1939

This morning the media reportled murder was down, robbery was down, in fact all sorts of bad things were down, and so too, according to our records, are deaths within the class of 1939. None to report last month, and ditto for this month also.

Out culture is changing. Used to be we got a job, and then looked for some place to live in the vicinity. No longer. Our granddaughter setded in Cambridge, just off Harvard Square. And then looked for and found a job. So too did Ted Wolfe's son, Damon, who moved his family to Vero Beach, and then set about looking for work. This gave Ted a reason for visiting the east coast of Florida, and provided a splendid reason for us to break some bread together. Betty was not able to be with him, having some physical problems, and remaining in Spring Hill, Fla.

If you want to get a colorful communication, write Colin Holman at 9105 Fortuna Drive, #8502, Mercer Island, WA, or at cholman@halcyon.com. He doesn't just write letters, he contributes brilliant masterpieces.

Talking about the state of Washington, Dick Woodward just moved four blocks east to the shores of Lake Washington. Lucky fellow is surrounded by daughters, one family living three blocks away, one in the suburbs of Seattle and one 10 miles east, where she has captured the real-estate market.

George Hanna sent us a clipping from the Boston Globe on Boston pol James Michael Curley which quotes our John Kelleher. Relative to the novel The Last Hurrah, John says, "Here, after a century of trying, is the first successful Irish-American novel."

The Beta Theta Pi Magazine, listing of the top Beta Sportsmen of the Century includes A.R. "Bud" Little, a member of the skiing Hall of Fame.

In closing, we had a brief note from MikeEllis in which he says, "Please figure out a way for us to win at least one more football game this year." We did. We beat Princeton.

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