It all started last August at a ’52 class luncheon in Vermont. Jack Boyle and Hank Waters, our mini-reunion chairman, discussed the possibility of a class get together in Florida for 2014. Then, in the fall, Jack attended a Dartmouth function in Boston and met our new president, Phil Hanlon ’77, along with Martha Beattie ’76, vice president for alumni relations. Jack broached the idea of the president coming to Florida for a meeting at Harbour Ridge in Palm City, Florida—lots of ’52s hang out there. Time passed. Then, the first week in March, Jack gets a call from Dr. Hanlon’s office. He can be there to host a lunch on Tuesday, March 18. Are we on? In just two weeks? On March 18 some 70-plus college alumni and spouses gathered for a great afternoon with Phil and his wife, Gail Gentes. Of course the class of ’52 was very well represented; great teamwork and loyal alumni working together. Attendees in addition to Jack and Dodie Boyle included Dave Drexler and wife Judy, Dick and Nancy Watt, Bob and Pat Brace, Steve and Arlene Lazarus, Dick and Caroline McDonough, Marty and Louise Yarvis, Howie Carter and Betty Volkwein, and the class secretary with his wife, Maggie. Bill Randall wasn’t able to make the luncheon, but he and Wendy were there in spirit and are doing well. Mission accomplished. With that successful gathering in mind, please mark your calendar for a ’52 dinner on Saturday, October 4, at the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, Vermont. This is the weekend of the Dartmouth-Penn football game in Hanover—a perfect time for the height of the fall foliage season. Details will follow. Finally, the regular Dartmouth baseball season was scheduled to end the weekend of April 28 with a doubleheader against Harvard in Cambridge. As is their custom, several of our classmates, all former ball players, gathered to celebrate the occasion. This year’s group included Bob “Buzz” Barton, Frank Logan, Steve Meterperel and Jim Churchill. As it developed, the games were rained out, but they still had a great lunch.


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