Class Note 1962
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It was good to have news from Kent Hutchinson, who toughed out the winter at his South Carolina home on Hilton Head Island. Hutch was hoping to spend the past summer getting back in touch with a number of old Dartmouth friends. He and Phil Cantelone planned to attend the USMC drill team performance at the Iwo Jima Memorial and barracks and also, in August, hold an Alpha Chi Rho [Alpha] mini-reunion at Phil’s house in Maine with fraternity brothers Ken Jones, Roy Hammond and Pete Lothes, plus John Damon ’61 and Jeff Weaver ’63. “On a personal note,” Hutch added with characteristic modesty, “I think I’ll be the next nominee for the Supreme Court.”
Alan Greenbaum writes from Phoenix, Arizona, that he continues to work four days a week as a middle school psychologist. “I’m still liking it enough,” he says, “and love the money to travel.” Alan and his family journeyed back East in June to spend some time on Cape Cod.
Speaking of travel, Tripmeister Tom Komarek has been hard at work planning our next class adventure. As a preview Tom writes, “The class of ’62 is going to Charleston, South Carolina, America’s best preserved historic city, to celebrate our 70th birthday year. As Rhett told Scarlett, we’ll be going to Charleston to ‘enjoy the genial grace of days that are gone.’ We’ll stay at the Mill’s House, built in 1853 and home to Robert E. Lee during the 1860 Democratic Convention.
“We’ll celebrate our 70th birthday dinner at McCrady’s Tavern, where Charleston hosted President George Washington during his southern tour. There will be visits to historic houses, the Drayton Hall Plantation and the Slave Museum, plus golf and tennis. We’ll enjoy a harbor dinner cruise with music and have the opportunity to sample delicious Low Country cuisine. Our birthday celebration will occur Monday, May 3, through Thursday, May 6, 2010. It’s the perfect time of year in Charleston; the jasmine will be in bloom. Mark your calendars now! There will be more details in our next class newsletter.”
More immediately, Woody Chittick reminds us that this year’s mini-reunion will be at The Dowds’ Country Inn, Lyme, New Hampshire, on October 23-25. “This is our fifth year at Dowds’ and the satisfaction index remains high. If you haven’t made a room reservation but want to attend, please communicate directly with the inn and let them know you’re part of the class of ’62: (800) 842-4712.” Woody and Mike Schaefer are putting together another great weekend. “We’re staying with our traditional schedule of activities. Events will kick off Friday evening with the traditional bonfire on the Green. We’ll convene after the bonfire for beer/wine and comfort food at the DOC House on Occom Pond. Saturday morning we’ll have our annual class meeting followed by a tailgating lunch on the AD lawn. Saturday evening, after the football game against Columbia, there will be cocktails and a class dinner at Dowds’. A more detailed write-up and reservation form will appear in our August newsletter.” Sounds like fun. Hope to see you in Hanover this October!
—Jim Haines, 307 Sewickley Ridge Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143; (412) 741-9088; jbhaines@comcast.net
Sept - Oct 2009
It was good to have news from Kent Hutchinson, who toughed out the winter at his South Carolina home on Hilton Head Island. Hutch was hoping to spend the past summer getting back in touch with a number of old Dartmouth friends. He and Phil Cantelone planned to attend the USMC drill team performance at the Iwo Jima Memorial and barracks and also, in August, hold an Alpha Chi Rho [Alpha] mini-reunion at Phil’s house in Maine with fraternity brothers Ken Jones, Roy Hammond and Pete Lothes, plus John Damon ’61 and Jeff Weaver ’63. “On a personal note,” Hutch added with characteristic modesty, “I think I’ll be the next nominee for the Supreme Court.”
Alan Greenbaum writes from Phoenix, Arizona, that he continues to work four days a week as a middle school psychologist. “I’m still liking it enough,” he says, “and love the money to travel.” Alan and his family journeyed back East in June to spend some time on Cape Cod.
Speaking of travel, Tripmeister Tom Komarek has been hard at work planning our next class adventure. As a preview Tom writes, “The class of ’62 is going to Charleston, South Carolina, America’s best preserved historic city, to celebrate our 70th birthday year. As Rhett told Scarlett, we’ll be going to Charleston to ‘enjoy the genial grace of days that are gone.’ We’ll stay at the Mill’s House, built in 1853 and home to Robert E. Lee during the 1860 Democratic Convention.
“We’ll celebrate our 70th birthday dinner at McCrady’s Tavern, where Charleston hosted President George Washington during his southern tour. There will be visits to historic houses, the Drayton Hall Plantation and the Slave Museum, plus golf and tennis. We’ll enjoy a harbor dinner cruise with music and have the opportunity to sample delicious Low Country cuisine. Our birthday celebration will occur Monday, May 3, through Thursday, May 6, 2010. It’s the perfect time of year in Charleston; the jasmine will be in bloom. Mark your calendars now! There will be more details in our next class newsletter.”
More immediately, Woody Chittick reminds us that this year’s mini-reunion will be at The Dowds’ Country Inn, Lyme, New Hampshire, on October 23-25. “This is our fifth year at Dowds’ and the satisfaction index remains high. If you haven’t made a room reservation but want to attend, please communicate directly with the inn and let them know you’re part of the class of ’62: (800) 842-4712.” Woody and Mike Schaefer are putting together another great weekend. “We’re staying with our traditional schedule of activities. Events will kick off Friday evening with the traditional bonfire on the Green. We’ll convene after the bonfire for beer/wine and comfort food at the DOC House on Occom Pond. Saturday morning we’ll have our annual class meeting followed by a tailgating lunch on the AD lawn. Saturday evening, after the football game against Columbia, there will be cocktails and a class dinner at Dowds’. A more detailed write-up and reservation form will appear in our August newsletter.” Sounds like fun. Hope to see you in Hanover this October!
—Jim Haines, 307 Sewickley Ridge Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143; (412) 741-9088; jbhaines@comcast.net