Class Note 1950
Issue
July-August 2021
The most recent bad news is that our 70th (which was postponed to our 71st) has now been postponed to our 75th! Our fearless prez, Bob Kirby, and some of the rest of us do not want to wait ’til then. Bob has proposed a mini-reunion the weekend of October 8-10, so save the date—more coming.
We have had an interesting piscatorial thesis proposed by Joel Leavitt, do ask him to
elucidate (joeleav@aol.com), it’s worth the effort. I received a nice note from Peter Kilmarx commenting that Bob “Killy” is doing well at his nursing home in Verona, Pennsylvania, and is sending “warm wishes to his beloved classmates.” Terri and Bill Carpenter have had snow and then some and report the loss of their “beloved Lincoln,” a much-adored canine pal of 14 years. (I can relate to this with the loss of Ruffy, my constant pal and bedmate of 10 years, in December.) I got a nice note from Bob Jackson ’49 regarding roommate Don Krueger and hallmate Lowell Thomas Jr. (When his dad came to town he would treat them to dinner at the Hanover Inn and a fascinating evening of his many years of broadcasting.) Lee “Sak” Sarokin is busy writing plays a plenty and boasting of a newly purchased drum set he uses as percussionist for an all-women’s choir. (Margie walks three miles a day without him!) I enjoy to this day a CD titled Big Ray: A Grandfather Sings that Ray King’s Joan sent me years ago—a treasure I play quite often. A nice note from Dave (and Lee) Hitchcock reported that, after 25 years of foreign service in Israel, Japan, and Vietnam, they are planning to come to our reunion. Lee is living in Maryland and summers in New London, New Hampshire. News and a note from Glenn Fitkin at 93 tell me he is very much alive (his demise mistakenly reported previously), still walks, and would welcome a call from whomever. We have heard of the passing of classmates Richard “Dick” Johnson, John M. “Jack” Newkirk, John D. Vogel, Alan “Al” Parsons, and G. William “Bill” Streng. That’s a wrap for the nonce.
—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-5879; smileytmr@aol.com
We have had an interesting piscatorial thesis proposed by Joel Leavitt, do ask him to
elucidate (joeleav@aol.com), it’s worth the effort. I received a nice note from Peter Kilmarx commenting that Bob “Killy” is doing well at his nursing home in Verona, Pennsylvania, and is sending “warm wishes to his beloved classmates.” Terri and Bill Carpenter have had snow and then some and report the loss of their “beloved Lincoln,” a much-adored canine pal of 14 years. (I can relate to this with the loss of Ruffy, my constant pal and bedmate of 10 years, in December.) I got a nice note from Bob Jackson ’49 regarding roommate Don Krueger and hallmate Lowell Thomas Jr. (When his dad came to town he would treat them to dinner at the Hanover Inn and a fascinating evening of his many years of broadcasting.) Lee “Sak” Sarokin is busy writing plays a plenty and boasting of a newly purchased drum set he uses as percussionist for an all-women’s choir. (Margie walks three miles a day without him!) I enjoy to this day a CD titled Big Ray: A Grandfather Sings that Ray King’s Joan sent me years ago—a treasure I play quite often. A nice note from Dave (and Lee) Hitchcock reported that, after 25 years of foreign service in Israel, Japan, and Vietnam, they are planning to come to our reunion. Lee is living in Maryland and summers in New London, New Hampshire. News and a note from Glenn Fitkin at 93 tell me he is very much alive (his demise mistakenly reported previously), still walks, and would welcome a call from whomever. We have heard of the passing of classmates Richard “Dick” Johnson, John M. “Jack” Newkirk, John D. Vogel, Alan “Al” Parsons, and G. William “Bill” Streng. That’s a wrap for the nonce.
—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-5879; smileytmr@aol.com