1927

Up here in the Northeast, we consider summer to be the time for vacation or travel, or both. This year has been no exception, as indicated by the following gleanings from the gratefully received cards and letters stacked up on our desk.

Bob and Franchot Long took a trip to Europe in late June with Don and DodieMcCall. Later in the summer, the Longs enjoyed visits from two granddaughters, one of whom came over from London, where she lives, and another who came on from Los Angeles.

Chuck Brewster spent his summer, as usual, in Georgetown, Maine, where he enjoyed visits from his children and grandchildren. He also visited with Norm and Ruth Swift, who live nearby. The Swifts left in August for a trip to England, and shortly after Labor Day the Brewsters took off for their winter home in Tennessee.

From Highland Beach, Fla., CharlieFleisher wrote that he was planning to fly north in August to visit a son and his family in South Salem, N. Y. He was looking forward to seeing Tom and Dot Gillespie, who live not too far away. Charlie allowed as how he is in reasonably good health swimming in the ocean and walking almost every day.

Johnny Rintels spent his summer, as usual, on Martha's Vineyard. When he wrote in August, he was recovering nicely from a mild stroke and hoped to resume his golf in a few weeks. On October 15, he planned to set out, via the Amtrak auto ferry, to spend the winter in Florida.

From Yarmouthport, Mass., our dependable correspondent Don Megathlin checked in with the word that he converses now and again with Hank Vietor, who lives near him, and has occasional lunches with Ding Heap, another fellow townsman.

A handsome card from Italy bearing 550 liras worth of uncancelled Italian stamps was signed "Cordiali Saluti, Curt." It recounted the trip that Curt and Mary Wright took to Italy to take advantage of the Italian that Curt learned, at the Alumni Language Program which he took in Hanover during the summer of 1982.

Your secretary would have steamed off and reused Curt's Italian stamps, but unfortunately the trip which he and Ruth took in September didn't include Italy. We spent most of that month, along with Ted and Sheila Dearborn '36 and a few others, barnstorming around the lovely French countryside. Starting with four days in Nice, we went west along the Riviera and the Cote d'Azur, then north through the vineyard country and the Loire Valley to Normandy and Britany, Chartres and Versailles, before ending up (where else?) in Paris.

The real joy of the month was the receipt from Cug Daley of the class questionnaire which we distributed in June 1982 to all of those who attended the 55th reunion. Cug extolled virtues of the quiet living that he enjoys on his 16 acres on Boot Pond in Plymouth, Mass., and in his large, old (1769) house there. He issued a warm invitation to all classmates to pay him a visit. Since the death of his wife a few years ago, Cug has traveled a great deal, including trips to such places as Mexico, Guatemala, Tunisia, and Morocco. More recently, he took a trip to London, Paris, Rome, and Florence with one of his sons.

During November, we were happy to welcome, and to send gold stars to, Ed Ripley and Ray King as new members of 1927's "Made it to 80 Club."

On a less happy note, we are sorry to conclude by passing on word of the death of three more classmates John H. Minnich on August 23, Joseph M. Creamer on September 6, and Frederic B. Cort on September 10. The class extends its sincerest condolences to their widows and families.

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