Class Note 1949
Issue
May-June 2021
As our classmates struggle to retain their eyesight, hearing, balance, and memories, this column gets more difficult to fill. From what I can gather you’re not communicating with each other, although my offer to provide telephone numbers still stands. Disconnected numbers and “mailbox is full” responses don’t help. If you want current news in this column— other than obituaries—I need to hear from you.
The only respondent to my offer was Ed Clogston’s daughter, Ruth, who called to get George Day’s number. She told me Ed and Marge celebrated their 71st anniversary in an assisted living facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Ed, who is now legally blind, spent his career as a sales manager for Aetna Life Insurance.
George Day, also legally blind and confined to a wheelchair, lives in an assisted living residence in Minneapolis. George, who was an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, still maintains his literary skills on a large-type computer.
Bill Ballard sounded as strong as ever at his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, but has lost almost all his vision. Bill spent most of his career in advertising. Along with the late Ed Graham, he would probably win the honors for class wit. Skip Unger also deserves a shoutout for his clever limericks and corny jokes in the class newsletter. (Like me, Skip needs to fill space.)
Ray Truncellito is thriving in his new digs in a Manchester, New Hampshire, assisted living facility. Of the dozen or so still-breathing classmates I have spoken to during the past year, our prez appears to be the healthiest and, consequently, the cheeriest. Besides football and other Dartmouth stories, we briefly discussed the distant star of a 75th reunion in 2024.
Curtis Lee Smith Jr. died in Sarasota, Florida, on November 3, 2020. Lee, originally from Cleveland, was CEO of National Copper and Smelting, founded by his grandfather a century ago. After the company was sold in 1983, Lee headed a consulting firm. At some point he moved to Sarasota, but neither Tom Towler, the late Bruce Crawford, nor I knew he was here or we would have tried to attract him to the local Dartmouth club, in which Bruce played a prominent role. Lee is survived by four sons.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)
The only respondent to my offer was Ed Clogston’s daughter, Ruth, who called to get George Day’s number. She told me Ed and Marge celebrated their 71st anniversary in an assisted living facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Ed, who is now legally blind, spent his career as a sales manager for Aetna Life Insurance.
George Day, also legally blind and confined to a wheelchair, lives in an assisted living residence in Minneapolis. George, who was an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, still maintains his literary skills on a large-type computer.
Bill Ballard sounded as strong as ever at his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, but has lost almost all his vision. Bill spent most of his career in advertising. Along with the late Ed Graham, he would probably win the honors for class wit. Skip Unger also deserves a shoutout for his clever limericks and corny jokes in the class newsletter. (Like me, Skip needs to fill space.)
Ray Truncellito is thriving in his new digs in a Manchester, New Hampshire, assisted living facility. Of the dozen or so still-breathing classmates I have spoken to during the past year, our prez appears to be the healthiest and, consequently, the cheeriest. Besides football and other Dartmouth stories, we briefly discussed the distant star of a 75th reunion in 2024.
Curtis Lee Smith Jr. died in Sarasota, Florida, on November 3, 2020. Lee, originally from Cleveland, was CEO of National Copper and Smelting, founded by his grandfather a century ago. After the company was sold in 1983, Lee headed a consulting firm. At some point he moved to Sarasota, but neither Tom Towler, the late Bruce Crawford, nor I knew he was here or we would have tried to attract him to the local Dartmouth club, in which Bruce played a prominent role. Lee is survived by four sons.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)