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You should be in the midst of elections, football, or Thanksgiving, depending upon how the Postal Service treats your zip code.
On the election front, the traditional resurgence by the party out of power in off presidential election years, plus an incumbent governor with a good chance of being re-elected in Ohio, could add up to Republican gains in the Ohio Senate. Scrib Fauver has been a state representative in the House for two terms. He is challenging the incumbent Democrat for the 13th district seat.
If football is still in the air, remember our two mini-reunions this month. November 4 in Hanover, after the Columbia game, there will be a cocktail party at the home of Nancy and Bill Johnson, 14 Rayton Road. November 18 at Princeton, there will be cocktails after the game at the home of Debbe and Kes Pierson, 185 Dodds Lane.
We normally don't use this space for classified ads. The following is unsolicited. Edie got rave reviews around here this summer for the paper hat that she bought from Trish Spurgeon at reunion. If you're interested, contact Trish at The Happy Hat, 35 Raiders Lane, Darien, Conn. 06820.
John Joy spent the summer as the managing director of the Parkway Playhouse in Burnsville, N.C. This is located about 45 minutes northeast of Asheville, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. This fine summer theater has been in operation for over 32 years and is under the auspices of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
John Alger and Ted Rockwell and their families rented a camp this summer at Sandy Neck, a six-mile sandspit in Barnstable, Mass. It's a long dune-buggy ride away, with no phones or electricity - a perfect weekend retreat. Two of Ted's kids worked for Ethel Kennedy at the compound in Hyannisport. John mentioned seeing Charlie and Jackie Fleet and Fred and Thelma Stephens vacationing in Chatham, also on the Cape.
Producing a great box-office-success movie doesn't seem to be sufficient challenge in Hollywood anymore. Now the trick is having a good sequel. Dave Picker had a hairy summer. He's the producer of Oliver's Story (also known as "Son of Love Story"). They were several weeks into production without any actresses when they were finally able to sign on Candice Bergen and Nicola Pagett as the two women who tried to win Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) from his grief at the loss of Jenny. While the book was written by Yale marathoner and sometimesDartmouth professor Erich Segal, the final screenplay was written by David Newman and rewritten by the director, John Korty. It sounds like reinventing the wheel, but I guess that's show biz.
Have you caught ABC's Tuesday night show, "20/20"? It's their answer to "60 Minutes." It's getting better every week, and BrockBrower is one of the chief writers.
Dick Collins missed reunion when he had to enter the Mass. General Hospital for surgery at the last minute. Everything is coming along fine now.
Bob and Barb Yates also missed reunion because he had business on the Coast for the Timken Company, where he has been for 18 years. This summer their oldest daughter Janene went to Vejle, Denmark, for a year's study as a Rotary exchange student. The Yateses plan to visit Scandinavia over the Christmas holidays and hope to see George Sverdrup '52. Barb is in her fifth year on the Canton, Ohio, School Board.
Don Perkins is on a two-year leave of absence from Westinghouse to become deputy director of the Marine Board of the National Academy of Engineering. This activity has already led him into some very interesting projects such as deep-sea drilling, arctic resource management, and acquisitions.
Dave Folger got in the swim this summer, but unfortunately came up short, as did marathon swimmers Diana Nyad and Stella Taylor. Dave has successfully swum three times from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard. This time he tried what no other recorded swimmer has yet attempted: to swim from Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard, to Eel Point, Nantucket. After six hours, 11 miles, and 11,250 strokes, he realized that he would not make it when a swift current began pulling him away from the land with less than a mile to go. Dave says he'll try again next year and is already starting to con- template the English Channel. Dave thinks that marathon swimming could become as popular as jogging. Don those suits and hit the water. Dave says that swimming is even better for you than running because you don't encounter any joint problems. There's no impact in swim- ming; it's all stretching. Dave trains all year and in the winter he swims in a pool. He plots his course exactly, using water temperature and tide charts, and has a boat accompanying him. He uses the minimum of gear - goggles, a bathing cap (to keep his head warm and water out of his ears), grease, and, like Nyad, he sips chicken soup every hour.
That's it for this month. Except to add that at this time of Thanksgiving, we wish you well with family, health, and happiness.
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