Here it is months after our 60th reunion and the memories still swirl and echo in my mind. For my wife and me, the reunion began on the Saturday before with a visit from Bill Loyer. Bill was soon joined with the arrival of Harold and Joan Gordon on Sunday and we all were delighted to welcome Alan and Diane Friedman, Mike and Marge Grunebaum, Don and Linda Sokol and Elliott and Alice Weinstein. Before, during and after dinner we all enjoyed the Dartmouth camaraderie and friendship kicking off the beginning of reunion.

During the three days in Hanover there were so many pleasant moments of meeting and greeting old friends—so many that it is impossible to call out all by name. To mention just a few: I spent lots of time with Phil and Sandra Hinkle, Bill Behrens, Don Dillon, Crile Doscher, Hugh Erwin, Bob Faulkner, Herb Kleber, Al Peyser and Martin “Lucky” Shore.

I interrupt these reminiscences to listen to sounds of the Barbary Coast jazz band playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” as they proceed up Main Street and around the Green. Only one newly fallen classmate, Michael J. Zissu, marches just behind the band on this occasion. We all bow our heads in silent tribute to honor “Black Mike.”

The two days of post-reunion activity in Stowe, Vermont, were every bit as enjoyable as the main reunion. For me the magic show was an important highlight and I particularly remember chatting with John Higgs and his wife, Helen, who particularly seemed to enjoy my illusions. Another highlight was the lobster dinner cruise, where I spent lots of quality time with Egil Stigum and his wife, Arlene. Space limitations dictate that I now bring these remembrances to an end.

I close with a newly created poetic limerick titled “Echoes of Reunion.”

Sweet echoes that last, they abound,

Remembrance in vision and sound;

While meeting, while greeting

The laughter while eating,

The friendships renewed and new found

—Joel D. Ash, P.O. Box 1733, Grantham, NH 03753; (603) 863-3360; jash_125@comcast.net