Class Note 1944
Issue
In the last column we tracked down half of the remaining freshman A-team. We conclude our road trip in this column with the following contacts.
From Fort Collins, Colorado, we continued further west to Bob Petersen, another retired doctor, in southern California. We tried calling several times but got only bird tweets from his phone. Bob came to Dartmouth as one of the “Denver Five”: Walter Olin, Frank Ebaugh, John McAllister and Spencer Baird. Spence, a former B-team athlete, became an inventor, and is now a song-and-dance man in Tofino, British Columbia. Back to the East Coast, to Bud Talley in Richmond, Virginia. Bud is an ex-golfer due to a back condition, doing some woodworking and reading. After Dartmouth and four years in the Marine Corps he became involved in home-building materials business up and down the East Coast. He wants to say hello to Bucky Brandt. After being a multi-team athlete at Dartmouth Ed Roewer spent his professional life as a teacher, scholar (of languages) and coach at various New England high schools. He ended his career as vice principal at Gloucester (Massachusetts) High School. Ed has been a loyal member of the class and never missed a reunion. Finally, to our anchor man in Hanover. Bob McLaughry has been prominent on the scene as class president, class tailgater and, with his wife, Ann, top realtor of the Upper Valley. He constantly refers to his former teammates as “the greatest group of guys ever.” Bob recalls that in weekly scrimmages with the varsity, the frosh team never allowed the varsity to score. Bob traded in his cleats for airplanes—flying in two wars—and then his planes for skis. Some people say he’s still flying—downhill. The best thing about being over 80, he claims, is skiing for free. Stay tuned for the next road trip.
—Betty Munson A’44, 23 Linscott Road N., York, ME 03909; emmunson1944@gmail.com
May - June 2010
In the last column we tracked down half of the remaining freshman A-team. We conclude our road trip in this column with the following contacts.
From Fort Collins, Colorado, we continued further west to Bob Petersen, another retired doctor, in southern California. We tried calling several times but got only bird tweets from his phone. Bob came to Dartmouth as one of the “Denver Five”: Walter Olin, Frank Ebaugh, John McAllister and Spencer Baird. Spence, a former B-team athlete, became an inventor, and is now a song-and-dance man in Tofino, British Columbia. Back to the East Coast, to Bud Talley in Richmond, Virginia. Bud is an ex-golfer due to a back condition, doing some woodworking and reading. After Dartmouth and four years in the Marine Corps he became involved in home-building materials business up and down the East Coast. He wants to say hello to Bucky Brandt. After being a multi-team athlete at Dartmouth Ed Roewer spent his professional life as a teacher, scholar (of languages) and coach at various New England high schools. He ended his career as vice principal at Gloucester (Massachusetts) High School. Ed has been a loyal member of the class and never missed a reunion. Finally, to our anchor man in Hanover. Bob McLaughry has been prominent on the scene as class president, class tailgater and, with his wife, Ann, top realtor of the Upper Valley. He constantly refers to his former teammates as “the greatest group of guys ever.” Bob recalls that in weekly scrimmages with the varsity, the frosh team never allowed the varsity to score. Bob traded in his cleats for airplanes—flying in two wars—and then his planes for skis. Some people say he’s still flying—downhill. The best thing about being over 80, he claims, is skiing for free. Stay tuned for the next road trip.
—Betty Munson A’44, 23 Linscott Road N., York, ME 03909; emmunson1944@gmail.com