What a beautiful summer we had! Some hot, humid days and enough rain to keep grass green and gardeners happy. The rest sunny, spirit lifting, and with lots of smiles.


We heard from several people associated with our class. John Cavanagh ’55, son of Ellie, wrote us from San Antonio, Texas, where he and his wife moved from Lexington, Massachusetts, in April after his five decades as a history professor. They love their year-round backyard swimming pool. His brother Jim, the ’29 class baby, attended the 60th reunion of his Dartmouth Medical School class in June.


A welcome phone call from Marsha Ingram Lamb, daughter of Mason Irving Ingram, commenting on our Class Notes. Her father was Dartmouth comptroller, and they lived in Norwich, Vermont. As an aside: Did you know that Hanover High School is shared with Norwich, one of the few in the country where two states share a school! In leafing through the “Eastman 40 Years of Community” insert in the Valley News, we found that classmate Dudley Orr was instrumental in Eastman’s creation.


Rip adds:


Most good things come to those who wait


But this time I over hesitate.


—Mary Lougee Ripley, 80 Lyme Road, #411, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-6464