Our regular annual mini-reunion was held October 6 and 7 and was attended by Bud Munson,Dotand Warren Daniel,Anne and Pete Foster,Judy Cross, who was John Hatheway’s companion for a number of years before he died last summer, and widows Ellie Huke, Jean Guthrie, Marilyn Greene, Alice Becker and Marian Page. Pat McAllister, who has done such a grand job working with our widows, arranged the Friday night dinner that was held in the Winship Room of the Blunt Alumni Relations Building (old Crosby Hall) and catered with sandwiches by the Hanover Coop. Since it was alumni weekend, there was a good view of the bonfire and the circling freshmen. Several sat on the steps of Robinson Hall to better view the fun. As Judy put it, “The next day we sat through a drizzle to watch a miserable first half then a glorious second half, where we defeated Yale by one point in the very last minute. Happy but wet, we all went to Bud’s house in Quail Hollow in Lebanon [New Hampshire] for drinks and supper.” At an informal class meeting Warren advised the College credited the class of 1948 with gifting $42,000 to the Alumni Fund, with a participation rate of 44 percent. The class has set a goal of 60 percent for FY 2018, which he thought was reasonable for our 70th reunion. Bud advised the class has about $22,000 in the bank, sufficient for our Hanover Inn porch chairs maintenance program and other commitments. Our annual athletes’ scholarship awards program for one male and one female student is fully funded and awards will be selected by the College for 2017-18.

I subsequently had a very nice chat with our class chronicler, Sonny Drury, and his wife, Joan, still living in Houston. Sonny is pretty much fully blind, but is otherwise physically healthy, cheerful and enjoying life. Joan says he is able to hear all of Dartmouth’s football games over the radio and is now deeply involved listening to Churchill’s memoirs. He enjoys hearing from his Dartmouth friends and can be reached at (281) 531-8606.

—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net