1939

Bud Richardson has recovered from a hip replacement accomplished in July of '90. In the meantime, he and Marybelle have been to their condo four times last winter, and spent the month of June in their cottage in Vermont, where they were scheduled to be in September in good time for the mini in Hanover. Bud is a retired Dallas, Texas, surgeon as of June 1 of this year.

Jack and Billee Coulson have spent the summer months in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, expecting to return to Delray Beach, Fla., after the mini.

We had a nice card from Janie Olivers answering our question as to how Sports Illustrated Magazine could write a feature article on Keewaydin Camp without mentioning the Chivers. What we didn't realize is that Keewaydin was a corporation of nine camps across the country until sold individually. Today, only two remain in operation. Janie is spending the summer for the most part at Rifle Point, in the town of Welokennabacook (anglicized into South Arm) in the great Rangley Lake watershed. She is looking forward to the mini.

Bob Kaiser, in a major operation that took seven hours, had a cancerous prostate gland removed on June 19. He has bounced back in marvelous style and looks forward to playing a little golf at the mini. Dusty Rohde also suffered a prostate operation in July for the same reason. He was scheduled for radiation over the summer, but happily his cancer was decreed dormant, so, for the nonce he's not to worry.

Getting off the health kick for a moment (note: it's hard to do these days) Bill Depuy writes from his home in Milford, Penn., that he is still doing business at the same old stand; that he had visited with Dudis, Urban, and Nichols last summer; and that Gates and bride stop in from time to time.

Cornie Miller sent us some clippings recounting the winter doings of Jack Reeder. He was elected division captain of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, sometimes known as the Power Squadron. Jack later became a cropper when he drove his station wagon to and fro in a parking lot outside his condo in Vero Beach destroying, the clipping said, 11 cars and two bicycles. Not bad for one night's work.

Whit Cushing is back from Italy where he joined some of the 376th Bomber Group who were based in San Pancrazio during WW II. "The mayor, the officials, priest, Italian Resistance, current Italian Air Force members, a couple of U.S. flying officers from the base at Brindisi, a color guard, band, police escort, and all of the town including the children were there in the Square. This was followed by a banquet. I also visited Monte Cassino, which we bombed on General Alexander's orders. Despite protests from FDR, Eisenhower, and the Pope, it shortened the war in Italy by six months."

Finally, elected to the board of the Manchester (Vt.) Historic Association was Bill Green, Mr. Manchester himself.

Richard S. Jackson, 777 West Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201-5726