May 2009 2009 · Roger W. McArt 26 McKinley St. Rowayton, CT 06853-1530 Vice-President: J. Michael...

President:Roger W. McArt26 McKinley St.Rowayton, CT 06853-1530

Vice-President:J. Michael Murphy11042 Lake Butler Blvd.Windermere, FL 34786-7806

Secretary:Victor S. Rich5 Red Ground Rd.Old Westbury, NY 11568-1119

Treasurer:Ivar A. JozusBox 129873 Main St.Middletown, CT 06457-3408

Co-Head Agent:Donald F. O’Neill9959 Brassie BendNaples, FL 34108-1923

Co-Head AgentDenny Denniston266 West 91st St.New York, NY 10024-1101

Newsletter Editor:Thomas S. Conger6081 SW Bonita Rd #L303Lake Oswego, OR 97035tcink**hawaii.rr.com

Gift Planning Chair:Peter M. Palin854 Azalia St.Boca Raton, FL 33486-3536

Co-Mini-Reunion Chair:HanoverMaynard B. WheelerP.O. Box 538Grantham, NH 03753-0538

Class Web Site:http://www.dartmouth.org

/classes/61/

Co-Mini-Reunion ChairmanNon-HanoverDave Prewitt279 Warner RoadWayne, PA 19087-2156

Alumni Council:Peter A. Bleyler19 Rocky Hill Ln.Lyme, NH 03768-3425

Web Master(s):Harris B. McKee (Publisher)5 Cunningham Ln.Bella Vista, AR 72714-3550

Robert H. Conn (Editor)3025 Loch Dr.Winston Salem, NC 27106-3007

Project Chair:Cleve E. Carney708 Lenox Rd.Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-3932

May 7, 2009 Okay, then: took a little time-out while relocating the WWW productionoffice. Now back in business, let’s hit thelatest: ’61 Joint 70th Birthday inScottsdale, April 30-May 3. Big tip of the ol’lauhala hat to the organizers, specificallyLen DiSavino, Jim Nova, Jay Torok,John King, and Jeff Conn—a jobextremely well done. The Millennium Resort

accommodations and food werewonderful, and the staff was delightful[sidebar: when checking in, the Eickesand Kandels were asked by the deskclerk what Dartmouth class it was.Seems his uncle was a ’61, so whenthey said that’s us, he inquired, “Anyoneknow Jack Kinderdine?” Bill & Duck inunison: “Conger’s roommate!” Turns out

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he was Jack’s nephew, and Duck and tcspent several of his breaks spinning all theold yarns of the legendary “Beaver”—noneof which can be printed here—and leavingnephew with a treasury of lore to, uh, honorJack next time he’s home...] Friday wetoured the Heard Museum, guided byknowledgeable docents, and werefascinated by the history, customs, andart/craftwork of the American Indian tribesin the southwest. Lunch was a wonderfulexpose to Mediterranean delights at “MyBig Fat Greek” which many were still talkingabout on the bus home. That night wegorged on BBQ at Handle Bar J’s, a goodol’ cowboy bar, and were instructed in theintricacies of line-dancing/Texas Two-Stepby a capable and lovely personal trainer.Some brave souls even got on the floor andtried it out; there was a certain appeal, butit’ll never overtake the Twist in ourgeneration... Saturday morn broke with aClass Meeting, highlighted by Pres.McArt’s announcement that ’61 hadreceived the only “Excellent” in the AlumniOffice Class Evaluations’ latest ratings; aplea from Denny Denniston for helpcontacting classmates who have notresponded to DCF appeals yet (highparticipation is a major criterion in judgingClass of the Year, and we are aiming for98%; mind you, not everyone can/will be amajor donor, but even the most modestsum goes a long way toward classsupremacy); and a grand presentation byDavid Birney regarding the ’61 Legacy forPerforming Arts, including Sweet Honey inthe Rock videos. Other items of importanceto each ’61 were Vic Rich’s appeal forprompt response to the new Class Directorydata survey, and likewise for Frank Ginn &Jim Baum’s herculean efforts to producethe 50th Reunion Book. We need your CV!Official business was followed by a tour of

the Desert Botanical Garden, again ledby accomplished docents, and thedesert/xeriscape flora intermixed withmarvelous Chihuly glass featuresintrigued many, esp. those with winterhomes in warmer climes. Lunch was onthe premises, in the aptly ycleptWebster Auditorium, and we couldn’thelp but notice the strategically placedposters along the trails announcing thatfacility was “Reserved for the DartmouthClass of 1961 Reunion”; Big Green capsand other D symbols were proudlydisplayed by their wearers. Thedinner/dance that evening was at theHotel, and couldn’t have been nicer.Music by a rock/nostalgia quartet keptthe ‘60s theme in the atmosphere, andclassmates flocked to the dance floor tostrut their stuff. Gotta tellya, gents: wemay have cut some awesome rugswhile on campus in Hanover, but couldadone without watching the decrepitattempts to regain lost youth displayedby most of you ol’ geezers... The wiveson the other hand: Zounds! Dideveryone marry a member of theRockettes...? In particular, this fadingcerebrum harks up visions of RuthBleyler, Sandi McArt, ChrisDenniston, Pat McElhinney, and NylaArslanian—to name a select few—whooughta get paid for tripping the gayTerpsichore... Fellas, we gots prosamong our distaff successors!Farewells were bade at breakfastSunday, and vows made to be inHanover for the fall mini Oct 2-4. Weurge you to do likewise.

We never got to Peter Holbrook'sGallery in Scottsdale. But I tried to drumup interest.


With Horace, Sitting on the Platform, Waiting for the Robert E. Lee(by Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Wright)

Seventy years, and what's left?Or better still, what's gone before?A couple of lines, a day or two out in the cold?And all those books, those half-baked books,

sweet yeast for the yellow dust?

What say, Orazio? Like you, I'm sane and live at the edge of things,Countryside flooded with light,Sundown,

the chaos of future mornings just over the ridge, but not here yet.

Noose from the ‘Net. First off, officialbusiness:1. Details for the Fall Mini-reunion inHanover (October 2-4: Penn game) includelodging availability of about a dozen roomsat the Lyme Inn, where we anticipatehaving our Saturday night dinner.Webmaster McKee has posted this plusmore mini facts on the class website, andwe urge you to contactPete Bleyler if

you are interested in staying at theLyme. We also urge you to attend. Howmany more fall minis will there be fora gaggle o’ geezers, septuagenariansat that...?2. Next weekend (May 16) will be thequintennial Wearers of the Greeninstallation at the Copley in Boston.Finally inducted will be ’61 BarrettCupster Al Rozycki, evoking thiscomment from Coyote Wilkins:


“Congratulations, Roz. What took them solong...?”3. The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fundaward winner has been announced. OliviaSnyder-Spak '10 will receive our grant of$1,500 at the annual Arts AwardsCeremony on June 1. Olivia will produceher short script, The Day of the Rice CakeCoupon, which won the 2008 LaingScriptwriting Competition, into a film. Sheplans to shoot the film over the course of 3to 4 days, using 16mm film. Theprofessional-level film will then besubmitted to film festivals nationwide. Ashort biography of Olivia and further detailson the project can be viewed at:(http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/61/Class%20News-Olivia.htm)

Paisan’ Rich Marrone has had his kneesrepaired; those who hiked the BaumConservation Trail at last fall’s mini recallPaisan’ hobbling up and back aided by astout oaken staff he found along the way.According to his son ‘Nilo (rhymes w/Hilo)in Honolulu, “Spoke with Ol' Paisan thismorning [Mar. 5] and his knees are comingalong just fine. They had to mess with somemusculature around one of his knees,which is taking quite some time to limberup. He's not bitching as much, and he's wellon his way to making a great recovery.”

At around that time, there was a littlehubbub in the Valley News regarding thelocation of the Frost statue. Some ‘53s,enamored of the sculpture, felt it was beinghidden away and wanted it placed moreprominently, say, near Sanborn House.After some exchanges back & forth, thematter was eventually put to bed by a letterfrom Messrs. McArt, Kelton and Murphy,(http://www.dartmouth.org/classes/61/Frost%20LETTER%20TO%20VALLEY%20NEWS%20-%201.13.09.pdf) closing with “...theRobert Frost sculpture at Dartmouthrepresents much more than just a static

image of the poet. In its bucolic setting,it captures the artist in a moment ofcreativity, surrounded by the naturalenvironment from which Frost drew somuch inspiration and which figures in somuch of his poetry. The statue wouldlose much of its artistic impact were itmoved to a more public place on thecampus.” Read the very fine epistle inits entirety on the class website. Andjoin us for a “frosty” one at the statueafter the Penn game Oct. 3!

Prior to these proceedings, SteveBosworth was named as special envoyto North Korea by Secretary of StateHillary Clinton. From the Daily D:“...Bosworth will represent the UnitedStates in the ongoing six-party talks withNorth Korea, South Korea, China,Russia and Japan. Bosworth was thechairman of Dartmouth’s Board ofTrustees from 1996 to 1999 and haspreviously served on the Board of theDickey Center for InternationalUnderstanding. Currently the dean ofTufts University’s Fletcher School ofLaw and Diplomacy, Bosworth servedas U.S. ambassador to South Koreafrom 1997 to 2000 and also was “deeplyinvolved” in previous unsuccessfulnuclear negotiations with North Korea,according to The Boston Globe...Bosworth declined to comment in an e-mail to The Dartmouth on Saturday [Feb14, prior to official confirmation]. TheState Department also declinedcomment.” Boz Rules! Again...!

And now that there’s a Punahou kid at1600 Penn. Ave., can world peace befar behind...? [FYI, Punahou, recentlynamed the Number One sports school inAmerica by Sports Illustrated, finallywon the State football championship.“After only 118 years,” quipped coach


Kale Ane, son of Detroit Lions legendCharlie. Of course, the Peoples Republic ofHawaii wasn’t even a state for the first 118years of Punahou’s existence, and theyonly started playing football in 1890... BTW,on the day the team won the title, Punahousenior Manti Teo won the first-ever DickButkus High School Award as BestLinebacker in America. Please hold yourapplause until the fall mini in Hanover.Gratuities welcome. ed.]

Back to the Frost statue for a moment:around Christmastime Hank Eberhardt, IIIexchanged some thoughts w/Mike Murphyregarding the lines etched on thesculpture’s writing board. Henry had beenthinking of some lines from “Stopping byWoods...” to which Murph recounted: “...Ipersonally think Mending Wall is one ofFrost's greatest poems, because it soeffectively presents a basic dilemma: theauthor's "Something there is that doesn'tlove a wall", versus his neighbor's "Goodfences make good neighbors." The poemis just loaded with these contrasts (with noreal resolution). What tipped the decisionfor me was that just when I had to tellGeorge [Lundeen, sculptor] what line toinscribe, the tiny, highly vocal group ofclassmates led by the late Tony Field wereat the peak of their condemnation effortsabout the statue. That atmosphere ofconflict pushed me to think that the mostappropriate line for our statue should be,indeed, "Something there is that doesn'tlove a wall" [or a statue!].” Hank lateradded another thought: “I recently walkedpast the other Robert Frost statue locatednear the center of the Amherst Collegecampus, feeling that it was taken forgranted and not noticed, as people havethe chance to see it all the time. On theother hand our RF statue near the Bema isin a very special location, and to see it onemust take the road "less traveled by, and

that has made all the difference." I canhear RF thinking as he looks out overthe Bema, "whose woods these are Ithink I know...the woods are lovely, darkand deep." He's happy right where heis.” [Any comments from the ’61 bodypolitic?]

Also around that time Jack Hansensent some “Senior Moments” to Bob &Ellis Naegele, which were fwd to thisscribe: “Yesterday, Saturday, December27th, I received my NovemberDartmouth Class newsletter! Is that theSouth Dakota mail system or just anormal delay? Anyway, Congratulationson your Lester Patrick Award. I wish Iwould have sent them the 8 mil film ofyour performance in the net with thelights in the background. Would havemade your achievement even greater. Iplay snowshoe hockey on a daily basisbut my "pucks" are horse manure in ourbarn... Oh yeah, the "senior Moments":Currently I am doing some radio andtelevision commercials. One TV spottook place in a funeral home...interesting timing. All of it makes forneeded grocery money. The finish withthe TV station was not good. The email Ireceived welcoming me to the"Millionaires Club" six months after I wasthere... referring to the stock I received...was worthless... stock worth 0 when Iwas released. Ardie is working at alocal Holiday Inn Motel/hotel as ahousekeeper to help us make ourpayments on the home. I am stillseeking some employment on apermanent basis. Fun senior moment:Lost a tooth a short time ago. Fell out inmy sleep... fortunately I didn't swallow it.Went to the dentist and he couldn'tbelieve it. Took it to a pawn shop andgot $60.00 for the gold! Moregroceries... I will continue to fill you in


on the bizarre things that can happen to us‘White-hairs.’” [And the beat goes on...

ed.]

Anybody for football? In response to a Dec.30 Friends of Football Early Decisionrecruiting report from Buddy Teevens ‘79,FJ “Duck” Eicke posted: “The originalemail from Friends of Dartmouth Footballspurred an interchange with TC and hasoccasioned this email from me to a selectfew to express a compelling thought:DARTMOUTH IS IN PRETTY GOODSHAPE WHEN WE LOOK AT THESTUDENT-ATHLETES. to wit: I met Co-Captain Milan Williams ’09 when wereturned for the 50th Ivy championshipcelebration in October, and all of us haveshared in the disappointment of the pastseason. I am convinced much better liesahead and with early decisions like thoselisted below, and Milan as a representativeof what Buddy and, I might add, our hockeycoaches, are bringing to Hanover torepresent us—we're in good shape. Lastyear Kathy and I had the pleasure ofhaving Mike Hartwick '07 around while heplayed for the Mississippi SeaWolves. He isnot back (wish he were for his playingability) but playing in England where he ispursuing a master's degree. Milan (fromMobile, AL) graduates in June and has a listof options that will guide him as he goesforward—and Coach T's name came upover and over at lunch today as makingopportunities (beyond football) available tohim. It is so easy to be out of touch withDartmouth on the coast of Mississippi butthese two certainly convince me that whatDartmouth meant to us is continuing up tothis date.” A brief review of some of thoseED candidates prompted this scribe to

observe that some of the lads fromCascia Hall in Tulsa were Really BigFellas, e’en “brutes.” Which evoked thefollowing [sometimes un-PC] responsefrom rangy John Henry, hero of allHouseparties football highlights in ourera: “Greetings, Francis. Good to hearfrom you and trust you are healthy andfine. I’m fine, but maybe not as “fine” asConger. I had a Christmas card fromDoug Hopton who reported seeingCharlie Brown and said he looked likehe needed to eat more. I wanna be likehim: Positively “gaunt”! Keepdreamin’... As to Cascia Hall, it’sprobably Tulsa’s premier private collegeprep school. As to disappointment atDartmouth, mine’s reserved fordisenfranchisement. As you suggest, ittakes a while to re-build. Even in worstyears I’ll take Ivy League and “tailgating”over Professionals at other schools.Further, in reality, I admire the rugbybunch and a keg of beer that Conger etal., including my son during his tenurethere (’88), represent. But it’s good tohave it all. No doubt [the gridders] areheading back. Nowhere to go, but up.Right? Go Indians... er, I mean, BigGreen! Let’s see: Global warming. DidAl Gore invent that in addition to theinternet? Next we’ll have worry we’rehurting his feelings—then what will wecall ourselves? Conger calls me BigFella. To John T. Russell, I was (andsometimes still am) ‘Bwana. Leave it toConger though; he’s coined the perfect:Brutes!!”


Frierson Family Foto

‘Nother Son of Minerva (SAE), CartterFrierson, and the undersigned were co-commanders of the Army ROTC drill teamin Hanover, stemming purely from ourhaving mandatory JROTC in prep school.TCF replied to a Navy drill team vid we sentwith: “Indeed, what memories! By the way,Sarge Brown, also on staff at D ROTC,went on to run Vail Mountain SkiOperations for decades, retiring from thereto help start another ski area about tenyears ago, and I had a great visit with himwhen he cam to talk in the 10th Mtn Div

Museum in Vail. Art Kelton and Sargehave been close friends since 1962when he moved to the brand new Vailresort. [tc loved skiing w/Brown—what apro!] This Navy team is over the top!Thanks for passing it along. By the way,my old email address retired with meand now I just use .Happy New Year, Tank Commander,and here’s a wassail to the 3rd herd!Eine Gutes Neues Jahr und Prosit!”

Changing the subject ever so slightly,Hanover’s Bob Hargraves “will beteaching Energy Policy andEnvironmental Choices: RethinkingNuclear Power again in Hanover startingApril 2, 2009. Meanwhile I have beenactive in promoting the liquid fluoridethorium reactor, originally developed atOak Ridge. One of the reasons is that Ibelieve the reactor could generateelectric power more cheaply than fromcoal, and this economic advantage isthe only way we will ever convince the

developing world to stop emitting carbondioxide. Modest electric poweravailability to the developing world alsohas an impact on sustainability. Nationswith GDP[capita] over $7,500 havesustainable or diminishing populations,and these are the countries benefitingfrom electric power to improve their lifestyles. I'm giving a talk on this at Kendalat Hanover on Jan 22, 2009, at 7:15. Itbuilds on the themes of CO2 emissionreductions and a world populationsustainability to make the case forenergy cheaper than from coal.” [wasn’t


it Al Gore who invented the liquidfluoride thorium reactor...? ed.]

Back to the good ol’ SAEs, on February8 Webmaster (cum Valedictorian)Harris McKee “Thought you might beinterested in what I was doing onSaturday night two weeks ago!: ‘HarrisMcKee organized and kept score for theBentonville/Bella Vista Daybreak RotaryClub team, which won first place, at theScrabble Wars held at the Double TreeHotel in Bentonville Saturday. The eventwas held to raise money for the LiteracyCouncil of Benton County. The teammembers were all connected with BellaVista and consisted of Mary and HarrisMcKee, Carole Westby, Jean Anderson(executive director of College at theCrossing), Andra and Duane Atteberryand Jim and Eunice Van Tuyl.’ (AndraAtteberry/The Weekly Vista) Finally,here's a link to a seven minute videofrom Scrabble Wars created by BarbaraRademacher that is posted on theinternet:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-200278 ” [Anybody want to venture aguess as to where Bentonville is? - ed.]

Corey’s Boyz Reunion: SAE Murphchecks in with: “Tom, as you know[SAE]Bill Glenn, John Edwards and Ihave from time to time held our own littlemini-reunions to sort of celebrate the senioryear when we were roommates at CoreyFord's House on 1 North Balch Street. Lastmonth it was our turn, and Helene and Ihosted Bill & Mardi, and John & Cyndi forfive days and four nights here inWindermere. Both Bill and John are nowfully retired. In the winter the Glenns lives inSanibel, FL and the Edwards in Tucson,AZ; in the summer the Glenns live inEphraim (Door County) WI, and theEdwards in Flagstaff, AZ. One of thehighlights of our visit was a lunch I arranged[on Jan. 16] with Thad & Polly Seymour in

nearby Winter Park. After retiring aspresident of Rollins College Thad andPolly decided that they enjoyed centralFlorida so much that they wouldcontinue to live here. Thad is now 80,but as lively and spirited as ever. Wehad a wonderful time reminiscing aboutthose great times at Dartmouth duringour years there. We all agreed thatthose days REALLY WERE the "goodold days." Of course to be sure thatJohn and Bill would be totally relaxedduring our lunch, I checked with theDartmouth administration to make surethat the statute of limitations had expiredon any student improprieties from thelate 1950s—so we were all‘untouchables’!”


Cyndi Edwards, Bill Glenn, Helene Murphy, Thad Seymour, Polly Seymour, Mike Murphy, Mardi Glenn, John Edwards

Hank Gerfen [Aha! a Sigma Chi...] e-mailed, rather politically incorrectly, onFeb. 20: “Maggie and I just spent amonth in Palm Springs, and had thepleasure of spending some quality timewith Doberman & Devona. She looksgreat after a spell of illness last year. Ithink Dobes has been taking good careof her. While we were in Palm Spgs

John Wilkins & Ann arrived. So wehad a mini-mini-reunion. Spent thewhole day reminiscing, discussing thejackals and pigs in Washington feedingat the taxpayers trough, and quaffing afew adult beverages. Had a fabuloustime. I've included a few pictures foryou. Hope all is well with you. Are youready to join the revolution?”

'61 Pals take the sun in Palm Springs.(LtoR): Henry Gerfen, Rev. Duane "Doberman: Cox, John "Coyote" Wilkins


'61 Wives greatly enhance view of '61s...(LtoR) Maggie Gerfen, DeVona Cox, Rev. Cox, Coyote & Ann Wilkins.

Gerf then showed up in Sanibel, FL, in April and reported in the same vein, yet: “Ona different note, Maggie and I had dinner with Bill Glenn & Mardi in Sanibel, FL. lastmonth. They both look great (picture attached). Also, on a cruise I ran into a closefriend of Elaine Kelton (small world). But even better, I met Dick Pace D’41 T’42, whois not at all happy with the Dartmouth Administration. I don't think they should wait forhis bequest. He wanted the picture I'm including here for a memento. Notice we're atthe bar. I wonder if www will even permit such an un-PC picture to be printed?”[editorial query: Were we, for the most part, perhaps born un-PC...? ]

Visiting Glenns in FL becomes Gerfens. Old traditions die hard...Maggie & Henry Gerfen, Bill & Mardi Glenn Hank Gerfen, historic hero Dick Pace '41

Harris McKee suggested we contact SAERoger Coates regarding a “communityrebuilding” project he established in

Charlotte, SC. Roger: “I'm happy toshare a bit about the no-interestemployee loan fund, though, because of


the number of nonprofit director classmateswho may be moved to try something similarwith their responsibilities. Rocket science itain't, but sometimes the simplest thingsprovide the most value. The recipe:

* An employee-supportive (NP) firmseeking to grow talent and loyalty in-house(there are still a few out there)

* A nonprofit money managementresource or trainer (in Charlotte it'sCharlotte Saves) to teach the fundamentalsof money management and householdbudgeting

* A small group of supportive directorsand supporters of the firm with some idlecapital to "invest"

* A couple of street-smart volunteers toprovide T/A to folks trying to figure out howto live within their (modest) means

* A catalyst to pull the ingredientstogether

The initial model operates in a growingtech services firm with a national call centerstaffed by $9-11+/hr entry-level workers onthe fringes of the labor market. We used thecarrot of a no-interest loan fund to lurecash-challenged 20-somethings intoseveral workshops, brought in volunteers tohelp struggling employees with prettytough-minded budgeting assistance, thenopened the loan fund doors to the "grads"of this process. The (small) loan decisionsare made by a 2-person loan committee;investors are secured by loan repaymentsvia payroll deductions. An employee"advisory group" owns the program andruns interference. There are no overhead ormanagement costs, and the accounting fora no-interest loan fund is pretty simple.

It's amazing what traps this demographicfalls into. So far, for instance, we'vecheated a rent-to-own appliance store outof a 31% APR arrangement and refi'ed a22.5% used car loan. Needless to say, the

resulting improvements in monthly cashflows and future credit scores are muchappreciated.

This is more than you wanted, Tom,but I think you need to see the model toknow the story. I like it because: it's self-help rather than charity; you're workingwith elements and forces already inexistence rather than ones you have tobuild anew; and its simple.

OK, you're the writer—distill that into50 or so words. Maybe you just say I'dbe happy to provide explanatory info tointerested '61s.

I still have a clear memory, Tom, ofthe meeting between your nose and thefirst snowflake of '57 on the way backfrom Thayer Hall. You had your skis onby the time I got back to Richardson, Ithink.” [pair of ancient Splitkeins w/beartraps, found decaying in the bowels ofRichardson Hall... ed.]

Let’s get to Green Cards, to wit: DavidO. Lincoln sends praises fromAsheville, NC: “Your newslettercontinues to update me about ‘61s...Iinfrequently have contact with oldclassmates. We continue to enjoy ourfarm in the mountains of NC, and ourtravel adventures.” David Hugoinquires: “•Anything on the Froststatuette? •How to move Frost toSanborn, where he belongs? [see above- ed.] •Attending D Hockey games andrusticating.” [what about having mini-Frost statues? Anybody inquire ofLundeen? ed.] And, finally, ol’ reliableTony Horan: “Tom: as I recall, you arean expert on the renovation of concrete.I need the equation that expresses thefact that a concrete beam, if exposed togravity over time, i.e., F.L. Wright’s‘Falling Water,’ will sag at the end. Thesame beam, if hit with a hammer, willresist it like granite. Do you have areference?” No singe equation for thisphenomenon; we tried to e-mail somedata, but none of Tony’s e-addresseswere operative. For those fascinated by


the scintillating world of structural concrete,read on. The rest may skip down to theAloha... Portland cement concrete hasinnate high compressive strength, hencethe impact/crush resistance. It has lousytensile strength, thus the sagging orcracking. Steel-reinforced concretecompensates for the low tensile, thusproper reinforcement can impart steel’srigidity to an extended or cantileveredbeam. Modern structural engineeringtechniques provide for accurate predictionof gravitational behavior; however, in daysof yore, reinforcement technology was notentirely understood—thus one mayencounter gravitational fatigue in olderstructures, such as Falling Water. As foractual concrete restoration, proceduressuch as epoxy injection can only repairindividual fractures; if the member isinherently weak (insufficiently reinforced),repair techniques tend more toward eithershoring or beefing up the member itself—aresult of which is often loss of estheticappeal. Got it? (Tony: try calling the goodfolks at your local chapter of CCPI.)Let’s call it a wrap.

Aloha,TcLast Minute Pics from Ruth Bleyler

V. Rich & D. Birney Admiring Line Dancers

Ruth Bleyler & Another incredible Chihuly

Desert Botanical Garden ’61 Tour

Chihuly Sunburst at Night

P. Bleyler w/Typical 4-Color ’61 Poster

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