1939

We had hoped we could get Ev and Ruth Woodman up to our digs at Vero Beach last April, but Ev had a set back on the golf course, with his ailing hip, and had to ask for a rain check. They returned to New Hampshire on May 1.

Since our last, we have lost six good classmates to the persistent reaper. Listed alphabetically, they are: John Adams, March 11; Muggsey Bly, April 24; Walt Federman, May 8, 1990 (just reported); Tom Hine, March 25; George Sims, November 25, 1990; and Roy Sherburne, December 8, 1995. (Obits in this or a later issue.)

A bit of vintage news concerning the Rohde family. If you read about the enterprising young reporter who discovered the mass grave in Bosnia, was incarcerated by the Serbs for a few weeks until released through the mass intervention of the Rohde family, and you then, subsequently, learned that this same reporter was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts, be advised that said Christian Science Monitor's reporter, David Rohde, is Dusty's grandson.

Jackie Sullivan, Bob's widow, has moved to 25 Calvin Circle, Evanston, IL 60201.

The Jim Garnetts migrated to the self same Calvin Circle after two months on Sanibel Island, Fla. Jim reports seeing a lot of Chuck Farnum, who is now a year rounder on Sanibel, Betsy Emmons, and Millie White.

To set the record straight, a recent obit on Bob Bryant mentioned only that he was a member of the navy's armed guard in WW 11. Indeed, he was a great deal more than that, having also served as captain of a DE in the Pacific for the greater part of the war. Another sad note: Jerry Beatty's pretty wife, Joanne, died at their home on the Cape at the end of May.

Jim Donovan reports that despite the usual aches and pains he and Kay go to the nearby health "play Pen" to exercise, pump iron, and in his case, tell locker room jokes. He continues to keep busy writing for publication, some of which I passed on to PeteCardozo, as it will not fit my 350 word allotment. Until October...

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Jim Donovandoes to a kealtk"play pen toexercise and telllocker room jokes.Richard Jackson '39