1976

The summer must be over; President Reagan's headed 'back to the White House and I just received an invitation to Hank Ostwald's annual Labor Day pig roast in lowa. Hank advises guests to begin rolling in a couple days before I'm sure they roll out after that affair, too.

News reports are slow this month (read nonexistent) so I'll just fill in with what I've heard by keeping my ear to the ground and my belly against the bar(s).

As of press time Jim "Zelmo" Beattie was back with the Seattle Mariners and doing quite well after a stint in the minor league at Spokane. Reports are that the Pacific Coast League isn't really that bad, since there's a team in Hawaii.

Tom Reinhart checked in during his summer job at Chase Manhattan in New York between years at Tuck. Rhino has figured out a way to win at three-card poker involving invisible ink and x-ray glasses, so if you see an orange crate on Tuck Mall with a ragged ex-stock broker dealing cards, check his glasses.

Jim Hourihan recently went out "West" from the East Coast to compete 'in a national J-24 regatta at Rochester, N.Y. Rumors are that Shamus needed an interpreter because of his Boston accent, so he'took along Joe Dempsey - about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. All I know is I got a post card that read, "The weather is here, wish you were beautiful."

Peter and Nancy Kepes Jeton called during a sabbatical from their post in Lagos, Nigeria, where Peter works for the First National Bank of Boston and Nancy is working for an urban planning firm. Even "Jets," a veteran of lacrosse team spring trips, admitted that conditions were tough, but said the experience is unbeatable. When they return to Lagos, Nancy will start a regional transportation study which will involve extensive trips in the bush, where the going can be as tough as a Theta Delta 1-5 band. Nancy and Peter would welcome any classmates who happen to be in the area and promise drop-ins a few sailboat rides out of the semi-luxurious Lagos yacht club.

Tom Parnon stopped in during a recent business trip to Chicago, proudly boasting of his win over Skip Cummins in their "do-off" (receding hairline) contest during reunion. Is that what you call head-to-head competition?

I understand news will be slow coming in for a while after the change in scribes, but please take the time to drop me a note. I can write about people I know and see all the time, but that is no fun (plus, remember my National Enquirer threat). Just ask Carol Burnett how bad that can be. By the way, did you hear about Josselyn being drunk and disorderly and spilling wine on Henry Kissinger? Details at six. Film at eleven.

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