1962

So you want to run an inn in Vermont and escape the pressures of urban life? Check with Bill Wolfe first before leaping. Bill and his wife, Jan, own and operate the very successful Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden, Vt., and I'm sure he will assure you that high blood pressure affects innkeepers also. In an effort to lower blood pressures (and increase ambient temperatures), Bill recently announced the opening of the Villa at Casa de Campo, a threebedrotim, three-bath rental on the Dominican Republic's southeastern coast. Check with Bill for details.

Speaking of resort managers, FrankHight has been back in Pompano Beach, Fla., for some two years after a tour as head of the Guana Beacn Resort in the Bahamas. Frank is currently manager of the High Reach Company and concentrates his energies on his 53-foot Wheeler and scuba diving. He and his wife, Beth, recently played innkeepers to Jack Fitzgibbon, down for the weekend from less-than-tropical Harvard, Mass.

Several other '62s spent a spring weekend fashioning a mini-reunion ski-in in Aspen, Colo. Mike and Heath Coffield, Wouterand Hanneke Goedkoop, Dave Gundy,John and Judy Mussman, and Jim andPenny Wallquist made the scene. According to one confidential but highly placed source, all were able to keep their tips pointing downhill and avoid the agony of defeat. The same confidential source indicated that the law firm of Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin (Chicago) were now up to 100 lawyers, all pointing their tips downhill.

Still on the subject of vacation spots, Steve Reid reports from his homeport of Hawaii that he has been heavily involved in restructuring and redirecting his Honolulu insurance agency. His wife, Alice, was recently appointed assistant to the executive director of the Hawaii Opera Theater after a number of years as a board member and fund-raiser for this organization. Daughter Kristen is a junior at the American College of Paris, having transferred from George Washington University. Sonja is a senior in high school and is active in dance.

Finally, from sun-kissed 34th Street, New York, comes word of another '62 career change. Bob Katz writes: "After 25 years in the advertising business, I've embarked on a new career. In August, I and a partner purchased New York City-based Hermes Leather Corp., a quality resource of luxury leathers since 1927. We stock a large inventory of superior-grade finished cowhides and pigskin suedes in a wide assortment of colors. Our finished skins are used primarily by the leather accessory and upholstery trades. I'd be delighted to hear from any '62s who need to cover a couch or know someone else who does. Just give me a call at 212/947-1153."

Can't you visualize 100 Coffield lawyers dressed in Katz leather knickers as the spear-carrying chorus in Alice Reid's opera productions? That's class synergy!

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