Class Note 1958
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
Relax! Reconnect! Reminisce!That’s what our upcoming 60th reunion is all about. Hope to see you there June 11 through 14! That three-word theme—deftly crafted by Larry Weltin—drew a great initial response. Dan O’Hara reported in October that 135 classmates and others would attend, with many maybes. When you read this in December, the drum-beating by Walt Vail, reunion communications chief, and reunion co-chairs Frank Gould and Gersh Abraham will have upped the attendance count considerably. Those four days in June, after the Commencement hoopla in Hanover, should see abundant early-summer sunshine and moderate temperatures. And there’s still time to make plans to attend.
We’re assigned the same comfortable dorm on East Wheelock Street facing the old gym, as at our 50th, near planned events. It’s a great place just to hang out—to relax, reconnect and reminisce! There’ll also be an art exhibit and undergrad memorabilia exhibit in a secure space. But if you sally forth, vans will be available to haul us to meals, banquets and shopping.
Clarification regarding the pre-reunion and post-reunion options—that is, the preceding overnight at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and the post-reunion get-together off-campus (like the delightful three days at Trapp Family Lodge after the 50th): Be advised that both are separate from the reunion itself. You must make and pay for your own reservations. Call the Ravine Lodge at (603) 764-5858 after March 1. When this was written, the post-reunion location hadn’t been determined, Also, Gersh and Frank were seeking volunteers to run it, as well as folks to run the reunion’s art and memorabilia exhibits. Memorabilia? Any personal items from undergrad days that might amuse or interest.
We will have one more “every-fifth-year” reunion in 2023, partially subsidized by the College. But we’ll still convene annually at Homecomings in October, wintertime banquets in Florida and luncheon minis in Vermont. So come to this major reunion if you can! Who knows? As often happens, you just might meet your “newest best friend”—a classmate you never really knew before—while you relax, reconnect and reminisce June 11 to 14.
—Steve Quickel, 411 North Middletown Road, Apt. F-310, Media, PA 19063; steve58@quickel.net
We’re assigned the same comfortable dorm on East Wheelock Street facing the old gym, as at our 50th, near planned events. It’s a great place just to hang out—to relax, reconnect and reminisce! There’ll also be an art exhibit and undergrad memorabilia exhibit in a secure space. But if you sally forth, vans will be available to haul us to meals, banquets and shopping.
Clarification regarding the pre-reunion and post-reunion options—that is, the preceding overnight at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and the post-reunion get-together off-campus (like the delightful three days at Trapp Family Lodge after the 50th): Be advised that both are separate from the reunion itself. You must make and pay for your own reservations. Call the Ravine Lodge at (603) 764-5858 after March 1. When this was written, the post-reunion location hadn’t been determined, Also, Gersh and Frank were seeking volunteers to run it, as well as folks to run the reunion’s art and memorabilia exhibits. Memorabilia? Any personal items from undergrad days that might amuse or interest.
We will have one more “every-fifth-year” reunion in 2023, partially subsidized by the College. But we’ll still convene annually at Homecomings in October, wintertime banquets in Florida and luncheon minis in Vermont. So come to this major reunion if you can! Who knows? As often happens, you just might meet your “newest best friend”—a classmate you never really knew before—while you relax, reconnect and reminisce June 11 to 14.
—Steve Quickel, 411 North Middletown Road, Apt. F-310, Media, PA 19063; steve58@quickel.net