Class Note 1959
Issue
Okay, an admission: I made the first rookie secretary error by confusing dates of magazine issues. So you may have wondered how I knew in the last March/April issue about how everyone had such a good time at the May San Diego mini-reunion. It was based on a sincere belief in Jim Bybee, Fildy Filderman, Randy Malin and Charlie MacVean, the mini chairs. Following up on this column’s Olympic notes, Fran Noel wrote that he had joined Dick Taylor on the 1960 Nordic team training squad. They were invited to be forerunners for the Nordic team in 1960 in Squaw Valley in California. Unfortunately, Fran could not convince the Navy to let him do so. They had him go back to his station in Hanover, where they lost sight of him until his commander asked why he did not have an assignment, which resulted in Fran finishing out his tour on the USS Lake Champlain. Fran and Dick stay in close touch.
At our 50th reunion classmates who were on the 1958-59 Dartmouth rugby team held a mini-reunion of their own. The team was the first American college side to cross the Atlantic, surprising the British with a 5-2 win-loss record. Overall the side was 19-3-1 for the fall and spring seasons. In attendance at the rugby reunion were Wil Gray (team historian), Dave Reber, Al Brown, Howard Greene, Donn Chickering, John Hessler and Dick Liesching, who was our United Kingdom classmate and had help with logistics from his parents.
Last November Randy Malin had the joy of witnessing the installation by the bishop of Massachusetts of his daughter Kate as the new rector of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Randy was joined by daughter Sarah and all of his six grandchildren at the installation.
Raise a cheer for Donna and Tom Margetts, who on May 20 in Short Hills, New Jersey, were honored for their philanthropic contributions by Partnership in Philanthropy, which advises New Jersey nonprofits on fundraising and management. Many classmates know of their participation in the U.S. Congress/Bundestag Young Professionals Program, in which during 15 years they hosted 18 German students. Each of whom lived with the Margetts for a year. Their education at the County College at Morris was underwritten by Tom and Donna. The Margetts’ philanthropic list is a long one!
At the end of 2009 Art Quirk was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame. In his first game in 1958 he struck out 17 and went 3-for-5 at the plate. Art signed with the Baltimore Orioles in 1959, earning Major League stints with the Orioles and Washington Senators. He and Kitty celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last fall.
Pat and Ed Hobbie took a mid-winter tour of Florida, starting in Key West and moving north, catching up with Bob Czelusniak in Delray Beach. Bob had just returned from the Florida’s West Coast and, quoting Ed, is “the same funny, entertaining ‘Celoos,’ enjoying life as usual.”
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net
May - June 2010
Okay, an admission: I made the first rookie secretary error by confusing dates of magazine issues. So you may have wondered how I knew in the last March/April issue about how everyone had such a good time at the May San Diego mini-reunion. It was based on a sincere belief in Jim Bybee, Fildy Filderman, Randy Malin and Charlie MacVean, the mini chairs. Following up on this column’s Olympic notes, Fran Noel wrote that he had joined Dick Taylor on the 1960 Nordic team training squad. They were invited to be forerunners for the Nordic team in 1960 in Squaw Valley in California. Unfortunately, Fran could not convince the Navy to let him do so. They had him go back to his station in Hanover, where they lost sight of him until his commander asked why he did not have an assignment, which resulted in Fran finishing out his tour on the USS Lake Champlain. Fran and Dick stay in close touch.
At our 50th reunion classmates who were on the 1958-59 Dartmouth rugby team held a mini-reunion of their own. The team was the first American college side to cross the Atlantic, surprising the British with a 5-2 win-loss record. Overall the side was 19-3-1 for the fall and spring seasons. In attendance at the rugby reunion were Wil Gray (team historian), Dave Reber, Al Brown, Howard Greene, Donn Chickering, John Hessler and Dick Liesching, who was our United Kingdom classmate and had help with logistics from his parents.
Last November Randy Malin had the joy of witnessing the installation by the bishop of Massachusetts of his daughter Kate as the new rector of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Randy was joined by daughter Sarah and all of his six grandchildren at the installation.
Raise a cheer for Donna and Tom Margetts, who on May 20 in Short Hills, New Jersey, were honored for their philanthropic contributions by Partnership in Philanthropy, which advises New Jersey nonprofits on fundraising and management. Many classmates know of their participation in the U.S. Congress/Bundestag Young Professionals Program, in which during 15 years they hosted 18 German students. Each of whom lived with the Margetts for a year. Their education at the County College at Morris was underwritten by Tom and Donna. The Margetts’ philanthropic list is a long one!
At the end of 2009 Art Quirk was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame. In his first game in 1958 he struck out 17 and went 3-for-5 at the plate. Art signed with the Baltimore Orioles in 1959, earning Major League stints with the Orioles and Washington Senators. He and Kitty celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last fall.
Pat and Ed Hobbie took a mid-winter tour of Florida, starting in Key West and moving north, catching up with Bob Czelusniak in Delray Beach. Bob had just returned from the Florida’s West Coast and, quoting Ed, is “the same funny, entertaining ‘Celoos,’ enjoying life as usual.”
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net