1944

We've all watched that poor golfing duffer Fred Couples, who just barely manages to bring home a couple of mil a year, but he's never had a hole in one. Well, he ought to check with Ann McLaughry and catch her strokes. All Ann did in February, at the Oasis Country Club in Palm Desert, Nev., was aim her trusty five iron at the pin on the 10th hole and put it in. Ann, congratulations; Couples, move over.

Our recent telephone bills have been a tad outrageous, so we made some local calls. Nice ones:

Carroll Holman in Randolph, Vt., retired some seven years ago after a most rewarding experience teaching at a local vocational college which he helped found. "I had spent my life in the building trades," he says, "and I loved working with kids—carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, masonry, you name it. But Arlene's and my retirement is just as wonderful, visiting our own kids, putzing around the place. We used to have a list of things to do the length of an arm, now it's the length of both arms, plus."

Chev Hyde and Chris are also happily retired, from the real estate business, in the metropolis of Landgrove, Vt. (100 registered voters), just a hop, skip, and a telemark turn from Mt. Bromley. Chev says that they are busy working on their old house and its three acres, along with visits to kids in Maine and Washington, D .C. Chev says he stays in touch with Al Faber.

When Charlie Jack scoots up from Pelham, N.H., to ski at Loon Mountain, he bunks in at Norm and Micheline McWilliams' bed and breakfast in nearby Plymouth, N.H. Norm retired from Sprague "Electric Co. in 1983, and with their three sons off in the wide, wide world, he and his wife decided to turn the kids' rooms into a profit. "It's been a great experience," says Norm. "We've had people here from all over the world." Norm is also busy as treasurer of the local fish and game club, and he gets in his share of fishing and bird hunting. A Mc Williams son, Gordon '71, is an architect in Portland, Ore., and Ken '73 is a conservationist in West Lebanon, N.H.

On another shore, namely Maryland's, RogAntaya says he and Betty are still dabbling in insurance and antiques, respectively, but more for fun than funds. "We're taking it easy and having a good time," says Rog. He and Betty get to Malmö, Sweden, yearly to visit son Doug 78, his wife, and their three grandchildren.

Pinehurst, N.C., retirees Bob and JoanRiebow inherited a small condo in Florida from Joan's mother, and now they divide their time between golf courses in Pinehurst, N.C., and Orange City, near Orlando. Tough duty.

Jim Elliott, in Sunapee, N.H., has retirement ideas of his own. Besides being the 50th Reunion chairman, he built his own house, tutors adults a few hours a week in a local reading program, reads to children weekly at a local library, serves on the Sunapee Water Committee, helps run Red Cross blood drives, and is president of the Newport Senior Center. Wife Liz was just re-elected to her second three-year term on the Sunapee Planning Board. Quoits, anyone?

More deaths: Ralph Pringle, January 29; Bud Cannon, March 15; Meryll Frost, March 17; and John Denison, March 23. That's it. Blessings.

P.O. Box 24, Lovejoy Hill, Cornish Flat, NH 03746