Class Note 1957
Issue
Nov - Dec 2017
Remember that day in history, June 9, 1957? Remember “Rak” and “Runk” from the Sports Illustrated 1957 Winter Carnival article? As they remember that day, Rak (Ken Rakouska) was commissioned a Navy ensign at 10 a.m., graduated from Dartmouth at 1 p.m. and married Dorothy Runkel at the little white church down the street at 4 p.m., with Bob Baehr as best man. Life-changing events. More recently, Rak and Runk report a swell time at the St. Augustine, Florida, mini organized by Gretchen and Larry Calvert.
After our great 60th reunion Muffy and Pete Caruthers arranged a get-together at the Basin Harbor resort on Lake Champlain, Vermont. Marian Holmesand Bob Copeland, Lita Moses and Bernie Bernstein, Lois and Ted Everett, El and Bill Fiero, Happy and Clark Griffiths, Sue and Dave Jenkins, Alice and Tom Macy, Cynthia and Dick Perkins, and Ellen and Allen Vanderland continued the reunion spirit there. Bob Creasy and Judy took Tom Macy’s advice and toured Vermont on their trip to Hanover from home in Marin County, California; too early to enjoy Tom’s “leaf peeping,” but they experienced a quintessential Vermont getaway at the Landgrove Inn near Londonderry, then a side trip to visit Joan and Sam Bartlett on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod asked our Jim Taylor to provide a speaker for its annual dinner in Osterville. Jim secured President Emeritus Jim Wright, who discussed America’s wars and those who fought them. Jim also met Dick Handy on a recent trip to Maine, and discussed our 60th reunion with John Citron at a board meeting for CapeAbilities. John is finance chair of this nonprofit that provides services for adults with disabilities; Jim is former board chair.
Any of you worried about peace? How about the Middle East? This Week in Palestine radio program is hosted by John Roberts every Sunday morning at 8:10 a.m. in the Boston area on WZBC, 90.3 FM. You can also stream the program live anywhere on your computer at WZBC.org.
Luckily, no room for fake news this edition. Please keep the real stuff coming to share!
—John W. Cusick, 251 Sabal Palm Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32963; (772) 231-1248; johnwcusick@aol.com
After our great 60th reunion Muffy and Pete Caruthers arranged a get-together at the Basin Harbor resort on Lake Champlain, Vermont. Marian Holmesand Bob Copeland, Lita Moses and Bernie Bernstein, Lois and Ted Everett, El and Bill Fiero, Happy and Clark Griffiths, Sue and Dave Jenkins, Alice and Tom Macy, Cynthia and Dick Perkins, and Ellen and Allen Vanderland continued the reunion spirit there. Bob Creasy and Judy took Tom Macy’s advice and toured Vermont on their trip to Hanover from home in Marin County, California; too early to enjoy Tom’s “leaf peeping,” but they experienced a quintessential Vermont getaway at the Landgrove Inn near Londonderry, then a side trip to visit Joan and Sam Bartlett on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod asked our Jim Taylor to provide a speaker for its annual dinner in Osterville. Jim secured President Emeritus Jim Wright, who discussed America’s wars and those who fought them. Jim also met Dick Handy on a recent trip to Maine, and discussed our 60th reunion with John Citron at a board meeting for CapeAbilities. John is finance chair of this nonprofit that provides services for adults with disabilities; Jim is former board chair.
Any of you worried about peace? How about the Middle East? This Week in Palestine radio program is hosted by John Roberts every Sunday morning at 8:10 a.m. in the Boston area on WZBC, 90.3 FM. You can also stream the program live anywhere on your computer at WZBC.org.
Luckily, no room for fake news this edition. Please keep the real stuff coming to share!
—John W. Cusick, 251 Sabal Palm Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32963; (772) 231-1248; johnwcusick@aol.com