1942

1942

CLASS NOTES

The Classes

Oops, I have never waited this long to file the news of the ’42s. Perhaps it is because I didn’t get any or maybe it is because your secretary fell on her way to Thanksgiving dinner with her extended family. On the train just pulling into the station, my old habits kicked in and I got up before the train stopped. Before I could grab the seat handle— the train was lurching forward and back, and I hit the floor on my proverbial “tail,” fracturing two vertebrae. I didn’t miss the dinner. I have been prescribed to stop “jumping rope” till they heal. This may have something do with almost letting this date slide by. I made a promise not to miss a column.

In return for that promise, please, please send me news for the May-June column (due April 28).

While I wish all of you a great 2022, by the time you read this, we will be well into 2022. As I write this on December 28, the days are already longer—as they began on December 21 to gain a minute of daylight each day.

I have had the pleasure of chatting and gathering news with three centenarians—Stu Finch, Jon Mendes, and Tom Harriman—in the past three months. I know there are more, and I will try to speak with you.

I also am going to start interviewing spouses of’42s in 2022, so feel free to send me news. I will be calling or emailing.

—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York, NY10021; caproni@aol.com