Class Note 1950
Issue
Since our 60th reunion will be history when you read this (it being written in April as required by DAM) I cannot comment on what I am sure was a wonderful affair. Randi and I were unable to attend because of my worsening case of spinal stenosis. However, I must shower Jack and Jilly Harned with many, many thanks. Knowing that I can sleep only in a reclining chair, they cast about and found someone who, for a very modest fee, would have delivered one to the room of my choice. That would have solved part of the problem. Unfortunately, stenosis is a many-tentacled beast.
By the way, Randi and I have discovered an interesting and, I think, new way to approach this beast. We have bought a tricycle built for two. Two sets of pedals, side-by-side seats. It provides exercise, companionship and bemused stares from observers.
An unusually cold winter in Vero Beach was enlivened by ’50s, some of whom were Joe and Eva Sardella, Bob and Joan McIlwain, Joan Mauk, Gordon and JoAnn Hood, Alex and Twinks Hoffman, Jack and Jilly Harned, Dick and Mary Frey, Skip and E. Fauver, Jim and Bobbie Birney.
I had the pleasure and embarrassment of sitting next to and conversing with Jim one evening. Pleasure because he is an extremely engaging fellow. Embarrassment for two reasons: I, at last, apologized to him for not showing up at his wedding, to which I was invited to be an usher more than 60 years ago. I also told him how glad I was to meet Bobbie, about whom I had heard such complimentary things—at which he told me that I had, indeed, met her several years ago at my house! So much for growing old gracefully.
Apparently I was not the only one to be impressed by Dr. Kim’s rain-drenched vigil on the sidelines during last fall’s Columbia game. Jack Morton wrote from Javea, Spain, “Nev, Wonderful closing paragraph in your 1950 notes, Jan/Feb DAM. Certainly Dartmouth’s great good fortune to have Dr. Kim at the helm!” Thanks, Jack. I agree.
—Nev Chamberlain, 1835 N. Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32962: (772) 569 2893; ranevero03@aol.com
July - Aug 2010
Since our 60th reunion will be history when you read this (it being written in April as required by DAM) I cannot comment on what I am sure was a wonderful affair. Randi and I were unable to attend because of my worsening case of spinal stenosis. However, I must shower Jack and Jilly Harned with many, many thanks. Knowing that I can sleep only in a reclining chair, they cast about and found someone who, for a very modest fee, would have delivered one to the room of my choice. That would have solved part of the problem. Unfortunately, stenosis is a many-tentacled beast.
By the way, Randi and I have discovered an interesting and, I think, new way to approach this beast. We have bought a tricycle built for two. Two sets of pedals, side-by-side seats. It provides exercise, companionship and bemused stares from observers.
An unusually cold winter in Vero Beach was enlivened by ’50s, some of whom were Joe and Eva Sardella, Bob and Joan McIlwain, Joan Mauk, Gordon and JoAnn Hood, Alex and Twinks Hoffman, Jack and Jilly Harned, Dick and Mary Frey, Skip and E. Fauver, Jim and Bobbie Birney.
I had the pleasure and embarrassment of sitting next to and conversing with Jim one evening. Pleasure because he is an extremely engaging fellow. Embarrassment for two reasons: I, at last, apologized to him for not showing up at his wedding, to which I was invited to be an usher more than 60 years ago. I also told him how glad I was to meet Bobbie, about whom I had heard such complimentary things—at which he told me that I had, indeed, met her several years ago at my house! So much for growing old gracefully.
Apparently I was not the only one to be impressed by Dr. Kim’s rain-drenched vigil on the sidelines during last fall’s Columbia game. Jack Morton wrote from Javea, Spain, “Nev, Wonderful closing paragraph in your 1950 notes, Jan/Feb DAM. Certainly Dartmouth’s great good fortune to have Dr. Kim at the helm!” Thanks, Jack. I agree.
—Nev Chamberlain, 1835 N. Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32962: (772) 569 2893; ranevero03@aol.com