Class Note 1956
Issue
Jan - Feb 2016
The class of 1956 had a fine turnout for Homecoming Weekend 2015, and the Dartmouth football team’s win over Yale contributed to a rousing good time. Attendees included Joel and Marsha Ash, Bill Behrens, Jack Billhardt, Bob and Pam Faulkner, Harold and Joan Gordon, Tom and Sandy Harper, Doug and Ginger Keare, Harry Nutting, Stephen Osman, Tom and Abbey Rosenwald, Buddy and Rona Shattman, Bill Sherman, Bob and Lynn Slater, Linc Spaulding, Dave Stackpole, Jack and Judy Tamagli, Frank Terihune, Bert Whittemore and Stew and Kristin Wood. A number of 1956 class scholars and Dartmouth Undergraduate Veterans Association members all participated in various events. Harry Nutting did a fine job of organizing a lovely fall weekend and the early October date contributed excellent colors.
Hark! I hear the Barbary Coast Jazz band playing joyous renditions as they march up Main Street and around the Green. The music is particularly joyous at this time because there is not one single passing to report!
I noted a thoughtful letter from Bill Wheeler in the November/December issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine within the “Your Turn” section. Bill wrote from Yakima, Washington, recommending the reading of a book by Robert Grenier ’76 titled 88 Days to Kandahar. For those who missed Bill’s letter, you might want to read it in full and perhaps go back to the July/August issue to read the interview with Grenier that is referenced.
The number of words allowed for our Class Notes column has been increased from 300 to 350 and I urge all class members to forward me anything that they deem of interest so that we make full use of allotted space in the DAM. News items from other classes that mention a ’56 and inputs from spouses and offspring are also welcome.
From “Wintergreen,” the fifth of 44 poetic limericks written by yours truly related to Dartmouth:
Winter shadows beneath the green pine,
Snowflakes drifting down crystalline;
A soft cover spread,
College Green white instead,
The woodbine and the snow now combine.
—Joel D. Ash, P.O. Box 1733, Grantham, NH 03753; (603) 863-3360; jash_125@comcast.net
Hark! I hear the Barbary Coast Jazz band playing joyous renditions as they march up Main Street and around the Green. The music is particularly joyous at this time because there is not one single passing to report!
I noted a thoughtful letter from Bill Wheeler in the November/December issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine within the “Your Turn” section. Bill wrote from Yakima, Washington, recommending the reading of a book by Robert Grenier ’76 titled 88 Days to Kandahar. For those who missed Bill’s letter, you might want to read it in full and perhaps go back to the July/August issue to read the interview with Grenier that is referenced.
The number of words allowed for our Class Notes column has been increased from 300 to 350 and I urge all class members to forward me anything that they deem of interest so that we make full use of allotted space in the DAM. News items from other classes that mention a ’56 and inputs from spouses and offspring are also welcome.
From “Wintergreen,” the fifth of 44 poetic limericks written by yours truly related to Dartmouth:
Winter shadows beneath the green pine,
Snowflakes drifting down crystalline;
A soft cover spread,
College Green white instead,
The woodbine and the snow now combine.
—Joel D. Ash, P.O. Box 1733, Grantham, NH 03753; (603) 863-3360; jash_125@comcast.net