Class Note 1970
Your response to my plea for updates netted more than could be reasonably edited down to a 500-word column. Look forward to the November/December column and future newsletters for the rest of the story.
Jeff Hall is retired, but his photography hobby has turned into an obsession. Jeff has joined a couple of camera clubs, built a mini-studio, entered a few competitions, and started a new Facebook group specifically for photography of his area (southeastern North Carolina). A year ago the Halls left New England after enjoying 69 consecutive winters buried in snow and ice. They moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, just in time for Hurricane Florence. They miss their mountains but enjoy the warmer weather down South.
Paul Gambaccini has his all-time highest listening figures now in 2019. His Saturday afternoon BBC Radio 2 program, Pick of the Pops, has 2.62-million listeners. The show is similar to his old WDCR Sounds for the Tri-town. Paul says this is surely the completion of his career circle.
Gary Caudill spent six years in Navy submarines and 26 years working for Procter & Gamble. After an early retirement in 2002, Gary earned a ministry degree. He is focused on U.S.-based local mission and volunteer work. After his first wife died, Gary remarried, and he has six children and 12 grandchildren.
Demie Duckworth and Meg accompanied Jeff Demareth and Holly on a Dartmouth alumni South American (Argentina and Chile) trip several years ago. Jeff and Demie reminisced about their first female professor in a South American government class. She was a radical Che Guevara, Fidel Castro exponent and spouted their communist-socialistic agenda as the wave of the future. Benignly we and our classmates espoused a contrary view, literally bringing her to tears. She abruptly stood up and stomped out of the classroom. Demie says that was his introduction to coed Dartmouth, all of which he supports, as two of his daughters are Dartmouth alumnae.
Chris Buschmann contacted a class of 2020 student who, like him, was the manager of the football team. As the manager of the 1969 football team, I read the item about the new female 2018 manager with interest. She shared a 2018 team photo asking him to find the only woman in the sea of faces. He has been retired since 2018, and says if he “sees a good read, a lawn to mow, a woods trail to hike or ski, a river to kayak, an interesting recipe to make for our next meal, an interesting video documentary to film and edit for family and friends, a moment to admire wild lady-slippers blooming, I fully respect opportunities as relevant and a reward for being alive, and I am aware in the moment.”
Save the date of our 50th reunion on June 11-16, 2020. If you have recently retired or changed your email or contact information, please update the alumni directory at dartgo.org/update. Let us know what is going on in your world.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
