1947

'We're in between! Too late to urge all to attend our class meeting in Hanover, and too early to report on the event. But from several potential attendees comes news.

Dick and Romy Hollerith traveled to Romy's home town of Geislingen, Germany, in early September. Their postcard showed the old and very beautiful church Romy attended as a child, as well as a six-story storage house that was used for grain, Dick says, even as Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Ham and Dottie Chase have an appreciation of such things. We have just returned from two September weeks in Nova Scotia, where we visited fishing harbors and shacks, museums, and, in particular, old churches. We saw the largest wooden church in Canada (1904) and, within five miles of that, the largest church in Nova Scotia, all of stone, granite and marble. The latter took 35 years to build (1909-1943). We also enjoyed many flower gardens and were awed by the beauty, number, and variety of flowers in this land which is 200-300 miles north of New Hampshire. It's a land well worth the time, and we now qualify as "advisors" on trips to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Tom Harrington likes to travel the U.S.A., but in May Tom went to Ireland, the land of his ancestry. He especially mentions Dublin.

Harley and Elaine Timbers vacationed on the Jersey shore (after needle and debris season), and in October they plan to be in Illinois to see daughter Jill and her three sons.

Frank Weber enjoys frequent golf outings with Jim Osborne, and he remarks on how relaxing it is to play with Jim. Is the game that one-sided, or does Jim need equal time here?

Norm Fink writes that he and Helen had a delightful visit with Ginnie and ShermGleason in Brevard, N.C., where the Finks are considering a retirement home in extraordinarily beautiful Blue Ridge country. No decision yet, says Norm, but there is less consulting and more free time looming ahead. (Norm, it doesn't work that way; fall retirement means more activity.)

Every day The New York Times reflects the problems of the big city, and right out on the street and in the bargaining rooms along with Mayor Dinkins is his longtime trusted friend and brain trust, Deputy Mayor Judge Fritz Alexander. Fritz will probably have the makings of a best selling book. Mayor Dinkins hears his voice of moderation in any controversies with city police or others. That follows, for wasn't Fritz always a moderate? I can well recall him as a powerful lineman, moderately and politely clobbering anyone in his way.

Listen Up! (or read up!) Ed Grady, TownesHarris, and Dick Hollerith are the prime contact people for next summer's celebration of the 50th anniversery of the nation's first service/college partnership, the Navy/Marines V-12. Contact Ed, Townes, or Dick with any ideas you have.

Finally, I am reluctantly going to do something I had been avoiding: I'm going to mention "closings," or departures, in the column's closing. News has been received of the passing of William Childs of East Bridgewater, Mass., Fred Ruoff, in Longwood, Fla., and Robert Owens in Otisfield, Maine. Full obituaries will appear in a later issue. See you soon.

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