Classmates who follow events in Hanover may know that a member of the class of 2020 recently won the 11th annual Dartmouth Idol competition. Most members of the senior wing of the alumni body, whether or not familiar with the idol competition, remember attending and perhaps even participating in the interfraternity hums competition which, according to The Dartmouth, went “the way of the wind” in the 1970s. Although many hums participants were far more spirited than serious about winning, Alpha Theta was a perennial standout and victorious in three of our four years in Hanover. In the spring of 1957, however, Theta Delta Chi chose to feature a piece with European origins rewritten in English and titled The Three Bells, which several years later rose to the top of popular music charts. The dramatic country lyrics, projected superbly from the steps of Dartmouth Hall by the Theta Delt chorus and its soloist, resulted in the fraternity being selected as one of the six finalists and ultimately winning that year’s competition. Skip Waldron ’57 was soloist in the final round, but in the preliminary round the soloist was Tip Putnam. Tip is known to many classmates as a hockey player; one of 23 ’59s selected in the 3/2 program for the Medical School class of 1960; a Navy doctor assigned to a Marine aviation squadron; a pediatrician in the Buffalo, New York, area; and now, with Arlene, a resident of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Few know he also had a hums-tested, idol-quality singing voice.

A recent column stated that, to your scribe’s knowledge, only three ’59s married the sister of a classmate. Your scribe’s knowledge was grossly incomplete. It appears that at least five classmates married sisters of classmates. Jerry Allyn married Sam Werner’stwinsister, Fran; Roger Condit married Jerry Allyn’s sister, Karyl; Jim Perry married Will Gray’s twin sister, Sally; Greg Stark married Phil Schmehl’s sister, Anita; and Robert Watson married Rob Kilgore’s sister, Ann. Of the 14 classmates and sisters involved, only Robert Watson and Ann Kilgore Watson are no longer with us.

The most recent column, in describing future reunions, incorrectly stated the dates of our 60th reunion. The correct dates are June 10-13, 2019.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; r06hoehn@gmail.com