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Kay Dreher, widow of our classmate George K. Dreher, has provided some fascinating material about her husband's tenth published work. "Longer Than Expected," a narrative essay on the letters of Samuel Huntington, the first president of the Continental Congress, has just been published post-humously by George's son. George, you remember, passed away in 1994 in Mystic, Conn., where he served for 20 years as a minister. This was his last posting in a 47-year career in the Congregational Church. George invested 15 years in researching the life of Huntington, who came from fairly humble beginnings as a self-taught lawyer in colonial Connecticut and ended up running our fledgling country.

Dreher's earlier works included a novella on the '6os hunger problem, a "Chronicle of King Edward the First," and a collection of uplifting pieces tied together by faith in Jesus.

Another author in our midst is Roy Rowan the globe-trotting correspondent for Life. His new book Powerful People is receiving fine reviews and wide coverage by the media. And Dr. Ron Losee's Doc, about his lifetime practicing medicine in a small Montana town, should be great reading if it's like the feature article about Ron in Reader's Digest last year. Another doctor, Bob Ferguson in Pittsburgh, has just written a book titled Please Don't Get Sick. So it behooves us all to check our local libraries and bookstores to find these interesting literary efforts by our classmates.

This summer I read a paperback book by the prolific author John D. Mac Donald (R.1.P.) , which climaxed when the good guy was saved from the bad guy by the gory intervention of a Danforth anchor. I sent the book to Bill Danforth in West Southport, Maine, and he later assured me that this bizarre use of his patented anchor had never been contemplated by his family. Bill also reported that he was doing quite well in his rehabilitation and hoped to make the 60th Reunion.

Ira Skutch in Sherman Oaks, Calif., advised in July that he was putting the finishing touches on two books. One is a collections of five oral histories of directors from the glory days of radio drama and the other is a view of live television based on interviews of 21 men who worked in that ancient era. Then Ira plans to resume work on his own novel. Ira and Libby couldn't make the 55th because of travel restrictions due to Libby being on supplemental oxy- gen for her lung disease. Her spirits remain good however, so that's a big plus factor.

And now for a few remaining notes from the fabulous 55th. Jim Rogers was up from Oakton, Va., with his wife, Marge. He enjoyed a long career with the Washington Post designing production facilities in the Washington and Maryland area. Now he enjoys winter skiing in Colorado with Marge. Bill and Ginny English were down from Boothbay, Maine, after working as a management consultant (not efficiency expert, he said) with clients from San Salvador to Canada. The Hon. Richard Horn held court in the hospitality tent, a step down from his usual venue as a federal administrative law judge in the Cleveland area. Gil Hurd, living in Utica, N.Y., with wife Betty, was in the wholesale shoe business for many years. Now he's happy driving a school bus, among other avocations. Ray and Barb Seabury were both active in die Reunion tennis tourney. They live in Longmeadow, Mass., but spend March in the Sarasota, Fla., area, so we'll see them at the mini-reunion there in '97. Tha-tha-that's all, folks!

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