Pete Nottage writes from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, that he and Lois are living in the house that they built in 1958. How many of us can say that? In that period, they have watched everything grow up around them—including their kids. Pete ruefully observes that Honolulu is growing too fast for their liking and that the island’s newly acquired railroad train is unwanted and will accomplish nothing. Pete hopes that any classmates visiting Hawaii will contact him.


Bob Kilmarx and Babs do in fact plan to visit Hawaii but only by Internet, on which they have discovered one can travel without incurring the expense, medical concerns and tedium of physical travel. On the subject of philately, Bob observes that in 1918 the post office introduced the “Inverted Jenny” acceleration of the very first mail airplane. The plane was unintentionally pictured upside down on the first sold sheet of 100 stamps. One of those stamps recently sold for $977,500!


A recent telephone conversation with Bob McIlwain disclosed the fact that he has joined me as the owner of a balance-assisting walker to help in navigating from place to place.


The Dickey Center has gratefully thanked Sandy and Dotty McCulloch for their gift of $1 million in support of the center’s Institute of Arctic Studies. Sandy stated, in part, “Our gift is in recognition of the value of the Dickey Center in fostering international understanding around the issue of climate change and its affect on people, the environment and security.”


Dave Grinnell, a fellow Theta Delt and faithful correspondent, and wife Barbara continue to live at Edgehill—an hour from Manhattan, where, Dave says, they enjoy a “motherlode of stimuli provided by our location” and where there is available “every level of assistance should our status quo change.”


During an October phone conversation with Frank Harrington he expressed frustration with the football team’s achievements—or rather lack of same. On the subject of football: Throughout the Ivy League, the stands stand nearly empty. Any ideas as to why?


I regret to announce the death of Raymond Sherwood Marchant on September 26.


—Nev Chamberlain, 1835 N. Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32962; (772) 569-2893; ranevero03 @aol.com