fine way to bring yet another year to a fitting close. So saying, herewith a photo of a Hanovah scene, shot on the Vernal Equinox 2013: "GROWING up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is as cold as you. So you shouldn’t complain about it too much. You learn this as a kid, coming home crying from the cold, and Mother looks down and says, “It’s only a little frostbite. You’re okay.” And thus, you learn to be okay. What’s done is done. Get over it. Drink your coffee. It’s not the best you’ll ever get but it’s good enough." – Writers Almanac

Back in February Hank Gerfen submitted this report on Hanovah doings, from the perspective of his Tuck reunion: “I went to my 50th Tuck reunion in October.  There were only 5 of us there and Chapman, Progin and I were the only Dartmouth grads.  That's really no surprise since  many in our class were also at the Dartmouth 50th the year before.

It was the first time I was back since 1985, and I was taken aback by the changes.  I guess those of you who go there frequently don't see it like that because the changes happen gradually.  But I was surprised at all the loss of green space.  The Practice fields by Balch Hill are gone, Tuck drive is now all buildings, and all the green space by Mary Hitchcock is gone.   It just caught me off guard.

Then, I planned a little nostalgia walk, so Maggie and I went to Sigma Chi/Tabard for a visit.  Unfortunately, the door was locked with a keypad (which of course I didn't have the combo) so I rang the bell.  But no  one answered. So no visit.  Later I was going to visit New Hampshire dorm, but encountered the same situation.  I didn't ring the bell though, because I couldn't see myself trying to explain to some student why this old guy was trying to get into the dorm (which may even be co-ed for all I know).

Then on Sunday I took a walk to Alumni Gym, and found it locked also.  I guess it's a sign of the times, but I found it very sad.  I sure didn't feel like the college was welcoming this old alumnus back.

Since there wasn’t space in the March WWW for this general overview, we include it here, along with a more recent update from Gerf, submitted in late March: “Just had my annual PET/CT scan results and everything is great.  Big C still in remission.  Had a relapse in Jan. '12 but a quick dose of chemo knocked it down again. Feeling good.  Still at my same weight as when I played for the Bullet.  Distributed a little differently though.  

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Wished Stu Sheldon a happy birthday back in March, and hoped we’d see them in Charleston. He replied, “Considering our advanced years, both Diana and I are in reasonably good health.  We will not be seeing you in Charleston.  We have been there several times by boat and it is truly a fascinating city.  The best way to see the sites is in a horse (mule) drawn carriage.  The central market place is definitely worth seeing. We will be seeing Bill & Mardi Glenn at the end of this month when we celebrate our 50th anniversary.” [so nice to see old friends staying together, getting together, and keeping it together.... ed.] And speaking of anniversaries, John Walters ’62 submitted this photo from Otter’s original wedding to Gay Tabibian (aka Animal House’s “Joy Tabasco”):

Bottom row: Charlie Boynton (Boing Boing) '61, J.Walters (Magpie) ‘62, Ed Robb (Hydrant) '62, Bob Downey '58, Dick Whitfield (Black Whit) '62.

Top Row: Alex von Summer (Lobe) '60, Chris Miller (Pinto) '63,  Terry Newcomb (Booker T) '61, John Wilkins (Coyote) '61, Bert Rowley (Beerrrrt) '61, Gay, Otter, Duane Cox (Doberman) '61, Donn Chickering (The Man) '59, John Bergman (Yogi) '63, Gerry Manne (The Bod, Chi Phi) '58, Gay's uncle (can't remember name) circa D 1945.

In a nice segue, here’s a current photo of some of those same ADs, ladies, and a Phi Gam (emeritus)... :

LtoR: Bill Mazeine, Marcia Mazeine, Nancy Walters, tc, Joy Tabasco, Magpie Walters.
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Since tc is shown above, maybe we ought to allude to his skills with computers: troglodyte   \TRAH-gluh-dyte\   noun

1 : a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves

2 : a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes

"I am not on any social media, don't tweet, don't blog, don't text, have no Facebook page; connected only by the umbilical tether of email. Guess that makes me a troglodyte." (Rosie DiManno in The Toronto Star, November 23, 2012)

[just thought we ought to set that straight... ed.]

No TV…..? Well, at its birth we had:

“The first city-to-city television broadcast took place in 1927. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover was in a studio in Washington, D.C., and an audience sat in an auditorium in New York City. The broadcast began with a close-up of Hoover's forehead, because he was sitting too close to the camera. He backed up and said, ‘All we can say today is that there has been created a marvelous agency for whatever use the future may find with the full realization that every great and fundamental discovery of the past has been followed by use far beyond the vision of its creator.’ He was followed by a comedian performing jokes in blackface.”

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Green Cards:

Bruce Callahan (512/697-6969) submitted his regular Green Card, to wit: "It seems that I send a message every 10 years—hope I can send another in 2023!  I noted with interest that Ron Boss's daughter coached his granddaughter and now she is going to attend 'D'.  A personal call from Ron 2 years ago caused me to ramp up my Alumni Fund contributions. Also enjoy reading about David Birney...Two of my closest friends at 'D' were Tom Patterson and John Ratigan. I occasionally have contact with them, but wish we talked more often.  On the personal side, I co-founded a company that had a successful IPO (NYSE NFP) and I continue to serve on the board and am a part-time mentor to key executives here in Austin, TX. Life is good!  PS - 8 grandchildren and an awesome wife."

[and howd'ya top that...?  ed.]

Ken Walker "...had lunch with Bert Rowley last week [mid-May] and he raved about the Charleston mini. He & Pam enjoyed it immensely.  Sorry we missed it but I took a lot of time off this winter, what with 3 ski trips out west: Montana, Utah & Colorado. I still love to be out in the snow as much as I did while in Hanover.  I'm still working at a retail branch of Morgan Stanley about 20 minutes from home. Both daughters here for combo Mothers Day & my 74th. Life as good as it's ever been."

Tony Horan cards that "I have republished The Big Scare as How to Avoid the Over-Diagnosis & Over Treatment of Prostate Cancer in a print-on-demand format. E-book, soft cover, hard cover are available @ <dranthonyhoranmd.com> also Amazon & Borders[?]. I know I have sold at least one e-book.  Only got 2 days of skiing this winter and now 'spring is busting out all over'  [April 25]"

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Mike Kirst, a professor emeritus at Stanford,who’s also president of the State Board of Education,

has co-authored a program to standardize and regulate funding of California public schools. The bill, first submitted in 2008, was passed yesterday by the CA State Assembly. For details, pls. see this link:

http://www.edsource.org/today/2013/michael-kirst-father-of-new-school-funding-formula-looks-back-and-at-the-work-ahead/33408#.UbiDYJzJLd4

As you may have deduced, we didn’t get much news this quarter. The ’61 Uppah Valley Lunch Bunch did meet monthly, except for April when everyone should have been in Charleston. For our February meeting, we were entertained by the redoubtable Ford Daley and his skiffle group consisting of Elaine Van der Stock and Sharon Whyte, aka “Two Roses and a Thron” [sic]. Here they are in action in the Library @Norwich Inn:

LtoR: Elaine, Sharon, and some thorny ol’ relic . .=>

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