Class Note 1952
For those of you signed up to join your friends and classmates in Hanover for our 65th reunion on September 22, it is time to start packing your bags. For those who aren’t able to join us, we’ll give you a full rundown in the next Class Notes and the class newsletter. At the end of these notes we report on the passing of several more of our classmates, an acknowledgment of our aging. However, one of the good things about these notes is that we also have the opportunity to report on our continuing activities. For example, in the past few weeks we have heard from Jack Hoeven in North Dakota, who is still working (bank chairman); Dr. Ben Stein in New Jersey, reporting on his offspring and his avocation as car restorer par excellence; Gene Cesari in Vermont, a retired college president and now focusing on building flintlock rifles as well as restoring Bugatis; and Alan Smith, retired auto executive in Florida, still running competitively and earning medals in the process. We also have a long note from Arizona resident Dr. Frederick “Ted” Hecht, outlining his annual three-month vacation in France—something he has been doing every year since our junior year in Hanover. We also heard from retired attorney Wey Lundquist, writing from his home in San Francisco about some political issues, and from yet another doctor, Virginia resident Gordy Kay, with some nice words about the late John Lloyd, whose obituary appeared in The Washington Post. John was a career foreign service officer. Our last note comes from Cyril Gsell, writing from Westchester County, New York. Cyril is a retired watch manufacturer. You may recall he designed our 20th reunion class watch.
His granddaughter participated in the last Washington, D.C., marathon and Cyril noted that it was the Marine Corps marathon, founded by our classmate, the late Jim Fowler, some 42 years ago. As mentioned earlier, I’m sorry to report the passing of several classmates, Reg Pierson, Harold Wiper, Charlie Blakemore, Roy Abbott and Roger Pierce.Hope to see you in Hanover.
—William J. Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com
