From the sands and the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, John Citron writes that he keeps busy in retirement. In addition to being treasurer of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod for 15 years, John and his wife, Ellen, deliver Meals on Wheels in Harwich, where they live. They both also volunteer with CapeAbilities, a nonprofit agency that delivers services to adults with disabilities; John is also treasurer and a board member. To keep in shape, the Citrons have his-and-her treadmills and work out together. 


The current altitude record for hot air balloons is 22,000 feet, says Dave Keith. He didn’t quite reach that altitude on his balloon ride, a gift from daughter Christy on his 80th birthday. It took Dave more than a year to cash in the gift certificate, but he says he floated past Cloud Nine as he looked down on the marvels of Florida. He suggested to me that I should take a balloon ride over the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, which has more spectacular scenery than Florida. Would that take me past Cloud 10, Dave? 


Thirty years ago class secretary Dan Searby wrote the ’57 Class Notes for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. In the December 1984 issue he reported that Pete Diamond, Art Johnson, Sherm Mills and Joel Mitchell were all moving up in the corporate world. Don Swift was a research geologist with Arco and Herb Roskind was working hard to get Democrats elected. Wedding bells rang out for John Plunkett and bride Diane Pollack, both of them for the second time. I hope you are having a wonderful 30th anniversary. And in 1984 we were turning 50 and becoming old men.


Most of us do volunteer work that is both interesting and needed. Let your classmates know what you are doing. Send me your news! 


Word has been received of the death of Paul Schmitt of Larkspur, California. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his children.


—Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net