Class Note 1951
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Continuing to promote our 60th reunion on June 13-16, 2011 (the last June reunion we will ever have), your scribe will start off recalling his summer of 1950. I made the second and third most important decisions a young man can make by deciding what occupation to pursue and who to marry. After spending that summer in a Chicago department store’s men’s sportswear I decided on a career in retail store management. As for matrimony, Roxy Schmidt agreed to marry me but not until after graduation. Nels Brown recalls that summer like all the others, working on the family farm near Worcester, Massachusetts. The crops were vegetables, such as winter squash, the hours were long and conditions harsh. Needless to say, a career with the telephone company was a welcome change for Nels. Neal Crampton’s summer of 1950 was split between six weeks at Quantico with the U.S. Marine Corps and a month busing dishes at the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod. Working next to him was Parke Sickler, another Marine who Neal encouraged to come to work there. Also in that dining room was Bernice Brown, a waitress who caught Parke’s attention. Serious dating ensued and resulted in marriage for Bernie and Parke in November 1951. Moving from the past to future let’s hear it from mini-reunion chairman Henry Nachman, who has some of the details of our fall event. It begins Friday, October 8 with cocktails and dinner at somewhere TBA. On Saturday before or after the Yale football game we may join other classes for a meeting with President Kim. That evening our banquet will be at one of our favorite locations, the DOC House. Scheduling the mini early in October improves the odds for mild weather and some colorful fall foliage, a great combination. Who knows, a victory over Yale may presage a winning season, not seen in Hanover since 1997. Be there so you can say you helped the team get a winning era off to a great start. Go online for Roger Des Prez’s obituary at dartmouth.org/classes/51.
—Peirce McKee, 239 Village Gate, Orinda, CA 94563; peirce.mckee@rbc.com
July - Aug 2010
Continuing to promote our 60th reunion on June 13-16, 2011 (the last June reunion we will ever have), your scribe will start off recalling his summer of 1950. I made the second and third most important decisions a young man can make by deciding what occupation to pursue and who to marry. After spending that summer in a Chicago department store’s men’s sportswear I decided on a career in retail store management. As for matrimony, Roxy Schmidt agreed to marry me but not until after graduation. Nels Brown recalls that summer like all the others, working on the family farm near Worcester, Massachusetts. The crops were vegetables, such as winter squash, the hours were long and conditions harsh. Needless to say, a career with the telephone company was a welcome change for Nels. Neal Crampton’s summer of 1950 was split between six weeks at Quantico with the U.S. Marine Corps and a month busing dishes at the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod. Working next to him was Parke Sickler, another Marine who Neal encouraged to come to work there. Also in that dining room was Bernice Brown, a waitress who caught Parke’s attention. Serious dating ensued and resulted in marriage for Bernie and Parke in November 1951. Moving from the past to future let’s hear it from mini-reunion chairman Henry Nachman, who has some of the details of our fall event. It begins Friday, October 8 with cocktails and dinner at somewhere TBA. On Saturday before or after the Yale football game we may join other classes for a meeting with President Kim. That evening our banquet will be at one of our favorite locations, the DOC House. Scheduling the mini early in October improves the odds for mild weather and some colorful fall foliage, a great combination. Who knows, a victory over Yale may presage a winning season, not seen in Hanover since 1997. Be there so you can say you helped the team get a winning era off to a great start. Go online for Roger Des Prez’s obituary at dartmouth.org/classes/51.
—Peirce McKee, 239 Village Gate, Orinda, CA 94563; peirce.mckee@rbc.com