Class Note 1955
Not a mini-reunion, but a micro. Stephen and Carolyn Wilson, Ken Harvey, and Kilt Andrew invited your scribe to join them for lunch in Falmouth, Maine. The Wilsons make an annual trip to see relatives in Brooklin, Maine. Steve brought each of us a pint of his superb honey. Carolyn’s family ran Camp Katahdin down east. Ken talked of a visit some years ago to our recently deceased classmate, Phil Mayer, in South Carolina and recalled that Phil had diary entries for every day in Hanover. The entries explained Ken’s near flunking out freshman year, noting the huge number of movies they attended. Kilt is just back from one of many trips to Castellabate, Italy, where the famous Mozarella di Bufala is produced. He says watching the sun rise behind the mountains and spread out toward Capri is beyond description. You may recall that Steve and I both rode the USS Glacier to the Antarctic, though at different times. Admiral Byrd was aboard on Steve’s last voyage, which brought up a recent book, Find Me a Hero, mainly about Byrd’s Achilles’ heel. Read it!
Dr. Jim Wiggins says he retired in 1995 at 62. He joined the Navy after his internship and, in spite of not liking foxholes, was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. He deployed to the Mediterranean on the USS Chilton. He recalls his first need for dress whites, when he had to borrow a uniform for the “Hail and Farewell” dinner before departing the States. Jim has been a widower twice and lives in Sarasota, Florida, where he can watch the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico with a new friend.
A stay at Hellgate Gorge in the Grant prior to July 4 treated us to bald eagles, deer in the Dead Diamond, and Canadian jays eating from our hand.
Ralph Sautter writes that our memorial book contributions to Baker sadly continue to grow.
Sadly we report that our dear friends, Alexander Clark, Bob Cleveland, David Corderman, Marty Friedman, Joe Kagle, and Web Wilde, have all gone to a better place.
—John Dinan, 20 Gardiner St., Richmond, ME 04357; (207) 252-7442; captdinan@yahoo.com
