1956

I hope that by the time your read this I will have a visit with Gordie Lenci, whom I've neither seen nor heard from in far too many years. Gordie wrote, back in August, that he'd be driving south late in September for a meeting in Florida and might stop in Charleston either coming or going.

Gordie writes, "In brief, I still have a house in Massachusetts (near New Bedford), and sail a lot from there. I'm doing some non-headmastering things while I wait for Kent to graduate from the Baltimore Friends School, then who-knows-what after I'm sprung loose.

"I bought a condo in Longboat Key, Florida, last year ... After headmastering in Tampa for a few (uneasy) years, I got to know and like the Florida citrus and scenery, so ended up hunting real estate.

"Happened to visit Hanover in June as one of several prospective colleges on Kent's list. (He got an interview because one of my former students is on the admissions staff.)"

Early in September, I ran into Flint andCorky Ranney at the Nantucket Yacht Club, on their way out for a beautiful fall day on the water. On the first of September the club celebrated its centennial with a world-class bash from which Corky and Flint were mysteriously and conspicuously absent. When queried, Flint's brother allowed as how the kid said he couldn't afford it. Truth be told, Flint and Corky were off taking one of their kids to school. Shortly after their return, they had dinner on the island with Bill Tell, who filled them in on the work being done recently by the Committee to Save Dartmouth.

While on Nantucket in September, Anneand Norm Olsen had the pleasure of entertaining son Jeff '84, his wife, Hilary, and first grandchild Sam, then just over three months old. Also visited with old friends from Corvallis, Oregon, who filled us in on the latest trials and tribulations of brother Cy Field, who may chair the very first department of geo-sciences known to man. Please don't ask Cy what a geo-science is! Just get him to bring Becky to our next reunion. He'll need it.

As the Class of '56 continues inexorably to turn 56, we should all rise for a hearty chorus in honor of our aging classmates. Perhaps even a muted Wha-Hoo-Wha would be in order for the likes of BobBecker and Toby Julian, who hit the ground running on the 8th and the 12 th respectively. Woodsy Fraser slipped in on the 16th, but the mere stripling was a year early. He's only 55. We'll see to him later.

Toward the end of the month, there was a feverish burst of activity. Must have been something in the water. George Krosnowski appeared on the 26th. Bob Dumont and Dick Rubottom followed in short order on the 28th. And A.M.Z. Jr., who has been good enough to pass on some news to your humble scribe and shall therefore go otherwise unidentified, pretty much closed out the month on the 29th. Happy birthday to all of them, and a Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Til next time.

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