Class Note 1978
Issue
Jul - Aug 2019
There was no shortage of replies when I asked classmates about their favorite off-campus hangouts.
Top vote-getter: Peter Christian’s. The carrot cake clinched it for Neil McCarthy and Barnaby Levin. “The closest thing we had to the Oxford Ale House in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” said John Hugo. The best reason to remember PC’s with love came from Dee Flint: “Wooed my girlfriend, who later married me, over the cheese-and-bread board and dark beer.” So Libby Flint presumably has fond memories as well.
The Talley House in White River Junction, Vermont, was a close runner-up. David Master liked that “you could stretch a cup of coffee for hours without getting kicked out.” But it wasn’t the coffee that elicited the most comments. “Nothing like chili and a Moonlight—a.k.a. chili from Millie—at 4 a.m. Saturday to set the stage for pre-football Kappa Sigma burgers and beer,” wrote Rick Spier. “Where else could you get a chili Moonlight at 3:30 in the morning served by the Lizard Lady and sitting among Count Basie and his orchestra?” asked Rich Lougee. “Most of the details of these little side trips are not crystal clear,” admitted Jim Lattin. “For the record, I no longer eat my chili with mayo, no matter how much beer I’ve had.”
Joseph Sullivan favored the A&W: “Was it Mondays you could get hamburgers and hotdogs, five for a buck?” Walter Malmquist mentioned the Village Green. Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney frequented the Pizza Hut in White River Junction. “It felt like going to a five-star restaurant!” Paula Mcleod couldn’t quite remember the name of her favorite: “That restaurant on the side street with the extremely laidback (stoner) staff.” She asked if it might have been Hal’s. Anyone recall?
Top outdoor haunt was the Union Village Dam in Thetford, Vermont. “Nothing quite like skinny-dipping in Vermont on a hot summer’s day,” said Helen Lukash. That might explain why Michael Whitcomb says he “studied” for hours on end there. Other blue sky faves: The Skiway (Melinda Kassen), the sailing team boathouse (Isa McNamara), and Franconia Notch (John Larson). Sharon Lee Cowan fondly recalled a wooded area about half a mile from Hanover: “The water flowed over huge rocks, so you could sort of body-raft downstream.”
Last word on this topic goes to Gary Sobelson, who voted for the White River Junction bus station, “ ’cause a trip to there meant that my hometown honey, Carol, now wife of 40 years, was arriving in town. Of course, the Thursday or Friday trip was way more exciting than Sunday.”
In other news, a shout-out to Geoff Crew for his work on the Event Horizon Telescope team that recently came up with the first pictures of a black hole. Well done!
I recently received word that Doug Kubach passed away last summer. Condolences to his wife, Suzanne, and their three children. According to Doug’s obituary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “His life’s work was improving education through innovations in technology and assessment.” It also mentioned that he hated the word “whilst!” Farewell, Doug.
—Rick Beyer, 1305 S. Michigan Ave., #1104, Chicago, IL 60605; rickbeyer78@gmail.com
Top vote-getter: Peter Christian’s. The carrot cake clinched it for Neil McCarthy and Barnaby Levin. “The closest thing we had to the Oxford Ale House in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” said John Hugo. The best reason to remember PC’s with love came from Dee Flint: “Wooed my girlfriend, who later married me, over the cheese-and-bread board and dark beer.” So Libby Flint presumably has fond memories as well.
The Talley House in White River Junction, Vermont, was a close runner-up. David Master liked that “you could stretch a cup of coffee for hours without getting kicked out.” But it wasn’t the coffee that elicited the most comments. “Nothing like chili and a Moonlight—a.k.a. chili from Millie—at 4 a.m. Saturday to set the stage for pre-football Kappa Sigma burgers and beer,” wrote Rick Spier. “Where else could you get a chili Moonlight at 3:30 in the morning served by the Lizard Lady and sitting among Count Basie and his orchestra?” asked Rich Lougee. “Most of the details of these little side trips are not crystal clear,” admitted Jim Lattin. “For the record, I no longer eat my chili with mayo, no matter how much beer I’ve had.”
Joseph Sullivan favored the A&W: “Was it Mondays you could get hamburgers and hotdogs, five for a buck?” Walter Malmquist mentioned the Village Green. Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney frequented the Pizza Hut in White River Junction. “It felt like going to a five-star restaurant!” Paula Mcleod couldn’t quite remember the name of her favorite: “That restaurant on the side street with the extremely laidback (stoner) staff.” She asked if it might have been Hal’s. Anyone recall?
Top outdoor haunt was the Union Village Dam in Thetford, Vermont. “Nothing quite like skinny-dipping in Vermont on a hot summer’s day,” said Helen Lukash. That might explain why Michael Whitcomb says he “studied” for hours on end there. Other blue sky faves: The Skiway (Melinda Kassen), the sailing team boathouse (Isa McNamara), and Franconia Notch (John Larson). Sharon Lee Cowan fondly recalled a wooded area about half a mile from Hanover: “The water flowed over huge rocks, so you could sort of body-raft downstream.”
Last word on this topic goes to Gary Sobelson, who voted for the White River Junction bus station, “ ’cause a trip to there meant that my hometown honey, Carol, now wife of 40 years, was arriving in town. Of course, the Thursday or Friday trip was way more exciting than Sunday.”
In other news, a shout-out to Geoff Crew for his work on the Event Horizon Telescope team that recently came up with the first pictures of a black hole. Well done!
I recently received word that Doug Kubach passed away last summer. Condolences to his wife, Suzanne, and their three children. According to Doug’s obituary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, “His life’s work was improving education through innovations in technology and assessment.” It also mentioned that he hated the word “whilst!” Farewell, Doug.
—Rick Beyer, 1305 S. Michigan Ave., #1104, Chicago, IL 60605; rickbeyer78@gmail.com