When you read this the June 5 class of 1958 luncheon mini at the Norwich (Vermont) Inn will be history, with Dave Bradley’s outlook for Dartmouth football. But there’ll still be time to see the team play Yale during the October 9-11 fall mini-reunion on Homecoming Weekend in Hanover—viewed from the newly renovated Memorial Stadium with handrails and elevators. Orchestrated by Frank Gould, the mini will feature the always well-attended class meeting Friday afternoon, a beer and pizza party at Lewiston Station after the Friday bonfire and a pre-game brunch at Dave’s law offices Saturday, topped off by the class banquet at Breakfast on the Connecticut in Lyme, New Hampshire. Don’t miss it!


In March two ’58 minis were held in Florida. On the east coast there was a Tom Green-hosted golf outing at the historic Biltmore in Coral Gables. Reports Tom: “Attending for lunch and 18 holes of golf on one of the great courses in the country were Mel Alperin, Myles Schlossberg, Joe Benjamin (Myles’ grandson), Buddy Marks, Joe Slotnick, Stan Beiley, Andy Toorock and me. It was a beautiful, sunny day and no one was over par (with some scoring dispensations, of course).”


On the west coast, at the Royal Poinciana Country Club in Naples, Bill Allyn hosted a class of ’58 dinner arranged by Roger Bruttomesso, Bill Cutcliffe and Jane Yusen. Also present, with spouses, were Skip Coggin, Al Ertel, Fred Hildebrandt, Paul Robinson, Dave Sharrock, Vince Hovanec, John Trimble, Tryg Mhyren and singles Hank Milton and adopted classmate Sandy Bromwell. Excellent photos of this event taken by Linda Trimble appeared in the May Sound & Fury. While snowbirds and residents whooped it up in Florida, Sally and Ralph Manuel toured France for several weeks.


Walter “Tiny” Shea passed away in Ocala, Florida, on February 19. From Wethersfield, Connecticut, he majored in economics at Dartmouth, served two years in U.S. Army counterintelligence in West Berlin, had a highly successful career at Travelers Insurance and coached and umpired midget football, youth basketball and Little League baseball. “He didn’t have an enemy in the world,” says surviving spouse Jackie.


—Steve Quickel, 65 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA 18938; swquickel@comcast.net