1942

The mailbag and my cup continue to runneth over and what a pleasant sensation that is!

I've heard from several '42s during the summer and each note sends me deep sympathy for the task 1 have. Please — hold the sympathy and send me some items I can use in the column.

And now it's mail call time. Those who traveled on American Airlines during the summer may have noticed that the in-flight magazine carried a long article on our adopted classmate Bob Keeshan. It seems that Captain Kangaroo is starting his 25th year on the tube, and that's an enviable record. Art Henderson wrote that he and Pat are beginning their 20th year in Falmouth on Cape Cod. They usually make two or three Dartmouth football games, we well as a hockey weekend here in the winter. The Hendersons own and operate an ice arena in Falmouth and during the winter months they are busy (frantic?) with an extensive program involving some 400 youngsters. Alex Hooker wrote that he "is still teaching Spanish at Ripon College," a position that includes infrequent trips to Mexico. There are also vacation trips to Venice, Fla., for Alex and Fran, who, when they are in Eau Claire, sometimes see Joe and Jean Tobin. Don Pfaff wrote from Glen Head, Long Island, where he continues a long career in the coal business. Don wonders what's up with Bud Maynard, Bill Richards, and Bob Rodgers. (So do I.) A letter also came from Bate Ewart, whom we all know as regional adviser for the World Food Program, a United Nations agency which comes under the umbrella of the U.N.'s development programs and is headquartered in Suva, Fiji Islands! The territory includes Western Samoa, the kingdom of Tonga, New Hebrides, and the Solomon Islands. Just to keep their hands in the travel game, Posie and Bate completed a two-month, round-the-world journey early in the summer. Next time you're in Suva, ask them how they enjoyed Dublin, London, Paris, Majorca, Rome, Milan, Switzerland, Warsaw, Athens, Singapore, and Manila. Jim Froude and Tita left the Air Force and the Philippines and have settled in San Bruno, Calif., a suburb of San Francisco. Following an interesting stint as personal pilot for Francis Coppola (producer of Godfather and Apocalypse Now), Jim has become involved in San Bruno in real estate, the aircraft charter business, and teaching aeronautics at the local college. Jim plans to fold his tent and return to the Philippines for golf and relaxation. If you're on the West Coast and happen to wander by 640 Sutter Street in San Francisco, stop and enter the Metropolitan Club, where Ernie Friez is the manager. He may not be in, so stay in one of the 50 rooms and he will soon return from his position as program director for Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management at Golden Gate University.

That's it for this issue, but stay tuned because there's more to come.

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