Class Note 1935
Thelma Anderson (widow of Quenton, who taught at Columbia) still lives in a Columbia apartment and says she is not getting younger.
After falling down a few times, Bill Adams has moved to an assisted living facility.
I spoke to Lou Bookheim, who said that after some officials at Dartmouth said something he didn’t like when he was a student, he decided not to have anything to do with Dartmouth—including me. Lou graduated salutatorian and I was pretty far down on the list, but now I feel I have moved way up.
Max Feinberg had a stroke in December and I am not able to communicate with him. What a pity! He was a great golfer and is a wonderful friend. Living is not the same as living.
Spoke to Lee Kent, who said he was very sick and not up to talking about Dartmouth, even though he loves her very much.
On a more upbeat note, Anja Bury, married to Bill for 30 years, said she was very happy Bill worked for IBM. He died six years ago. Any old friends still around?
Had a very nice conversation with Irv Sager. He thought we should not look forward but only backward at the great things that happened to us in the past. I disagreed, saying I look forward to a wonderful future. I told him I am playing duplicate bridge and then dinner with Natalie Harlam, widow of Ben Rosenberg. Natalie is going to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be near her son. I hate losing her. Irv told me to kiss her on her left cheek, which he always did.
I have had such depressing conversations with our classmates that I want to stop writing this column. Irv said he did not blame me, but said please keep going. I will try to but can’t unless I get some positive response when I call up. Keep up the spirit of the great class of 1935! Sad to report the deaths of Ken Webster, Paul VanAntwerpen and Lloyd Markson.
—Edward Gerson, 2400 Mariposa West 3A, Laguna Woods, CA 92653; (949) 829-8400; ejgerson@webtv.net
