Maynard Wheeler, our Hanover Mini-Reunion Chair, Announces plans for this fall's Mini-Reunion in Hanover:
HOMECOMING FALL REUNION
October 6 - 8, 2017
Dartmouth Class of 1961
It is time to make your plans to return to Hanover for HOMECOMING 2017!
Click on Registration form or go to the Class Web Site.
Friday: as always, there will be activities for Alumni such as informative talks. We will gather at the Hanover Inn for cocktails and dinner at 5:30 PM so that we will be ready to march in the parade to Dartmouth Hall and the Bonfire behind out Robert Frost Class Banner.
Saturday: We meet with the students whom we support to hear their stories, grab a bag lunch and conversation followed by the YALE Game. Hopefully, there will be time for a brew with Robert Frost, then cocktails with dinner by our favorite caterer, Christophe, back at the Sumner Mansion.
Sunday: Brunch at the Hanover Inn.
LODGING: It will be leaf-peeping season as well as Homecoming so rooms will be at a premium. Some places to consider:
** The Sumner Mansion, Hartland, VT - (802) 436-3386 (www.sumnermansioninn.com)
- 3 rooms
1 The Hampton Inn in WRJ - 802-296-2800 *** try this one first to be with other classmates. (Unless someone has a better choice.)
2 Holiday Inn Express Hotel in WRJ
3 White River Inn and Suites in WRJ
4 Fairfield Inn & Suites in WRJ
5 Residence Inn at Centerra in Lebanon
As always, please contact me with any questions or suggestions.
Maynard Wheeler PO Box 538, Grantham, NH. Cell: (404)-217-1089
Mbwheeler61@alum.dartmouth.org
As Maynard reminds us, this will be Homecoming (fka Dartmouth Night) weekend, in the height of fall colors, thus accommodations will be tight. How many more of these lovely strolls down Memory Lane do we each have in us...?
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Green Cards (from Jan. '17) [volume beginning to wane - postage stamps too costly for you ol' retired relics...?] Anthony Horan, MD: "I will be showing a poster at the 27th Int'l Prostate Cancer update in late January. It shows a 10% decline in radical prostatectomy 2013 to 2014. This is the response in the San Joaquin Valley [CA] to the US Preventive Task Force declaration that screening and PSA (prostate specific antigen) causes more harm than good.
We saw grandchildren in Philly over Christmas—age 5, 3, & 1.25 years. They are a kick.
We went to Nepal & Bhutan via Dartmouth Alumni Travel. Recommended, even though they are obviously after what little money we have."
Ken Walker <walkerken@aol.com> : Spent Thanksgiving in Cuba with both daughters, wife Margot & significant other (18 years worth!) of our older daughter Lisa D'91. My Spanish was a godsend!
Enjoying being a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch when we're here. We're away a lot. I was skiing in Montana (friend @Yellowstone Club) in January. Lisa & I going heli-skiing in BC with TLH in February. I'm skiing Steamboat Springs in March on a guy trip. Life is good!!"
Telephone 12/30/2016—Power John Stowell(Saratoga Springs, NY): Still on the floor at the 'Toga Racino, plus crossing guard duty for 'Toga PD on school days. Had to give up coveted OTB terminal duties during horse-racing season in favor of caring for bride Linda, and in the interests of personal longevity. He sounds terrific, now in robust health, and your scribe regrets that a move back to the left coast prevents him from making the easy drive from NH to 'Toga-town to spend time with his old/dear buddy. Wendy & Chip Serrelll have a place in Vermont, less than an hour from Saratoga, thus he & Moose Morton '59 vow they'll road trip over and see Power this summer.
The Serrells closed their annual New Year's zany newsletter with: "One important lesson learned on the [Terlingua] trip: A cowboy does not take his hat off indoors.
Perhaps 2016 can be summed up with a bumper sticker I recently saw: 'For this I left the womb?'
All the best for 2017, which Wendy and I optimistically embrace, and merry whatever doesn't offend you!"
Noose from 'Round the Girdled Earth:
Karin & Bob [Jobbly] Jackson (12/16/16): "Holiday greetings from Maine! We are fine here and 'enjoying' the cold. 0° last night, but it'll be raining tomorrow! On the news saw some cars sliding around in Portland. How're you doing out there?
It was so cool to see you in Sept. Loved our time in Oregon; it was an excellent trip.
Speaking of Portland - have you been to both the art museum and the historical society? Both were excellent. And we so much enjoyed our tour around town and the two meals with you; thanks for taking us on such a good excursion.
We're leaving Thursday for MD and PA to Bob's kids and g-kids with stops in CT each way with my brother...We are now in PA with Joan; remember little Joan from D? We had a great time in MD with Bob's two grands,and we'll see Bob's other daughter Gale in the Boston area. After stopping in CT with my brother Tom...Hope you have a fine holiday time with your kids and grands!" [man, gotta keep more current in WWW publication...ed.]
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Chuck Dayton: Big trip to Hawaii [Peoples Republic of...] Jan. 4-24/17; itinerary so extensive we can't reproduce in these limited pages. But here are some key points, as interpreted by a native-born son of D'61 vintage:
"Itinerary is full & rich, and includes many highlights we locals would recommend.
In particular, starting on Big Island:
Volcano area - one of my favorite places on earth. When we lived Hilo, went there every weekend/holiday; too much to see in even a year...
Kilauea Lodge - owned/run by dear friend Lorna Larsen-Jeyte [son is D'88] & hubby Albert. Great place, fab chow. Pls. give hugs.
Mauna Kea Resort - orig. RockResort, a fave destination of islanders. Sunday buffet nonpareil.
Waipio Valley - splendid, esp. sleepy li'l Kukuihaele. Waterfall on cover of BMoon painted there.
No. Kohala - Hawi a sweet town; former bro-in-law's gramps was plantation MD there.
Waimea/Kamuela - Best buddy from 2nd grade lives there, as does god-brother from Yale'61. Merriman's XLNT, but spendy.
Kauai - oldest isle, not overly developed. Orig. home of SInclair Knudsen (Colby Jr. '60' ) and the Valdemar Knudsen legend(s). Princeville/Hanalei nice; Haena end of road leads to short walk to Hula Piko (birthplace of hula) = chicken skin. Waimea - Canyon/Kokee outstanding; big painting by [late] Peter Holbrook over Kula fireplace reminiscent of Waimea - (he did splendid Kauai/Big Isle stuff!). Catch the small museums (musei? musea…?) and local cultural exhibits.
A lot to do/see, and seemingly well-planned. E-mail me immediately if you have questions as you progress. Happy trails 2U"
[below see Chuck's splendid photo of Kauai's Na Pali Coast:]
Rehashing the early days of statehood with Dayton, Ken DeHaven dredged up these memories of a summer w/an old teammate in provincial Honolulu: "Ahh, Chuck: You bring up warm memories from the spring of 1959 and the focus on Hawaii. It seemed out of the realm of possibilities for it to come true. The spring w/NH ladies faded quickly but the lure of those islands did not. During spring break our family drove to Cincinnati to see a 3-D movie called Cinerama that was filmed mostly in Hawaii. That experience was awesome and all 4 of us were overwhelmed . By the time we got back home (50 miles) I was plotting how to make it happen.
The main drawback was financial. Even with a scholarship and working in one of the restaurants just off campus during winter and spring (not to interfere with FB), to make ends meet we needed the money I could make during the summers. I had been working construction jobs during the summers in high school and Freshmen year.
It took a lot to convince my folks it would be possible IF I could find a guaranteed job out there for 6 weeks. I contacted Tom Conger and asked him—he said he didn't have a job himself yet, but said if I could get out there, I could stay with them for part of the time. I perked up a little. Later the same day I ran into one of "the rat's" roommates who lived in Hawaii [Mark Hastert '62]. I asked him about the chances of a job out there. He asked if I had ever done construction work and I could say yes—for the past 3 summers. Well, he said his father is CEO of the largest construction firm on the Islands, and he would see what he could do. Then I felt ecstatic! A place to stay, and a possible construction job coming together in 30 minutes of the same day.
There was one big problem remaining. Mark's father was not in the position to guarantee a job 4 months ahead. No guarantee, no go to Hawaii. I let Coach Blackman know and it turned out he had a good friend out there who was a strong supporter of Dartmouth FB. "The Bullet" contacted Mark's father directly… and the rest, as they say is history. The next thing I knew was that a construction job was guaranteed!
The work was heavy but all went well and there was plenty of free time for football workouts with HS and college players, body surfing and somehow finding some parties. A summer never to be forgotten. Thanks Chuck for reminding me of our Spring time musings which did turn out to be true." [Ken soon learned that, in the heat/humidity of construction work, summer in Hawaii was not all luaus and MaiTais—but we sure showed up at Hanovah in August for Bullet's 2-a-days in great shape... ed.]
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Always a treat to hear from Milwaukee's writer-in-residence Mike Mooney: "Dear Friends: You might like to know that a story of mine entitled "Me and You" appears in the most recent issue of that on-line magazine Irish American Post, Winter 2016-2017, Vol 16, Issue 1. Hope you enjoy."
Which we opened, read, and thoroughly enjoyed. Then mentioned: "Rozycki seems to recall that you once did a piece on Shakespeare/Marlowe? Is this so? Do you still have copies? (sent Economist article on whether Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's stuff)"
Mooney: "I don't know what Alan is referring to. Never wrote anything about Shakespeare/Marlowe. I dialed up the thing you refer to in your note -- looks pretty interesting, and I'll check it out.
I'm still floundering around, trying to figure out where to send things I've written. Not much response or encouragement."
Which tc closed with: "What to do in the current writer-agent wars? So vastly different from Corey's situation, when publishers were writing him almost weekly, begging for a bon mot or two from his productive pen . . ." [sic transit gloria... ed.]
Which calls to mind Anu Garg's etymological feature, A Word A Day:
sesquipedalian
PRONUNCIATION: (ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yuhn) 
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Polysyllabic.
2. Relating to or using long words.
3. Long-winded.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin sesqui- (one and a half) + ped- (foot). First recorded use: 1615.
NOTES:
"Sesquipedalian" is a long word about long words. Literally speaking, a sesquipedalian word is one and a half feet long. A related word is sesquicentennial (150th anniversary).
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FURTHER NOTE:
Robert L. "Otter" Anderson owns a Redwood Valley vineyard named Cole Bailey [his rattoon son] Vineyards which produces "Sesquipedalian Bordeaux"—and the syrah that's labeled Otter's Road Trip Red . . .
This from Tom "VD" Mauro: "Saddened to receive Harris' notice of Doug Freeman's death on February 1. I first met Doug as my freshman year roommate in Wheeler Hall and as a fellow lineman on the frosh football team. It was at Wheeler where Doug was anointed with the name "Freem", just as several others of us received new monikers - "Coops", "Pipes" and "V.D". We joined Gamma Delt, removed and hid its front door, drank too much beer and rallied around the fire engine. Later on Doug roomed on the third floor above the Nugget theater with Welch, Cooper, Heathcote and me for much of our junior year. I recall us being greeted by the owner of the residence, Frank C. and his wife, whenever we'd trudge up the stairs past their second floor kitchen. Always a cold Narraganset and conversation awaited our arrival.
Doug was very active as a supporter of progressive causes, taking on participation and leadership in local and national elections for all of his post graduate years.
I spoke with Doug last May and he expressed concern about not feeling well over an extended period of time. We will miss this gentle giant who left us as a thoughtful, sensitive and well-spoken friend." To which Wilson Cooper replied: "Tom, et al: Once again you've reinforced my belief that one shouldn't open email for which the subject is a person's name. But having done that I call out 'well said,' Tom. You triggered random Doug memories, like that of our 5th Main Street roommate, Freevdraper, the parakeet - who really needed a winter jacket. . .
No doubt I'll open similarly addressed emails in the future. Just limit the frequency. Having noted meaningful life stories in these notes I feel the need to go out now and DO SOMETHING! to be better prepared. Best to all, Willy (Coops)"
And Roy Hopkins Holmberg added: "I'd forgotten that a large portion of our GDX pledge class had roots in Wheeler. I'd especially honored giant Doug's progressive activism throughout his life. We can be proud of Doug. He set a high bar for sincere and civil discourse on political matters. Andy [Morse] reminds us of the extreme frisbee activities on that perfect lawn between Wheeler and Rollins Chapel. And Coops, you mentioned that unfortunate canary, "Freevdraper", our fellow tenant whose name was derived by combining elements of his buddies names." Ahh, great memories of singular times...!
Speaking of stringular times, this from Glenn Gemelli: "I'm not seeking notoriety! But if you're looking for more WWW trivia, here's a photo from last summer showing me and a couple of jamming buddies (performing as 'Frayed Strings') - apparently taken between tunes during the McCall Summer Music Festival. We've got a reasonable group jamming Monday evenings at the Broken Horn Brewery; perhaps it'll last until September. Cheers…Glenn [on banjo]"
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Cannot delay any longer: must proclaim the off-campus spring 2018 mini in Newport, RI, which Dave & Joani Prewitt have so ably put together:
Here are preliminary details. (You can also go to the class website http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/61/index.htm and click on the link.)
Resort : Gurney's Newport Resort ( formerly Hyatt Regency ) on Goat Island , Newport Harbor
Special rate $199 plus tax ( 30 rooms reserved ) . Resort fee waived. Free parking. Free shuttle to Harbor, Indoor and outdoor pools , full Gym
Deadline for reservations : April 20th , 2018
Call 401-851-1234 and mention Dartmouth '61 for rate
Newport Amenities : Touro Synagogue ( oldest in United States ) ; French fleet based in Newport during the Revolutionary War ; site of the US Naval Academy during the Civil War ; International Tennis Hall of Fame ; Gilded Age Mansions ; Cliff Walk ; Naval War College Museum ; US Naval Base , Newport ;
Activities : Dinners May 20th , 21st & 22nd ; Breakfasts May 21 , 22 & 23rd
Guided tour of Newport
Dinner at the Officers Club , US Naval Base
Optional Golf Outing at the Newport Country Club
Optional sail on a 12 Meter sailboat
Afternoons free to explore Newport
Anticipated cost per person ( excluding Optional activities ) is $450
Start making your plans—yea, reservations—to be there!
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