Class Note 1957

Special kudos to Happy and Clark Griffiths for another outstanding Homecoming Weekend. The many activities they planned included a lunch and tour at the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge as well as a reception and dinner at the Dickey Center, where Mike Smith presented Dan Benjamin with a check for $8,000, helping build our great issues fund to more than $600,000.

Remember the big upright bass that Jack Stempel played with the Barbary Coast? Jack’s widow, Judy, has donated that valuable Swingmaster to a very grateful Fort Worth, Texas, Independent School District. “Some young person will experience the joy of making music,” a tearful Judy said. “My heart is full.” Bob Creasy reports that he and wife Judy recently attended an outstanding lecture by Jay Greene in St. Helena, California. Jay has been delivering his informative historical lecture series at the St. Helena Public Library since 2015. Next up, March 12, is “Charlemagne and the Origins of Modern Europe.” Contact Jay at greene7375@comcast.net for a full schedule. There is much more great history to explore in coming lectures.

As I write this, nine representatives of our class are enjoying the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra performing in Florence, Italy: Ginny and Randy Aires, Bruce Bernstein and Lita Moses, Eric Kunzel’s widow, Brunie, Alice and Tom Macy, and Cynthia and Dick Perkins. As you read this, Perk and Dick Canton and Ann and Bill Edgerton are putting final touches on the March 1-2 Naples, Florida, mini; while Herb Roskind is making final arrangements for the March 22-24 Phoenix mini.

Chris Wren reports he has joined the class listserv mentioned in the last issue of our Class Notes. Chris has been busy promoting his bestseller, Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom, but is making time to join classmates’ discussions of great issues.

Joe Steveson and Bob Adelizzi report that our goal for the Dartmouth College fund this year is 57-percent participation and $200,000. Agents Randy Aires, Don Burkhardt, Bill Breer, Pete Corothers, Bob Creasy, Ted Jennings, Dick Perkins, and Dick Sunderland will be helping them attain that goal. Let’s all help too: ’57 out!

—John W. Cusick, 105 Island Plantation Terrace, Vero Beach, FL 32963; (772)231-1248; johnwcusick @aol.com