1927

Wow! Two real, old-fashioned New England blizzards in the past five days as I sit down to put pen to paper on this St. Valentine's day. Not quite so bad, though, as the famous blizzard of 1978. Today, only 30 inches on the level in the back yard and four-foot piles beside the driveway. For you poor unfortunate ones in the warmer climes of Florida or California, it's really beautiful to look at, to feel, and to smell.

Here's the latest: Paul and Betty Hannah were in New Orleans last week to attend the annual meeting of the Fellows of the American Bar Association. Paul was the envied recipient of that body's annual 50-Year Award for distinguished service to the legal profession. This is indeed a signal honor, and we want Paul to know that the class is not only proud of him but thankful that he finds time to serve us as class president.

Rog Braman, in Middletown, R. I., is proud of his 17-year-old granddaughter who is a top grade horsewoman. She has won many ribbons in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- nia, and New England and last year won the blue ribbon in a show of 70 horses in Tampa, Fla. Rog and his wife Jean follow most of the shows in New England.

Besides doing a few income tax returns fOr each spring, C.P.A. Tom Gillespie serves on the Transit Advisory Board of his hometown of New Milford, Conn. His mosrecent project was the opening of a new bus route between New Milford and Danbury.

Speaking of income tax work, Charlie Huntley wrote from Austin, Tex., in January that he expects to be doing just that for the next three months. Afterwards he will escape to his daughter's ranch in Colorado. In an effort to evoke your secretary's envy, I am sure, Charlie added, "We are enjoying a beautiful winter here with seven kinds of vegetables available each day."

In San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Ross Guyot is treasurer of the Friends of the Library and is involved in the construction of a half-milliondollar new library designed by the well-known architect Michael Graves.

The class is delighted that so many widows continue to be active in affairs of the class and keep us abreast of their doings. Allice Wormser, for instance, is into everything going or at least so it seems. Besides playing ample golf and tennis year-round, she is a deacon of her church and sings in its choir, is a trustee of the local historical society, and is involved in Planned Parenthood, antiquities, and Twig, an organization for raising funds for hospitals.

In acknowledging his last class birthday card, Art Keleher wrote from Dunedin, Fla.: "Thanks for remembering my 80th. I had cards from two of my former roommates, Hooker Horton and Fritz Kortlucke, plus a call from Tom Gillespie. Gene and Loretta Sullivan live quite near us here and we see them often.

And Will Shaw wrote from Woodcliffe Lake, N.J., that "considering everything, including my age, 1982 was a good year inserious illness and even a bonus in the shape of a pretty little granddaughter. Hope to see a few '27ers in Englewood, Fla., sometime this winter."

The latest from Doc Harvey, in Florida, is that he forsook the sun and rain of last summer to spend a few weeks at the New Jersey seashore. He expected to come north again for the William and Mary game in October.

We are sorry to have to close with the news which we only recently received of the death of Hugh A. McGrath on November 7, 1982.

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