1955

The meteorologists must be right. The earth is getting warmer, for the Upper Valley stood at 90 degrees the day after taxes were due. My foggy memory elicits scenes of cold damp rain or on at least one occasion snow for Green Key weekend, upsetting my best-laid plans.

No such weather is planned for the Boston mini-reunion, where, at this writing, 92 will attend the full session, and others such as Dave Winograd and Web Wilde, nearby residents, will make the Saturday dinner. It is hoped that other classmates, many in number, from the Boston area will take advantage of a limited appearance.

After last issues appeal to fund John Demas fell on deaf ears, we note that John and Norm Fine have work interfering with pleasure once again. Betty Brady has informed me that all historians will be regaled to the fullest on New England's and Bostons 18th- and 19th-century daily doings by professor Jere Daniell. Having just finished John Adams, one of Jere's recommended readings, I am pleased that Mr. McCullough recently received a Pulitzer Prize for it.

Dr. Jerry Bernstein, a past-president of the American Diabetic Association, has decreased his practice but is consulting on new armamentarium for that too-common disease. Unfortunately, exercise and weight loss do not cure it, but they certainly help. A close friend of Jerry's and our classmate Richard Sklover died November 15,2001. On behalf of the class, our sincere sympathy is extended to his wife, Maxine, and family.

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