Class Note 1955
Issue
March-April 2020
Let’s gather! Our 65th on October 30-November 1 is on the horizon! You should have received a “Save the Date” mailing in December to be followed by an “Intentions” mailing in March with a yes, no, maybe return card. The full registration packet will be mailed in July. Please note the registration deadline! It is critical to register promptly, since room assignments are based on the completed registrations! The reunion will be centered at the Hanover Inn; all arrangements including lodging are being made by the College.
Ken Lundstrom is pinch-hitting for John Dinan this month. It’s our 250th and Bill Cassell advises that he and Ilse enjoyed watching Los Angeles city hall turn green for Dartmouth with a “Wah hoo wah!”
Nancy and Frank Carlton touch base from their retirement home at Cascades Manor in Eugene, Oregon. Frank reports a grand family reunion this past summer on the Oregon coast complete with grands and great-grands. Their time at Cascade Manor continues to be eventful with a book group, pool exercise, bridge, movies, evening programs, Very Little Theater, the Eugene Symphony, and music lovers’ nights. A health issue had Frank in hospital, but he is doing much better.
Norm Fine has delivered up a needed addition to the history of WW II with his book about the discovery, development, and implementation of a radar enhancement device known as the resonant cavity magnetron. Blind Bombing tells how this microwave radar enabled the Allies to overcome the two obstacles to D-Day: German U-boats and the European weather. “By sunset of D-Day, the conclusion of WW II was a given.” His fast-moving narrative has the added twist that his uncle was the first to use and prove the success of the device in bombing raids. “A spell-binding narrative,” according to Nick Kotz.
From Hanover comes news that Hellgate Gorge Cabin burned to the ground the night of November 15.
Sadly, we report the passing of William Benton, Art Boudreau, Otis Carney, George Chesel, Mark Cowdery, Thomas Jones, Gregory Knowles, Cyril Muromcew, William Pattison, Martin Ranta, George Schmitt, Eliot Smith, and Stuart Yunis, M.D.
—John Dinan, 20 Gardiner St., Richmond, ME 04357; (207) 252-7442; captdinan@yahoo.com
Ken Lundstrom is pinch-hitting for John Dinan this month. It’s our 250th and Bill Cassell advises that he and Ilse enjoyed watching Los Angeles city hall turn green for Dartmouth with a “Wah hoo wah!”
Nancy and Frank Carlton touch base from their retirement home at Cascades Manor in Eugene, Oregon. Frank reports a grand family reunion this past summer on the Oregon coast complete with grands and great-grands. Their time at Cascade Manor continues to be eventful with a book group, pool exercise, bridge, movies, evening programs, Very Little Theater, the Eugene Symphony, and music lovers’ nights. A health issue had Frank in hospital, but he is doing much better.
Norm Fine has delivered up a needed addition to the history of WW II with his book about the discovery, development, and implementation of a radar enhancement device known as the resonant cavity magnetron. Blind Bombing tells how this microwave radar enabled the Allies to overcome the two obstacles to D-Day: German U-boats and the European weather. “By sunset of D-Day, the conclusion of WW II was a given.” His fast-moving narrative has the added twist that his uncle was the first to use and prove the success of the device in bombing raids. “A spell-binding narrative,” according to Nick Kotz.
From Hanover comes news that Hellgate Gorge Cabin burned to the ground the night of November 15.
Sadly, we report the passing of William Benton, Art Boudreau, Otis Carney, George Chesel, Mark Cowdery, Thomas Jones, Gregory Knowles, Cyril Muromcew, William Pattison, Martin Ranta, George Schmitt, Eliot Smith, and Stuart Yunis, M.D.
—John Dinan, 20 Gardiner St., Richmond, ME 04357; (207) 252-7442; captdinan@yahoo.com