Prez Bob Kirby and Brownlee are on the hunt for yet another total eclipse (April 8), starting in Mexico and ending in Rangeley Lake, Maine.
Jilly Harned is regrettably hanging up her cross-country ski boots but is still chasing hockey games with a Smith granddaughter at MIT and a grandson in a Pennsylvania tournament. She has a projected trip to Berlin to see another “grandy” working there and has another grandson “hungering” to go to Dartmouth. She sent me a great picture of Bob and Mary Kilmarx. Sugaring season in New Hampshire: Doug and Meredith Smith hung 60 buckets in their 22nd year. They were started off by Bob and Mary Kilmarx, who termed it the “sacred spring ritual.”
Joel Leavitt, at a Palm Beach, Florida, gathering was impressed by our new president. Joel—the oldest alum present—pleaded for a reinstatement of the “Great Issues” program. Joel, back on the golf course and playing tennis, says his “back is better.” Terri Carpenter says she and Bill (“Carp”) have had two winters this year (and are working on a third). She enjoys using FaceTime with Carp’s sister and family in New Zealand!
“Swede” Swenson, living alone in Glenview, Illinois, sees daughter Ann weekly. He is doing independent historical research about Chicago, has two sons and a father (class of 1923) who went to Dartmouth. Swede has quit driving, says, “Legs don’t work too well.” On a personal note: February 29 was my 24th birthday—do the math! I received a nice note from Quent Kopp ’49 regarding pal Ort Hicks ’49. Email me your news and views.
Our class regrets the loss of Tom Warner, David Taylor, Bill Pully, and Brooks Barvoets.
—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369 5879; smileytmr229@gmail.com