1932

Cal Fisher has written a Hole in the Heart, published by Author House under his pen name, Bert Fisher (his father's), because he didn't want it to be considered completely autobiographical. It is stories about some of his experiences, including incidents in the Hanover area. You can buy it at Barnes & Noble for $14.95 plus $3.99 shipping, or wherever. This is at least the third book with that title, Cal. He's in his Denver house with his second wife, Yvonne. I also chatted with John Richardson at Kendal at Longwood, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He's doing well with some help from a cane, still a traveler—Africa, Venice and much more. Soon he'll be at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire with friends. My traveling is 20 minutes to Monterey for a doctor's appointment, cardio rehab or a lunch club. He's also golfing three or four times a year.

Frederick L. Ashworth dropped out after his freshman year to attend the Naval Academy, graduating in 1933. He didn't keep in touch with the College. Via Google and an Annapolis friend, I found a vice admiral. He had a fabulous career, was a veteran of the Manhattan Project and the bomb commander on the 1945 Nagasaki flight. I phoned him at Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he retired in 1968, and he sounds hearty at 93. The only '32er he recalls is Jim Wakelin, whom he knew when Jim was assistant secretary of the Navy for research and development.

Sadly, we've lost Ned Cummings and Jim Whiton. Through the Internet and Alumni Records I have tracked down these classmates who have not kept in touch and are deceased: Edward Fleming, died in 1976; Frederick Dawson, 1980; William Cox, 1981; John Shields, 1983; Ellsworth Empie, 1985; Knowlton Wood, 1989; and Herman Tasha, 1999.