Our cherished classmate and class secretary Alex Hoffman has put down his pen due to illness. But although he is no longer contributing to these Class Notes, he was able to attend the opening reception of an exhibition by his two talented children, Peter and Susan, at the Southern Vermont Art Center at Manchester, which Alex had a hand in creating. I have volunteered to take over the role of class secretary (sort of) and roving reporter (kind of). Classmates: I now need your information sent to me (information below), and I will try to carry on in my good friend Alex’s (and Nev Chamberlain’s) stead.

An enticing tidbit of romantic memorabilia is that our tireless treasurer, Jacques Harlow, tied the marital knot (once again) this past summer with a wonderful lady, “Rusty” Rodriguez, in Quechee, Vermont. They can be reached at 732 Wheelock (as in Eleazar) Road, Quechee, VT 05059.

By the time this issue appears, what’s left of the fearless ’50s will have enjoyed a meaningful mini-reunion at the Homecoming (Harvard) weekend October 26-28. Crafted by our peripatetic (is there really such a word?) prez and Brownlee, it started off with a Friday evening at the newly done-up Moosilauke Ravine Lodge followed by the traditional Harvard-Dartmouth “super scrimmage” the following day.

—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8 Concord Greene, Unit 5, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-5879; smileytmr@aol.com