Class Note 1958
Issue
January-February 2022
After missing the deadline for the last DAM column, I tattooed future submission dates on my forearm. Nonetheless, the flow of class news to this interim scribe has been paltry, so please feed me even if it’s just scraps from your banquet. The banquet, a.k.a., our class dinner, on October 9 was a fitting conclusion to a renewed Homecoming mini-reunion. Frank Gould working with moving targets put together a program that attracted a smaller but very vibrant group of ’58s and spouses. Attendees included Bob and Nancy Downey, Jerry Manne, Hal and Mary Bernsen, Mike and Eleanor Simberkoff, Walter andScottie Vail, Doug and Judy Fusonie, Joe and Sandy Slotnick, Ralph and Sally Manuel, Mel Alperin, Dick Frisch, Dave and Ann Bradley, Otto Wagenbach and So, Don McCree, Frank and Nora Gould, and John and Linda Trimble.Also attending bits and pieces were Jane Yusen and Dick Norris, plus Hobie Van Deusen and the redoubtable Sandy Bromwell.Messrs. Cutcliffe, Abraham, Bowman, Spence, O’Hara, Cohen, Hampton, and Wolcott Zoomed in for the class meeting. An overtime win vs. Yale was a suitable filler of the weekend sandwich.
Attempting to reduce mailing costs, we sent postcards to all for whom we have no email address, of which there were 241, hoping to add significant numbers. The surprise was 164 of those were widows and there were “just” 77 classmates. In a cascade of responses, 18 widows and four classmates shared an email address. It’s a sad tale when 18 percent of the class is so disconnected from their classmates they won’t allow us to keep costs down and share an email address. The most recent Sound & Fury was sent only by email.
On a more uplifting note, we received a preliminary valuation of the Class of 1958 Scholarship Fund June 30, and its market value had reached $208,304!
Finally, a note from Pete Danford: “Lou Bloomfield, Jay Davis, and I are still very close friends in Shaker Heights [Ohio] after all these years. Sue and I spend the winter in Sanibel, Florida.”
—John Trimble, 2735 Golfside Court, Naples, FL 34110; jtrim99@comcast.net
Attempting to reduce mailing costs, we sent postcards to all for whom we have no email address, of which there were 241, hoping to add significant numbers. The surprise was 164 of those were widows and there were “just” 77 classmates. In a cascade of responses, 18 widows and four classmates shared an email address. It’s a sad tale when 18 percent of the class is so disconnected from their classmates they won’t allow us to keep costs down and share an email address. The most recent Sound & Fury was sent only by email.
On a more uplifting note, we received a preliminary valuation of the Class of 1958 Scholarship Fund June 30, and its market value had reached $208,304!
Finally, a note from Pete Danford: “Lou Bloomfield, Jay Davis, and I are still very close friends in Shaker Heights [Ohio] after all these years. Sue and I spend the winter in Sanibel, Florida.”
—John Trimble, 2735 Golfside Court, Naples, FL 34110; jtrim99@comcast.net