I got a lengthy email from Egil Stigum that is of substantial interest. I will try to fit in as much as I can. “Arlene and I moved to Carmel by the Sea, California, in September 2011 and are very happy with the move. Arlene is an artist and writer, and hence we choose to live in a community of people accomplished in many areas, including art. We are still skiing and spent two lovely weeks in Sun Valley, Idaho, during the winter of 2016. Unfortunately, 2017 skiing was canceled because I had a double bypass in April 2017. I’m now a member of the zipper club. And 2018 was also canceled due to medical issues, but we are now making plans for skiing in 2019. We enjoy the climate here, and we both keep very busy. Right now I am making plans to go to the 65th reunion and look forward to seeing many ’56s.”

The sounds of the Barbary Coast jazz band marching up Main Street signal the passing of two classmates, H. Stephen Farmer, M.D., and Stuart Klapper. As the procession marches around the Green, all remaining class members bow their heads in tribute.

I noted a missive from Prentiss Carnell in the latest issue of Dartmouth Engineer and pass along part of it for the benefit of those who do not get the Thayer magazine. “I’ve been retired almost 30 years and am fairly healthy. I feel sorrow at the diminishment of our class size. Have enjoyed interviewing admissions candidates for 40-plus years.”

From “New England”:

New Hampshire my poems glorify,

A place where they live free or die;

White Mountains so green,

Winter sun, snow bright sheen,

Dartmouth College beneath the blue sky.

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