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This column is being written on New Year's Day, and though it won't be printed until March, it is time for you to resolve to send me at least one card or letter during 1990. I have just flunked Eddie O'Brien's questionnaire because of the lack of news on what you are doing. Look at it this way. Eddie O does a great job in his newsletter of informing us about the class, but it only goes to '43s. A short note to me will let all your friends in '42 and '44 and adjacent classes know what you are up to and where you are located.

Pres Moore, apparently doesn't know how to retire, since he has just received another award from the N.E.S.C. for a consultant's job for the Sheltering Arms Childrens Service in New York City. Pres, come to Brooklyn, Conn., and I'll give you a refresher course in Retirement 101, so you can get in the rocking chairs with the rest of us.

Miles Lasser is another classmate with his nose to the grindstone. Mario Cuomo has just appointed him to the board of trustees of the State University of New York through 1992. Congratulations, Miles! Maybe Mario will be taking you to Washington one of these days.

Bud Hall forwards a note from Bob Fuiks (matching gifts coordinator), and wants to emphasize the importance of this program. We had 35 classmates in this program from Lee Anderson to Con Young in alphabetical sequence. Perhaps when I have a leaner column I can publish all the names. It just makes sense to have your employer cooperate in this part of the fund.

Church Leonard, who also might need a refresher in Retirement 101, is very active in the concept of CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community). Church and Dorothy have been living in Foulkeways, Gwynedd, Pa., for three and one-half years, and they are great boosters of the program. They both work in the gift shop, swim, aerobics, volleyball, etc. Church has been asked to address groups interested in CCRC in Vermont, a class at the University of Penn, and was interviewed for a magazine article. Church, my mother, who will be 99 in May, is in a similar unit near Hartford, Conn. She is not too active in the aerobics class, but enjoys having a library, greenhouse, beauty parlor, auditorium, ana a fine dining room all within a short stroll. As further peace of mind for my two brothers and me, there is a fully equipped and staffed hospital that is just a buzzer away, right on the premises.

We received a nice Christmas card from Don and Leslie Taylor. They were getting readv to see various children and grandchildren, but not all at the same time. Don, we stagger it too, with four kids, three grandchildren, five dogs, and three cats at Christmas. The end of January we will go to Florida to see the other two kids, seven grandchildren, but only one dog and one cat. Don went on to say that it was a great thrill to see his grandson play football for Lafayette against Army at West Point.

We also received an amusing card from Jane and Dick Kimmel, who said they were feeling well, and at least when they play golf, the ball still goes forward. Dick and Jane go to Marco Island, Fla., for the winter months, where they set up a "shelter" for homeless Phi Gams and other worthy folks.

Don't forget those important cards or letters to keep this column full in 1990.

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