Haruko and Pete Vultee had a delightful visit with Donna and Kurt Wehbring in Portland, Oregon, where they toured the park commemorating the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Pete will retire shortly from teaching at a community college in Spokane, Washington.


John Greppin and Al Ziegler were able to have a nice Italian meal together when Al visited in Cleveland, Ohio, during a trip to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Sam Swansen was attending a Delta Upsilon reunion during the Williamsburg, Virginia, mini-reunion and reports that he moved his law firm inside a local Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, law firm, where he continues to do estate planning. He sees this as putting a “safety net” under his clients and himself.


A headline in the Valley News July 14 read “Hanover Man Joins Board of Directors of Hanover Conservancy.” The man is our own Jim Wooster. It stated that Jim (and Betsy) moved to Hanover after his 33-year career with New England Telephone. It adds that since retiring Jim has been involved in many Dartmouth activities and has served on the board of the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice. He also belongs to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 4,000 Footer Club and is a section adopter of the Appalachian Trail. It left out that Jim leads the 1959 hikes during mini-reunions.


Pete Schreier and Bob Davidson ’67 organized a Dartmouth club event to recognize the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Alumni from 13 states—from New Hampshire through Illinois down to North Carolina—attended, including Arlene Johnson, Bob Johnson’s widow, and John Burkhardt. More than 500 were in attendance. Pete and Bob received a standing ovation for their organizing abilities. Pete and Margie also visited Jerry Scott on July 4th on Assawoman Bay, New Jersey.


Thanks to the caring of Mark Gates, Al Brown, Bob Helsell, Art Duggan, Mike D’Elia, Cynthia and Dave Marshall and Jack McDonough, the group provided a trip to London for Susan Peterson, Don Peterson’s widow, to visit their only child. 


Art “Spike” Boschen is a part owner in a garbage recycling company in Ensenada, Mexico, where he visits weekly. Attending seminars in the United States allows him to employ the latest technology: Only 8 percent of what is picked up is deposited in the landfill. The remainder gets reduced into “2-inch minus material” that is sold for fuel to a local cement plant. He concludes that our politicians require an “endless permit process” that stifles our ability to recycle efficiently in our country.


Word from Warren Huse is that he is doing well, although trying to counter the return of some weight that he lost after his open-heart surgery in 2011. He is learning a new computer program to paginate his history pages for The Citizen of Laconia (New Hampshire) newspaper.


The next column will focus on our 19 classmates who live outside the United Sates and the circumstances that have them living in eight countries: Australia, Canada, England, France, Israel, Mexico, Norway, Peru.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net