The mini in Williamsburg, VA in late April was

Volume 49
June 2013
The mini in Williamsburg, VA in late April was fantastic. Organized by Jim and Bunny Neff, Mike and Maggie Hurd
and Dave and Yvonne Campbell, we were treated to an event-packed reunion of 65 men and women. We even met
Thomas Jefferson, who greeted us as we were assembling to board our bus to tour a lovely old plantation on Tuesday
morning. He spoke about his role in the formation of Virginia and US governance institutions, the writing of the
Declaration of Independence, and his views on slavery, among others. We also toured gardens and homes open to the
public during Williamsburg Garden Week, had a most interesting series of lectures at the William and Mary, Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, as well as a guided tour of the Monitor wing of the Mariner’s Museum. Many of us
explored Colonial Williamsburg on our own, some played golf and tennis, and we all dined royally (and probably
excessively, if my own waistline is any indication). All in all, it was a very educational and most enjoyable time.
Elsewhere in this newsletter are many pictures of the attendees, taken by our unofficial class photographer, Ruth
Reeve. During one of the cocktail parties, John Goodrich was inspired to come up with an idea for a mini reunion in
Tuscany in 2015. Since that is well beyond my term as class president, I suggested that he contact the new team of
officers after they’ve been elected.
And speaking of new officers, John Ferries is assembling a small group of classmates to come up with a list of
candidates for the class officers who will take over the administration of our class next summer, coincident with our
55th reunion. If you have any suggestions for John to consider, either on the nominating committee or as a prospective
officer, please feel free to email him at [email protected].
By the time you read this, you should have received a new Class Directory, dated April, 2013. Thanks to Al
Munro and Jim Bybee, as well as some dedicated work by the Alumni Relations staff, a large number of errors in the
earlier (October 2012) version have been corrected. If you haven’t received your copy, please let either Al or me
know: [email protected] or [email protected], and we’ll be glad to send you one. And if you’d like an extra
copy, send Al a check for $8, and he’ll put one in the mail to you.
Some of you may have received a letter from me asking for your email addresses so you can be kept informed of
significant events and news of other classmates. I’ve received quite a few responses from that letter; if you’re still
unsure, I’d urge you to give it a try. Unsubscribing is easy if it turns out to be unsatisfactory or a waste of time…but
I’m pretty sure you’ll be a happy camper. Just send me an email, and I’ll put you on the list.
Finally, our Hanover mini reunion planners, Dave Marshall and Charlie Pinkerton, are busy putting together a
great agenda for our fall gathering in Hanover on October 10 – 12. As a special treat, it is timed to coincide with
Homecoming, so there will be the annual alumni parade pep talk and bonfire. The registration form can be found
elsewhere in this newsletter. Don’t delay in making your plans, as local hotel space will be very hard to come by.
-Ray
Class Officers: Ray Becker, President - [email protected]; Scott Palmer, Vice President - [email protected]; Al
Munro, Secretary - [email protected]; Art Quirk, Treasurer- artquirk@att,net; Chris Cundey, Alumni Council Rep. [email protected]; Pete Schreier, Class Head Agent - [email protected]; Sue and Charlie Pinkerton / Cynthia and
Dave Marshall, Mini-Reunions - [email protected]; [email protected]; Jim Bybee, Newsletter [email protected]; Bill Sweet, Bequests & Trusts- [email protected]; Chuck Donovan, Webmaster –
[email protected]
The Williamsburg/Tidewater Spring Mini-Reunion, as Ray points out, was a sparkling success. Attended by 65
Classmates, Spouses, Girl Friends and Others over a period of four days, it appears at the very least from the photographs
that they had a marvelous time. One can nearly conjure up a complete picture (if you will pardon the expression) from the
attached collection of photographs. The photographs were all taken by Ruthie Reeve. You could have guessed that they
are her work, from their quantity and quality.
I have attempted to provide a “summary” set of photos in a format that provides a good example of the whole lot,
without overwhelming myself and you, the viewers. For those that cannot get enough from my arbitrary selection, you can
get a wonderful summary from a Shutterfly page on the Internet, contact Ruthie at [email protected] . The point
being, we want you to see and share as much of the experience as possible in order to entice you to come and be with us
now and then.
Our next event is the Hanover Fall Mini as described by Ray Becker on Page 1. We do these every year, in the
fall. It is actually the Class Meeting, with as many other things as we can squeeze in as possible. Like Homecoming with
its accompanying football game, and a lot of good things to eat.
For me, the most exciting part is another chance to see and be with Classmates once again. The Fall Mini tends to
be slightly smaller, but it has the potential for a lot of social interaction in a variety of venues. I did a lot of my growing up
in Hanover from ’55 to ’59 and every visit is a home coming, along with some precious “family” re-connections in the old
familiar places. There are quite a number of Classmates living in the Hanover area now, so the chances of seeing more
old friends are good. It also heightens the anticipation for such visits with family and friends from the wonderful past.
Everyone living within a half days drive from Hanover should make plans to be there.
Look through the photos in this Newsletter and see if you don’t spot someone that you would really enjoy seeing
again. You may not get the chance to see them again for a long while. We are getting old, no question about it. So start
making plans to come to Hanover in October. I promise that I will buy you a drink.
I might even come to the football game and march in Homecoming parade. How great would that be!
Make plans and do it.
--Jim Bybee
Newsletter Editor
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The Williamsburg Mini-Reunion Photo Album
Jim and Linda Pinkerton
Art Quirk, Robert Watson et al
Jane Egner and Laura Werner
Kitty Quirk
Linda and Jim Pinkerton
Fritz Arens and Group
Joanne Wise, Lauretta Economou Fritz Arens Susan Boyle, Arlene Johnson
Fran Ferese / Chuck Donovan
Helen and Lee Gilliatt
Stu and Bee Summers
Tom and Margo Brackett
Joe and Mary Lou Scardapane
Art Quirk
Dick Hoehn and Friends
Lauretta and Stew Economou
Doug Wise and Stew Economou
Martha and Bill Beshore
Jewel and Tippy Blake
Arlyss and Ray Becker
Joan and Wayne French
Jay Herpel and John Goodrich
Carol and Mike Hirsh
Susan and Bill Boyle
Margo and Tom Brackett and Joanne Wise
Bill Beshore, Jay Herpel, Joyce Bush
Mary and Bob Ogg
Jim Neff and Marti Beshore
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Bracketts and Economous
Jane Kirk and Jay Herpel
Donna Margetts and Maggie Hurd Carol Hirsh and Tina Colehower
Carol Hirsh and Maryann Goodrich Art Quirk and Robert Watson Tippy Blake and Bill Beshore Jewel and Tippy Blake
Ray Becker and Marti Beshore Susan and Bill Boyle, Yvonne Campbell Doug Wise and Wayne French Kitty and Art Quirk
Doug and Joanne Wise
Carol Hirsh, Kitty Quirk and Jane Egner Ellie Hoehn and Judith Body Dick Hoehn and Dave Campbell
Jewell, Margo and Tom Brackett Jim Neff ,Tina, Marilyn, Lauretta, Joan John Goodrich, Robert Watson Arlene Johnson, Fritz Arens
B. Colehower, Stew Economou Bob Ogg, Ray Becker, Wayne French, Dave Campbell
Wayne and Joan French
with Marilyn Filderman
Bill Colehower, Dick and Ellie Hoehn,
Art Quirk John Goodrich Bill Boyle Lauretta Economou, Dave Campbell
Tom Brackett, Judith Body. Robert Watson, Margot Brackett
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Robert Watson Judith Body
Bee, Lauretta, Jane, Arlene,
Arlyss Becker, Joanne Wise, Marilyn Filderman
Jane Egner, Carol Hirsh
Helen and Lee Gilliatt
Tippy and Jewel Blake
Tom and Donna Margetts
Marilyn Filderman Bill Boyle, HelenGilliatt, Susan Boyle
Joan and Wayne French
Mary Lou Scardapane, Laura Werner Maryann Goodrich
Tina and Bill Colehower and others, in the woods
Jim Pinkerton Tom Brackett Tom Margetts, Ray Becker, Art Quirk Jewel Blake and Maggie Hurd
,
Scott Bush and Joyce Arbon Tippy, Arlyss Becker,Jewel Blake
Jim Neff, our host in chief
The Scardapane Table
The Jay Herpel Table
the Porter/Hurd Table
Mary and Bob Ogg
The Hirsh Table
the Hoehn Table
Marilyn and Bob Filderman
The Colehower/Blake Table
the Donovan Table
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Bill Boyle, Lee Gilliatt, Barry Smith
Robert Watson and Mike Hurd
Mike Hirsh, Laura and Sam Werner
Ray Becker and Jane Kirk
Arlyss and Ray Becker
Susan and Bill Boyle with Arlyss Helen Gilliatt and Jane Egner Laura and Sam Werner with Mary Ann
Robert Watson and Wayne French Dave Campbell, Bill and Marti Beshore Tina Colehower, Barry Smith Bill Beshore, Jay Herpel, Jane Kirk
Mary Lou Scardapane and Yvonne Campbell Scott and Joyce Bush Joe Scardapane, John Goodrich and Mike Hurd Yvonne Campbell and Tina Colehower
Ray Becker, Bunny Neff
Linda Pinkerton, Bee Summers
Dave Campbell, Scott Bush,
Bill Beshore, Fritz Arens,
Joe Scardapane
Bee Summers, Lauretta, Jane Egner, Arlene Johnson Linda and Craig Harlan Lee Gilliatt, Stu Summers Barry Smith
Jim Pinkerton, Carol and Mike Hirsh Margot Brackett, Arlyss Becker, Tom Brackett Dave Campbell, Sam Werner, Dave Porter
Sam Werner, Dave Porter Joan French, Marilyn Filderman, Jane Egner, Art Quirk, Ray Becker Tippy Blake
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The Dartmouth Class of 1959 Fall Mini Reunion - October 10-12, 2013
Sign up and Save the date! A Class of 1959 fall Mini Reunion is planned around Homecoming, Dartmouth Night
parade and bonfire and the Yale football game! Couple these activities with a trip to New England in early October, a
schedule of educational, informational and sports events, and a chance to share once again experiences with
classmates, wives and friends.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
. Noon -5:30PM – Golf Outing at Hanover CC:
#participating __________
(Lunch, cart, greens fees –pay at snack bar/pro shop)
. 6:30PM – Cocktails/Dinner – The Hearth Room at Eastman
(Cash bar/dinner-order individually from menu)
#participating __________
Friday, October 11, 2013
. 9:30AM- Tennis at Dartmouth Courts (TBA)
. 1:30PM- Class Meeting (Room 041 Haldeman)
(Presentations by students/speakers - (details to follow)
. 5:00PM- Cocktails/dinner – Occum Common
# __ people X $60 each =
.7:00 PM- Dartmouth Night Parade and Bonfire
# participating __________
$ _________________
Saturday, October 12, 2013
. 8:30 AM – Continental Breakfast (Room 041 Haldeman)
. 9:00AM -11:30AM Class Meeting and student presentations
(Details to follow)
.1:30PM Yale Football Game
.1:30 Dartmouth/Hanover Tour
# participating _________
. 3:00PM WIN Book Club Discussion Group-Howe Library
# participating _________
(“The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse” –L. Erdrich)
.6:30PM – Cocktails and dinner – DOC House
# ____people X $60 each =
$_________________________
Supplemental Reunion Fee (college services, speaker honorarium
10/12 Continental breakfast)
# ___people X $20 each =
$ _________________________
Total Reunion fees to be submitted with this registration Form
$__________________
Names of all attending:
First and last name
_______________________
E-mail Address ______________________
First and last name
________________________ Phone number _______________________
Please submit this form and payment no later than 9/15/13 to:
David Marshall: PO Box 455, New London, NH, 03257
e-mail: [email protected]; Phone: 603 526-7674
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In Memoriam
Ubed Bamahry
Date of Death: December 23, 2012
Ubed Bamahry passed away on December 23, 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia on the day of his loving late wife’s birthday. He
was born in Ambon, Indonesia. Ubed entered Dartmouth from Univeritas Airlangga Fracultas Hukum in Surabaya,
East Java. He graduated from Dartmouth with a double major in Economics and Geography.
Ubed kneels in the first row close to John Towle ‘59 in the Alpha Theta Fraternity picture in the 1959 Aegis. He was a
loyal Dartmouth graduate. John Towle remembers Ubed emailing him for John’s bank account number so he could send
a gift to the Dartmouth College Fund.
Ubed’s daughter-in-law, Shinta Bamahry, emailed that Ubed had fond memories
about Dartmouth and his friends. He often talked to his family including his grandchildren
for hours about the College. When he took his family to visit Dartmouth several years
ago, Shinta felt that she “knew the campus like the palm of her hand”. She added that
Ubed was proud to be a Dartmouth alumnus and a member of the Class of 1959.
After graduation in 1959 Ubed returned to Jakarta and worked at Pertamina (the
National Oil Company) until his retirement in 2003. His last position at the oil company
was as the Director of Pension Funds of Oil and Gas.
His two sons, his daughter and six grandchildren survive Ubed.
Daniel Marvin Nafie Date of Death: December 31, 2011
Daniel Marvin Nafie passed away on December 31, 2011 in Grass Valley, California.
He entered Dartmouth from Clifford J. Scott High School, East Orange, New Jersey. In high school, Dan was a
talented athlete, co-captaining the football and basketball teams and playing varsity baseball.
At Dartmouth, Dan played on the freshman football team before leaving the college after his freshman year.
He joined the U.S. Air Force. After the Air Force he was employed by Motorola Corporation in Georgia and rose
to Vice President of Two Way Communications. He retired after 25 years with Motorola.
After 30 years of marriage, Dan’s wife, Carol Lee, passed away in 1994. After he remarried, he lived in Las
Vegas for three or four years until his wife, Sakae, passed away. Dan moved to Grass Valley, California to be
near his oldest daughter, Danielle Rubino. Dan enjoyed skiing and fishing. He was a huge golf enthusiast and was
a strong player. When he became ill with PSP (Progressive Subranuclear Palsy) he moved in with Danielle. He
suffered with this progressively debilitating disease for several years before succumbing to it.
His two daughters, four brothers, a sister and six grandchildren survive him.
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Paul Clyde Downing
Paul Clyde Downing passed away on March 7, 2013 at his home in Intervale, New Hampshire. He moved to Intervale in
2006 after living his entire life in Saugus, Massachusetts. Paul entered Dartmouth from Saugus High School. At Saugus
High School he was Class Vice President his senior year and was a National Honor Society and Student Council
member. He was in the Glee Club and played varsity football his junior and senior years. At Dartmouth, Paul was a
brother of Chi Phi and President his senior year. He was active in the Dormitory Committee, Interfraternity Treasurers
Council, Shocktroop Club, and Marine Platoon Leader Class and during his freshman year on the Crew Team. Linda, his
wife, met at Chi Phi in May 1961 and were married the following August. They would have celebrated their 52nd
wedding anniversary in May 2013. After Dartmouth, Paul tried corporate life at B.F.Goodrich, Akron, Ohio but soon
decided to return home to teach English, his Dartmouth major, for 40 years at Saugus High School. Greg Stark ’5 9, a
fraternity brother, says that when Paul retired it was like a second “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”, with the school naming the
classroom he used for 40 years in his honor. Greg and Paul stayed in touch and had fun talking about Carnival, The
College and good times at Chi Phi. One of Paul’s Saugus High School students was Bob Gaudet ‘81 who is now the
Dartmouth Men’s Hockey Coach. Bob emailed that Paul was very influential in his life: “Paul saw the potential in me to
attend Dartmouth and helped give me the confidence to succeed at Dartmouth. He was a wonderful teacher and role
model and was a great man. Our relationship grew from teacher/student to friendship over the years. Paul cheered for the
Dartmouth hockey team and always cared so much about me and my family”.
Paul even taught his own sister, Evelyn, and loved it when she had to call him Mr. Downing. John Miller ’59, a Chi Phi
brother, pays tribute to Paul: “Paul had that rare gift that everyone who met him liked him. He always had time for a
smile and a friendly word. He exemplified what, at the time, made a Dartmouth man”. Dick Press ’59 adds: Paul was as
“bombastic and joyful” as ever at our 50 th Reunion when we celebrated at Chi Phi. As a former student of Paul’s wrote:
“The measure of a life well lived is not how much money we had nor what possessions we have accumulated, but rather
the lives we touched and the sorrow we leave behind…you can proudly and confidently say that his indeed was a life
well-lived and loved by so many”. Paul was a softball and soccer coach when his children played and served as a
Warden of Prankers Pond for 25 years. Linda says he liked to move around the pond at night making ghost noises to
discourage teenagers from fooling around. Paul loved the theatre. Linda and he had season tickets to the North Shore
Music Theatre for 45 years. Paul worked for 17 years at a local liquor store where he held court with friends and former
students. Paul had the honor of presenting the Dartmouth Book Prize to his granddaughter when she graduated from
Saugus High School. A friend eulogized at his funeral that Paul was the happiest person she had ever met. He lived by
the mantra “Don’t worry; be happy!” His wife, Linda, sons Michael and Christopher, daughter Susan and two
granddaughters, Nicole and Marissa, survive him.
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George H. Drawbaugh
Lifelong area resident
George H. Drawbaugh
George H. Drawbaugh passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. He was born in Red Bank, NJ and
graduated from Rumson High School. He then went on to Dartmouth College and graduated in 1959, and was
a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He worked for NJ Bell Telephone and in 1962 went into the
insurance business at the former Connecticut Mutual Life now known as Mass Mutual. Subsequently, he
formed George H. Drawbaugh and Associates, an insurance brokerage firm.
George was currently a member and past commodore of both the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club and the North
Jersey Yacht Racing Association. He was also a current member of the Root Beer & Checker Club and the
North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club. He was a former member of the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht
Club. George volunteered with the former United Way and was currently a member of the Little Silver
Planning Board where he served for four decades. George was also a former deacon of the First Presbyterian
Church @ Red Bank-Tower Hill.
He was active on the Little Silver Fire Police.
George was predeceased by his parents, George W. and Winifred "Betty" S. He is survived by his wife of 51
years, Gail; daughter, Lisa Barnes (Gene); sons, George Charles "Chuck" (Mary Beth), and David B. (Holly);
and eight grandchildren, Devon, Bryce, Brylin, Bridia,, Kaela, Kellen, Lexi and Hunter.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, May 13 at the Presbyterian Church @ Shrewsbury, 352
Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. following the services at the
church in Fellowship Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations in his memory to The
Seeing Eye, Inc., PO Box 375, Morristown, NJ 07963 or American Parkinson Disease Assoc., Inc., PO Box
2026, Edison, NJ 08818 or online at www.apdaparkinson.org.
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