1967

1967

We asked classmates to recall their very best experience of 2022. Warren Cook said it was visits to “the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and the WW II museum in New Orleans.” For Bill Judd it was a road trip that included “Death Valley, California; the triennial of the Society of the Cincinnati; and the Organ Historical Society convention.” Jim Rooks reveled in his “seven weeks at ‘our’ lake in Maine.” For Ron Hanson it was “the opportunity to circumnavigate the British Isles with my youngest daughter and explore the Neolithic Brodgar Ring.” Gary Schwandt loved being “way up the Norwegian Sogneljord in Balestrand” with a wonderful wine in his glass. Hank Cramer traveled “through the vista of snow, ice, rock, and the very cold ocean of the Antarctic Peninsula.” Ted Haynes “caught and released a 21-and-a-halfinch cutthroat trout in the Snake River,” while John Lobitz got his “first hole-in-one ever on a 200-yard par three at the Denver Country Club.” For John Bash it meant “the cautious return to normalcy, visits to relatives, a long-postponed trip to Europe, and my high school and college reunions.” Bruce Pacht enjoyed the “resumption of the in-person choral and quartet competition in Saint John, New Brunswick.” For Dick Clapp it was “moving to Portland, Maine, and being a five-minute walk from my grandsons and their parents.” Gary Atkins peaked by “finally, after three canceled trips, flying to Israel last month and seeing two grandchildren who we had never seen in person.” Nesanel Kasnett was able to attend his “grandchildren’s momentous events— two weddings, one engagement, a bar mitzvah, and a birth.” For Joe Alviani it was “the birth of our second granddaughter,” while Bill White “celebrated the birth of two grandchildren, bringing the total to seven and counting.” Finally, Marty Gale says, “After emergency coronary bypass surgery, then vascular surgery that led to an infection, six more surgeries and an amputation to save my life, just surviving was easily my best experience of 2022. The trappings of success don’t mean a damned thing unless they can be shared with those we love.” Amen.

—Larry Langford, P.O. Box 71, Buckland, MA 01339; 1967damnotes@gmail.com

Larry Langford