1941

As of the end of January, 333 of us had paid our class dues, and with one more clean-up billing still to go, Lou Young says he has hopes we can break our record of 368 paid-up classmates. If you haven't gotten around to writing that check yet, it's never too late.

Lou's report came with a fresh batch of those welcome messages that you sociable types pen on the back of the notices, and he added a word on his own doings. "Barbara and I plan to go south about February 14. We've rented a place in New Smyrna for the month of March."

A letter from Bill Hammond brings an unwelcome message, namely that Hed Miller died suddenly of a heart attack December 10 in Texas. "All of Hed's college roommates attended the funeral in Berwyn, Pa. - Bill Broer, Mac McLane '42, and myself." You'll find an obituary in an upcoming issue.

"On a personal note," Bill wrote, "I took early retirement November 1 from Anaconda and am now unemployed! But I love it." He's in Cheshire, Conn.

A couple of other retirement notes came in From Larry Barnett, Somers, N.Y.: "Planning to retire January 1, 1982, after 32 years as a practicing dentist. Now it will be golf at Innisbrook, Fla., and Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Country Club." And from Jim Kilgour, Wynnewood, Pa.: "Am currently retired and may move back to Lancaster but am in no hurry. My youngest daughter, Patricia, lives in Devon and made me a grandfather in November."

At Christmas Barbara and I had some lines from Sue Hall, bringing us up to date on, among other things, the doings of 1941's 25th reunion baby. "Mary sang with a group in three concerts with Barry Manilow last week, one at Meadowlands. In February the group is going on an eight-day tour to sing on 8.8.C. television at Westminster Abbey, Coventry Cathedral, etc. I'm going along and have contacted Frank's English relatives. We're meeting at Stratford-on-Avon."

Other notes on travel reveal that George Baines was absent from Little Silver, N.J., the whole month of October. "St. Croix for ten days and then my annual fishing trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina."

After the reunion in Hanover last summer, Ray and Hope Hall journeyed west to Cimarron, N.M., for a visit with Les and Linda Davis. They apparently arrived just as Les was getting ready to pay his class dues, because on the back of his notice Les wrote, "We're having a dandy '41 reunion right here at the C.S. ranch," and the other three added postscripts enthusiastically confirming the fact. Les also enclosed a picture postcard of the Old Mill Museum, a huge stone building in Cimarron built in 1864 to supply flour to the Army and the Indians. "We used to just store hay in the basement," Les explained, "but now weve filled it with all kinds of old plunder. An 'amateur' museum but fun."

And back east again, Dave McGaughey writes from Wallingford, Conn., as follows. "Sorry I missed reunion - the first one Videen and I have missed since I got back from World War 11. We both keep busy, and not only with our jobs. We're currently involved, along with many other people, in improving the emergency medical services for our region. This involves all sorts of things such as radio communications, central dispatching, training ambulance personnel, etc., and while interesting, it does take'a tremendous amount of time. Hopefull) after this year, we will be able to relax a little.

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