Last June we lost our longtime Class Notes and obit editor Don Page. He had been doing a great job for almost 20 years. At our 70th reunion we were not able to come up with anyone to take his place, the net result being no column in the November issue. As your newly elected class president, succeeding John Trethaway, I will attempt to wear two hats. As of this writing we have close to 150 members of the class.

We received five Green Cards! George Cohn writes from Edgartown, Massachusetts, and all is well. Ev Nordstrom’s widow, Mary Elizabeth, writes of a new patriotic hymn she wrote, “Land of the Free.” It can be viewed on YouTube. David Squire writes that he still plays tennis a little. He and Pat now have two great-grands and have just returned from a trip to Morocco. I, too, visited Morocco when my daughter was in the Peace Corps. She spoke fluent Arabic, and you should have seen the faces on men when this white, female, non-believer spoke to them! Ken Kelly writes that he is now taking care of his wife, Gloria, who is in hospice care. He reminisces of their time living in Wigwam Circle while finishing at Thayer. They lived 13 years overseas while working construction projects in Greece, England and Scotland. One child born in Rome, one in London, one in Yonkers, New York. Back in the United States, Ken spent his career with IBM as project manager for various buildings and skyscrapers.

We received word that George Dwenger of South Burlington, Vermont, has died. He is survived by his wife, Janet, two children and their families. He served in the Marine Corps in WW II. Robert Craig died on June 17 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his four children and their families. He was in the Navy V-12 program and then spent 40 years with Bell Telephone. Melvin Nelson died on July 10. He leaves his wife, Paula, three children and their families. A lawyer by trade, he was an active player of golf and tennis.

—Joseph D. Hayes, P.O. Box 697, Rye Beach, NH 03871; (603) 964-6503