1949

Here we go with the usual reminders of important dates. The 55 th reunion will take place June 14-17 and the mini-reunion, September 24-26. Vail Haak reports that we now have registered 156 classmates, wives, widows and "dear friends" for the 55th. Joel Berson still very active in a number of activities, including being vice chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States. Joel also waxes eloquently about the presentation of the Gold Pick Axe Award to John Adler since John, good roommate that he was, introduced Joel and wife of 46 years, Ann. Dick Wallace has moved to West Lafayette, Indiana, and will now be living close to his daughter. Talked with Ray Bankert, who says he is doing alright, but tired of "freezing his buns off" in upstate New York. Jim Mytton is healthy and happy out in Colorado, enjoys the advantage of a really nice log cabin he has up in the mountains. Need to report the deaths of Jack Ransom, Francis Chase and Roy Benson. And the musically talented Ort Hicks died in February. Matt Fenton and I have been taking a course on the Civil War and the lead-off speaker was Chris Hamner '95, an his- torian from the University of North Carolina. Great presentation and made us proud. Matt's brother, Tom '54, chief correspondent for CBS in Europe, visited here recently. John and Doris Rusham are now settled in a new retirement com- munity in Sun City, Florida, and he is still active in the American Fighter Aces Association. A re- cent article in The New York Times described the work of a Princeton class notes writer from the class of' 33. Most of his reporting covers the vari- ous ailments of surviving members. So here is a look-see of what this column might read like 15 years from now: Paul Woodberry, after 15 years of negotiation, finally got the College to accept the '49 granite benches.The problem nowis that Paul decided to try one out and we cannot get him up. Jay Evans is still running and recently was the win- ner of the 90-plus division of the race from Bak- er Library to Tuck School. Jays time was 6 hours and 19 minutes. Phil Goodspeed is still playing reg- ular golf, though confined to only three holes a day. He recently shot his age. Ray Truncellito and Barbara went to their 200 th Boston Red Sox game, but he had to be rushed to Mass General in the sixth inning when he had some kind of a public fantasy that he saw Babe Ruth hovering in the sky above the Green Monster. After a night's rest, however, he was allowed to go home. The Sox, of course, lost.

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REUNION June 14-16 2004