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The last to respond to queries directed to our classmates residing outside the United States was Dick Momsen, in British Columbia. When he retired from research and teaching geography at the University of Calgary, his objectives were to live by and on the sea.

Based in a small town on the west coast of Vancouver Island, close to the diverse boating and shipping traffic through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Dick signed on with the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Vessels manned by volunteers work week-long shifts, providing response times of ten minutes or less, 24 hours a day every day. "Most of our calls are fairly routine vessels that break down, run out of gas, get lost in the fog, run aground. Others are more unusual, like searching for scuba divers swept away; rescuing an injured man who has fallen off a cliff; even picking up the skipper of a sailboat that was sunk one night on colliding with a visiting Chilean submarine."

After ten years of this rugged duty, Dick is shifting toward instructing recruits in the finer points of search-and-rescue.

Meantime Dick and Bobbie have developed a more leisurely approach to the sea: giving talks to passengers on cruise ships. It's free travel with "maybe a small stipend or 50 percent off one's bar bill." Cruises have taken them around South America, to the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. In his lectures Dick draws on a lifetime of teaching, travel and consulting. How could "retirement" be any better than turning a career into adventures in doing what one loves to do?

Carlyn Manning (Mrs. Jim) Drumm, living in Manila, is as active as anyone could possibly be. She leads tour groups to such exotic places as Bhutan, Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Nepal. Besides the travel business, she is still playing tennis, tap dancing, and serving as head of, or an officer in, six civic organizations.

News of other overseas classmates would be welcome, and maybe they would like to hear from stateside friends too: AlvaroPradilla in Bogota, John Phelps in Caracas, and Mrs. David Goldstein in Paris. (See your latest class address list or call ARO 603-646-2253.)

Frank Aldrich is probably unique in the class in having two business residencies, one in the United States and one in Brazil. Sitting in a Sao Paulo hotel lobby, he chanced to pick up a World News business paper quoting Lee Kreindler on Libya's handing over for trial the two suspects in the 1988 Pan-Am Lockerbie crash. Lee expects them to be convicted. He is chairman of the plaintiffs committee, which has filed a civil suit in a New York court against Libya and anticipates benefits from the evidences in the criminal case.

Pay special attention to the fall mini-reunion reservation details in Bob Pease's June newsletter. Note that the mini is early: Sept. 24-26. If you've lost the facts, a phone call to Dick Hinman (603-526-2415) or Howard Hoots (670-632-7102) will assure you of Upper Valley hospitality.

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