Class Note 1949
Issue
January-February 2022
Bill Bellows and his wife are still living in their home of 36 years in Feeding Hills in western Massachusetts. He had an information technology career, working and consulting for a variety of companies, including Aetna Insurance. After he retired Bill bought a motor home and lived way down upon the Suwannee River in Florida, among many other campgrounds, but stopped traveling several years ago. He occasionally talks to Ed Clogston, his college roommate.
Richie Wolff checked in from the embattled city of Portland, Oregon. Covid stopped Beth and him from their perpetual traveling; their last trip was to Bali in 2019. Now they can’t even travel to Portland’s downtown Pearl District for safety reasons. However, Richie still manages to play tennis and golf on a weekly basis, so he keeps moving.
The 20th anniversary of 9/11 brought back memories of the ’49ers who were on a never-to-be-forgotten Dartmouth trip to Ireland. Bill Ballard and I still reminisce and remember our late classmates Punchy Thomas, Clarke Church, Bob Baum, and Burt Broom.
I asked Ray Truncellito—who in those two-way days played guard on offense and linebacker on defense—what individual play he was involved with that stuck in his memory. In the 1947 Cornell game, he intercepted a pass and was tackled at the 6-yard line after a 60-yard run. Herb Carey ’50 scored on the next play and Dartmouth won by a touchdown.
George Day sounded energetic and thought he would overcome several weeks of pneumonia shortly (October 20) in his Minneapolis assisted living apartment. In a wheelchair with little vision, George is fortunate to have a grandson who reads to him regularly.
John Chadwick Griffith died on August 11, 2021, in Quogue (on Long Island), New York, where he lived. John spent his career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, serving in Switzerland, India, Norway, and Washington, D.C. He retired to Quogue, where he held a municipal position for several years. John is survived by his wife, Jane, daughters Sandra and Ann, and son John Jr.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)
Richie Wolff checked in from the embattled city of Portland, Oregon. Covid stopped Beth and him from their perpetual traveling; their last trip was to Bali in 2019. Now they can’t even travel to Portland’s downtown Pearl District for safety reasons. However, Richie still manages to play tennis and golf on a weekly basis, so he keeps moving.
The 20th anniversary of 9/11 brought back memories of the ’49ers who were on a never-to-be-forgotten Dartmouth trip to Ireland. Bill Ballard and I still reminisce and remember our late classmates Punchy Thomas, Clarke Church, Bob Baum, and Burt Broom.
I asked Ray Truncellito—who in those two-way days played guard on offense and linebacker on defense—what individual play he was involved with that stuck in his memory. In the 1947 Cornell game, he intercepted a pass and was tackled at the 6-yard line after a 60-yard run. Herb Carey ’50 scored on the next play and Dartmouth won by a touchdown.
George Day sounded energetic and thought he would overcome several weeks of pneumonia shortly (October 20) in his Minneapolis assisted living apartment. In a wheelchair with little vision, George is fortunate to have a grandson who reads to him regularly.
John Chadwick Griffith died on August 11, 2021, in Quogue (on Long Island), New York, where he lived. John spent his career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, serving in Switzerland, India, Norway, and Washington, D.C. He retired to Quogue, where he held a municipal position for several years. John is survived by his wife, Jane, daughters Sandra and Ann, and son John Jr.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)