Just 14 months from when you read this we will be gathering in Hanover for our 50th reunion. It will be an event to remember with people you will want to remember. As of this writing there are more than 200 of us signed up to attend—most of whom have given a definite “yes” while some are “probably” and others “maybe.” Go to the class website and see for yourself who will be there and add your name. I already see old friends such as Pete Crosby, Brooke Jackson, Don Syracuse and Dave Wakelin on the list. Check the list, and if you don’t see classmates you would like to be with in June 2019, contact them, send me their names, and I will put them in the next column (just as I would like to see freshman roommates Steve Harris and Scott Balcomb with at least a “maybe” by their names). If each of us contacts one or two people we knew well at Dartmouth but have not seen in decades and asks them to go to the website and add their names to meet with us in Hanover next year, we will add dozens to our current count.

Meanwhile, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make this a really great event for all ’69s and whoever comes with them. The executive committee is actively discussing schedules for our days there, and the feeling is that meeting each other and spending as much time with as many classmates as we can will take precedence over attending organized events and structured programs. In addition, there is real excitement about the work being done to create the book to memorialize this reunion. Each of you will be involved in its content, so be prepared to participate. David Prentice, Dud Kay and a small group of classmates are putting forth an enormous amount of effort to make this the best reunion book ever.

Dudley is not spending all his time on the book. He is organizing a mini-reunion for the fall in the South. The most likely venue would be Charleston, South Carolina, and we would like all of you in the area, or who appreciate the city, to weigh in on your willingness to attend. Please contact Dud or me for the details. Early interest is being shown by Steve Cline, Troy Shaver, Jerry Schulze, Rick Saunders and Rob Pearlman.I will be asking my neighbor, Charlie Pineo,to share in the event.

We will have an update on the new possibilities for the Polka Dot Restaurant in the next column.

In the past month we lost two classmates. Jack Bassett died on January 21 and Bill Selden passed away in early February. There is more information on our website.

Please continue to share your thoughts and stories with Allen Denison, Peter Elias and me.

—Steve Larson, 837 Wildcat Trail, 10328 Big Canoe, Big Canoe, GA 30143; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@outlook.com