Now that we are halfway through 2021, we sincerely hope classmates and families are not only healthy, but also able to visit each other and reactivate their well-established social skills. Because of the cautious guidelines, we still do not have any class activities planned for the current year and we would like to make that statement for the last time as we get closer to our 70th reunion. We did have an interesting development recently when we heard from George Hibben about the Baker Library bells. George and his wife, Julie, residents of Bedford, Massachusetts, learned about a young Dartmouth graduate student, Bridget Slone, working toward a master’s in digital musics (plural). She is currently responsible for a continuing program for digitizing the bells music. George correctly thought it would be good for his morale to hear the bells again and he passed along his contact story so that we might also benefit. I spoke with Bridget, now studying remotely from Chicago. She was very helpful and, if you would like to hear the bells (best with a headset) play our alma mater, “Dear Old Dartmouth,” on the link and re-live your Dartmouth enjoyment, you can do so on your cell phone or computer (you do have access, right?). The link is too long for this text, but I can send it to you if you write or call me at the contacts below. We also recently had a good phone visit with John McDonald and his wife, Anne, from their home in Ticonderoga, New York. They’re doing well and have a granddaughter who is an alumna, class of 2020. We’ve also been in touch by phone or email with Bob Callander in New Jersey and three doctor classmates, Harry Wachen in New York, Bob Millhouse in California, and Harry Goldsmith in Nevada. No big news, just keeping in touch. It is most unfortunate that we have lost several more classmates recently: Ronald H. Marcks, John F “Jock” Arndt Jr., Robert O. Koester, Derek “Deke” Dorey, Jay H. Anderson,and Stanley Kogan. Stay well; stay in touch.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com