Having avoided the torrential rains in the Los Angeles area last December by flying to New York City, Jean and Joe Mandel soon attracted several classmates for an evening of good wine, good food and great conversation. Just imagine the zingers flying from the likes of Judy and Gene Kohn, Joan and Alan Friedman, Ellen and Gil Stone, Marilyn and Allan Glick, Harriet Weitzman and Bill Scher! The Mandels managed to leave Manhattan before the California rains changed to snow for New York. Good planning!


For those of you who have not kept up with Bill Scher since graduation, he continues to live in Larchmont, New York, and has published 12 books of poetry. Some of his poetry is now on display at the Larchmont Library. As a respite from the pondering of iambic pentameter, Bill manages inkspun.com, an online calligraphy company. Whew!


Rumor has it that Susie and Mike Heitner greeted the first snowflake to fall at Stowe, Vermont, last Thanksgiving and have not been seen since at his law practice. Once these trails have been subdued, they will head to Whistler/Blackcomb ski area in British Columbia for the month of February. By this time Gus Leach may have shifted there from Winnipeg so the two of them can have head-to-head racing.


Not to be outdone athletically, Barbara and Don Stoddard bicycled from Burlington, Vermont, to Quebec City in the fall, will ski again at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in late January and in March head for Whistler/Blackcomb to see if the Heitners left any snow on the ski trails!


Similar to many classmates, the travel bug has infected Jacquey and Rick Yocum. When not visiting newly born twins in Ohio or an Atlanta grandson they manage to stay ahead of serious creditors by wintering in Florida, visiting Paris, slipping into Stratford, Canada, for thespian adventures, bicycling in northern Italy and hiding out at their condo in the western mountains of North Carolina. No grass growing under their feet!


Spike Hamilton was combing through boxes of his junk recently and found the Boston Globe article recounting some adventurous fraternity shenanigans during halftime at the Harvard football game in 1957. Although they did not succeed in capturing the Harvard drum, the green chain gang from Beta, the kidnappers from Psi U and various other pranksters managed to invoke social probation for several fraternities on the Hanover Plain! This article is now part of our class archives. In Vermont parlance Spike lives just down the road from Dave Chevrier, Ryan Ostebo and Eric Anderson. 


For those of you who always look forward consider this! Will someone in our Midwestern contingent plan a major class event for Saturday, September 21, 2014, when the Dartmouth football team plays Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana? Get ready Bill Batt!


—Spencer Morgan, 315 Inverness Court, Flat Rock, NC 28731; (828) 696-9641; smorgan863@aol.com