1970

Ghent, Belgium—Thought that if I perched on a stubbled hill above this Flemish city someone might bring me some good news. Et, Viola! But you will have to judge the following tidings just delivered in a froth-flecked satchel by a Crosby courier.

Stephen McKeown is the recipient of a James B. Reynolds scholarship, which carries a generous unrestricted stipend. Stephen is undertaking a study of art and furniture design at the Edinburgh College of Art.

Those who recall Upper Valley journalism as a choice between the D and the Valley News would be pleasantly surprised' by an upstart sheet, the Connecticut ValleyReporter, which Josh Fitzhugh co-conceived two years ago. Josh has now left the entirely successful CVR in the hands of new managing editor John Van Arsdell. Josh writes:

"Having the audacity to think that some of my classmates might be interested to know what I've been ' doing, I send along the following update.

"I finally left Lebanon, N. H., after two years of editing the Connecticut ValleyReporter because I wanted a taste of urban life ... I didn't want Frank Smallwood's Urban Politics course to go for nought ... So I heard of a job in Brooklyn, trying to start a new newspaper called BrooklynToday. The emphasis was on local coverage in an urban setting, just what I was looking for. Having only a casual acquaintance with Brooklyn (my father was constantly derided as "The boy from Brooklyn"), I took the job with a minimal salary, in the hopes of more later. We're publishing weekly, and I'm excited about the paper, but I'm still waiting for the "more later." To keep myself busy I got enrolled in Brooklyn Law School at night where I've learned, among other things, that the trend toward no-fault may put a lot of lawyers out of work. If everything continues well, I plan to stay in Brooklyn several years, get an understanding of urban problems, get a law degree, and then take off for a year or two to see the world."

Dave Hughes, now a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force, has graduated from USAF pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., and is sporting (not sprouting) silver wings. He is now assigned to the base at Charlestown, S. C., where he will fly the C-141 Starlifter with a unit of the Reserves. Now, what is a nice guy who got his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University doing in a Starlifter?

Alas, pity poor Sam Crocker. After having been instrumental in the development of a super-duper new ski binding for Stanley Tool, he was bumped off the etsting trip to Chile this summer when the big shots decided their presence was indispensible. Probably didn't know a gelundie from an allende anyway.

A couple of couples—R. Bruce Rich and Melissa Jo Saxe were wed in Hamden, Conn., August 12. Bruce is beginning his last year at Penn Law School, and his wife, Syracuse 1971, is in a master's program in speech pathology at Temple University. And Jeffrey Nordgren married the former Wendy Susan Gelburd way back on June 18 in Andover, N. J. The Nordgrens live in Tarrytown, N. Y., where Jeff is teaching at the Scarborough School and his wife is finishing her degree at Marymount after several years at Skidmore.

Several weeks ago I spoke to Windy Loopesko on the telly. He's making his way through Harvard Law School while moonlighting as the blues and rock critic for the .Boston Globe. He also offered the following poop:

Brian Maher can be found at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Harvard, please!) Wayne Bardsley married Debbie Howard, Wellesly '72, December 30 in Minnesota. (Marvelous how fast information travels these days, no?) Wayne is in his third year 'at B.U., doing what I haven't the foggiest. (We may be slow, but we're inaccurate.) And of comparable vintage, Tim Walters and Lynn Masel were wed December 23. I have two other jottings on the event—"Pa. State," which I believe is Mrs. Walters' alma mater, and "Dundee," which was the site of the wedding (Massachusetts?).

And finally, I find here a story concerning one Lee Pulis, who, together with wife and two children, lives in Ithaca, N. Y. Lee is in a graduate program of environmental studies, but the interesting news is that his career as a sculpter appears to be flourishing. His specialty is metal work and his most successful subject birds of prey. The startling Pulis Peregrines are very much in demand and have received raves in a variety of exhibitions and craft shows.

Such is the news at the moment. Please address more recent fare at once to Philadelphia, where it will embark for Lord knows which exotic port of call. Abientôt.

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